Bascom H. Palmer

Bascom Headon Palmer Sr. (? - April 2, 1916) was a state legislator and judge in Florida.[1] A Democrat, he represented Columbia County, Florida in the Florida House of Representatives in 1885.[2] He then represented the 14th District in the Florida Senate from 1895 to 1901.[3] In 1901 he was appointed a judge.[1]

He had two sons.[4] His namesake son was a doctor in the military.[5] He became a prominent ophthalmologist.[6] The Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is named for him.

References

  1. 1 2 Denham, James M.; Brown, Canter (November 28, 2003). Cracker Times and Pioneer Lives: The Florida Reminiscences of George Gillett Keen and Sarah Pamela Williams. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 9781570035128 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=BBEmAAAAMAAJ&q=Jesse.James+Parrish+florida+senate&dq=Jesse.James+Parrish+florida+senate&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjuhsq368iVAxXdkokEHQBSLqcQ6AF6BAgPEAM#Jesse.James%20Parrish%20florida%20senate
  3. ↑ "The people of lawmaking in Florida 1822 - 2019" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 29, 2022.
  4. ↑ Published letter from his son The Siler City Grit (Siler City, North Carolina) 10 Apr 1919, Thursday, page 3 via https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67586200/bascom-headon-palmer/photo
  5. ↑ "JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association". 1917.
  6. ↑ "Year Book". 1953.
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