Masters Mate John Wesley Palmer

1820 - 1851  (31 years)

• Name	John Wesley Palmer  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Title	Masters Mate
  Birth	1820	Warren County, North Carolina, USA   [2, 3, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Weakley County, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  	Margery and JW Palmer
  Military Service	Abt 1850  [1, 7]
  	US Navy - Master's Mate
  Elected	24 Jul 1850	Weakley County, Tennessee, USA   [6]
  	Appointed Postmaster (Palmer's Store)
  		Seal-US Postmaster Seal of the first Postmaster of the United States
  Death	23 Jul 1851  [1, 7]
  	Cause: Killed in Action - US Navy - Body Lost
  Person ID	I20336	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Smith Palmer,   b. 1790, Virginia, USA d. 1840, Palmersville, Weakley, Tennessee, USA (Age 50 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth 'Betsy' Mayfield,   b. 1796   d. 1827 (Age 31 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	18 Feb 1811	Warren County, North Carolina, USA   [8, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F7887	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margery Emiline Johnson,   b. 8 Apr 1824, Weakley County, Tennessee, USA d. 12 Aug 1877 (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	12 Aug 1845	Weakley County, Tennessee, USA   [4, 11]
  Children	1. Jugurtha Almus Palmer,   b. 13 Dec 1849, Weakley County, Tennessee, USA d. 23 Oct 1923, Atkins, Pope, Arkansas, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F7812	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1820 - Warren County, North Carolina, USA Marriage - 12 Aug 1845 - Weakley County, Tennessee, USA Census - Margery and JW Palmer - 1850 - Weakley County, Tennessee, USA Elected - Appointed Postmaster (Palmer's Store) - 24 Jul 1850 - Weakley County, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• DNA Matches

  At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

• Sources

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