Jareb Palmer (1828-1910) - Find a Grave Memorial

Jareb Palmer Veteran

Birth

29 Feb 1828

Canton, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death

22 Oct 1910 (aged 82)

Lakefield, Jackson County, Minnesota, USA

Burial

Riverside Cemetery

Jackson, Jackson County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map

Plot

Section 2, Lot 334, Grave 4

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Obituary - Lakefield Standard, Lakefield, Minnesota, October 27, 1910

Old Settler Passes Away - On Saturday evening occured the death of Captain Jareb Palmer at the age of 82 years and 8 months.
Deceased was the eldest survivor of the early settlers of Jackson county, having first trod on Jackson county soil in the year 1856, and settling on the banks of the DesMoines river then known as Springfield, now the village of Jackson.
He was born in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, February 29, 1828, descending from old American stock. His parents were Nathan and Matilda (Griffin) Palmer. Jareb Palmer lived with his parents in Bradford county until he was eight years of age when the family moved to Tioga county of the same state. In the spring of 1854 Jareb came west and for a time lived with an uncle at Cedar Falls, Iowa and then went to Webster City, Iowa, where he made his home until November 1856, and then in company with several other men came to this county which was at that time unsurveyed, and took a claim by "squatters right" on what is now known as section one of Middletown township and erected a cabin thereon.
Mr. Palmer took a prominent part in the early developement of Jackson county and held many positions of honor and trust in the county, and by his pen was preserved the early history of Jackson county which has become familiar to our people.
Mr. Palmer enlisted in the army in 1861 and served until discharged in 1864. After his army life he resided at Spirit Lake until 1871 when he again became a resident of Jackson county and resided on his farm in Rost township until 1895 when he removed to Lakefield where he resided up to the time of his death.
Mr. Palmer has been twice married and seven children survive him, as follows: Mrs. Louise Strait, of Tennessee; Nathan S., Herbert C. and Bennie C., all of Glenburn, N.D., John G., of Echo, and Mrs. Minerva B. Ware and Francis L. of Lakefield.
The funeral occcured on Tuesday and the remains were laid at rest in the Jackson cemetery. The services were conducted under the auspices of the Grand Army Post of Jackson of which he was a member.

Marriages: (1) Abigail A. Deitz (2) Elizabeth Anna Terwillegar, December 2, 1866, Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa (divorced)

Children by 2nd marriage:
1. Nathan Jareb Palmer
2. Herbert Eugene Palmer
3. John Griffin Palmer
4. Minerva Bella Palmer
5. Francis "Frank" Irwin Palmer
6. Benjamin Clyde Palmer
7. Infant
8. Infant

Inscription

From the Jackson Republic, March 1, 1895 souvenir edition:

Jareb Palmer was born February 29, 1828, in Bedford county, Pennsylvania. When eight years old he moved with his parents to Tioga county, New York, where he attended district school until nineteen years of age when he entered the Delaware County Academy from which he graduated at the age of twenty-two.

In 1854 he came to Iowa, soon after he came to Hamilton county, Minnesota. In the fall of 1856, in company with N. Frost and B. McCarty came to Springfield, Brown county, Territory of Minnesota, now Jackson, Minnesota. He was there when Inkapaduta and his band first came from the massacre at Spirit Lake, made the attack on the Springfield settlement, killing seven and wounding three. Mr. Palmer with four men, five women and eight children occupied a log cabin during the fight, but by barricading and keeping up a continuous firing succeeding in defeating the Indians.

The Springfield settlement being broken up Mr. Palmer returned to Iowa. In 1859 Mr. Palmer was made captain of a company of mounted men to act as frontier guard. In 1861 he enlisted in the Sioux City Cavalry which afterwards became Company I of the 7th Iowa Cavalry in which he served until 1864 when he was discharged. After residing in different parts of the country in 1882 he settled in Rost township where he still lives.