Bascom H. Palmer

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

He had two sons. His namesake son was a doctor in the military. He became a prominent ophthalmologist. 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. ↑ "The People of Lawmaking in Florida, 1822/1981". 1981.
  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.