| Formerly the residence of the
Cains by whom it was sold to Joseph Palmer of Springfield, who built the
house on it for his eldest son, John Gendron Palmer. He married Catherine,
daughter of Francis Marion, of Mount Pleasant. and died in 1840, leaving
a widow and several children. His eldest son, F. Gendron Palmer, was educated
at the Citadel Academy in Charleston, and after leaving that school he
went to the West and applied himself to rail road engineering. On the breaking
out of the war he returned to South Carolina and obtained a commission
in Steven's (Holcombe) Legion, where he distinguished himself by his gallatry
and his attention to the duties of his office. He rose to the rank of Major,
and was wounded in the lung at the second battle of Manassas, which accident
supervening on a frame somewhat predisposed to a pulmona disorder, terminated
in consumption which rapidly brought his life to an end, December, 1862.
He was an excellent and an accomplished Officer and his untimely death
nipped in the bud many hopes which had been built upon his life. The younger
brothers also shared with gallantry the dangers and hardships of the war.
The youngest daughter Charlotte, married Col., afterwards General Ellison
Capers, who after gallant service in the Confederate Army, became, after
the war, a minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church.* |