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PALMER, WILLIAM T.,    P. O. Barnhill, waa born July 8, 1858, in Gasconade County, Mo. His father, Thomas Palmer, was born February 24, 1810, in Halifax, Va. He is a farmer by occupation, owning at present 140 acres of land. He was married twice; his first wife, Lydia Odell. was born in Kentucky; she died in this county. His present wife. Minerva Shrewsberry, was born in Kentucky. Her father was Samuel Shrewsberry. She is yet living, the mother of nine children, viz.: James K., Mary McKenney, Sarah E. Puckett, Samuel J., Francis M., William T.,

Our subject, Benjamin F., Samantha, and Missouri Ann, deceased.

Mr. and Mrs. Palmer are members of the Christian Church. The father of Thomas Palmer was Elisha Palmer, a native of Virginia. Our subject, William T. Palmer, was educated partly in this county, and partly in Texas. to which State the family moved in 1877, returning in 1879. In August, 1881, William T. Palmer went to Texas a second time, returning May 5, 1883. Mr. Palmer is a wide-awake young farmer.