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| Gilbert S. Palmer, farmer, sec. 14, Green Tp., was born Feb. 8, 1821, and is the son of Nile and Catherine (Wing) Palmer, the former a native of Vermont, and the latter of Elizabethtown, Canada. Mr. Palmer was reared on a farm, and, when 16 years of age went to Elizabethtown to learn the shoemaker’s trade, which was his business in life for many years. He was a resident of the Dominion until the spring of 1867, when he became a citizen of Mecosta County, buying 80 acres of land, which he has increased into 120 acres. He was married in 1842 to Mary, daughter of William and Lydia (Lee) Robbins, who was born in Canada and died in July 1847, leaving one child Anna E., wife of Walter Clow, residing in Linn, Canada. For a second wife Mr. Palmer married Melissa, daughter of Reuben and Hannah (Graham) Moot. She and her parents are natives of the Dominion. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer have six children: Mary A., Charlotte O., Hannah P., George M., William H., and Nile E. |