Samuel Plumer and Eleanor Bosler
Husband Samuel Plumer 1 2 3
Born: 2 Apr 1830 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 4 5 Christened: Died: 8 Oct 1902 5 Buried:
Father: Arnold Plumer (1801-1869) 6 7 8 9 Mother: Margaret McClelland (1807-1879) 3 6 10 11
Marriage: Nov 1879 12
Other Spouse: Mary Mytinger ( -1878) 12
Wife Eleanor Bosler 12
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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Plumer
Samuel Plumer, since 1869 president of the First National Bank of Franklin, has been a member of the bar for nearly thirty-eight years. He was born in Franklin April 2, 1830, and is the eldest son of the late Arnold Plumer. He received his primary education in Franklin, afterward attending the academy at Jamestown, New York, two years, and also two years at Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania. He read law with Judge Alexander McCalmont, was admitted to the bar July 7, 1852, and immediately formed a partnership with Edwin C. Wilson. The firm of Wilson & Plumer lasted three years, and in the autumn of 1855 Mr. Plumer went to Minnesota, where he continued to practice until the spring of 1857, when he was appointed by President Buchanan register of the land office for southern Minnesota, and served in that capacity until the accession of Lincoln to the presidency, when he was removed to make place for a supporter of the latter administration. Returning to Franklin he became associated in the practice of the law with James K. Kerr, and he continued to prosecute the duties of his profession until his father's death in 1869, when he was elected president of the First National Bank and has ever since filled that position and devoted his whole attention to its affairs. Mr. Plumer has been twice married, and has two sons: L. M., a lawyer of Pittsburgh, and A. G., connected with the banking house of Jamison & Company, of Philadelphia. Politically Mr. Plumer has always been a stanch supporter of the Democratic party and is one of the best known business men of his native city. [HVC 1890, 185]
He received his rudimentary education in the schools of his native town, afterward taking a two years' course in the academy at Jamestown, NY, and then entering Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, where he studied two years more. He read law under the guidance of Judge Alexander McCalmont, obtaining admission to the bar July 7, 1852, and immediately began practice. Forming a partnership with Edwin C. Wilson, he maintained the connection during the ensuing three years. In the autumn of 1855 Mr. Plumer removed to Minnesota, where he practiced his profession until the spring of 1857, when he was appointed by President Buchanan as register of the land office for southern Minnesota, serving in this capacity most creditably until the beginning of the Lincoln administration. Returning then to Franklin, he there associated himself in the practice of law with James K. Kerr. His thorough equipment, profound and comprehensive learning and great innate ability caused Mr. Plumer to be recognized as an acknowledged leader of the local bar, and he soon attracted an extended and important clientele.
Mr. Plumer continued active in his profession until the death of his father, but being then elected president of the First National Bank of Franklin he thenceforth devoted his attention to the affairs of that institution, taking an influential part in the promotion of its interests. His talents as a financier were of a high order, and his executive force was of the greatest service in the development of the important enterprise of which he was the head. As a true citizen, Mr. Plumer ever accorded to every movement tending to promote the general welfare his ready support and hearty cooperation. Always steadfastly adhering to the principles of the Democratic Party, he was a vigilant and attentive observer of men and measures, and possessed to a remarkable degree the ability to read “the signs of the times.” No good work done in the name of charity or religion appealed to him in vain. In combination with strong mental endowments, Mr. Plumer possessed generous impulses and a chivalrous sense of honor. He was a man whom it was a delight to know. His very presence conveyed the impression of those sterling qualities of manhood which were so strikingly manifested throughout his career, and a genial nature which recognized and appreciated the good in others surrounded him with devoted friends. His countenance and bearing showed him to be what he was-a true and kindly gentleman and an upright, courageous man. In his death the community lost a member of exceptional ability, great reliance and unswerving loyalty. Respected by all, he was loved by many, and those who were admitted to his intimacy felt that in losing him they had lost a part of themselves, and that life could never again be as complete as it had been. The resolutions adopted by the Venango County Bar Association were strongly expressive of the high esteem in which he was held, the following extracts being especially significant:
Samuel Plumer, the seventh in descent from two New England families who landed upon the shores of Massachusetts early in the seventeenth century, the fifth in descent from the first of his race to settle in Pennsylvania, and the third from the pioneer of his name in Venango County, was an American in the truest and broadest sense. He inherited the personal qualities and principles which have made America great, and cultivated that veneration for the Constitution of his country and for the laws made in pursuance thereof without the general prevalence of which American citizenship will be but a name and American greatness can not endure. [CAB, 497]
General Notes: Wife - Eleanor Bosler
from Philadelphia, PA
1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 185, 756.
2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 408, 497.
3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 467.
4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 185.
5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 497.
6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 749.
7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 407, 697.
8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 656.
9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 466.
10 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 492.
11 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 408, 806.
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Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 498.
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