Mary Lincoln (Queen) Mellen was born in Prestonburg, Kentucky on March 26, 1850. She was the only child of Isabelle and William Proctor Mellen.
Queen married William Jackson Palmer on November 8, 1870 in Flushing, New York where the Mellen family lived at the time. The Palmer's had three children. Elsie, born in 1872, Dorothy, born in 1880 and Marjory, born in 1881.
Queen Palmer, at age twenty-one, opened the first public school in Colorado Springs in November, 1871. School was held in a three room house she rented on Cascade Avenue.
Because of illness, Queen and her daughters moved to England where she died on December 27, 1894. In 1910 Queen Palmer's ashes were disinterred from England and were placed by her husbands.
Queen married William Jackson Palmer on November 8, 1870 in Flushing, New York where the Mellen family lived at the time. The Palmer's had three children. Elsie, born in 1872, Dorothy, born in 1880 and Marjory, born in 1881.
Queen Palmer, at age twenty-one, opened the first public school in Colorado Springs in November, 1871. School was held in a three room house she rented on Cascade Avenue.
Because of illness, Queen and her daughters moved to England where she died on December 27, 1894. In 1910 Queen Palmer's ashes were disinterred from England and were placed by her husbands.
Mary Lincoln (Queen) Mellen was born in Prestonburg, Kentucky on March 26, 1850. She was the only child of Isabelle and William Proctor Mellen.
Queen married William Jackson Palmer on November 8, 1870 in Flushing, New York where the Mellen family lived at the time. The Palmer's had three children. Elsie, born in 1872, Dorothy, born in 1880 and Marjory, born in 1881.
Queen Palmer, at age twenty-one, opened the first public school in Colorado Springs in November, 1871. School was held in a three room house she rented on Cascade Avenue.
Because of illness, Queen and her daughters moved to England where she died on December 27, 1894. In 1910 Queen Palmer's ashes were disinterred from England and were placed by her husbands.
Queen married William Jackson Palmer on November 8, 1870 in Flushing, New York where the Mellen family lived at the time. The Palmer's had three children. Elsie, born in 1872, Dorothy, born in 1880 and Marjory, born in 1881.
Queen Palmer, at age twenty-one, opened the first public school in Colorado Springs in November, 1871. School was held in a three room house she rented on Cascade Avenue.
Because of illness, Queen and her daughters moved to England where she died on December 27, 1894. In 1910 Queen Palmer's ashes were disinterred from England and were placed by her husbands.
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Mrs William J Palmer, Buried: 11/22/1910, Source: City of Colo Spgs cemetery data 3/20/09
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