Walter R. Palmer was born around 1859 in New York. He grew up in his grandmother Hannah Palmer’s household in North Salem, New York. By 1880, he was working as a clerk in Camden, New Jersey. By the late 1800s, he was working as a salesman. He married a woman named Anna around 1881, and their daughter Mabel was born around 1885. He died in Camden on February 14, 1900.
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Palmer, Walter R.
1859
1900-02-14
Conflict Side: Union
Role: Civilian
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Gender: Male
Race: White
Documents - Records: 2
(12308) [writer] ~ Walter R. Palmer to Jane Palmer, 1 November 1882
(12309) [writer] ~ Walter R. Palmer to Jane Palmer, 25 October 1885
People - Records: 5
(5561) Palmer, Walter R. is the [cousin of] (4417) Palmer, Abner B.
(5561) Palmer, Walter R. is the [cousin of] (4419) Palmer, George
(5561) Palmer, Walter R. is the [cousin of] (5559) Townsend, Mary E.
(5561) Palmer, Walter R. is the [cousin of] (5560) Hunt, Martha Jane
(4418) Palmer, Jane is the [aunt/uncle of] (5561) Palmer, Walter R.
SOURCES
1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; New Jersey Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971, available from Ancestry.com; The Philadelphia Inquirer, 17 February 1900