. History of southeast Missouri : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests. and having been madeof logs, with a stick and mud chimney. Atthe end of seven years Mr. Palmer traded hisoriginal property, selling to a man at CottonPlant, and subsequentlv made another dealwith Will F. Shelton, of Kennett. He isnow oceuping a large, seven-room cottage, andon his farm has fifteen tenant houses, whichare occupied by his renters, who devote theirtime and attention to tlie raising of the cropscommon to this region, Mr. Palmer himselfdoing now biit little
. History of southeast Missouri : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests. and having been madeof logs, with a stick and mud chimney. Atthe end of seven years Mr. Palmer traded hisoriginal property, selling to a man at CottonPlant, and subsequentlv made another dealwith Will F. Shelton, of Kennett. He isnow oceuping a large, seven-room cottage, andon his farm has fifteen tenant houses, whichare occupied by his renters, who devote theirtime and attention to tlie raising of the cropscommon to this region, Mr. Palmer himselfdoing now biit little of the actual labor ofthe farm. Mr. Palmer has been twice married. Hemarried first, in September, 1869, ParleeCook, who died in 1895, leaving six children,namely: Nancy : Thomas J.; Martha; Charles,living at home; George, also at home; andTennie. Mr. Palmer married for his secondwife. Mrs. Rachel T. Gulp, nee Hardin, awidow ^vith three children, namely: and Alfred. In his political relationsMr. Palmer is a Democrat, and religiously heis an active and trustworthy member of thePrimitive Baptist HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST JIISSOURI 637 William F. Bergmann. The name Berg-uiami suggests commercialism to the peopleof Cape Girardeau. Not is William a go-ahead business man, but hisfather before him was a merchant. Williamimbibed business principles in his babyhood;he observed them in his boj^hood and he haspracticed them in his maturity. The peopleof Cape Girardeau feel that have a pro-prietary interest in him, he having spent thebest part of his life in their midst. Theyhave watched his development and that ofhis business. They have seen him grow frombeing simply the son of his father to a manwho has made his own career, not being will-ing to live on the reputation of his father,however good that might be. William F. Bergmann was born at CaweGirardeau, Missouri, August 6, 1876. Hisfather, of whom mention is made on otherpages of this work, is
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