The Albany News, Albany, Texas, Thursday, June 21, 1951. Photocopy of obituary received
from Louise Smith Palm, December 1998)
Pioneer Albany Resident Dies
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock from Matthews Memorial Presbyterian church for Mrs. Valina Palm, 92, a resident of this community since 1876.
The pastor, Rev. J. A. Owen, officiated. Burial was in the family plot at the Albany cemetery, Castleberry Funeral home in charge.
Mrs. Palm died of a heart ailment at 4 a. m. Sunday, June 17, at her ranch home 10 miles southeast of Albany after several months of illness.Mrs. Palm, who was a real pioneer of this country, came here 1876, and was married to Henry Palm Nov. 28, 1878, at the home of her sister, Mrs. S. J. Conner, by Rev. C. K. Stribling.
Mr. and Mrs. Palm established their home on Hubbard Creek Valley and owned this home and lived there continuously with the exception of the years 1899 - 1907, when Mr. Palm was postmaster in Albany. During those years they lived in Albany during the winter for the children to attend school.
Mrs. Palm united with the Presbyterian church when it was the little white church on the corner where the home of Miss Hetich now stands, when the Rev. French McAfee was on his first pastorate there in 1890.
Native of Young County
Mrs. Palm was born Valina Dobbs Dec. 26, 1858, on Salt creek near old Fort Belknap, Young county. She was the daughter of Chesley Scott and Malina (correct name is Melanie) Skidmore Dobbs. Her father had charge of the Indian agency at that fort and was one of the two first commissioners of Young county with the county seat at Fort Belknap in 1856.
They were forced to leave there on account of the ferocity of Indians.
When Mrs. Palm was two years of age they moved to Palo Pinto county, buying a farm there in what is now known as Dobbs Valley on the Brazos river seven mile from Mineral Wells.
When Mrs. Palm was 13 her father was killed by Indians in the Hittson Mountains. Her mother died several years before their home was broken up.
She then lived with her sister, Mrs. G. R. Jowell, for four years on their ranch near what is now the Possum Kingdom dam country.
Returning to her brother at the river home, she spent two years. While visiting her sisters, Mrs. George Shields and Mrs. S. J. Conner, in Albany she met Mr. Palm, who had been in this country since 1870, having come to Fort Griffin from Cincinnati, Ohio, his home.
Mrs. Palm's youth was spun with the rugged hardships of real frontier life and the excitement of the army life and settlers coming to this frontier country, and the sad plights of the returning Forty-niners who drifted by their home which was in the path going west and east. Their home was open to all and as a child she heard the wild tales of the Indians and white people and of the country farther on and what it was like.
Mrs. Palm lived through four wars. When a small child the Civil War was fought. With this war on and the privations of a pioneer country she saw many hardships and much suffering as well as the wonderful self-reliance of people who manufactured the necessities of life in her own home, which was a factory within itself.
She could interest one for hours telling how the necessities of life were forged from the native products of her home and surrounding country.
Her schoolmates in Palo Pinto were the men and women who travelled west just ahead of civilization and scattered over West Texas, New Mexico and Colorado and have left the footprints their hardy lives in that vast country.
Hers was a life well lived, long lived and faithfully lived. She left behind a rich heritage: Steadfastness of character and courage.
Surviving are four sons and one daughter: Oliver Palm of Albany, Sidney Palm of Austin, H. C. Palm of Richmond, Calif., Nelson Palm and Miss Corinne Palm, Albany; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Columbia Holcombe of Fort Worth.
She was preceded in death by her husband and a daughter, Mabel.
Pallbearers were John H. Sedwick, Watt Matthews, F. M. Booker, Dr. D. C. McCord, Ed Dodge, P. T. Sears, Walter Wood, and Sam Webb.
Attending the funeral from out-of-town were Mrs. Columbia Holcombe and daughter, Mrs. 0. F. Walker, and son, Guy Holcombe, Bill McKinney and Mrs. Ruth Penning of Fort Worth; Mr. and Lee Ivy, Baird; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ivy, Cisco; and Mrs. Samuel Diller and daughter, Betty, Moran.
from Louise Smith Palm, December 1998)
Pioneer Albany Resident Dies
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock from Matthews Memorial Presbyterian church for Mrs. Valina Palm, 92, a resident of this community since 1876.
The pastor, Rev. J. A. Owen, officiated. Burial was in the family plot at the Albany cemetery, Castleberry Funeral home in charge.
Mrs. Palm died of a heart ailment at 4 a. m. Sunday, June 17, at her ranch home 10 miles southeast of Albany after several months of illness.Mrs. Palm, who was a real pioneer of this country, came here 1876, and was married to Henry Palm Nov. 28, 1878, at the home of her sister, Mrs. S. J. Conner, by Rev. C. K. Stribling.
Mr. and Mrs. Palm established their home on Hubbard Creek Valley and owned this home and lived there continuously with the exception of the years 1899 - 1907, when Mr. Palm was postmaster in Albany. During those years they lived in Albany during the winter for the children to attend school.
Mrs. Palm united with the Presbyterian church when it was the little white church on the corner where the home of Miss Hetich now stands, when the Rev. French McAfee was on his first pastorate there in 1890.
Native of Young County
Mrs. Palm was born Valina Dobbs Dec. 26, 1858, on Salt creek near old Fort Belknap, Young county. She was the daughter of Chesley Scott and Malina (correct name is Melanie) Skidmore Dobbs. Her father had charge of the Indian agency at that fort and was one of the two first commissioners of Young county with the county seat at Fort Belknap in 1856.
They were forced to leave there on account of the ferocity of Indians.
When Mrs. Palm was two years of age they moved to Palo Pinto county, buying a farm there in what is now known as Dobbs Valley on the Brazos river seven mile from Mineral Wells.
When Mrs. Palm was 13 her father was killed by Indians in the Hittson Mountains. Her mother died several years before their home was broken up.
She then lived with her sister, Mrs. G. R. Jowell, for four years on their ranch near what is now the Possum Kingdom dam country.
Returning to her brother at the river home, she spent two years. While visiting her sisters, Mrs. George Shields and Mrs. S. J. Conner, in Albany she met Mr. Palm, who had been in this country since 1870, having come to Fort Griffin from Cincinnati, Ohio, his home.
Mrs. Palm's youth was spun with the rugged hardships of real frontier life and the excitement of the army life and settlers coming to this frontier country, and the sad plights of the returning Forty-niners who drifted by their home which was in the path going west and east. Their home was open to all and as a child she heard the wild tales of the Indians and white people and of the country farther on and what it was like.
Mrs. Palm lived through four wars. When a small child the Civil War was fought. With this war on and the privations of a pioneer country she saw many hardships and much suffering as well as the wonderful self-reliance of people who manufactured the necessities of life in her own home, which was a factory within itself.
She could interest one for hours telling how the necessities of life were forged from the native products of her home and surrounding country.
Her schoolmates in Palo Pinto were the men and women who travelled west just ahead of civilization and scattered over West Texas, New Mexico and Colorado and have left the footprints their hardy lives in that vast country.
Hers was a life well lived, long lived and faithfully lived. She left behind a rich heritage: Steadfastness of character and courage.
Surviving are four sons and one daughter: Oliver Palm of Albany, Sidney Palm of Austin, H. C. Palm of Richmond, Calif., Nelson Palm and Miss Corinne Palm, Albany; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Columbia Holcombe of Fort Worth.
She was preceded in death by her husband and a daughter, Mabel.
Pallbearers were John H. Sedwick, Watt Matthews, F. M. Booker, Dr. D. C. McCord, Ed Dodge, P. T. Sears, Walter Wood, and Sam Webb.
Attending the funeral from out-of-town were Mrs. Columbia Holcombe and daughter, Mrs. 0. F. Walker, and son, Guy Holcombe, Bill McKinney and Mrs. Ruth Penning of Fort Worth; Mr. and Lee Ivy, Baird; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ivy, Cisco; and Mrs. Samuel Diller and daughter, Betty, Moran.
The Albany News, Albany, Texas, Thursday, June 21, 1951. Photocopy of obituary received
from Louise Smith Palm, December 1998)
Pioneer Albany Resident Dies
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock from Matthews Memorial Presbyterian church for Mrs. Valina Palm, 92, a resident of this community since 1876.
The pastor, Rev. J. A. Owen, officiated. Burial was in the family plot at the Albany cemetery, Castleberry Funeral home in charge.
Mrs. Palm died of a heart ailment at 4 a. m. Sunday, June 17, at her ranch home 10 miles southeast of Albany after several months of illness.Mrs. Palm, who was a real pioneer of this country, came here 1876, and was married to Henry Palm Nov. 28, 1878, at the home of her sister, Mrs. S. J. Conner, by Rev. C. K. Stribling.
Mr. and Mrs. Palm established their home on Hubbard Creek Valley and owned this home and lived there continuously with the exception of the years 1899 - 1907, when Mr. Palm was postmaster in Albany. During those years they lived in Albany during the winter for the children to attend school.
Mrs. Palm united with the Presbyterian church when it was the little white church on the corner where the home of Miss Hetich now stands, when the Rev. French McAfee was on his first pastorate there in 1890.
Native of Young County
Mrs. Palm was born Valina Dobbs Dec. 26, 1858, on Salt creek near old Fort Belknap, Young county. She was the daughter of Chesley Scott and Malina (correct name is Melanie) Skidmore Dobbs. Her father had charge of the Indian agency at that fort and was one of the two first commissioners of Young county with the county seat at Fort Belknap in 1856.
They were forced to leave there on account of the ferocity of Indians.
When Mrs. Palm was two years of age they moved to Palo Pinto county, buying a farm there in what is now known as Dobbs Valley on the Brazos river seven mile from Mineral Wells.
When Mrs. Palm was 13 her father was killed by Indians in the Hittson Mountains. Her mother died several years before their home was broken up.
She then lived with her sister, Mrs. G. R. Jowell, for four years on their ranch near what is now the Possum Kingdom dam country.
Returning to her brother at the river home, she spent two years. While visiting her sisters, Mrs. George Shields and Mrs. S. J. Conner, in Albany she met Mr. Palm, who had been in this country since 1870, having come to Fort Griffin from Cincinnati, Ohio, his home.
Mrs. Palm's youth was spun with the rugged hardships of real frontier life and the excitement of the army life and settlers coming to this frontier country, and the sad plights of the returning Forty-niners who drifted by their home which was in the path going west and east. Their home was open to all and as a child she heard the wild tales of the Indians and white people and of the country farther on and what it was like.
Mrs. Palm lived through four wars. When a small child the Civil War was fought. With this war on and the privations of a pioneer country she saw many hardships and much suffering as well as the wonderful self-reliance of people who manufactured the necessities of life in her own home, which was a factory within itself.
She could interest one for hours telling how the necessities of life were forged from the native products of her home and surrounding country.
Her schoolmates in Palo Pinto were the men and women who travelled west just ahead of civilization and scattered over West Texas, New Mexico and Colorado and have left the footprints their hardy lives in that vast country.
Hers was a life well lived, long lived and faithfully lived. She left behind a rich heritage: Steadfastness of character and courage.
Surviving are four sons and one daughter: Oliver Palm of Albany, Sidney Palm of Austin, H. C. Palm of Richmond, Calif., Nelson Palm and Miss Corinne Palm, Albany; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Columbia Holcombe of Fort Worth.
She was preceded in death by her husband and a daughter, Mabel.
Pallbearers were John H. Sedwick, Watt Matthews, F. M. Booker, Dr. D. C. McCord, Ed Dodge, P. T. Sears, Walter Wood, and Sam Webb.
Attending the funeral from out-of-town were Mrs. Columbia Holcombe and daughter, Mrs. 0. F. Walker, and son, Guy Holcombe, Bill McKinney and Mrs. Ruth Penning of Fort Worth; Mr. and Lee Ivy, Baird; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ivy, Cisco; and Mrs. Samuel Diller and daughter, Betty, Moran.
from Louise Smith Palm, December 1998)
Pioneer Albany Resident Dies
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock from Matthews Memorial Presbyterian church for Mrs. Valina Palm, 92, a resident of this community since 1876.
The pastor, Rev. J. A. Owen, officiated. Burial was in the family plot at the Albany cemetery, Castleberry Funeral home in charge.
Mrs. Palm died of a heart ailment at 4 a. m. Sunday, June 17, at her ranch home 10 miles southeast of Albany after several months of illness.Mrs. Palm, who was a real pioneer of this country, came here 1876, and was married to Henry Palm Nov. 28, 1878, at the home of her sister, Mrs. S. J. Conner, by Rev. C. K. Stribling.
Mr. and Mrs. Palm established their home on Hubbard Creek Valley and owned this home and lived there continuously with the exception of the years 1899 - 1907, when Mr. Palm was postmaster in Albany. During those years they lived in Albany during the winter for the children to attend school.
Mrs. Palm united with the Presbyterian church when it was the little white church on the corner where the home of Miss Hetich now stands, when the Rev. French McAfee was on his first pastorate there in 1890.
Native of Young County
Mrs. Palm was born Valina Dobbs Dec. 26, 1858, on Salt creek near old Fort Belknap, Young county. She was the daughter of Chesley Scott and Malina (correct name is Melanie) Skidmore Dobbs. Her father had charge of the Indian agency at that fort and was one of the two first commissioners of Young county with the county seat at Fort Belknap in 1856.
They were forced to leave there on account of the ferocity of Indians.
When Mrs. Palm was two years of age they moved to Palo Pinto county, buying a farm there in what is now known as Dobbs Valley on the Brazos river seven mile from Mineral Wells.
When Mrs. Palm was 13 her father was killed by Indians in the Hittson Mountains. Her mother died several years before their home was broken up.
She then lived with her sister, Mrs. G. R. Jowell, for four years on their ranch near what is now the Possum Kingdom dam country.
Returning to her brother at the river home, she spent two years. While visiting her sisters, Mrs. George Shields and Mrs. S. J. Conner, in Albany she met Mr. Palm, who had been in this country since 1870, having come to Fort Griffin from Cincinnati, Ohio, his home.
Mrs. Palm's youth was spun with the rugged hardships of real frontier life and the excitement of the army life and settlers coming to this frontier country, and the sad plights of the returning Forty-niners who drifted by their home which was in the path going west and east. Their home was open to all and as a child she heard the wild tales of the Indians and white people and of the country farther on and what it was like.
Mrs. Palm lived through four wars. When a small child the Civil War was fought. With this war on and the privations of a pioneer country she saw many hardships and much suffering as well as the wonderful self-reliance of people who manufactured the necessities of life in her own home, which was a factory within itself.
She could interest one for hours telling how the necessities of life were forged from the native products of her home and surrounding country.
Her schoolmates in Palo Pinto were the men and women who travelled west just ahead of civilization and scattered over West Texas, New Mexico and Colorado and have left the footprints their hardy lives in that vast country.
Hers was a life well lived, long lived and faithfully lived. She left behind a rich heritage: Steadfastness of character and courage.
Surviving are four sons and one daughter: Oliver Palm of Albany, Sidney Palm of Austin, H. C. Palm of Richmond, Calif., Nelson Palm and Miss Corinne Palm, Albany; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Columbia Holcombe of Fort Worth.
She was preceded in death by her husband and a daughter, Mabel.
Pallbearers were John H. Sedwick, Watt Matthews, F. M. Booker, Dr. D. C. McCord, Ed Dodge, P. T. Sears, Walter Wood, and Sam Webb.
Attending the funeral from out-of-town were Mrs. Columbia Holcombe and daughter, Mrs. 0. F. Walker, and son, Guy Holcombe, Bill McKinney and Mrs. Ruth Penning of Fort Worth; Mr. and Lee Ivy, Baird; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ivy, Cisco; and Mrs. Samuel Diller and daughter, Betty, Moran.
Family Members
Siblings
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Sarah Elizabeth Dobbs Ivey
1844–1893
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Leannah Tennessee Dobbs Jowell
1846–1898
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Amanda Fitzallen Dobbs Conner
1848–1928
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Clinton Bradford "G. B." Dobbs
1851–1904
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Martha Ann Dobbs Shields
1855–1947
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Oliver Celing "Dick" Dobbs
1857–1877
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Sabrina "Mollie" Dobbs Jackson
1861–1950
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Columbia Dobbs Holcombe
1863–1956
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