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Texas Heritage Society
2009 Reunion Was a Huge Success!!
Tricia and Ron Palmer
Both Did an Outstanding Job!!!
Pictures Coming Soon.
The Reunion Was March 28,
2009
Please help us get an accurate head count! If you have not returned an information
form by March 17, 2009, give Ron or Tricia Palmer a telephone call. We are trying to get an accurate estimate for the
number of dinners for the reunion lunch and the number of bus riders to the Texas State Cemetery.
2009 Palmer/Parmer Family Reunion March 28, 2009!
Be sure and mark your calenders. The 2009 Reunion will be held in Hutto and Austin,
Texas on March 28, 2009 and will include a bus trip to the Texas State Cemetery where Martin Parmer is buried and a tour guide
to tell us about the Texas State Cemetery. Dan Hill will speak about his forthcoming book about Martin Parmer.
Click below for complete reunion details.
Click Here to Download PDF with Details of the 2009 Palmer/Parmer Reunion
Click Here for Reunion Information Form for BBQ Lunch, Bus Ride, Hotel, etc.
Reunion Hotel Information
Hotel Information for the Palmer/Parmer Family Reunion:
Holiday Inn Express and Suites
323 Ed Schmidt Blvd.
Hutto, Tx. 78634
For reservations call: (512) 846-1168 or 1-800-HOLIDAY.
Arrival Date: March 27 Departure Date: March
29
Details:
20 rooms have been blocked off under the Group
Name of Palmer/Parmer
Reunion. When making reservations, please mention this code. The cost is $89.00/night. This includes
a hot breakfast, free local calls and high speed internet. Each room has a coffee maker,
refrigerator, microwave, 37" flat screen tv with cable, iron and ironing board, hair dryer, bathroom amenities and writing
desk.
Hotel amenities include: indoor heated pool
and hot tub, guest laundry, business center and fitness room.
Please call to make your reservation by March
6, 2009. Any request after this date are subject to availability and higher rate. All reservations must be guaranteed
with a major credit card.
Directions
to hotel: From IH 35, go east on HWY 79 (towards Hutto), turn north (left) onto Ed Schmidt (between Lowes and Home Depot),
hotel will be behind Lowes.
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For more information about the 2009 Palmer/Parmer Family Reunion, contact Reunion Chair Ron Palmer at:
Ron & Tricia Palmer
410 Spring Valley
Hutto, Texas 78634
Home phone - 512-759-2982
Cell phone - 512-784-4046
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Hey
Cousins…
HAPPY
NEW YEAR TO ALL!!
Just
working on everything here.
We
have the church, hotel, bus, cemetery tour, and the speakers lined up. Working on the catering, We
need to send out the invitations and donations letters.
Here
is something the cousins can help Tricia work on and think about. Tricia is thinking of have a favorite dessert contest.
The idea is to have those that would like to participate bring their favorite dessert and then auction off the desserts to
the highest bidder. The winner will then donate the cake back to the club for dessert. A prize would go to the
person that baked/brought the highest bidder on item. She also wants to have a silent auction of Texas memorabilia
and any other donated items. Some items she has thought of are a flag that has flown over the capital, Texas capital
ornaments, possibly the Texas Declaration of Independence and the other items. All proceeds will go back to the club
general fund.
She
is thinking of having old boots decorated with Texas flowers and bandanas as table decorations and using those as door prizes
to give to people between speakers.
If
you know of anything that would make a great auction Item and would like to donate or know how I can get my hands on it even
old large picture frames.
I can frame a copy of
Texas declaration of independence or the Texas land grant from Mexico or even old family pictures we can copy.
I will have my scanner
and computer at the auction if we can get people to bring old original pictures I can copy them and put them on CDs
we have a multiple CD burner I purchased for the church last year it can burn large amounts of CD fast right there.
Please
let us know if it sounds like we are on the right track. Also, if you like or don’t like the ideas—we are
open to anything.
Here
is the hotel information: Holiday Inn Express in Hutto (the only hotel in town). The
amenities include: Deluxe Express Start breakfast, USA today newspaper, fitness center, and heated indoor pool
with hot tub. All rooms include a micro fridge, hair dryer, coffee maker, microwave, Wi-Fi, and cable TV. We are
working on having the Welcome to the Reunion at the meeting facility there on site. It is approximately 2 miles to the
church.
Thank
you
Ron
Palmer (512) 759-2982
The 2009 Palmer/Parmer Reunion
Is Proud to Welcome
Daniel A. Hill
Who Will Present
"Tracing the Paths of the Ring-Tail Panther Through Four Territories,
Ten States, and a Foreign Republic"
Daniel A. Hill, a great-great grandson of Martin Parmer, will make a Powerpoint slideshow
presentation, entitled "Tracing the Paths of the Ring-Tail Panther Through Four Territories, Ten States, and
a Foreign Republic". Time period source material, including newspapers, journals, maps, letters, court
cases, arrest warrants, land deeds, certificates, etc. will be used to place in proper context the many stories told in later
years of Martin Parmer. When the time period sources and later story fragments are properly integrated, Martin Parmer,
the Ring-Tail Panther springs back to life.
[presentation length, one hour]
Note: *The author, a recently retired Rockwell/Boeing Engineer-Scientist, is
a descendant of Martin Parmer and 4th wife Zina Kelly Parmer. Their daughter, Emaline Parmer, who married Augustine Shepperd,
was the great grandmother of the author.
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| Martin Parmer's Autograph from Martin Parmer Scrip, 1836 - Collection of Kameron Searle |
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We are the descendants of Martin Parmer. On this home page you will find information
regarding the Palmer/Parmer Family Reunion which is held every two years.
Martin Parmer Family Tree
See the Martin Parmer Family Tree at the link below. If your family line is not on it,
then you need to send me your line. Or bring copies of your ancestor charts and pictures to the reunion in March.
See the page for more details.
Martin Parmer Family Tree
We will also highlight the life and the many historical contributions of Martin Parmer, his ancestors and
his descendants in the history of the United States and Texas.
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| Martin Parmer's Grave in the Texas State Cemetery |
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Headstone Text
MARTIN PARMER BORN IN VIRGINIA, JUNE 4, 1778 DIED IN JASPER
COUNTY, MARCH 2, 1850 - - A DELEGATE TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MISSOURI ,1821 - SENATOR IN LEGISLATURE OF MISSOURI
- - - SECOND IN COMMAND IN THE FREDONIAN WAR IN TEXAS, 1826 MEMBER OF THE CONSULTATION 1835 - SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,
1836 ---- PARMER COUNTY, TEXAS, NAMED IN HIS HONOR Erected by the State of Texas 1936
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"A small party of infatuated madmen at Nacogdoches have declared Independence and invited
the Indians from the Sabine to the Rio Grande to join them and wage a war of Murder, plunder and desolation on the innocent
inhabitants of the the frontier--The leader of this party is Martin Parmer..." Stephen
F. Austin to the Citizen's of Victoria - Letter dated January 1, 1827 regarding Fredonian Rebellion.
"One man in the throng was especially conspicuous and, if possible, he
seemed more eager for the fray than any other. This was old Martin Palmer, 'the ring-tailed panther'...
"...Palmer was a man of more than ordinary parts, of most extraordinary strength of mind
and body and brave as a lion. He was of large stature and bronzed of feature, always dressed in buckskin hunting shirt
and leather trousers, with a panther skin cap, wore his hair long and platted in Indian style, and was indeed a unique figure.
I first saw the 'Panther' at our home on Taylor's Bayou and he impressed me as a most extraordinary character.
"On this occasion the'Panther' was well mounted and
armed, and in high glee, eager for a brush with the enemy;..." Creed
Taylor - Texas Revolutionary War veteran and Texas Ranger regarding Martin Parmer's military service at the first battle of
the Texas Revoution at Gonzales on October 2, 1835.
"On motion of Mr. Everitt, the house went into an election for officers for the provisional government.
The rule in this case , being suspended,
Mr. Martin nominated for governor, S. F. Austin.
Mr. Parmer nominated for governor, Henry Smith.
Mr. Everitt nominated for lieutenant governor, J. W. Robinson.
When there appeared for Henry Smith, for governor, 31
For
S. F. Austin, " 22
For J.
W. Robinson, lieut.do. 52
Whereupon, Mr. Henry Smith was declared duly elected governor, and J. W. Robinson, Lieutenant governor."
Journals of the Consultation at San Felipe de Austin, November 12, 1835. Henry
Smith was the first American Governor of Texas and Martin Parmer nominated him for the position against Stephen F. Austin.
"Mr. Parmer gave an interesting account to his friends at Old Washington in 1836 of
his escape from San Antonio. He was a wonderfully fascinating talker and his recital of this even greatly amused
those who heard him. He was a man absolutely without fear and held the Mexicans in contempt."
Charles B. Stewart - First Secretary of State of Texas - Delegate to the Convention
at Washington - Signer Texas Declaration of Independence.
"Mr. Parmer was of a nervous temperament. He had a stubborn and determined will and
showed impatience of delays. Many interesting stories were told of his prowess among the Indians. He was an interesting
talker and was frequently seen in the midst of an admiring group, relating incidents of his adventures. He was a unique
character but with all he was a man with the best of impulses - honest, brave and heroic."
Col. Stephen Blount - Delegate to Convention at Washington - Signer Texas Declaration of Independence.
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| Independence Hall |
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The 2003 Palmer/Parmer Reunion included a tour
of Independence Hall located at Washington-on-the-Brazos. Though only a replica, Independence Hall is constructed on
the exact spot where Martin Parmer signed the Texas Declaration of Independence in March, 1836.
| Martin Parmer - The Ring Tailed Panther |
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| Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence |
Martin Parmer's signature on the Texas Declaration of Independence can be seen on the Internet by clicking
the link below. Parmer's signature can easily be found by locating Sam Houston's signature and counting down three signatures.
MARTIN PARMER'S SIGNATURE ON THE TEXAS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
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Thanks for Visiting!
Hope to See You in 2009!!
President
Ron Palmer
410 Spring Valley
Hutto, Texas
78634
Home - 512-759-2982
Cell - 512-784-4046
2009 Palmer/Parmer
Family Reunion
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