Bascom Headon Palmer Sr. (? - April 2, 1916) was a state legislator and judge in Florida. He was a Democrat and represented Columbia County, Florida in the Florida House of Representatives 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 was a doctor in the military. He became a prominent ophthalmologist. The Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is named for him.
References
- ^ 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.
- https://www.floridamemory.com/fmp/territorial-legislative/PeopleOfLawmaking.pdf
- 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
- "JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association". 1917.
- "Year Book". 1953.
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