George H. Palmer removed to Wisconsin in 1853 and engaged as tailor and cutter at Evansville.

The evidence

• “(wEORGE H. PALMER, merchant tailor, Evansville ; born in Littleton, Grafton Co., N.H., Fob. 4, 1821 ; he removed to Wisconsin in 1853, and engaged in his trade as tailor and cutter at Evansville ; cut the first coat in the village ; he continued his business as merchant tailor until 1863, when he engaged as cutter for an establishment in Janesville; in the fall of 1867, he returited to Evansville, and engaged with the firm of Winston & Bennet as cutter ; in the fall of 1878, he entered the employ of his former employers, of Janesville, and managed a branch of their house at PJvansville, which he conducted until April 1, 1879, when he opened a business of his own, as merchant tailor, in Evansville. Mr.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/30-bios-union.md, PDF p. 862 / book p. 866

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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