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Sarah Rebecca <I>Cox</I> Palmer

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Sarah Rebecca Cox Palmer

Birth
Alabama, USA
Death
2 Nov 1934 (aged 89)
Bridgeport, Wise County, Texas, USA
Burial
Bridgeport, Wise County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Sarah was born in St Clair County Alabama and is the daughter of Clarissa Garrett and Calvin Cox. She married James Andrew Palmer on 5 Mar 1865 in Jefferson County Alabama. They migrated west about 1890 to work in the coal mines at Thurber Texas and settled near Bridgeport in Wise County Texas. They also lived some time in Parker Co Texas. At the time of her death, she was living with her daughter, Laura, in Bridgeport.

James and Sarah had 12 children and all but one, Martha, lived into the 1900's. Those whose burial location is known are shown in the links below. Those with unknown burials are shown in the notes below.

Three of James and Sarah's children married Broomfield siblings. Wm H married Rosa Broomfield. Robert G married Lillie Broomfield and Mahaley J married Andrew Broomfield. The parents of these Broomfield siblings were Joseph and Catherine (Wilson) Broomfield.

Children with unknown burials:
Martha A Palmer was born about 1866 and is the oldest child of James and Sarah. She married Joseph Garrett in 1883 in Jefferson Co, Alabama. (Joseph Garrett was her 2nd cousin) They had one child, Gussie Martha Garrett. Martha died shortly after childbirth, in Jefferson Co Alabama, about 1887. Whereabouts of her burial are unknown. Gussie married Alvin Statum and she died at the age of 43 in Alabama and had no children.

Minnie Palmer (born 1873) married Joseph Frank Murphy in Wise County and lived in Texas and Oklahoma and then migrated west to Kern County California. They had 4 children, Laura, Thelma, D. M. and Vela. Minnie and her husband last appear in the 1930 census in Kern Co, CA. Whereabouts of her death are unknown at this time. Update: Minnie's husband's death record has been found and he died 18 Jun 1930 in Yolo County, California.

Mahaley "Halie" J Palmer (born Jun 1877) married Andrew Broomfield and had 3 children, Bertha, Noble and Nora. Halie and Andrew divorced. In the 1910 census she is a widow with the surname of Anderson and living with her parents in Parker Co Texas. Whereabouts of her death are unknown at this time.

Clarice (Classie) Palmer, born Dec 1880. She married Charles Graham and had 7 children and 5 lived past 1910, Cosetta, Hattie, Gertrude, Charley and Allah. She divorced and married Leo Wm Clabaugh in 1921 in Oklahoma. (Her first husband died in Dallas in 1927). Whereabouts of her death are unknown at this time but it appears she may have died in the early 1920's.
Sarah was born in St Clair County Alabama and is the daughter of Clarissa Garrett and Calvin Cox. She married James Andrew Palmer on 5 Mar 1865 in Jefferson County Alabama. They migrated west about 1890 to work in the coal mines at Thurber Texas and settled near Bridgeport in Wise County Texas. They also lived some time in Parker Co Texas. At the time of her death, she was living with her daughter, Laura, in Bridgeport.

James and Sarah had 12 children and all but one, Martha, lived into the 1900's. Those whose burial location is known are shown in the links below. Those with unknown burials are shown in the notes below.

Three of James and Sarah's children married Broomfield siblings. Wm H married Rosa Broomfield. Robert G married Lillie Broomfield and Mahaley J married Andrew Broomfield. The parents of these Broomfield siblings were Joseph and Catherine (Wilson) Broomfield.

Children with unknown burials:
Martha A Palmer was born about 1866 and is the oldest child of James and Sarah. She married Joseph Garrett in 1883 in Jefferson Co, Alabama. (Joseph Garrett was her 2nd cousin) They had one child, Gussie Martha Garrett. Martha died shortly after childbirth, in Jefferson Co Alabama, about 1887. Whereabouts of her burial are unknown. Gussie married Alvin Statum and she died at the age of 43 in Alabama and had no children.

Minnie Palmer (born 1873) married Joseph Frank Murphy in Wise County and lived in Texas and Oklahoma and then migrated west to Kern County California. They had 4 children, Laura, Thelma, D. M. and Vela. Minnie and her husband last appear in the 1930 census in Kern Co, CA. Whereabouts of her death are unknown at this time. Update: Minnie's husband's death record has been found and he died 18 Jun 1930 in Yolo County, California.

Mahaley "Halie" J Palmer (born Jun 1877) married Andrew Broomfield and had 3 children, Bertha, Noble and Nora. Halie and Andrew divorced. In the 1910 census she is a widow with the surname of Anderson and living with her parents in Parker Co Texas. Whereabouts of her death are unknown at this time.

Clarice (Classie) Palmer, born Dec 1880. She married Charles Graham and had 7 children and 5 lived past 1910, Cosetta, Hattie, Gertrude, Charley and Allah. She divorced and married Leo Wm Clabaugh in 1921 in Oklahoma. (Her first husband died in Dallas in 1927). Whereabouts of her death are unknown at this time but it appears she may have died in the early 1920's.

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