Portrait and biographical album of Pike and Calhoun counties, Illinois .. . -—>5—*—«<s§-^>c [ |OHN Mc AULEY PALMER, Gov-p*« ernor 1869-72, was born onEngle Creek, Scott Co., Ky ,Sept. 13, 1817. During his in-fancy, his father, who had beena soldier in the war of 1812, re-moved to Christian Co., Ky.,where lands were cheap. Herethe future Governor of the greatPrairie State spent his childhoodand received such meager school-ing as the new and sparsely set-tled country afforded. To thishe added materially bj- diligentreading, for v;hich he evinced aptitude. His father, an ardent J
Portrait and biographical album of Pike and Calhoun counties, Illinois .. . -—>5—*—«<s§-^>c [ |OHN Mc AULEY PALMER, Gov-p*« ernor 1869-72, was born onEngle Creek, Scott Co., Ky ,Sept. 13, 1817. During his in-fancy, his father, who had beena soldier in the war of 1812, re-moved to Christian Co., Ky.,where lands were cheap. Herethe future Governor of the greatPrairie State spent his childhoodand received such meager school-ing as the new and sparsely set-tled country afforded. To thishe added materially bj- diligentreading, for v;hich he evinced aptitude. His father, an ardent Jackson man,was also noted for his anti-slavery sentiments, whichlie thoroughly impressed upon his children. In 1831he emigrated to Illinois, settling in Madison the labor of improving a farm was pursued two years, when the death of Mr. Palmersi:;i]!her broke up tiie family. About this time AltonCollege was opened, on the manual labor system,and in the spring of 1834 young Palmer, with hisehler brother, Elihu, entered this school
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