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Palmer, Emmeline (25 JUN 1816 - 16 MAR 1884) |
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Stan |
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Surnames: PALMER
----Source: CLARK COUNTY REPUBLICAN PRESS (Neillsville, Wis.) 03/20/1884
Palmer, Emmeline (25 JUN 1816 - 16 MAR 1884)
Died, of consumption, Sunday noon, March 16, 1884, Mrs. Emmeline
Palmer, wife of Rev. Harvey Palmer.
The subject of this notice was born in Russia, Herkimer County,
N.Y., remaining there until failing health compelled removal to
another climate, hoping by the change to prolong her life. The came
to Wisconsin in 1853, settling in LaFayette County. Bro. Palmer was
recognized as an efficient laborer in the Lord's vineyard, and was
urged to join the Wis. Conference of the M.E. Church. At the
division of the conference Bro. Palmer remained in the bounds of
the West Wis. Conference, and the two traveled for nine years doing
good work for the Master.
In the fall of 1863 they came to this county (Clark) and settled in
Neillsville, where she has since resided till her death on Sunday
last. Deceased has been an invalid, and at times an acute sufferer
for more than thirty years, bearing her affliction, however, with a
perfect submission to the Father's will. She has led an exemplary
life from her childhood, passing into a pronounce Christian life so
gradually as hardly to know the time of conversion. Her piety was
unobtrusive but unmistakable, loved most by those who knew her
most. She being dead, yet speaketh.
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