HISTORY OF CLAY COUNTY                            21

Mr. and Mrs. Bennett has been blessed by the birth of three children,
namely: Ray Lindley, Sylvia and Zoe. Ray L. married Ada Mode-
sitt, and they have one child, Lucille. Sylvia is the wife of John Jef-
fers and Zoe married Rue Colble. Mr. Bennett is a Republican and a
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Clear Creek Lodge,
No. 449, Cory, Indiana, He and his wife are members of the Methodist
Episcopal church.

    WILLIAM H. PLUMB.—Few men are more prominent or more widely
known in the enterprising city of Brazil than William H. Plumb, who for
forty years has conducted a bakery business here and in its management
has shown a thorough knowledge of the business as well as marked
capability in directing trade interests. He possesses tireless energy
and honesty of purpose, joined to common sense, a factor which is too
often lacking in the business world.
    A native of England, Mr. Plumb was born in London, July 31, 1832,
and was the second in a family of seven children. His father, John B.
Plumb, was born in Northamptonshire, England, in 1812, and in early
life followed the occupation of farming. He afterwards sought the busi-
ness opportunities of the city, however, and removed to London, where
he conducted a bakery. In early manhood he wedded Miss Jane C. Finch,
who was born in London in 1808. They were members of the Church
of England and both died in that faith, the father passing away in 1884,
at the age of seventy-two years, while the mother’s death occurred when
she was seventy-four years of age. Five of their children still survive,
namely: William H., of this review; Edward; Charles; Sarah; and
Mary Ann.
    William H. Plumb spent the days of his boyhood and youth in the
land of his nativity and was educated in England, attending school in
London. He was married April 4, 1853, to Millicent Mayo, whose birth
occurred in Chalford, Gloucestershie, England, October 21, 1831. The
wedding ceremony, however, was performed in London. Mrs. Plumb
was a daughter of Charles Hodges and Mary Ann (Lewis) Mayo, both
natives of Chalford, Her father was a cloth finisher. He belonged to
the Independent, or Congregational church, and died in London at the
age of sixty-four years, while his wife passed away when sixty-five years
of age. In their family were three children, but Mrs. Plumb, the young-
est, is the only one now living.
    Mr. and Mrs. Plumb remained residents of London until after the
birth of their eldest child, Myra Millicent. In 1855, however, they bade
adieu to friends and native land and sailed for the United States, reaching
New York City after a voyage of twenty-nine days upon a sailing vessel.
They did not tarry in the eastern metropolis but made their way to Terre
Haute, Indiana, by rail, and thence down the canal to Worthington and
on by wagon to Bloomfield, Indiana. Mr. Plumb secured employment at
the blast furnace at Richland creek, where he worked as a manufacturer
of iron and also at chopping wood. In 1856 he went to Terre Haute,
where he resided for about three years, when he removed to Rockville,
Parke county, Indiana, where he established a bakery. He conducted that
enterprise until 1861, when he returned to England, where he spent some
time, but he had formed a deep attachment for the land of his adoption
and returned to America, becoming a resident of Indianapolis, where he
resided for about two years. In 1868 he arrived in Brazil and has been