Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Plummer, Samuel F. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tina Smith Vickery http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0005998 October 30, 2014, 2:35 pm Source: The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin, 1897 Author: Compiled and Published under under the direction of Henry Casson ASSEMBLY. The assembly consists of 100 members, who are chosen biennially by districts, and who receive a compensation of $500 for their term of office. The speaker is chosen by the members, and receives $500 for his services. The assembly contains 91 republicans, 8 democrats and 1 fusion. BUFFALO AND PEPIN COUNTIES. Population in 1895—24,498. SAMUEL F. PLUMMER (Rep.), of Arkansaw, was born May 28, 1853, in Clarence, town of Spring Grove, Green county, Wis.; was limited to a few weeks’ attendance at the district school each winter; resided in Green county one and one-half years, and has been a resident of Pepin county since September, 1854, living in Duran and in the towns of Waterville and Arkansaw; worked in the pine woods, on the river and in the saw mills until 1876, when he settled on a farm; in 1886, he sold his farm and purchased a furniture factory and planing mill and is now a manufacturer of furniture, etc.; has been justice of the peace several years, school district clerk five years and county surveyor of Pepin county since 1894; has followed surveying some of the time since 1872; has worked as carpenter, millwright, wagon maker, cabinet-maker, rotary sawyer and engineer; he was elected to the assembly in 1896, receiving 3,544 votes, against 1,772 for Alex. Lees, democrat. Additional Comments: The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Compiled and Published under the direction of Henry Casson, Secretary of State 1897. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/history/bluebook/1897/plummer1224gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb