Deacon Norman Palmer was born in Homer, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1810, and died at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. H. R. Maxson, in Nortonville, Kan., Dec. 20, 1903.
Jan. 5, 1834, he was united in marriage with Miss Huldah Sabin, at McGrawville, N. Y., by Rev. W. G. Dye, pastor of the First-day Baptist church of which they were both members. Very pleasantly they walked together in the matrimonial pathway for sixty-eight years, when on Sept. 19, 1902, she passed on to the better shore. Mr. Palmer became a Christian at the age of fifteen years. He began to observe the Sabbath about 1845. Soon after this date he was ordained deacon, in which office he was a faithful worker for the Lord. He was a man of sterling worth and strictly temperate habits, never having used liquor, tobacco or profane language. He located with his family in Milton, Wis., in 1853, removed to Walworth in 1859, remaining there until 1864, when he settled at Dodge Center, Minn. In 1882 he made his home at Nortonville, Kan., where he closed his earthly career. For several years he lived in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Maxson, with whom he received the most considerate care in the decline of life. The infirmities of age and the weight of advanced years confined him at home for a long time. His inability to attend church was a great trial to him. He leaves three sons, two daughters, eleven grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren, with a wide circle of friends in bereavement. Truly, a father in Israel has gone to his eternal home. G. W. H.
