Individual Details

"Robert Luther Palmer married Mary Frances Ogden 25 October, 1848 in Clark County, Kentucky. For some reason, Robert was brought to Missouri about 1829. The family returned to Clark County and later he and his wife, Mary Frances returned to Missouri and settled South of Boonville, Missouri in Cooper County close to the town of Pisgah. Before the final move to Missouri, Robert Luther served as a Teamster, 14th Regiment of Kentucky Calvary. The researcher's great grandmother, Martha related her tales of horror after the War ended and bushwhackers wou ld ride through their farm in Kentucky and steal whatever they could. She was a little girl and she and her brothers and sisters would hide in the woods to avoid being seen. Robert is buried in the Pidsgah Christian Cemetery and he has a Civil W ar tombstone. Mary Frances later moved to her son's home in Weableau, Missouri in Hickory County where she died in 1923. Robert and Mary Frances were the great grandparents of SALLY RAND (Helen Beck) the famous "Fan Dancer" of the 30's, 40's etc., and she often visited Hickory County." ("The Eugene (Gene) and Judith (Judi) Whorton Henderson Family Tree," by Judith L. Henderson.)

Birth	August 15, 1825	Clark County, Kentucky
Marriage	October 25, 1848	Clark County, Kentucky - Mary Frances Ogden
Death	March 15, 1881	Cooper County, Missouri
Burial		Pisgah Christian Cemetery, Boone County, Missouri

Spouse	Mary Frances Ogden (1828 - 1923)
Child	Elizabeth C. Palmer (1850 - )
Child	Martha Jane Palmer (1852 - 1947)
Child	James Palmer (1857 - )
Child	Nancy Palmer (1859 - )