Person: Lizzie Palmer, Myaamia Name: Waapimaankohkwa

• Oklahoma Allottee

  Kansas Allottee

  Treaty Reserve Recipient

  Myaamia Language Source

  Nationality: Myaamia
  Family Group: Richardville
• ID: 2749
  

  Gender: Female

  Date of Birth: Knw 05-05-1860
  Location of Birth: N/A

  Date of Death: N/A
  Location of Death: N/A
• Biography/Notes:
  Lizzie Lindsey was the daughter of Martonah (Mary) and Marcus Lindsey. Martonah was a Myaamia woman and Marcus Lindsey was of Peoria descent. After Marcus died in 1867, Martonah married Thomas F. Richardville. Lizzie Lindsey married James Palmer in 1880. Mr. Palmer was an instrumental figure in establishing the town of Miami, and was its first postmaster. In 1881, Lizzie gave birth to their only child, Thomas Harley Palmer. Lizzie and Harley's allotted land was located the farthest east of any Miami allotments, near the current-day G.A.R. Cemetery. When the Quapaw Agency Competency Commissioners interviewed Mrs. Palmer in 1910, they found her and her family to be “in prosperous condition.” The family continued to live in Miami until James Palmer's death in 1936. By 1940, Lizzie was living with her grandson Moody Palmer's family in Fort Washakie, Wyoming. Her whereabouts thereafter are unknown.