Agness Houston Elgin was the daughter of Myrtle (Terhune) Elgin and Argus
     (Harlan) Elgin.
       The families lived in Indiana. Myrtle lived near Linton and Argus lived
     at Claysville, Indiana. The two families came to Barber County and Harper
     County when Argus and Myrtle were small children. The Elgin family settled
     near Anthony and the Terhunes near Hazelton. Argus Elgin was born in 1877
     and died in 1957. Myrtle Terhune was born June 5, 1882, and died in February
     1959. Argust was married to Myrtle.
       The Elgins were members of the Methodist Church of Hazelton. They were
     both members of the Eastern Star. Argus was a former member of the school
     board and was also chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. He was a
     32nd degree Mason.
       Agness, their only child, was born on the family farm near Hazelton on 
     July 7, 1901. She attended the Hazelton schools and graduated from high
     school in 1919. She then attended college at Emporia and taught school
     there for six years. The last two years were in Medicine Lodge, and it 
     was here she met Gus Palmer, and they were married in 1925.
       Harry Augustus Palmer was born in Medicine Lodge, October 14, 1894, and
     recently retired from the abstract firm that was founded by his father,
     and known as Palmer and Son, Abstracts. Gus graduated from Medicine Lodge
     High School. It was while he was attending Southwestern College in Winfield
     that World War I broke out, and Gus left school to join the Army. He was
     in the 353rd Ambulance Co., 89th Division, for two years. He spent 9 months
     in Germany with the Army of Occupation. He was discharged June 5, 1919. He
     was the first Commander of American Legion Post #69. He was active in Boy
     Scout work and was President of the Kanza Council. An award in the Boy
     Scout district is named for him. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, 32nd
     degree Mason, and the Shrine Club of Wichita.
       Agness and Gus have one son, William Elgin Palmer. He graduated from
     Medicine Lodge High School, where he was on the football team, a Boy Scout,
     and received the Eagle Award. He graduated from Kansas Unitersity and
     received his law degree from KU Law School. He presently lives in Wichita
     and has three sons, Steve, Greg, and Brad.
       The couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the Methodist
     Church in 1975. They love to travel, and have gone from Alaska to Old
     Mexico, with 2 trips to Old Mexico, 2 trips to Hawaii, 4 trips to Europe,
     and 9 cruises. The last cruise was in January of 1979.
       Agness and Gus taught Sunday School classes for years. Agness is a past
     president of Monday Afternoon Club and is a member of the PEO Sisterhood.
       Gus, upon leaving the Army, spent some time in South Bend, Indiana, with
     his sister, Alma, who died in 1935.
       Della (Moore) and William Palmer, Gus's parents, were interested in the
     community and the Methodist Church.
       William Palmer was born near Peterborough, England, in January 1855, and
     was married to Della Moore in 1889. Della was an early day Millner. She
     trimmed and sold hats. She made the black velvet bonnet for Carry Nation.
       William and Della observed their 50th wedding anniversary with an open
     house at their home east of Medicine Lodge (where Dr. Robert and Judy Strack
     reside presently).
       William died in 1941, and Della in 1944. They were greatly missed by the
     whole community.
       On one of their trips to Europe Gus and Agness flew from London to 
     Peterbourough, then by taxi to Sutton to visit the beautiful house which
     was William Palmer's home. They visited the small church that William 
     attended and saw the hand-hewn benches used by the congregation. In the 
     church yard they found several graves of Palmer family members. In 1913
     William Palmer's mother died, and William's brother, Gus, went to England
     and brought back to America linens, glassware, and china that had belonged
     to their mother.
       Gus and Agness Palmer live in Medicine Lodge.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 357