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Ralph E. Palmer

PALMER, Ralph E.:  M. D.;  b. Mich., 1875;  s. Edward B. and Emily H. (Watson) P.;  Educ.:  Pub. schs. Mich.;  Orchard Lake, Military Acad.;  Univ. Mich;  grad. Chicago Coll. Phys. and Surg., 1900;  Interne Cook Co., Hosp., Ill., 1900-02;  Interne Lakeside Hosp., 6 mos.;  m. Mary Pennell, Lima, O., 1898;  children - Elizabeth, Harriet and Margaret;  Career:  Came to Ariz., 1902, located at Prescott, rem'd. 4 mos.;  Campe Verde 1 yr.;  Roosevelt, Ariz., 5 yrs. local surg. for reclamation service;  removed to Mesa 1907;  completed South Side Hospital, Mesa, 1913, with which he is still assoc'd.;  Mem. Mesa City Council 1908-12;  Mayor, City, 1910-12;  Republican.  Affil.:  Espiscopalian;  32nd Degr. Mason;  mem. Mystic Shrine;  B.P.O.E.; K. of P.;  Improved Order of Red Mem;  mem. local Med. Socs, also Ariz. St. Med. Soc., Amer. Med. Ass'n.;  Hobby: History, collecting pioneer photographs.  Home:  Mesa.