Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio . rk. In 1852he went to live with his brother, ThomasK., of Port Burwell, now in Elgin county,Ontario, but soon afterward moved withhim to St. Thomas, a few miles northwestof Port Burwell, and here he was con-verted to Christianity, uniting with theBaptist Church. At the same place, andthrough the kindness of his brother, hereceived another three-months schooling,making in all six months education up tothe age of twenty-one. From early boyhood Dr. Palmer hadlooked forward to the possibility of thepractice of medicin
Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio . rk. In 1852he went to live with his brother, ThomasK., of Port Burwell, now in Elgin county,Ontario, but soon afterward moved withhim to St. Thomas, a few miles northwestof Port Burwell, and here he was con-verted to Christianity, uniting with theBaptist Church. At the same place, andthrough the kindness of his brother, hereceived another three-months schooling,making in all six months education up tothe age of twenty-one. From early boyhood Dr. Palmer hadlooked forward to the possibility of thepractice of medicine being his life work,such being his devout wish; but lack ofmeans all along stood in the way of hisaccomplishing his desire in that , more money would have to beearned, to accomplish which he com-menced, after leaving school the secondtime, to learn the trade of carpenter,which he continued several years, amongother work assisting in erecting all theGreat Western railroad buildings, includ-ing docks, at Windsor, Canada. Aboutthe year 1858 our subject moved to. ^^/^a^z^
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