BIOGRAPHIES:  Hon. William Edmunds PLUMMER, Durand, Pepin Co., WI

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Hon. William Edmunds Plummer, lawyer, Durand.  Among her native sons,
Durand counts none of whom her citizens, and those of the country at
large, are more justly proud than the subject of this sketch.  He was
born here April 10, 1861, a son of Hon. S. L. Plummer (a sketch of
whose life will be found elsewhere in this book), and his ancestors,
who came from England, were among the earliest settlers at Plymouth,
Mass.  Soon after his birth, his parents removed to a farm in
Waterville township, where he grew up.  He attended the common school
and Northern Indiana normal school.  At the age of twenty-one, in
company with his father, he engaged in the mercantile business at
Arkansaw, and in 1888 built a creamery there.  In the meantime he
served the county as clerk of court, 1883-86, and was county clerk,
1885-88.  He also attended the law department of the Wisconsin
university, and was admitted to the bar in 1888, although he did not
graduate until the following year.  Upon his admission, he opened an
office, and began the practice of his profession at Durand, and served
as district attorney, 1888-90.  In 1890 he was elected member of the
assembly on the republican ticket, and distinguished himself during the
session by his industry and devotion to the interests of his
constituents.  He introduced a constitutional amendment, prohibiting
the acceptance of railway passes by members of the legislature, and
another, allowing five-sixths of a jury to bring in a verdict in civil
actions.

June 24, 1890, Mr. Plummer married Miss Rosa Osterreicher, and they
have one child, Winifred.  In November, 1890, he sold his interest in
the store and creamery, and removed to Durand.  Although not an
"offensive partisan," Mr. Plummer is a man of ready judgment and
pronounced opinions.  Among other reforms which he advocates is the
abolition of the present system of license.  He is a member of the I.
O. O. F., and withal a genial and pleasant gentleman.

The maternal ancestors of Mr. Plummer can be traced back to Obediah
Belknap, who was the first white native of Lisbon, N. H.  His ancestors
represented the Scotch, English and German nationalities.  His son,
Mitchell Belknap, grandfather of our subject, was born in New
Hampshire, and went with Judge Locke, by whom he was adopted, to Canada
when he was twelve years old.  He married Chartley, daughter of Richard
Mosher, the latter a native of England.  His wife, Eugene Craig, was a
Scotch lady.  Mr. Plummer's mother is one of a family of seventeen
children.

-Transcribed from the "Historical & Biographical Album of the Chippewa
Valley Wisconsin, 1891-2," pages 707-708.


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