businessman, philanthropist, b. Racine. He worked for several years for the Western Union Co. at Algoma, and for an insurance company in Neenah. In 1891, with George S. Parker (q.v.), he organized the Parker Pen Co. in Janesville. Palmer was secretary-treasurer of this firm (1892-1928), and in 1928 retired from active business life and moved to California. In 1929 he donated to Janesville land for the park that was named in his honor. R. B. Way, Rock River Valley (3 vols., Chicago, 1926); Janesville Daily Gazette, Feb. 2, 1933.Learn More
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