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PALMER, JASPER V. Was born in Steuben County, New York, September 29, 1836. When eleven years of age his parents
moved to Illinois. Here young Jasper resided with his parents on a farm until 1854, when he concluded to go West,
and accordingly set sail in a "prarie schooner," and crossed the plains, arriving in California sometime
in October of the above year. The first year was spent in mining and the second in farming at Yreka. He then returned
via Panama to New York, and after a short time went to Illinois, where farming was prosecuted until 1860, when
he again crossed the plains and arrived late in the fall. The winter was spent at Marysville, and in the spring
of 1861 we find him engaged in the wood business in Silver City, Nevada, which he followed for about eighteen months.
He next engaged in farming in Yolo County until 1870, at which time he came to Lake County and settled on his present
place, consisting of four hundred acres, located in Morgan Valley. Farming, stock raising and wool growing comprise
his business. Mr. Palmer married, October 22, 1859, Miss Deborah Wing, a native of New York. By this union they
have five living children: Carrie, Mice, Frances Nettie, and Jasper; and have lost one, Eddie.
From:
History of Napa and Lake Counties, California
Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers
San Francisco, California 1881
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