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Palmer established the Southwest Presbyterian Seminary, which was renamed in 1925 as Rhodes College and relocated to [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]]. On April 19, 2019, after more than a century, Palmer's name was removed from "Palmer Hall," and the building was renamed Southwestern Hall. In a bow to [[political correctness]], the trustees ordered the name change based on a review by the Palmer College "Discernment Committee," which declared that … "the principal legacy of Benjamin Palmer … was found to be fundamentally at odds with our college vision."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rhodes.edu/about-rhodes/southwestern-hall/palmer-hall-discernment-committee/palmer-hall-discernment-committee|title=Palmer Hall Discernment Committee Report|publisher=Rhodes College|date=March 2019|accessdate=April 18, 2020}}</ref>

Palmer established the Southwest Presbyterian Seminary, which was renamed in 1925 as Rhodes College and relocated to [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]]. On April 19, 2019, after more than a century, Palmer's name was removed from "Palmer Hall," and the building was renamed Southwestern Hall. In a bow to [[political correctness]], the trustees ordered the name change based on a review by the Palmer College "Discernment Committee," which declared that … "the principal legacy of Benjamin Palmer … was found to be fundamentally at odds with our college vision."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rhodes.edu/about-rhodes/southwestern-hall/palmer-hall-discernment-committee/palmer-hall-discernment-committee|title=Palmer Hall Discernment Committee Report|publisher=Rhodes College|date=March 2019|accessdate=April 18, 2020}}</ref>

Palmer died in New Orleans twenty days after being struck by a streetcar and is interred there at Metairie Cemetery. Benjamin and Mary Palmer were the parents of Mary Palmer Caldwell (1847-1925), who was married to John Caldwell, the curator of [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans. The younger daughters were Augusta P. "Gussie" Colcock (1849-1875), Kate Gordon Palmer (1852-1871), and Maria Louisa Palmer (1856-1873). The Palmers outlived three of their four children.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9748512/benjamin-morgan-palmer|title=Rev. Benjamin Morgan Palmer|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 18, 2020}}</ref><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' uses sources for the article on pastor Palmer: from E. C. Scott, ''Ministerial Directory of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, 1861-1941'' (reprinted edition, 1975); Thomas Cary Johnson, ''Benjamin Morgan Palmer'' (1906); Louis Voss, '''Presbyterianism in New Orleans''' (1931); Penrose St. Amant, ''History of the Presbyterian Church in Louisiana'' (1961).</ref>

Palmer died in New Orleans twenty days after being struck by a streetcar and is interred there at Metairie Cemetery. Benjamin and Mary Palmer were the parents of Mary Palmer Caldwell (1847-1925), who was married to John Caldwell, the curator of [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans. The younger daughters were Augusta P. "Gussie" Colcock (1849-1875), Kate Gordon Palmer (1852-1871), and Maria Louisa Palmer (1856-1873). The Palmers outlived three of their four children.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9748512/benjamin-morgan-palmer|title=Rev. Benjamin Morgan Palmer|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 18, 2020}}</ref><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' uses sources for the article on pastor Palmer: from E. C. Scott, ''Ministerial Directory of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, 1861-1941'' (reprinted edition, 1975); Thomas Cary Johnson, ''Benjamin Morgan Palmer'' (1906); Louis Voss, ''Presbyterianism in New Orleans'' (1931); Penrose St. Amant, ''History of the Presbyterian Church in Louisiana'' (1961).</ref>

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