Samuel L. Plummer
Samuel Lane Plummer (March 5, 1828 – March 21, 1897) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1874.
Biography
[edit]Plummer was born on March 5, 1828.[1] He later married Eunice Belknap.[2] They had nine children, including Samuel F. Plummer and William Edmunds Plummer, who were also members of the Assembly.
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 after a surgical procedure[3] on March 21, 1897. He was a Baptist.
Career
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "The City: Durand Courier". The Daily Telegram. March 20, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved January 20, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
[edit]- Politicians from Beloit, Wisconsin
- People from Green County, Wisconsin
- People from Durand, Wisconsin
- Mayors of places in Wisconsin
- Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Wisconsin state court judges
- Baptists from Wisconsin
- 1828 births
- 1897 deaths
- People from Waterville, Wisconsin
- 19th-century American judges
- 19th-century Baptists
- 19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature