A physician and musician. He went to Phillips Andover Acacemy, studied at Harvard Medical School, and moved to Seattle, where he became the Health Officer/Police Surgeon of Seattle. He married Dr May McKinney in San Francisco. Between 1897 and 1903, he traveled to NY, San Francisco, Siberia and Europe. In Paris he studied organ, and back in the US, he served as organist at a synagogue and churches in NY.
Son John Peabody Palmer was b. May 5 1907 in Manhattan, NY, and the family then moved back to Seattle, where he gave an organ recital at the new cathedral. He served as organist and choir director at St James for 28 years.
Dr Palmer suffered a severe stroke on Palm Sunday, 1935. His wife May was with him during his weeks in Providence Hospital; son Paul was in NY and son John was the vice-consul in Genoa, Italy. John in Marseille in 1932 and in Saigon in 1938.
Son John Peabody Palmer was b. May 5 1907 in Manhattan, NY, and the family then moved back to Seattle, where he gave an organ recital at the new cathedral. He served as organist and choir director at St James for 28 years.
Dr Palmer suffered a severe stroke on Palm Sunday, 1935. His wife May was with him during his weeks in Providence Hospital; son Paul was in NY and son John was the vice-consul in Genoa, Italy. John in Marseille in 1932 and in Saigon in 1938.
A physician and musician. He went to Phillips Andover Acacemy, studied at Harvard Medical School, and moved to Seattle, where he became the Health Officer/Police Surgeon of Seattle. He married Dr May McKinney in San Francisco. Between 1897 and 1903, he traveled to NY, San Francisco, Siberia and Europe. In Paris he studied organ, and back in the US, he served as organist at a synagogue and churches in NY.
Son John Peabody Palmer was b. May 5 1907 in Manhattan, NY, and the family then moved back to Seattle, where he gave an organ recital at the new cathedral. He served as organist and choir director at St James for 28 years.
Dr Palmer suffered a severe stroke on Palm Sunday, 1935. His wife May was with him during his weeks in Providence Hospital; son Paul was in NY and son John was the vice-consul in Genoa, Italy. John in Marseille in 1932 and in Saigon in 1938.
Son John Peabody Palmer was b. May 5 1907 in Manhattan, NY, and the family then moved back to Seattle, where he gave an organ recital at the new cathedral. He served as organist and choir director at St James for 28 years.
Dr Palmer suffered a severe stroke on Palm Sunday, 1935. His wife May was with him during his weeks in Providence Hospital; son Paul was in NY and son John was the vice-consul in Genoa, Italy. John in Marseille in 1932 and in Saigon in 1938.
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