Person:Martha Powell (23)

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Tag recognised but not supported Line 58965: 3 _FOOT "U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Employee Registration," digital images, Springfield-Greene County Library (http://thelibrary.org/lochist/frisco : accessed 2 September 2008), image for James Wesley Palmer, Springfield Underground, Springfield, Missouri.

1. ↑ U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Employee Registration
   James Wesley Palmer.

   James Palmer railroad employee card
   
   "U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Employee Registration," digital images, Springfield-Greene County Library (http://thelibrary.org/lochist/frisco : accessed 2 September 2008), image for James Wesley Palmer, Springfield Underground, Springfield, Missouri.
   
   Name:
   James Wesley Palmer
   
   Date signed:
   5/9/44
   
   Occupation title:
   Mach. Appr.
   
   ICC occupational code:
   66
   
   Date entered:
   5-44
   
   Street address:
   2005 Elizabeth
   
   City and state:
   Springfield, MO
   
   Date of birth:
   Oct. 23, 1927
   
   Place of birth:
   Springfield, Greene, Missouri
   
   Pay roll data:
   48065-41-12
   
   Account number evidenced by:
   Social Security No.
   
   Father's full name:
   Jess Wesley Palmer
   
   Mother's full name:
   Martha Evaline Powell
   
   Color or race:
   White
   
   Sex:
   Male
   
   Name of present employer:
   St. Louis San Francisco Ry.
   
   Place of present employment:
   West Loco. Shop Springfield, MO
   
   Give your Social Security account no. if you have one:
   [Whatever was there has been blanked out]
   
   Have you ever been assigned any other account number which has not been canceled:
   No
   
   If answer to item 15 is "yes", list the additional account numbers that you have and name under which one was issued:
   None
   
   Employer at time of previous application for, or issue of, number:
   None
   
   Place of employment when number was applied for or issued:
   None
   
   Date of application of, or issue of, number:
   None

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Wm. K., "Hall" (2)
   Springfield Man Killed by Train at Grade Crossing, 11 November 1955, pg.

   11 November 1955 (Friday)
   Springfield (Mo.) Leader-Press
   
   Springfield Man Killed by Train at Grade Crossing
   
   A Springfield man was killed instantly last night when his car was struck by a train at a grade crossing in Grand Island, Neb.
   
   Dead is Jess W. Palmer, 58, of 2051 Elizabeth, a former boilermaker of the Frisco Railroad's west shops here. Mr. Palmer had been employed as a boilermaker for the Union Pacific in Grand Island for the past seven years but had continued to maintain a home here.
   
   Relatives said that Mr. Palmer, who is partially deaf, apparently didn't hear the oncoming train as his car passed over the crossing about 7 p.m. His body will be returned to Springfield for services and burial under direction of Herman Lohmeyer.
   
   Surviving are his wife, Martha of the home; three sons, Elmer of Wichita, Floyd, who is in the Navy, and James of the home; four daughters, Mrs. Roy Tate and Mrs. Tom Mitchell of 1628 East Commercial, Mrs. James Plaster of 1331 West Chase and Miss Veda May Palmer of the home; one brother, Martin of Springfield; a half-brother, James of Hastings, Neb.; three sisters, Mrs. Walter Massey of Tulsa, Mrs. Harold Chambers of Vancouver, Wash., and Mrs. Tom Douglas of Tacoma, Neb.

3. ↑ Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States. Springfield News-Leader. (Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States|Springfield, Missouri)
   James W. Palmer obituary, 25 December 2005.

   Springfield News-Leader (MO) - December 25, 2005
   
   Deceased Name: James W. "Jim" Palmer
   
   Springfield News-Leader (MO)
   December 25, 2005
   
   James W. "Jim" Palmer, 78, passed away on December 22, 2005. Jim served as a radioman at Johnson Island, in the Navy, during World War II. Jim held jobs with the Santa Fe Railroad and the Federal Penitentiary before becoming a postal carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, where he retired after many years of service. He enjoyed visiting with many old and new friends. He is survived by his daughters, Pamala Palmer, Janice Riedle and Leslie Taylor, all of Springfield, Beth Mounts and her husband, Dan, of Republic, and Fayon Weeks and her husband, Mark, of Wichita, Kansas nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jesse and Evaline Palmer, and two sisters, Alice Mitchell and Frances Jean Plaster. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, December 27, 2005, at ThiemeShadel Funeral Service at White Chapel, with Pastor Tommy Loving, officiating. Interment and full military honors will follow in White Chapel Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. Tuesday until time of service. In his honor, a memorial has been established with the American Heart Association, 2446 E. Madrid, Springfield, Missouri 65808 or may be left with the funeral home. Online personal condolences can be made at www.thieme-shadel.com
   
   Copyright (c) Springfield News-Leader. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of Gannett Co., Inc. by NewsBank, inc.

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T626)
   Jesse W. Palmer household; Year: 1930; Census Place: Springfield, Greene, Missouri; Roll: 1188; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0012; Image: 642.0; FHL microfilm: 2340923.; dwelling 120, family 124.

   Campbell, Greene, Missouri
   5 April 1930
   1500 West Elm, Dwelling 120, Family 124
   
   Jesse W. Palmer
   Head
   Owned home worth $2000
   Not a farm
   Male
   White
   31
   Married
   25 at first marriage
   Had not attended school that year
   Able to read and write
   Born in Missouri
   Father born in Illinois
   Mother born in Kentucky
   Spoke English
   Employed as a bailer maker in a railroad shop
   Wage worker
   Actually worked yesterday
   Veteran in the World War
   
   Mary E. Palmer
   Wife
   Female
   White
   24
   Married
   18 at first marriage
   Had not attended school that year
   Able to read and write
   Born in Missouri
   Both parents born in Missouri
   Spoke English
   
   Jesse E. Palmer
   Son
   Male
   White
   5
   Single
   Had not attended school that year
   Born in Missouri
   Both parents born in Missouri
   
   Sherman F. Palmer
   Son
   Male
   White
   4 3/12
   Single
   Had not attended school that year
   Born in Missouri
   Both parents born in Missouri
   
   James W. Palmer
   Son
   Male
   White
   2 5/12
   Single
   Had not attended school that year
   Born in Missouri
   Both parents born in Missouri

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5} Wm. K., "Hall"
   pg. 453.

   Obituary for Martha Evaline Palmer
   
   "Martha Evaline Palmer," Springfield News-Leader, [date not copied], photocopy in clippings, Hall, Wm. K., editor, Clippings of Items of Genealogical Interest from the Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, Newspaper for 1989, with an Index to the Principal Names, Part 1 (Saint Louis, MO: Wm K. Hall [33 Westmoreland Place, 63108-1227], no date), 453.
   
   Martha Evaline Palmer, 83, Springfield, died May 16 in Cox Medical Center North after an extended illness.
   
   Born in Melborne, she had lived in Springfield most of her life. Mrs. Palmer worked many years in the garment industry and was a long-time member of Hamlin Memorial Baptist Church as well as an active member of the Royal Neighbors, Navy Mothers Club, VFW Auxiliary, The Grandmothers Club, and other groups. She was married in 1924 to Jesse W. Palmer, who preceded her in death Nov. 10, 1955.
   
   Surviving are three sons, Jesse, Norton, Kan., James and Sherman both of Springfield; four daughters, Pauline Tate, Springfield, Alice Mitchell, Fenton, Mich., Frances Jean Plaster, Rogersville, and Veda May Casselman, Springfield; a brother; six sisters; 26 grandchildren; and 33 great-grandchildren.
   
   Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Ragan-Thieme Funeral Home North with the Rev. Calivn[sic] Maberry officiating. Burial will be in Springfield National Cemetery.
   
   Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home.
   
   Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society.

6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5} Missouri, United States. Death Certificates. (Missouri State Archives)
   Martha Evaline Palmer.

   Death Certificate Palmer Martha
   
   Martha Evaline Palmer
   Female
   Death of Death: May 16, 1989
   Not in armed forces
   Inpatient in hospital, Cox Medical Center North, Springfield, Greene
   Widowed
   Seamstress at Obermans
   Residence Missouri, Greene, Springfield, 65803
   2231 N. Farmer
   10-19 years at present address
   Not of Hispanic origin
   White
   8th grade highest competed
   Father's name: Johnny Powell
   Mother's name: Rosella Curry
   Informant: Pauline Tate, Rt. 4, Box 771, Springfield, MO 65202
   Buried May 19, 1989 at National Cemetery, Springfield, MO 65202
   Ragan-Thieme Funeral Home, 1200 Boonville, Springfield, MO
   Cause of death: Lymphoma
   Duration 2 years

7. ↑ Died at Cox Medical Center North of lymphoma
8. ↑ Springfield National Cemetery
9. ↑ Description: lymphoma
10. ↑ Description: Member of many organizations
11. ↑ Royal Neighbors, Navy Mothers Club, VFW Auxiliary, The Grandmothers Club, and other groups
12. ↑ Description: Garment industry
13. ↑ 1500 West Elm
14. ↑ 2051 Elizabeth
15. ↑ 2231 N. Farmer