Some Descendants of Brig.
Gen. Bruce Palmer (George Henry,George
Washington,Noyes Elias,Elias
Sanford,Ichabod,Ichabod,Gershom,Walter)
and Madeline Rebecca
Harding
- Marcella Palmer
was born on 14 May 1906. [Ref, in 1906][Ref]
She died on 10 Dec 1967. [Ref, in 1967][Ref]
She married Col. Wendell Blanchard [Ref]
in 1931. [Ref] Wendell was born on 19
Sep 1902 [Ref] in Massachusetts. [Ref]
He died on 8 Sep 1977 [Ref] in Washington,
DC. [Ref]
Wendell and Marcella are buried in the Arlington National Cemetery. [Ref,
Wendell][Ref]
Wendell graduated from the USMA in 1924. [Ref]
He served in World War II. [Ref]
- Harding Palmer
(family genealogist) [Ref] was born on
5 Jul 1907 in Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. [Ref]
He died on 2 Feb 1991 [Ref] in
Duval county, Florida. [Ref] He married
first Amy Lucia Rickard [Ref] in 1931.
[Ref] He married second Sarah Waring Renna
[Ref] in 1936. [Ref]
- Madeline Palmer
[Ref] was born on 31 Oct 1911. [Ref][Ref
gives only the year] She died on 15 Aug 1988. [Ref][Ref
gives only the year]
- Gen. Bruce Palmer
[Ref] was born in 1913 in Austen, Travis,
Texas. [Ref] He died on 10 Oct 2000
in Virginia. [Ref] He married Kathryn
Mary Sibert. [Ref][Ref]
Kathryn Mary Sibert was the daughter of Franklin Sibert and niece of Maj.
Gen. Edwin L. Sibert. [Ref]
Bruce Palmer's description of his maternal grandparents.
Bruce Palmer's description of his career
- Adelaide Victoria Palmer
was born in 1918. [Ref] She married Charles
C. Irby. [Ref][Ref]
- Sylvia Palmer [Ref]
was born in 1919. [Ref] She married Matthew
Johnson. [Ref][Ref]