Justina B. Palmer
Feb. 11, 1832-Aug. 15, 1888
The Republican (Niles, Michigan), Thursday, August 23, 1888, page 4, col. 3 (microfilm Niles District Library)
OBITUARY
Died in this city, Aug. 15, 1888, after a painful illness of several weeks, Justina B., wife of Harvey Palmer, in her 57th year.
The deceased was a daughter of Chad Brown and wife, deceased, and was their last surviving child.
She was born in York State February 11, 1832, and while she was yet a small child, her parents took up their abode in the vicinity of the then thriving village of Bertrand, about the time Michigan sought admission to the Union.
She has spent the greater part of her life in and about Niles, and was too well and favorably known in th community to need words of encomium from us at this time.
About 1850, she was married to a Mr. A. B. Young, and two sons were born unto them. Mr. Young died in a few years and the younger of the sons a few years later. The old one, L.C. Young, of Chicago, surviving to bear the loss of a devoted, loving mother.
In May, 1881, she accepted the hand of Harvey Palmer in matrimony with whom she lived in devotion and faithful companionship until her death.
In this dispensation a home has been robbed of its light and sole attraction, and a heart again made desolate. The husband parts with a devoted, loving wife, a son buries from his sight his fond mother, to whom he had ever been a dutiful son, and these suffering ones are entitled to the sympathies of the community in which the deceased was known.
Her nobility of character, her Christian fidelity, her unselfish charitableness had won for her a host of friends, many of whom attested their regard for her in many kind offices for her relief during her last illness.
In her death the Methodist society and church lose a consistent, devoted member. She died in a full faith of a blessed immortality, joyfully anticipating a blissful reunion with her dear ones gone before. She was laid to rest in Silver Brook Cemetery to await the assembling of the just at the last day.
Niles Democrat (Niles, Michigan), Saturday, August 25, 1888, page 5, col. 1
(microfilm Niles District Library)
Mr. L.C. Young of Chicago, was called here on Wednesday by the illness of his mother Mrs. Harvey Palmer.
Niles Democrat (Niles, Michigan), Saturday, August 25, 1888, page 5, col. 2
(microfilm Niles District Library)
Mrs. Justava [sic] B. Palmer, wife of Harvey Palmer, Esq., died at her residence.