Married Sally Knight, 1 Dec 1851, Salt Lake City, Utah
Married Caroline Jacques, 30 Mar 1856, Salt Lake City, Utah
Our Pioneer Heritage
Volume 1
Women and Children of the Mormon Battalion
Phebe Draper Palmer Brown
Zemira Palmer was born August 9, 1831 in the Province of Upper Canada, the son of Phebe Draper and George Palmer. After the death of his father his mother married Ebenezer Brown, and when she was given the privilege of accompanying her husband on the march of the Mormon Battalion, Zemira asked to go with them. Although he was not old enough to be a soldier he was given permission by the officers in charge to go provided he could carry a gun and all the other necessary equipment. His mother, knowing the need of a growing boy for extra food, often purposely burned the bread served to the officers so that they would cut off the blackened crusts. These she saved for Zemira who said they tasted better than a piece of pie under other circumstances. After the disbanding of the Battalion in Los Angeles, Zemira helped his parents pan gold in order to get an outfit and enough provisions to join the Saints in Utah.
* Mormon Battalion members
Married Sally Knight, 1 Dec 1851, Salt Lake City, Utah
Married Caroline Jacques, 30 Mar 1856, Salt Lake City, Utah
Our Pioneer Heritage
Volume 1
Women and Children of the Mormon Battalion
Phebe Draper Palmer Brown
Zemira Palmer was born August 9, 1831 in the Province of Upper Canada, the son of Phebe Draper and George Palmer. After the death of his father his mother married Ebenezer Brown, and when she was given the privilege of accompanying her husband on the march of the Mormon Battalion, Zemira asked to go with them. Although he was not old enough to be a soldier he was given permission by the officers in charge to go provided he could carry a gun and all the other necessary equipment. His mother, knowing the need of a growing boy for extra food, often purposely burned the bread served to the officers so that they would cut off the blackened crusts. These she saved for Zemira who said they tasted better than a piece of pie under other circumstances. After the disbanding of the Battalion in Los Angeles, Zemira helped his parents pan gold in order to get an outfit and enough provisions to join the Saints in Utah.
* Mormon Battalion members
Family Members
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Alma Zemira Palmer
1853–1925
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Martha Palmer
1855–1855
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Mary Palmer
1855–1855
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Lydia Amelia Palmer Kartchner
1856–1896
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Phebe Palmer Kartchner
1858–1936
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Sarah Arletta "Lettie" Palmer Cox
1859–1931
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James William Palmer
1860–1931
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George Asael "Ace" Palmer
1863–1938
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Susan Louisa Palmer Black
1863–1949
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Jesse Milo Palmer
1864–1909
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Mary Dell Palmer
1865–1865
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George Edwin Palmer
1865–1902
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Emma Palmer Heaton
1867–1947
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Daniel Whitmore Palmer
1869–1935
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Newell Knight Palmer
1870–1932
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Almeda E. Palmer Cox
1872–1958
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Joseph Palmer
1874–1961
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Laura Lovina Palmer Walker
1875–1953
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Ann Palmer
1877–1877
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Chloe Palmer Hickman
1878–1916
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