. History of the University of Michigan . RLES HENRY PALMER was Principal of the Academy at Fredonia, NewYork, for a time, and afterwards of the Academy atGeneseo. In 1847 he removed to Michigan to be-come Principal of the Academy at Romeo, which heconducted successfully for many years. He waschosen Regent of the University by his district in1851 and served the full term of six years fromJanuary i, following. He acted as Secretary of theBoard in 1852, was Chairman of the special com-mittee on the presidency, and had a prominent partin the selection of Henry Philip Tappan as Presidentof the Uni
. History of the University of Michigan . RLES HENRY PALMER was Principal of the Academy at Fredonia, NewYork, for a time, and afterwards of the Academy atGeneseo. In 1847 he removed to Michigan to be-come Principal of the Academy at Romeo, which heconducted successfully for many years. He waschosen Regent of the University by his district in1851 and served the full term of six years fromJanuary i, following. He acted as Secretary of theBoard in 1852, was Chairman of the special com-mittee on the presidency, and had a prominent partin the selection of Henry Philip Tappan as Presidentof the University. From 1853 until his death in his early education at the Bluecoat School of Shaftes-April, 1887, he was a resident of Pontiac. He was bury and later was given a collegiate training. Ininterested in mines in the Upper Peninsula and also 1S28 he came to America in companv with hisin building canals and railroads in that part of the brother, Uriah, and pursued medical studies in NewState. York. He then came West and entered upon the. WILLIAM UPJOHN 184 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN practice of his profession in Barry County, Michigan. sity. He remained three years in this position, andNovember i, 1863, he was appointed Surgeon of at the same time studied law with Perley Bills, Esq.,the Seventh Michigan Cavalry, and later was pro- with whom he later entered into a law partnershipmoted to be Surgeon-in-Chief of the First Brigadeof the First Cavalry Division of the Army of thePotomac. He was with Kilpatrick in his raid onRichmond and accompanied (General Sheridan inhis raid up the James River. At the close of thewar he returned to Hastings, Michigan, and resumedthe practice of his profession. He was Register ofDeeds for Barry County in 1S53 and 1854, andCoroner in 1880. He was married in 1S42 toAfifa Connett, no children of this union 1847 he was married to I^ydia Connett, by whomhe had three children, one of whom, Marie Edna(Mrs. John Beamer) survives. An older daughte
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