Patsy Palmer

     Patsy Palmer was born on 24 December 1823 Garrard County, Kentucky.¹ She was the daughter of Burton Palmer and Rebecca Bruce.¹ Patsy and Payton Graves, son of William Graves and Lucy Berger, were married 26 May 1840 Lincoln County, Missouri, She is listed as Parmer on marriage return.

"State of Missouri, Lincoln County
Solemnized the right of Marriage the 26 day of May 1840 between Payton Graves and Patsy Parmer. Given under my hand this 19th June 1840. xx/Thos Hammonds, J.Peace
A tru copy from my office Recorfded June 19 1840
Francis Part[ ] Recorder"

transcribed from image:
Solemized the right of marriage the 26 day of May 1840 between Payton Graves and Patsy Parmer. Given under my hand this 19th June 1840
Thos Hammonds, J. Peace
A true copy from my office
Recorded June 19th 1840
Francis Parker Recorder

Ancestry.com. Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm.^2,3 Patsy and Horatio Gates Bruce, son of Horatio Bruce and Eliza Beasley, were married 3 August 1848 They were first cousins. Patsy Palmer died 15 June 1894, Johnson County, Texas at age 70 years, 5 months and 22 days, The picture of the marker clearly has this date.
This is also the date in the family Bible.⁴ She died 26 November 1884, Johnson County, Texas at age 60 years, 11 months and 2 days and was buried Caddo Cemetery, Johnson County, Texas.⁴
     She has been called Martha.⁵