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Family: Edward Whitfield Palmer / Elizabeth Ann 'Betty Ann' Grant (F3917)  [1

m. 25 Jan 1872


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  • Edward Whitfield PalmerFather | Male
    Edward Whitfield Palmer

    Born  28 Mar 1849  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  16 Jan 1904  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Married  25 Jan 1872  Franklin, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  William Robert Palmer | F3918 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Lydia E. Hundley | F3918 Group Sheet 

    Elizabeth Ann 'Betty Ann' GrantMother | Female
    Elizabeth Ann 'Betty Ann' Grant

    Born  20 Aug 1854  Franklin Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  6 Jan 1929  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Father  James Robert Grant | F9199 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mary M. Martin | F9199 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Female
    Mary Elizabeth Palmer

    Born  23 Nov 1872  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  13 Feb 1952  Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Highland Burial Park Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location

    Nannie Belle PalmerChild 2 | Female
    Nannie Belle Palmer

    Born  23 Nov 1874  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  29 Jul 1952  Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Tabernacle Church Cemetery, Callands, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Peter Thomas "Pete" Wells | F2715 
    Married  11 Feb 1893  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Male
    William Robert Palmer

    Born  13 Nov 1876  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  26 Jul 1965  Chatham, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Oak Ridge Christian Church Cemetery Chatham, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Female
    Roberta Lee "Bertie" Palmer

    Born  2 Dec 1878  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  29 Jul 1909   
    Buried     
    Spouse  James William Mitchell | F9203 
    Married  28 Feb 1907  Caswell, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes 
    • Conversations on Facebook re Grants, Oakes, Harvey Families:
      Lorraine Holley My grandfather was John Thigton Oakes From Swansonville he was Married to Mary Curtis Barbour had 3kids Virginia Ann Oakes Holley Brother Landon Oakes they Call him Bill. Mary Elizabeth Oakes Wells

    Married:
    • 36. Elizabeth Anne6 Grant (Mary5 Martin, Orson4, Orson3, Valentine2, Martin1) was born
      August 20, 1854 in Franklin County Virginia, and died January 06, 1929 in Pittsylvania County
      Virginia. She married Edward Whitfield Palmer January 25, 1872 in Franklin County
      Virginia, son of William Palmer and Lydia Hundley. He was born March 28, 1849 in
      Pittsylvania County Virginia, and died January 16, 1904 in Pittsylvania County Virginia.
      Children of Elizabeth Grant and Edward Palmer are:
      + 47 i. Mary Elizabeth7 Palmer, born November 23, 1872 in Pittsylvania County Virginia; died
      February 13, 1952 in Danville, Virginia.
      + 48 ii. Nannie Belle Palmer, born November 23, 1874 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died July 29, 1952
      in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.
      49 iii. William Robert Palmer, born November 13, 1876. He married Hillie A. Kendrick October 06,
      1900; born March 01, 1878; died July 29, 1940.
      + 50 iv. Roberta Lee Palmer, born December 20, 1878; died 1912. [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S160] Correspondence, Cindy Headen.
      Hey Mary Frances,
      I hope you are well. Sorry to bother you. I have a distant relative in my Wells line who is quite bothered by the fact that some of the research you did on our Grant line is incorrect on your site. I would be happy to correct it, but I haven't been able to find the information you sent me years ago that allowed me to access and add information to the site. Basically, the woman who married James Robert Grant and was the mother of Betty Grant who married William Palmer in the database is the incorrect woman. If you send me the access information, I will input the correct data. Let me know how you are doing. Haven't heard from you in quite a while.
      Love,
      Cindy

      Betty Grant, her mother was Mary Martin, daughter of Orson Martin. She died while Betty was still an infant and Betty was an only child. Her father never remarried, but did live with a woman for a number of years before his death. Betty was raised by her maternal uncle, Robert Martin. There are Chancery cases in Henry County which verify this.
      Cases involving Betty (Grant) Palmer:
      Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index - 089-1875-041

      Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index - 089-1876-064

      Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index - 089-1877-059


      Other cases involving the estate of Orson Martin:
      Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index - 089-1869-005

      Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index - 089-1875-045

      Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index - 089-1876-039

      Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index - 089-1889-006


    2. [S67728] Cindy Hubbard Headen, See Docs.
      Descendants of Martin Martin