Contra Costa County CA Archives Biographies.....Plumley, Alonzo 1830 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@gmail.com November 29, 2005, 12:09 am Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882) ALONZO PLUMLEY.—This early pioneer of Contra Costa county is a native of St. Lawrence county, New York, and was born August 12, 1830. When but a small boy his father died, and his mother married again. They then moved to Canada, where our subject resided until seventeen years of age. He then left home, and went to Cook county. Illinois, and followed several different occupations, and remained in that State until March 21, 1853. On the above date Mr. Plumley, with his young wife, started to cross the plains with horse-teams. After a usual and uneventful trip, they arrived at Volcano, August 5, 1853, and coming direct to Contra Costa, first settled on the place now owned by Mr. Gregory, of Ygnacio valley, but a short time after he moved to what is now known as Morgan Territory, and, in the Fall of 1864, purchased his present farm of one hundred and sixty acres, located one mile north of Byron, where he is now engaged in general farming and stock-raising. Mr. Plumley is there enjoying the fruits of a well-spent and prosperous life, beloved by the wife of his youth, surrounded by his children, and respected by the whole community in which he resides. Was married in Cook county, Illinois, March 1, 1853, to Miss Julia E. Chilson, a native of Massachusetts. By this union they have twelve children living; their names are: Levina Elizabeth, Sarah Eleanor, Charles Eugene, Olive Ada, Ida E., Alonzo Monroe, Lorenzo Grant, Willard Olney, Emma Lydia, Edith Orela, Lillie Julia and Lulu Maud. A portrait of this gentleman will be found in this work. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION; TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE; ALSO, Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN; AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC. ILLUSTRATED. SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS 1882. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/contracosta/bios/plumley64bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb