Samuel L. Plummer

'''Samuel Lane Plummer''' (March 5, 1828 – March 21, 1897) was a member of the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]] in 1874.

==Biography== Plummer was born on March 5, 1828.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=goto&id=WI.WIBlueBk1874&isize=M&submit=Go+to+page&page=459|title=The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin|editor=A. J. Turner |edition=13th |place=Madison, Wis. |publisher=Atwood & Culver |year=1874 |page=459 |accessdate=2015-06-17}}</ref> He later married Eunice Belknap.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TgMrAQAAMAAJ&q=Samuel+L.+Plummer%2BWisconsin&pg=PA730|editor-last=Curtiss-Wedge |editor-first=Franklyn |title=History of Buffalo and Pepin Counties, Wisconsin, vol. II |place=Winona, Minn. |publisher=H. C. Cooper Jr. |year=1919 |pages=730–731 |accessdate=2015-06-17}}</ref> They had nine children, including [[Samuel F. Plummer]] and [[William Edmunds Plummer]], who were also members of the Assembly.

He first settled in [[Beloit, Wisconsin]] in 1849 after having walked some 600 miles before arriving there. After living for a time in [[Green County, Wisconsin]], Plummer moved to [[Durand, Wisconsin]] in 1855 and to [[Waterville, Wisconsin]] in 1861 before stopping in [[Arkansaw, Wisconsin]].

Plummer died after a surgical procedure<ref>{{cite news|title=The City: Durand Courier|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16694504/samuel_l_plummer_18281897/|newspaper=The Daily Telegram|date=March 20, 1897|page=3|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = January 20, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> on March 21, 1897. He was a [[Baptist]].

==Career== Plummer served three terms in the Assembly. He was appointed [[Pepin County, Wisconsin]] Judge in 1861 and was elected as such in 1862, 1865, 1869, and 1873. Other positions he held include Chairman of the Waterville Town Board and of the Pepin County Board.

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==External links== * {{Find a Grave|158026052}} {{authority control}}

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