"COAL OPERATOR DIES
William Palmer Passes Away Monday Morning at His Home in Glouster.
Pioneer Promoter of the Coal Industry in the Sunday Creek Valley - Opened Many Mines - Came From England Thirty Years Ago.
Glouster, Nov. 19. - The death of William Palmer occurred here at his home yesterday morning of lung and heart trouble, after an illness extending over a period of several weeks.
By his death the Sunday creek valley loses one of the most active and influential business men, and one who has devoted time and capital to the development of the mineral resources. An Englishman by birth he possessed that characteristic English pertinacity in business affairs and succeeded where others, less courageous, would have signally failed.
For a number of years he has been identified with the mining industry of the Sunday creek valley, and at the time of his death he was owner of a mine in this city. He was however, rather more of a promoter of mining enterprise than an operator, and the mine here which he had operated for years was small compared with many other collieries in the valley. He operated here in the upper vein of coal, and it may be said to his credit that his employes rarely had occasion to register grievances. In all his business dealings with his men he was scrupulously honest and just and for that reason he will be mourned as one of the most sincere friends of the Sunday creek valley of the laboring men.
William Palmer was born in Devonshire, England, February 10, 1849, and came to this country when eighteen years of age. He with his brother located at Gilberton, Pa., where they engaged in the mining of coal. In 1868 Mr. Palmer returned to England where he remained but a short time when he returned to the United States, locating at Wheeling, W. Va., and then for a time at Benwood, W. Va. and Sparta, Ill. Mr. Palmer's first appearance in Athens county was at Floodwood where he opened a mine. In the following years he opened mines at Doanville, Hamley Run, and Shawnee. For two years he was superintendent of the Laurel Hill mines, and for nearly two years subsequently was superintendent of the mines at Orbiston. He had charge of the Buchtel mines for a few weeks when he was engaged by O. D. Jackson in opening his mines at Jacksonville.
Mr. Palmer superintended the opening of the first shaft in the Sunday creek valley, the old No. 4 mine south of Jacksonville. From that time until his death he was an active promoter of mining enterprises and his faith in the industrial development of the valley where he spent so many years of his life never waned, even when the period of depression closed every mining industry. He was the promoter of numerous mining enterprises, and he had many plans well under way for further development when he was stricken with the fatal affliction. he was just in his prime as a business man and had he lived to round a full number of years the people of this locality would have seen many beneficial industrial results as the work of his never tiring energy and enterprise. The rapid development of the mining industry of the valley is to a great extent due to his business ability and to those with whom he was closely associated. He was a man of strict integrity and economy and had accumulated a large amount of property. It is said that his estate is worth about $100,000. He leaves a wife and several children. Funeral services will be held tomorrow and burial at Salem. He was a member of the IOOF lodge."
The Athens Messenger and Herald, 21 November 1901 (page 1, column 4)
William Palmer Passes Away Monday Morning at His Home in Glouster.
Pioneer Promoter of the Coal Industry in the Sunday Creek Valley - Opened Many Mines - Came From England Thirty Years Ago.
Glouster, Nov. 19. - The death of William Palmer occurred here at his home yesterday morning of lung and heart trouble, after an illness extending over a period of several weeks.
By his death the Sunday creek valley loses one of the most active and influential business men, and one who has devoted time and capital to the development of the mineral resources. An Englishman by birth he possessed that characteristic English pertinacity in business affairs and succeeded where others, less courageous, would have signally failed.
For a number of years he has been identified with the mining industry of the Sunday creek valley, and at the time of his death he was owner of a mine in this city. He was however, rather more of a promoter of mining enterprise than an operator, and the mine here which he had operated for years was small compared with many other collieries in the valley. He operated here in the upper vein of coal, and it may be said to his credit that his employes rarely had occasion to register grievances. In all his business dealings with his men he was scrupulously honest and just and for that reason he will be mourned as one of the most sincere friends of the Sunday creek valley of the laboring men.
William Palmer was born in Devonshire, England, February 10, 1849, and came to this country when eighteen years of age. He with his brother located at Gilberton, Pa., where they engaged in the mining of coal. In 1868 Mr. Palmer returned to England where he remained but a short time when he returned to the United States, locating at Wheeling, W. Va., and then for a time at Benwood, W. Va. and Sparta, Ill. Mr. Palmer's first appearance in Athens county was at Floodwood where he opened a mine. In the following years he opened mines at Doanville, Hamley Run, and Shawnee. For two years he was superintendent of the Laurel Hill mines, and for nearly two years subsequently was superintendent of the mines at Orbiston. He had charge of the Buchtel mines for a few weeks when he was engaged by O. D. Jackson in opening his mines at Jacksonville.
Mr. Palmer superintended the opening of the first shaft in the Sunday creek valley, the old No. 4 mine south of Jacksonville. From that time until his death he was an active promoter of mining enterprises and his faith in the industrial development of the valley where he spent so many years of his life never waned, even when the period of depression closed every mining industry. He was the promoter of numerous mining enterprises, and he had many plans well under way for further development when he was stricken with the fatal affliction. he was just in his prime as a business man and had he lived to round a full number of years the people of this locality would have seen many beneficial industrial results as the work of his never tiring energy and enterprise. The rapid development of the mining industry of the valley is to a great extent due to his business ability and to those with whom he was closely associated. He was a man of strict integrity and economy and had accumulated a large amount of property. It is said that his estate is worth about $100,000. He leaves a wife and several children. Funeral services will be held tomorrow and burial at Salem. He was a member of the IOOF lodge."
The Athens Messenger and Herald, 21 November 1901 (page 1, column 4)
"COAL OPERATOR DIES
William Palmer Passes Away Monday Morning at His Home in Glouster.
Pioneer Promoter of the Coal Industry in the Sunday Creek Valley - Opened Many Mines - Came From England Thirty Years Ago.
Glouster, Nov. 19. - The death of William Palmer occurred here at his home yesterday morning of lung and heart trouble, after an illness extending over a period of several weeks.
By his death the Sunday creek valley loses one of the most active and influential business men, and one who has devoted time and capital to the development of the mineral resources. An Englishman by birth he possessed that characteristic English pertinacity in business affairs and succeeded where others, less courageous, would have signally failed.
For a number of years he has been identified with the mining industry of the Sunday creek valley, and at the time of his death he was owner of a mine in this city. He was however, rather more of a promoter of mining enterprise than an operator, and the mine here which he had operated for years was small compared with many other collieries in the valley. He operated here in the upper vein of coal, and it may be said to his credit that his employes rarely had occasion to register grievances. In all his business dealings with his men he was scrupulously honest and just and for that reason he will be mourned as one of the most sincere friends of the Sunday creek valley of the laboring men.
William Palmer was born in Devonshire, England, February 10, 1849, and came to this country when eighteen years of age. He with his brother located at Gilberton, Pa., where they engaged in the mining of coal. In 1868 Mr. Palmer returned to England where he remained but a short time when he returned to the United States, locating at Wheeling, W. Va., and then for a time at Benwood, W. Va. and Sparta, Ill. Mr. Palmer's first appearance in Athens county was at Floodwood where he opened a mine. In the following years he opened mines at Doanville, Hamley Run, and Shawnee. For two years he was superintendent of the Laurel Hill mines, and for nearly two years subsequently was superintendent of the mines at Orbiston. He had charge of the Buchtel mines for a few weeks when he was engaged by O. D. Jackson in opening his mines at Jacksonville.
Mr. Palmer superintended the opening of the first shaft in the Sunday creek valley, the old No. 4 mine south of Jacksonville. From that time until his death he was an active promoter of mining enterprises and his faith in the industrial development of the valley where he spent so many years of his life never waned, even when the period of depression closed every mining industry. He was the promoter of numerous mining enterprises, and he had many plans well under way for further development when he was stricken with the fatal affliction. he was just in his prime as a business man and had he lived to round a full number of years the people of this locality would have seen many beneficial industrial results as the work of his never tiring energy and enterprise. The rapid development of the mining industry of the valley is to a great extent due to his business ability and to those with whom he was closely associated. He was a man of strict integrity and economy and had accumulated a large amount of property. It is said that his estate is worth about $100,000. He leaves a wife and several children. Funeral services will be held tomorrow and burial at Salem. He was a member of the IOOF lodge."
The Athens Messenger and Herald, 21 November 1901 (page 1, column 4)
William Palmer Passes Away Monday Morning at His Home in Glouster.
Pioneer Promoter of the Coal Industry in the Sunday Creek Valley - Opened Many Mines - Came From England Thirty Years Ago.
Glouster, Nov. 19. - The death of William Palmer occurred here at his home yesterday morning of lung and heart trouble, after an illness extending over a period of several weeks.
By his death the Sunday creek valley loses one of the most active and influential business men, and one who has devoted time and capital to the development of the mineral resources. An Englishman by birth he possessed that characteristic English pertinacity in business affairs and succeeded where others, less courageous, would have signally failed.
For a number of years he has been identified with the mining industry of the Sunday creek valley, and at the time of his death he was owner of a mine in this city. He was however, rather more of a promoter of mining enterprise than an operator, and the mine here which he had operated for years was small compared with many other collieries in the valley. He operated here in the upper vein of coal, and it may be said to his credit that his employes rarely had occasion to register grievances. In all his business dealings with his men he was scrupulously honest and just and for that reason he will be mourned as one of the most sincere friends of the Sunday creek valley of the laboring men.
William Palmer was born in Devonshire, England, February 10, 1849, and came to this country when eighteen years of age. He with his brother located at Gilberton, Pa., where they engaged in the mining of coal. In 1868 Mr. Palmer returned to England where he remained but a short time when he returned to the United States, locating at Wheeling, W. Va., and then for a time at Benwood, W. Va. and Sparta, Ill. Mr. Palmer's first appearance in Athens county was at Floodwood where he opened a mine. In the following years he opened mines at Doanville, Hamley Run, and Shawnee. For two years he was superintendent of the Laurel Hill mines, and for nearly two years subsequently was superintendent of the mines at Orbiston. He had charge of the Buchtel mines for a few weeks when he was engaged by O. D. Jackson in opening his mines at Jacksonville.
Mr. Palmer superintended the opening of the first shaft in the Sunday creek valley, the old No. 4 mine south of Jacksonville. From that time until his death he was an active promoter of mining enterprises and his faith in the industrial development of the valley where he spent so many years of his life never waned, even when the period of depression closed every mining industry. He was the promoter of numerous mining enterprises, and he had many plans well under way for further development when he was stricken with the fatal affliction. he was just in his prime as a business man and had he lived to round a full number of years the people of this locality would have seen many beneficial industrial results as the work of his never tiring energy and enterprise. The rapid development of the mining industry of the valley is to a great extent due to his business ability and to those with whom he was closely associated. He was a man of strict integrity and economy and had accumulated a large amount of property. It is said that his estate is worth about $100,000. He leaves a wife and several children. Funeral services will be held tomorrow and burial at Salem. He was a member of the IOOF lodge."
The Athens Messenger and Herald, 21 November 1901 (page 1, column 4)
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