Edward R. Palmer

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c1843

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c1895

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"Edward R. Palmer" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00013305, (accessed May 3, 2024).

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Louisville, Kentucky, physician and soldier. Vermont native. Son of Benjamin R. Palmer and Ava Palmer. Graduate of University of Louisville in 1864. Clerk in Rutland, Vermont, in 1860. Served in the 55th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as assistant surgeon from April 4, 1865 to August 12, 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Vermont, Rutland County, Rutland, p. 306.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 9, p. 177A.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 467.
U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #891,789, Certificate #669,082.
"Sketch of Dr. Palmer: Son of a Prominent Physician Who Came to Louisville in 1848,"The Courier-Journal(Louisville, Kentucky), July 6, 1895, p. 8.
Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Jefferson County Administration Bonds, 1887-1895; Vol 18-19, p. 637 of 666 of microfilm (Accessed via Ancestry.com on August 21, 2020).

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