--The
Houston (Texas) papers announce the death of
Judge Edward A. Palmer, formerly of
Virginia.
Judge Palmer was a native of
Appomattox county, in the Common wealth of
Virginia; the son of worthy parents, nurtured with care, and, blessed with the means necessary for a good education, he entered Hampden Sidney College, and graduated there about the year 1845.
He studied the law as his chosen profession, and partly on account of his health removed to
Texas in 1846.
He commenced the practice of his profession in
Houston in 1847.
