Mifflin Leonard Palmer

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Mifflin Leonard Palmer

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: November 27, 1903 (90)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Joseph Palmer and Esther Palmer
Husband of Catharine King Palmer
Father of Rebecca W. Harper; Phoebe Couch Shaffer; Selinda Dolby Bringhurst; Eliza Evans Frost; Sarah Bethula Sharp and 1 other
Brother of Joseph Palmer

Managed by: Amanda Jones
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About Mifflin Leonard Palmer

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41866297/mifflin-leonard-palmer

https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/overlandtravel/pioneers/253...

Click on "Story Highlight" for a detailed biography of Mifflin Leonard Palmer, written by his granddaughter: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KWCC-VCV/archie-bringhurst-18...

From WikiTree:
Mifflin was born in 1813. He was the son of Joseph Palmer and Esther Leonard.

He and his wife converted to the LDS faith and moved to Utah in 1861, where they spent the rest of their lives.

They had eight children, as described in Wagenseller pp 121-124:

   Rebecca West Palmer b 2 Oct 1838, m 1862 Lewis A. Harper, 6 children, res. Reading PA 
   Phoebe Couch Palmer b 9 Jan 1840, m 1861 John G. Shaffer, no children, res. SLC UT 
   Selinda Dolby Palmer b 31 Jan 1842, m 1862 Wm A Bringhurst, 10 children, res Toquerville UT 
   Eliza Evans Palmer b 24 Nov 1844, m 1867 Edwin Frost, 5 children, res SLC UT 
   Alphonso Morris Palmer b 19 Feb 1847, m 1868 Mary Frost, 12 children, res Taylorsville UT 
   Sarah Buthula Palmer b 30 Jan 1851, m 1872 John C. Sharp, two children, res Vernon UT 
   Laura Irene Palmer b 28 Oct 1857 Reading PA, d 2 Oct 1858 
   Esther Palmer b 17 Jul 1860 d 21 Jul 1860, Reading PA 

He passed away in 1903.

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Mifflin Leonard Palmer's Timeline

1813
June 21, 1813
Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States
1838
October 1838
1840
January 9, 1840
Pennsylvania, USA
1842
January 31, 1842
Brandywine Manor, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA, Uwchlan, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
1844
November 24, 1844
Uwchlan, Chester, Pennsylvania
1847
February 19, 1847
Lionville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
1851
January 30, 1851
Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
1903
November 27, 1903
Age 90
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States