Lavina "Vinie" Lunsford Palmer (1823-1923) . At the age of 10, Vinie witnesses the Lenoid Meteor Shower of November 13, 1833, the most brilliant meteor shower ever recorded. Her witness of this phenomenon was passed down to the present generation by her grandchildren who describe it, "When Grandma was a young girl, she saw the stars fall from Heaven!"
Source-A Pictorial History of Cherokee Co. NC.,
Vinea Palmer's death certificate states she was 100 years and 4 months old and her death date is listed as June 1, 1923, it list the cause as "just old age". The NC Death Collection list death date as June 18, 1923.
Sources- NC Death Certificate & NC Death Collection.
Lavina "Vinie" Lunsford Palmer (1823-1923) . At the age of 10, Vinie witnesses the Lenoid Meteor Shower of November 13, 1833, the most brilliant meteor shower ever recorded. Her witness of this phenomenon was passed down to the present generation by her grandchildren who describe it, "When Grandma was a young girl, she saw the stars fall from Heaven!"
Source-A Pictorial History of Cherokee Co. NC.,
Vinea Palmer's death certificate states she was 100 years and 4 months old and her death date is listed as June 1, 1923, it list the cause as "just old age". The NC Death Collection list death date as June 18, 1923.
Sources- NC Death Certificate & NC Death Collection.
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wife of Eli Palmer
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Tobitha Palmer Abernathy
1850–1929
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James M. Palmer
1852–1891
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Jacob Wesley "Jake" Palmer
1853–1925
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William Morganton Palmer
1856–1916
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Mary Ann Palmer Kephart
1857–1949
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Lucy Arminda Palmer Lovingood
1859–1946
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Lucinda Palmer Kephart
1861–1949
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Bailey Brittain Palmer
1863–1959
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John F. Palmer
1866–1948
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Henry Palmer
1867–1933
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