Potter Palmer
American businessman (1826-1902)
Potter Palmer (May 20, 1826 – May 4, 1902) was an American businessman and architect. Palmer is known for helping creating new streets in the city of Chicago after the Great Chicago Fire during the 1880s.
Palmer was born on May 20, 1826. He was raised in Chicago, Illinois. Potter was married to Bertha Honoré from 1871 until his death in 1902. They had two children. On May 4, 1902, Palmer died from heart failure in his home in Chicago, Illinois. He was 75 when he died.[1] He is buried at Graceland Cemetery in Uptown, Chicago.
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change- ↑ Death of Potter Palmer in The New York Times, May 5, 1902, p. 9.
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