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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Prof. Isaac S. PALMER, Joliet; was born April 14, 1819, in Norwich, Norfolk Co., England; at 
the age of 9, he went to Edinburgh, where be was associated with the immortal George COMBE, and,
through his influence, gained admission to the famous Edinburgh Medical Institute, where he 
remained until he was 18, after which he entered public life as a lecturer on phrenology; 
in 1849, the Professor sailed for America, for the purpose of collecting specimens of the 
native Indians and learn from practical experience the types of their character, and then 
return to England and lecture upon the subject; in 1852, he went to St. Paul, purchased a 
boat and traveled the entire length of the Mississippi River, and collected over five 
hundred Indian skulls and many other relics, all of which were destroyed by fire; the 
enterprise was then given up, and he decided to make America his home. Since 1867, he 
has been a citizen of Joliet, having married, at that time, Mrs. Elisabeth F. AYLESWORTH, 
daughter of Charles W. BRANDON. He still follows his favorite profession, lecturing on 
phrenology, physiology, anatomy and geology; also the practice of medicine.