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| Birth: | 21 Jul 1808 in Litchfield, Connecticut |
| Death: | 21 Sep 1872 in Danoville, New York |
| Sex: | F |
| Father: | Andrew Palmes b. 6 May 1755 in New London, Connecticut |
| Mother: | Sally Mattocks b. 13 Jun 1765 in Litchfield, Connecticut |
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From "Book B" Genealogy of the Paternal Ancestors and Descendants of Major Edward Palmes, who emigrated to this country in 1659 by Henry Russel Way, Hartford, Connecticut.
Susan Palmes, 10th child of Andrew and Sally Mattocks Palmes was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, July 21, 1808. She was the baby daughter of that large family of children, 8 girls and 3 boys. After all the others had married and gone to homes of their own, she (?) offers of husband and home stayed by her aged parents, giving them the best of loving care and in their declining years.
Mrs. Helen Palmes Moss, her niece, says of her. "Susan was a devoted daughter, sacrificing her own happiness that she might care for the father and mother who so depended upon her, refusing advantageous offers of marriage while they lived and then death occurred so late in life that Susan's chances for home and husband was gone. She yielded to my fathers wish that she come to Dansville for the remainder of her days, where, he, her only living brother could care for her. She had been alone so much, her wish was granted that she have her own little home near Edward. She was carefully looked after until her death. I was at home then - two years before I came west. I used to stay days with her, during her brief illness while father stayed nights - was devoted to her and near her constantly, expecting her death hourly, leaving the room for a brief moment, we found on our return she had passed away. It seemed pathetic that the lonely life must also be a sacrificing woman as she was.
My father was the youngest child and Susan's baby brother and in early childhood her constant companionship and playmate. It was only natural they should love each other and as she instilled herself early in life as Mistress of the home and family (using no authority) she was ever, without dissent acknowledged the loving presiding spirit and gentle mistress and best of all the willing, toiling caretaker at every meeting and reunion, under the home roof. We buried her by my mother and sister Francis side and now (?) the "baby brother" she so loved has been carried back from his adopted western home to his "own country" and there buried by the side of his loved ones, it is fitting that his oldest living daughter should speak kindly words for the deal old Auntie. She died in Danville, New York September 2, 1872. "Blessed are the pure in heart".
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