Husband Andrew Jackson Palm 1 2
Born: 21 Jun 1848 - Sandy Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 3
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Father: William Palm (1825-1888) 2 4
Mother: Catherine White (1824- ) 2 5
Marriage: 1 Oct 1875 - New Lebanon, Mercer Co, PA 3
Wife Lena Counselman 3
Born: Oct 1857 - French Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 3 6
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Father: Joel Counselman (1820-1892) 3
Mother: Sarah Clinger (1824- ) 3
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1 M Charles O. Palm 3
AKA: Charles J. Palm 6
Born: 19 Apr 1876 - West Middlesex, Shenango Twp, Mercer Co, PA 6
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Spouse: Francis Fisher ( - ) 6
Marr: 1907 6
2 F Bessie Palm 3
Born: 22 May 1878 - West Middlesex, Shenango Twp, Mercer Co, PA 6
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Spouse: Victor S. Arnold ( - ) 6
Marr: 12 Mar 1904 6
3 F Ada Belle Palm 6
AKA: Ida B. Palm 3
Born: 7 Jun 1880 - Mercer, Mercer Co, PA 6
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4 F Lorena Gladys Palm 3 6
Born: 10 Jun 1884 - Mercer, Mercer Co, PA 6
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Spouse: Rev. Louis W. Sherwin ( - ) 6
General Notes: Husband - Andrew Jackson Palm
He was educated at the New Lebanon Academy, Jamestown Seminary and at the Edinboro Normal, Erie County, PA, graduating at the last named in 1871. He taught school a number of terms, and from 1878 to 1884 was county superintendent of schools for Mercer County, PA. He began the publication of the Teachers’ Advocate in Mercer in 1879, which was afterward consolidated with the Allegheny Teacher of Allegheny City and the Educational Voice of Pittsburgh, and a new monthly issued in their stead called the Educational Review. This afterward passed into the ownership of Mr. Palm, who changed the name of it to Pennsylvania Teacher. It was sold in 1884. In the last mentioned year Mr. Palm took charge of the Western Press, of which he owned of seven-eighths.
His education was a liberal and comprehensive one, and was obtained at the public schools near his home, the Sheakleyville Academy. Jamestown Seminary, New Lebanon Academy, and the Edinboro State Normal School, from which he was graduated in the class of June, 1871. His connection with schools, as a teacher and in other capacities, is as follows: Taught two years in the public schools of Pymatuning township, Pennsylvania; served as principal of town schools at Cooperstown, Pennsylvania, 1871-72, 1872-73; New Lebanon Academy, Pennsylvania, 1873-75; Academy and public schools, West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, 1875-77; was elected county superintendent of Mercer county schools in May, 1878, and served until June, 1884.
Mr. Palm was the owner and editor of The Western Press, in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, from 1884 to 1890, when he removed to Meadville, Pennsylvania. During this time he had written a book, entitled, “The Death Penalty,” an argument against capital punishment, which was published by the Putnams, and which found a place in all the leading libraries of the country. In 1909 he commenced the publication of The American Journal of Politics, a monthly journal in New York. Two years later the name was changed to that of The American Magazine of Civics, and in 1896 it was merged with The Arena, of Boston. For a number of years he edited the Meadville Messenger, and was the treasurer-editor of the Meadville Messenger Printing Company.
He was elected a member of the Pennsylvania house of representatives in 1898, for a term of two years, and was re-elected in 1900, although the county was strongly Republican. He was nominated by acclamation as the Democratic candidate for the office of state treasurer in 1901, but resigned in order to effect a fusion with Independent Republicans. In 1908 he was nominated as the Democratic candidate for congress in the Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania district, although he had never made any solicitation for this honor, but was defeated at the election. In 1902 he was nominated for the state senate in the Fiftieth Pennsylvania district, but was also defeated. On March 13, 1915, he was appointed postmaster of the city of Meadville by President Wilson. He served about twelve years as one of the board of school controllers of Meadville, was a member of the board of directors of the Meadville Chamber of Commerce, and served about twelve years as secretary of the Meadville Commercial College. He never had any military service, as he was for many years a member of the Universal Peace Union, in which he was one of the vice-presidents for more than a quarter of a century. His fraternal affiliation was with the Woodmen of the World, the Home Circle, and the Grand Fraternity. He was also a member of “The Round Table,” a Meadville institution whose object was the furtherance of literature in every direction, and whose membership was limited to one hundred. He was not a member of any church, but the members of his family are communicants of the Presbyterian church. [GPHWP, 1645]