Sterne Palmer obituary, 1854

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from the New Jersey Mirror 28 Dec 1854:

DIED, in this Town, on Friday last, of Typhoid Fever, STERNE PALMER, son of Mrs. J. Palmer, Publisher of this paper, aged 59 years.


Mr. Palmer was greatly loved by his large circle of friends, and during his long residence in Mount Holly, enjoyed, fully, the confidence and respect of the entire community. Having been Clerk in the Farmers' Bank for nearly thirty years, he became acquainted with the great mass of the people of the County, and those who were familiar with him in the daily business transactions of that Institution, know with what singularly uniform correctness and assiduity all his duties were performed.

Such a man could not fail to be appreciated by those with whom he associated.-- Modest and unassuming to a remarkable degree, of social and domestic habits, strictly guarded in his conversation, avoiding saying anything which was calculated to offend, dealing justly with his fellow-men, and at all times acting upon the principles of the Golden Rule--he was truly and emphatically a "pattern-man," and the world would be far better, almost a Paradise, were his general disposition and deportment studied and imitated. We knew him long and intimately, and in this tribute to his memory, our feelings are such that we cannot refrain from saying: "We honored him, LOVED HIM, for his sincerity and kindness of heart, his nobleness of purpose, and the many virtues and really excellent traits of character which adorned and dignified his nature."

His illness was short and unusually severe, but amid all the pangs of the fever, his rational moments gave the same evidence of his trust in that Higher Power which had marked his correct and useful life--and gives us the happy assurance that he has received a rich reward, an unfading inheritance, in the bright mansions of the eternal world. The great loss to his family, aged mother, sister and brothers, can only be known and felt by them--but while bowed down with the heavy affliction, they calmly submit to the unalterable laws and purposes of a just and all-wise God, believing that it is best for the son and brother, husband and father, to depart and be at rest and enjoy the smiles and favor of his Maker in Heaven--and as they commit his body to the tomb and return to their desolate homes, they feel that in the darkness which surrounds them, God will bring a light--and in the silence of their unutterable grief, His voice will be heard in words of comfort.

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