Samuel L. Plummer

Samuel L. Plummer was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in `874.

Biography

Plummer was born on March 5, 1828.[1] He later married Eunice Belknap.[2] They would have nine children.

He first settled in Beloit, Wisconsin in 1849 after having walked some 600 miles before arriving there. After living for a time in Green County, Wisconsin, Plummer moved to Durand, Wisconsin in 1855 and to Waterville, Wisconsin in 1861 before stopping in Arkansaw, Wisconsin.

Plummer died in March of 1897. He was a Baptist.

Career

Plummer served three terms in the Assembly. He was appointed Pepin County, Wisconsin Judge in 1861 and was elected as such in 1862, 1865, 1869 and 1873. Other positions he held include Chairman of the Waterville Town Board and of the Pepin County Board.

References

  1. ↑ A. J. Turner, ed. (1874). The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin (13th ed.). Madison, Wis.: Atwood & Culver. p. 459. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
  2. ↑ Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn, ed. (1919). History of Buffalo and Pepin Counties, Wisconsin, vol. II. Winona, Minn.: H. C. Cooper Jr. pp. 730–731. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
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