Record of Deaths in Guilford, Connecticut, 1883-1890

Alvin Bates Palmer was born May 19, 1825, in Cornwall, Connecticut. He was the son of Dr. Abram Foote Palmer and his third wife, Jemima Hartshorn. He married Delia A. Dean, the daughter of Zera Dean and Betsey Hull, 10 Nov 1847 in Cornwall. They had five children. He was a carpenter and furnituremaker. About 1880 he moved his family from Cornwall to Guilford in New Haven County, where he lived the rest of his life. He and Delia are buried in the West Side Cemetery in Guilford. From 1883 to 1890 he kept notes on deaths of individuals in Guilford.

A typescript of these records is kept in the R. Stanton Avery Collections at NEHGS, call number MSS CT GUI 8.

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