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Asberry W. Palmer

Asberry W. Palmer, planter and ginner of Gordon, Louisiana Worthy reference to the agricultural affairs of Claiborne Parish would lie incomplete without due mention of Mr. Palmer, among others engaged in tilling the soil, for ho is not only prominent in that respect, but as a citizen and neighbor, is held in the highest esteem. He was born in Greene County, Georgia, March 22, 1824, to Amasy and Ann (Gaston) Palmer, who were born in Alabama and Georgia, respectively, their marriage taking place in the former State, moving afterward to Greene County, Georgia, where they spent, the rest of their lives, the father's death occurring in 1830.

Asberry W. Palmer was the youngest of their six sons and two daughters, and after the death of his father, he, in 1833, moved to Alabama with his mother, and with her settled in Russell County, where he grew to mature years, and was married on December 24, 1847 to Miss Mary E. Parker, a Georgian. He farmed in that county a year or so, then followed the same occupation in Macon County, but in 1858 came to Louisiana, and located on the farm where he now resides, at, that time being the possessor of some money and several slaves. He continued to manage his plantation up to the opening of the war, and in 1804 enlisted in the Confederate Army, and served until the war terminated, being present at the shelling of Harrisburg and in some skirmishes.

He returned to his plantation at the close of hostilities, and is now the owner of 740 acres of land, of which about 450 are under cultivation, nicely improved with a good residence and barns. He and his wife have reared a family of nine children to maturity: Mary Ann (the deceased wife of Alvert Glass), Martha A. (wife of Sebe Mattox, of Fort Worth), Minnie (wife of A. Glass), William M., Jeff D., Octavia, Josephine (wife of C. Greer), Milo P. and Emma L. Mr. Palmer and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for a number of years he has been a prominent official in the same.

He has been a Mason since before his marriage, having been made such in Alabama.

Biographical Sketches| Claiborne Parish

Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana, Southern Publishing Company, 1890