Sullivan-Bradford County PA Archives Biographies.....PLUMSTEAD, Martin Elias 1856 - living in 1899
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  DR. MARTIN ELIAS PLUMSTEAD, a successful practitioner of medicine of Hillsgrove,
  Hillsgrove township, Sullivan County, is a man of good education and has had
  much practical experience in the performance of his professional duties. He is a
  son of John and Lydia (Crayton) Plumstead, and was born in Bradford County, Pa.,
  May 31, 1873.
  
    John Plumstead, the father of our subject, was born in Elmira, N. Y., where he
  resided until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he enlisted in the 161st Reg.,
  N. Y. Vol. Inf., of Elmira. He was injured on a boat on the Hudson River while
  in the discharge of his duty, and upon his discharge from the regiment he
  returned to his home. There he lived for some time and then moved to Franklin,
  Bradford County, Pa., where he worked at the carpenter's trade. He finally moved
  to Sayre, Bradford County, in 1885, and is now a resident of that place, being
  employed in the locomotive works. He was united in marriage with Lydia Crayton
  of Bradford County, and they are the parents of five children, as follows:
  William K., a mason by trade and a resident of Sayre, Pa., who married Florence
  Northrup; Minnie, the wife of Frank L. Garrison, a car-inspector living at
  Wilkesbarre, Pa.; Lewis, a laborer residing in Sayre, Pa.; Martin Elias, the
  subject of this sketch; and Norman, a youth of thirteen years, living at Sayre, Pa.
  
    Dr. Martin E. Plumstead received his education in the common schools of Sayre,
  Pa., after which he entered the employ of the Lehigh Valley R. R., working as
  fireman for a period of two and one-half years on the main line. He then
  resigned that position and began the study of medicine in the Medical Department
  of the University of Cleveland, at Cleveland, Ohio. He attended school there for
  one year, after which he took a two years' course in the Chicago Homeopathic
  School. As his means were limited, it was with great difficulty that our subject
  was able to attend school; it required labors outside of school work, but he was
  equal to the demand, paying his tuition by aiding the janitor in his duties. He
  was graduated and received a certificate to practice on March 23, 1897,
  immediately thereafter locating at Sayre, Pa. He received his certificate to
  practice in Pennsylvania on June 24, 1897, and practiced in Sayre until August,
  1898, when he moved to Hillsgrove, Sullivan County, where he has acquired a good
  practice. He has met with pleasing success since his residence in Hills-grove
  and as a result contemplates conducting a first-class drug-store there in the
  near future. He has identified himself with all of the interests of the township
  and has made many friends in that vicinity.
  
    On June 5, 1898, Dr. Plumstead was married to Hattie Brougham of Sayre; she
  was born in January, 1873, and is a daughter of Spencer and Lottie (Mills)
  Brougham. Her father is a machinist by trade. The doctor was on the board of
  health at Sayre, and was also examiner of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
  Company there. Socially he is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen.
  In politics he is a member of the Republican party. Religiously he is a faithful
  member of the Baptist Church; his wife is a member of the Episcopal Church.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  Extracted from:
  
  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
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