JOSEPH PALLISER, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Potosi; born Dec. 7, 1811, at Yorkshire, Eng.; son of William and Mary (Grange) Palliser; settled here in 1840; engaged in smelting and general merchandise at Potosi; lately followed farming. Owns seventy acres of land. Was on Town Board one year, and Assessor seventeen years. Is Republican, and Freemasonry is his church. Member of Warren Lodge, No. 4, since 1845, and occupied all the chairs at different times. Married, in 1833, to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary (Beeroft) Downes; had seven children.

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