Laura M. Palmer
Laura M. Palmer was born around April 1839 in Vermont to Jonathan and Laura Palmer. Her father was a farmer who owned $2,400 of real estate and $513 of personal property by 1860. She grew up and attended school in Fayston, Vermont, and she married Myron M. Davis on December 26, 1863. They had at least two children: Alice, born around 1864; and Julius, born around 1867. They also adopted a daughter named Belle, who was born around 1884.
 
They lived in Moretown, Vermont, and her husband worked as a farm laborer and blacksmith. By 1870, they owned $600 of real estate and $350 of personal property. Her husband died on February 29, 1916. She applied for a widow’s pension the following month, and she eventually received one. By 1930, she was living in her daughter Belle’s household in Waitsfield, Vermont. She died in 1930.
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(3812)Palmer, Laura M. ~ Davis, Laura M.1839-041930
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 12

  • (10724) [recipient] ~ John W. Palmer to Laura M. Palmer, undated
  • (10725) [recipient] ~ John W. Palmer to Laura M. Palmer, undated
  • (10726) [recipient] ~ John W. Palmer to Laura M. Palmer, 15 January 1864
  • (10727) [recipient] ~ John W. Palmer to Laura M. Palmer, 1864
  • (10728) [recipient] ~ John W. Palmer to Laura M. Palmer, 8 February 1864
  • (10729) [recipient] ~ John W. Palmer to Jonathan Palmer and Laura M. Palmer, 22 March 1864
  • (10730) [recipient] ~ John W. Palmer to Laura M. Palmer, 16 April 1864
  • (10731) [recipient] ~ John W. Palmer to Laura M. Palmer and Jonathan Palmer, 29 June 1864
  • (10732) [recipient] ~ John W. Palmer to Laura M. Palmer, 4 July 1864
  • (10733) [recipient] ~ John W. Palmer to Laura M. Palmer, 28 September 1864
  • (10734) [recipient] ~ John W. Palmer to Laura M. Palmer and Jonathan Palmer, 13 February 1865
  • (10735) [recipient] ~ John W. Palmer to Laura M. Palmer, 25 February 1865

People - Records: 2

  • (3812) Palmer, Laura M. is the [sibling of] (3811) Palmer, John Wells
  • (3812) Palmer, Laura M. is the [child of] (3813) Palmer, Jonathan

Places - Records: 1

  • (517) [birth] ~ Vermont

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; News and Advertiser (Northfield, VT), 7 March 1916