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Courtlandt Palmer

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Birthplace: Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Death: May 10, 1874 (73)
New York City, New York County, New York, United States
Place of Burial: Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Capt. Amos Palmer and Sarah Palmer
Husband of Eliza Rathbone Palmer and Mary Ann Palmer
Father of Richard Suydam Palmer; Mary Anna Draper and Courtlandt Palmer
Brother of Phebe Palmer; Amos Palmer, Jr.; Harriet F. Swan; Benjamin Franklin Palmer; William Rhodes Palmer and 2 others
Half brother of Fanny Noyes; Elizabeth Dixon and Phebe Palmer

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About Courtlandt Palmer

From the book "The First Tycoon, The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt" By T. J. Stiles, pages 122 - 135. Courtlandt Palmer was President of the Stonington

Railroad:http://www.tjstiles.net/blog.htm?post=588484

"Courtlandt Palmer: A native of Stonington, Connecticut, Palmer was president of the New York, Providence, & Boston Railroad—or the Stonington Railroad, as it was universally known. Palmer was outspoken, often accusing Vanderbilt of treachery their dealings, but he was also weak. Vanderbilt had only contempt for him."



HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 521

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Courtlandt Palmer's Timeline

1800
November 11, 1800
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1834
July 31, 1834
New York City, New York County, New York, United States
1839
September 19, 1839
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1843
1843
Connecticut, United States
1874
May 10, 1874
Age 73
New York City, New York County, New York, United States
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Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States