Individual Details

Ernest was living with his brother Jeremiah W Palmer in Elmwood Twp. Leelanau Co, MI in 1910 working on his brother's farm.
Draft Registration Card Serial #811, Order #A897 states Ernest's nearest relative as Olive Marie Palmer of R#5, Traverse City, MI, Leelanau Co. Physical discription is Medium Height, Medium Build, Blue Eyes, Brown Hair with no physical defects. Obituary.
A barn on the property recently puchased by Chas. Boone burned to the ground last Tuesday. The remains of Ernest Palmer were found in the ruins. The deceased was born on this property and lived there until last October, when ill health caused him to sell and move with his family to Traverse City. Services were held in the Hibbard chapel and the remains were interred in the Bingham cemetery. Mr. Palmer is survived by his widow, Mrs. Olive Palmer, a daughter, Audry, and a son, Eber. Newspaper article from Traverse City Record Eagle 3 11 1926 Sec 1 page 1. Large headline- Officers Find Man Suicided . Medium headline-Ernest Palmer Shot Himself In Barn, Is Belief.

A complete investigation into events surrounding the disappearance of Ernest Palmer, 315 West Ninth street, and the subsequent finding of charred remains in the burned barn on the farm Palmer formerly owned, leave no doubt but that Palmer suicided. Sheriff George Heimforth of Leelanau county, assisted by Deputy Sheriff George Heimforth, Jr., traced the movements of Palmer after he left home Tuesday noon, so thoroughly that Dr. Murphy of Cedar, county coroner, decided that an inquest was not even necessary. George Heimforth and his son started out Wednesday morning and found that Palmer had purchased a .22 calibre rifle cartridge in a local hardware store Tuesday noon. At the dinner table that noon Palmer, who had been afflicted with stomach trouble for many years, said he was eating one good meal which would never bother him. Palmer according to Sheriff Heimforth, caught a ride from Traverse City to Greilickvilli with a farmer. At Greilickville he left this farmer, who was turning west, and caught a ride with Supervisor Smith of Elmwoodtownship, who was going along the bay shore. He told Mr. Smith that he was going to spend the supper hour wit friends and then go to the home of his brother, Jay Palmer, to spend the night. He had a package with him which officers believe contained the rifle, which was a takedown model.
Officers followed Palmer's tracks from where he left Mr. Smith to the old log and frame barn on his old farm. In the smouldering ruins of the barn, which burned at six o'clock Tuesday evening, were found the charred remains of Palmer's body, more than half consumed by the flames. The body rested in the log portion of the barn on its back and the belief is that Palmer first set fire to the barn and then shot himself through the head. The rifle was resting across the lower part of his body. In addition to the rifle the body was identified by a jackknife and pads (ink on article faded out) which Palmer had worn for years. Sherif Heimforth recalls that one of Mr. Palmer's brothers suicided near Minneapolis some years ago. Palmer is survived by his widow and small son. Funeral services will be held from the Hibbard chapel Saturday morning at one o'clock, Rev. David B. Moore of the Christian church officiating. Burial will be in the Bingham cemetery.

Birth	1 Sep 1876	Elmwood, Michigan
Marriage	6 Mar 1912	Olive Pearl JONES
Death	9 Mar 1926	Elmwood, Michigan
Birth		Elmwood, Leelanau Co, Michigan
Death		Elmwood, Leelanau Co, Michigan
Burial		Bingham cemetery, Leelanau, Michigan
Occupation		Farmer

Spouse	Olive Pearl JONES (1878 - )
Child	Douglas PALMER (1913 - 1913)
Child	Audrey PALMER (1915 - 1983)
Child	Eber Lyle PALMER (1923 - )

Father	Daniel PALMER Jr (1833 - 1893)
Mother	Esther WEEKS (1830 - 1906)
Sibling	Frank PALMER (1855 - 1908)
Sibling	John Jay PALMER (1860 - 1934)
Sibling	Abbie PALMER (1862 - 1891)
Sibling	Jeremiah Weeks PALMER (1865 - 1936)
Sibling	Morton Daniel PALMER (1868 - 1918)
Sibling	Lewis Weeks PALMER (1870 - 1872)