MARY'S GENEALOGY TREASURES
Abraham Palmer and Hulda Catherine Hill
Hulda was born in 1842, the oldest child of Richard Return
Hill and Rhoda Wheeler Hill in Dale County Missouri. Her
parents immigrated to Utah and settled around Ogden. In
1857 she married Abraham Palmer. They had six children:
Richard Marcellus, Delila Vilate, Josephine Palmer Litchfield,
Catharine Alfura, Mary Pickett, and Frank Abraham.
Times were very hard in those days with Indian Wars, crop
failures and grasshoppers. Sometimes they went for weeks
without tasting a bit of bread. After her husband died in 1875,
times were even more difficult, trying to support her family
until they were able to help themselves. When Floyd and Ethel
Litchfield went to see her in Salt Lake, they discovered her
situation and brought her to Raymond with them. She lived
in Raymond with her daughter, Josephine Litchfield, and for
a time at her grandson Floyd's. Later she stayed with her
other daughter, Mary Pickett, who lived in Orion, Alberta.
It was on one of her visits to Mary's that she caught the flu
and she, along with her daughter Mary and granddaughter
Alice, all died within a few hours of each other. They were
brought to Raymond for burial in 1919.
Catharine enjoyed being with her family in Raymond, where
she was well taken care of. Records of the Old Folks Parties
show she attended them while living here. She was a devoutly
religious person and never ceased thanking the Lord for the
blessings He had given her.
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