• Born: 16 Aug 1808, Chester PA
• Marriage (1): Julietta McFarland on 8 Mar 1832 in Pennsylvania
• Marriage (2): Maria Tratbas on 18 Jun 1837 in Cincinnati OH
• Marriage (3): Sarah Nehemiah about 1843 in Cincinnati OH
• Died: 9 Dec 1880, Cincinnati OH

  General notes:

Silversmith and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• He worked in 1834-1837 as a silversmith and watchmaker in Cincinnati OH ⁴

• Advertised in the Daily Evening Post (Cincinnati OH), 1835, offering his services as a jeweler and manufacturer of silver flatware. ⁴

• He was a partner in 1839-1841 with George Lucius Hanks in Cincinnati OH as PALMER & HANKS. ⁴

• He worked in 1842-1844 as a silversmith and watchmaker in Cincinnati OH ⁴

• He was a partner in 1844-1846 with Henry R. Smith in Cincinnati OH as PALMER & SMITH ⁴

• Alternate Mark tentative attribution; there were any number of P_ & S_ partnerships, but this mark was found on a spoon with a Cincinnati origin.

• He was a partner in 1849-1859 with William Owen in Cincinnati OH as PALMER & OWEN ⁴

• Advertised in the Daily Times (Cincinnati OH), 1849, offering jewelry, silver, and silverplate. ⁴

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Cincinnati OH, listed as a silversmith.

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Cincinnati OH, listed as a silversmith.

Abraham married Julietta McFarland on 8 Mar 1832 in Pennsylvania. (Julietta McFarland was born in Sep 1808 in Baltimore MD and died on 4 Apr 1836 in Cincinnati OH.)

Abraham next married Maria Tratbas on 18 Jun 1837 in Cincinnati OH. (Maria Tratbas was born about 1816 in Cincinnati OH and died on 11 Apr 1842.)

Abraham next married Sarah Nehemiah about 1843 in Cincinnati OH. (Sarah Nehemiah was born on 8 Aug 1816 in Cincinnati OH and died on 27 Jul 1868.)