Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Benjamin Palmer

Full Name: Benjamin "Ben" Palmer
Birth date: August 11, 1863
Death date: June 28, 1923

Ben Palmer, birth date 8/11/1863 in Russell County, Georgia, death date 6/28/1923 in Pecos, Reeves County, Texas, attorney at law. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Benjamin Palmer, birth date 8/11/1863, death date 6/27/1923, burial in Fairview Cemetery, Pecos, Reeves County. Find a Grave .
Obituary, "Mayor Ben Palmer Died Wednesday," Pecos Enterprise and Pecos Times, 6/29/1923, p. 1. Birth date 8/11/1863 in Russell County, Alabama, death date 6/27/1923. Palmer "was elected to serve in the legislature of the State for two terms - serving in the 26th and 27th legislatures - where he made an enviable record. Moving from Stephenville to Pecos in 1911 . . . " Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
27th Legislature (1901) - Ben Palmer, postoffice Stephenville, nativity Alabama, age 38 in 1901, lawyer, stockman, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .
Biographical sketch, Benjamin Palmer, pp. 138-139. Born 8/10/1863 in Russell County, Alabama. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.