Cant be of direct help, Palmers in Winterset are not our line. However, our line of palmers first showed up in Keokuk County , Keota Iowa right after the civil war. there were Palmers already there, Old Keota Eagle adds show them to be in the Funiture and Hardware business. One was a dentist. Do not have any names , but can check in Washington Co. Gen Lib. for matches if you wish. If you are certain that they came right on by Washington and Keokuk Co., it would be a waste of your and my time. cdp AnnJMM@aol.com wrote: > My Madison County surname is PALMER. > > Charles and Hannah (prob JUDKINS) PALMER moved to Madison County from the > state of Maine sometime between 1867 and 1870. According to the 1900 census > records, Charles, age 76, was a "hotel keeper" living in Walnut Township, > Madison County, Iowa. They had 8 children--Josiah, Goram, Ellen, Almon, > Bradbury, Cora, Cyrus, and one whose name and gender remains unknown to me > right now. Almon married Della Knight, and they eventually moved to Kamiah, > Idaho with two of four children. > > This is my husband's maternal line of which he knows very little. Would love > to "meet" a cousin out there! > > Ann Morey > Hamilton, Ohio