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Horace Edward Palmer was born September 26, 1855 and died on June 11, 1912, in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee. He was the son of Brigadier General Joseph Benjamin Palmer (1825-1890) of Civil War fame and his wife, Ophelia Maria Burrus (1835-1856). Horace's mother died when he was just an infant. Gen. Palmer married next Margaret J. Ballentine Mason, widow of William Taylor Mason. Horace Edward married Willie Mason on May 15, 1879, his stepsister and daughter of Margaret J. Ballentine and William Taylor Mason. Horace Edward Palmer became a Murfreesboro attorney and served as mayor of the town from 1885-1887. He was also a Judge in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and served as a State Court of Appeals Judge in Nashville. Subject is the owner's great-grandfather.