JAMES HIRAM PLUNKETT
History of Arizona pg 543

One of Tucson's important and prosperous industries is the City 
Laundry Company of which James H. Plunkett is president and manager. 
Under his wise supervision, the business of this concern has grown 
steadily through the years and is now of the leading laundries in 
this section of the state.  

Mr. Plunkett was born in Seneca Falls, Seneca County, New York on 
the 16th day of January 1861, and is a son of Thomas and Mary 
(Martin) Plunkett.  He received his educational training in the 
public schools after which he engaged in railroading, being 
employed in the mechanical department of various roads for a 
number of years.

In 1882 he came through Arizona and at that time formed the 
favorable opinion of this state which later led him to establish 
his permanent home here. In the course of his meanderings he went 
to South America, where he spent several years, before deciding 
to settle down in a desirable locality.

In May 1904 he came to Tucson as foreman of the Southern Pacific 
boiler shops. Later he was sent to Cuba, where he installed 
machinery on a railroad at Camaguay, a job which engaged his 
attention for one year. On hi  return to Tucson he did some 
work at the City Laundry Company with the result that he acquired 
a large financial interest in that concern, of which he is now 
the executive head. He is a good business man, with which he 
combines a wide and accurate knowledge of mechanics which has 
stood him in good stead, and he has had the pleasure of seeing 
a steady increase in the volume of business which has come in 
recognition of the high quality of work turned out by this 
laundry.

On April 28, 1889 at El Paso Texas Mr. Plunkett was united in 
marriage to Miss Fannie Roy and to them have been born four 
children: Mary, who is the wife of Edward Ott; Hattie, who is a 
sister of Charity and is known as Sister Mary Rosella; Rosella, 
who is the wife of Herbert Hill, and James Roy, twenty years old 
who is attending business college.

Mr. Plunkett has shown a good citizen's interest in local public 
affairs and in 1913 served as a member of the city council in which 
capacity he stood squarely for the best interests of the community. 
He is essentially a self made man, having made his way in the world 
without assistance and showing himself an intelligent and 
discriminating man in everything with which he has been connected.  
His record as business man and private citizen has been a 
commendable one and he has well merited the success which as 
come to him.


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