Brief Life History of Henry Sherman
When Henry Sherman Palmer was born on 12 October 1878, in Marion, Alabama, United States, his father, George Flowers Palmer, was 25 and his mother, Lucy Ann Nichols, was 22. He married Pernecy "Niecy" Palmer on 29 May 1898, in Marion, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 6 Reids, Marion, Alabama, United States in 1940 and Shottsville, Marion, Alabama, United States in 1940. He died on 18 July 1965, in Red Bay, Franklin, Alabama, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Hamilton, St. Clair, Alabama, United States.
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- Henry Palmer, "United States Census, 1940"
- H S Palmer, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Henry Sherman Palmer, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1887
Historical Boundaries: 1887: Franklin, Alabama, United States
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English palmer(e) ‘palmer, pilgrim to the Holy Land’ (Anglo-Norman French palmer, Old French pa(l)mer, paum(i)er), so called from the palm branch carried by such pilgrims. The term was also used to denote an itinerant monk who traveled from shrine to shrine under a vow of poverty. This surname is also common in Ireland, where it has been recorded from the 13th century onward.
Irish: when not of English origin (see 1 above), a surname adopted for Gaelic Ó Maolfhoghmhair (see Milford ), the name of an ecclesiastical family.
Swedish (mainly Palmér): ornamental name formed with palm ‘palm tree’ + the suffix -ér (a derivative of Latin -erius) or -er (from German).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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