By Muriel Bristol | September 24, 2023
Enoch W. Plumer was born in Milton, April 4, 1815, son of Joseph [Jr.] and Sarah “Sally” (Brown) Plumer.
Father Joseph Plummer [Jr.] died in Milton, January 3, 1826, aged thirty-nine years.
Sarah [(Brown)] Plumer headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. Her household included one female aged 40-49 years [herself], one male aged 20-29 years, one female aged 20-29 years, one female aged 15-19 years [Caroline Plumer], one male aged 15-19 years [Enoch W. Plumer], two males aged 10-14 years [Bard Plumer and Joseph Plumer], and one female aged 5-9 years [Sarah Plumer]. Her household appeared in the enumeration between those of Levi Jones and Jos. P. Burrows.
Sarah [(Brown)] Plumer headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. Her household included one female aged 50-59 years [herself], five males aged 20-29 years [Enoch W. Plumer, Bard Plumer, and Joseph Plumer, and others], one female aged 20-29 years [Caroline Plumer], and one female aged 15-19 years [Sarah Plumer]. Five members of her household were engaged in Agriculture. Her household appeared in the enumeration between those of Benjamin Roberts and Levi Jones.
Enoch W. Plumer married, June 16, 1840, Orinda Ayers. She was born in Wakefield, NH, in 1817, daughter of Joseph and Olive R. “Ruth” (Nudd) Ayers.
(The known children of Enoch W. and Orinda (Ayers) Plumer were: John Tyler Plumer (1841–1868), Joseph Emmons Plumer (1842–1899), Mary Baker Plumer (1844–1939), Bard Burge Plummer (1846–1919), Sarah Plumer (1848–1931), Fanny W. Plumer (1851–1933), and Susan Plumer (1854–1878).
Enoch W. Plummer, son of Joseph and Sally Brown (Plummer), was born on the old home place in 1815. He followed farming in a general way and erected the barn now standing on the Plummer farm. He lived to reach the age of eighty-one years, dying in 1896; his wife had died the previous year, and both were buried in the cemetery on Plummer Ridge. Her maiden name was Orinda Ayers and their marriage was blessed with seven children: John T., Joseph E., May B., Bard B., Sarah, Fannie W., and Susan. Mr. Plummer was a Republican in politics, and at one time served as representative of the town of Milton. In addition to farming, he also was of a half interest in a saw mill, his partner being Lewis Plummer. He was a devout christian, a member of the Congregational church, and for more than forty years was a deacon in the church, death terminating that tenure (Scales, 1914).
Son John Tyler Plumer was born in Milton, June 3, 1841. Son Joseph Emmons Plumer was born in Milton, October 5, 1842.
Col. James J. Chesley commanded the Thirty-Third NH Militia Regiment in 1843. His staff included Lt. Col. Enoch W. Plumer; Maj. Jonathan W. Sanborn; Adjutant Leonard S. Nute of Alton, NH; and Quartermaster Moses H. Chesley of East Alton, NH (NH Adjutant General, 1843).
Daughter Mary B. Plumer was born in Milton, September 8, 1844.
Col. Enoch W. Plumer commanded the Thirty-Third NH Militia Regiment in 1844. His staff included Lt. Col. Jonathan W. Sanborn; Maj. John Churchill; Adjutant Leonard S. Nute of Alton, NH; and Quartermaster Moses H. Chesley of East Alton, NH (McFarland & Jenks, 1845).
Col. Enoch W. Plumer commanded the Thirty-Third NH Militia Regiment in 1845. His staff included Lt. Col. Jonathan W. Sanborn; Maj. John Churchill; Adjutant Leonard S. Nute of Alton, NH; and Quartermaster Moses H. Chesley of East Alton, NH (Farmer & Lyon, 1844).
Col. Enoch W. Plumer of Milton commanded the Thirty-Third NH Militia Regiment in 1846. His staff included Lt. Col. Jonathan W. Sanborn; Maj. Cyrus K. Sanborn of Brookfield, NH; Adjutant Isaac N. Fellows of Wakefield, NH; and Quartermaster Moses H. Chesley of East Alton, NH (Claremont Manufacturing Co., 1846).
Son Bard Burge Plummer was born in Milton, in 1846.
Father-in-law Joseph Ayers died in Wakefield, NH, August 26, 1847.
Daughter Sarah Plumer was born in Milton, in 1848.
Enoch Plumer, a farmer, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Orinda [(Ayers)] Plumer, aged thirty-three years (b. NH), John T. Plumer, aged eight years (b. NH), Joseph E. Plumer, aged seven years (b. NH), Mary B. Plumer, aged five years (b. NH), Beard Plumer, and four years (b. NH), Sarah Plumer, aged two years (b. NH), Sarah [(Brown)] Plumer, aged sixty-six years (b. NH), and Sarah Plumer, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH). Enoch Plumer had real estate valued at $6,000. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of David Wallingford, a farmer, aged forty-nine years (b. NH), and David D.A. Robinson, a shoemaker, aged twenty-seven years (b. NH).
Mother-in-law Olive Ruth (Nudd) Ayers died in Wakefield, NH, September 20, 1852.
Daughter Susan Plummer was born in Milton, April 27, 1854.
The Republican party was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists who opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act of that year.
In his latter years he [Enoch W. Plummer] supported the Republican party in politics (Biographical Review, 1897).
The NH State Agricultural Society awarded Enoch W. Plumer of Milton a $15 second-place prize for his stallion of seven years, Young Messenger, in November 1858 (NH Agricultural Society, 1860).
E.W. Plumer, a farmer, aged forty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Orinda [(Ayers)] Plumer, aged forty-two years (b. NH), John T. Plumer, aged nineteen years (b. NH), Joseph E. Plumer, aged seventeen years (b. NH), Mary B. Plumer, aged fifteen years (b. NH), Bard B. Plumer, aged fourteen years (b. NH), Sarah Plumer, aged twelve years (b. NH), Fanny W. Plumer, aged nine years (b. NH), Susan Plumer, aged six years (b. NH), Sarah [(Brown)] Plumer, aged seventy-five years (b. NH), Caroline Wentworth, aged forty-six years (b. NH), and Thomas Wentworth, aged twenty years (b. NH). Enoch Plumer had real estate valued at $6,000 and personal estate valued at $1,500. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Joseph Plumer, a farmer, aged forty years (b. NH), and Charles Jones, a farmer, aged twenty-seven years (b. NH).
Milton sent Enoch W. Plummer and Charles A. Varney to Concord, NH, as its NH State Representatives for the 1861-62 biennium. Rep. Plumer of Milton was assigned the Committee on Division of Towns. (Rep. Varney of Milton was assigned the Committee on Education).
On Wednesday, June 11, 1861, Rep. George F. Bartlett (1826-1897) of Milford, NH, moved that a ten-member committee be appointed to seek one or more House chaplains. As a result, Rep. Plumer of Milton was appointed as the Strafford County member.
Resolved, That a committee of ten, one from each county, be appointed by the chair; to select some suitable clergyman to officiate as chaplain of the Legislature during the present session; and that prayer be offered each morning of the session, in the Representatives Hall, immediately preceding the forenoon session; and that the Governor and Council, and the Senate, be invited to attend.
Ordered, That Messrs. Bartlett of Milford, Nason of Hampton Falls, Plumer of Milton, Taylor of Sanbornton, Milliken of Effingham, Coffin of Concord, Edwards of Keene, Gallup of Plainfield, Tenney of Hanover, and Abbott of Northumberland, be said committee.
(His Plumer surname appeared in both forms – Plumer and Plummer – in House journals. This variance originated probably in eighteenth and early nineteenth century orthography. Duplicate letters might be represented as a single letter with a stroke over it, indicating that the single letter written stood for two identical paired letters).
On Tuesday, June 25, 1861, Rep. Lyman D. Stevens (1821-1909) of Concord, NH, moved that a bill regarding the Concord & Portsmouth Railroad be postponed to the next legislative session. Reps. Plumer and Varney voted with the majority of 210 representatives [71.2%] that opposed postponement, rather than with the minority of 85 representatives [28.8%] that favored postponement.
On Tuesday, July 2, 1861, the House resumed its consideration of “An act for remodeling the militia” (the Civil War having broken out only three months before). Democrat Rep. Harry Bingham (1821-1900) of Littleton, NH, moved that the bill be amended to insert the word “white” just before the word “able-bodied.” Reps. Plumer and Varney voted with the majority of 154 representatives [57.0%] that opposed the amendment language, rather than with the minority of 116 representatives [43.0%] that favored it.
In the second year of his two-year biennium, Rep. Plumer was assigned to the Committee on Printers’ Accounts. (Rep. Varney was assigned to the Committee on Towns and Parishes).
On Tuesday, June 24, 1862, the House voted on an “Act providing for a system of public-school supervision.” Rep. Plumer voted with the minority of 112 representatives [39.0%] that voted in favor, rather than with the majority of 175 representatives [61.0%] that voted against it. (Rep. Varney may have been absent that day, as he did not vote).
On Monday, June 30, 1862, the House considered whether or not Isaac Emerson (1825-1885) of Windham, NH, had a right to a House seat. (The remonstrance of R.B. Jackson and others asserted that he should not be seated). Rep. Emerson himself moved that the Committee on the Judiciary should investigate and report on the matter:
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to report, for the satisfaction of the “contestants” having the merits of this case in view, first, What constitutes a legal ballot? second, What votes should be counted by the moderator in determining the majority and the result of an election?
The House Committee on the Judiciary returned their opinion that Mr. Emerson should not be seated, as the necessary threshold of 69 votes would have been slightly higher if the six votes for “Charles Butrick” had been counted with those received for “Charles E. Butrick.”
At the annual town-meeting in Windham, in March last, after ten or more ballotings for representative, Isaac Emerson was declared elected. The whole number of votes, as declared by the moderator on that ballot, was one hundred and thirty-six (136); necessary to a choice, sixty-nine (69); and Isaac Emerson, having sixty-nine votes, was declared elected. On that ballot there was put into the ballot-box as votes, one piece of paper containing the name of an animal, another containing the name of a woman, and some six others on which was the name of Charles Butrick; but that there was one by the name of Charles E. Butrick. It was also admitted that some of those persons who voted for Charles Butrick intended to vote for Charles E. Butrick. The moderator excluded all these names from the ballots, and then declared the result aforesaid. The remonstrants claim that at least those pieces of paper containing the name of Charles Butrick should be counted as ballots, while the sitting member claims that they should not be so received, and claims that they were rightfully excluded. … The committee are also of the opinion that tickets containing the name of an animal, or inanimate things, or a woman, ought to be rejected in such computation of the whole number of ballots, as not being within the spirit of the statute defining that term, and as trifling with the right of suffrage, and tending to bring it into ridicule and disgrace. …
Rep. Plumer voted with the 133 representatives [74.7%] that went against the committee report and voted to seat Mr. Emerson, rather than with the 45 [25.3%] that agreed with the committee report and voted not to seat him. So, Rep. Emerson was seated.
On Tuesday, July 8, 1862, Rep. Lewis P. Cushman (1824-1904) of Landaff, NH, introduced a resolution whereby House members and staff might forgo two days’ pay and spend that money instead on a soldiers’ hospital.
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court convened, That the Clerk, in making up the pay-roll of the members and officers of the House of Representatives, be instructed to deduct from the same Saturday and Sunday, July 5 and 6, and that the Governor is hereby authorized to expend the same in furnishing the hospital provided for by the present Legislature for the use of our sick and wounded soldiers.
Rep. Charles W. Woodman (1809-1888) of Dover, NH, moved that the resolution be indefinitely postponed. Reps. Plumer and Varney voted with the majority of 178 representatives [68.5%] that favored postponement, rather than with the 82 representatives [31.5%] that opposed postponement.
Rep. George Holbrook (1830-1927) of Manchester, NH, made an alternate motion:
Resolved, That a committee of one from each county be appointed to solicit a subscription from each member of this House and honorable Senate, the same to be applied to furnishing the hospital for the sick and wounded soldiers.
(These hospital furnishings votes are somewhat reminiscent of a supposed discussion between one Horatio Bunce and then U.S. Congressman Davy Crockett, probably circa 1829, as collected by Bettina Bien Greaves (of which an audio version may be found in the References)).
E.W. Plumer of Milton paid a $1 tax for his horse carriage (valued at $70), in the U.S. Excise Tax of 1862.
Enoch W. Plummer paid a $10 tax on his stallion, and a $1 tax for his 1-horse carriage (valued at $75), in the U.S. Excise Tax of May 1864. Perhaps the stallion was the same one, Young Messenger, for which he had received a second-place prize in 1858.
Son John T. Plummer married in Boston, MA, January 31, 1867, Armena P. Gilman, he of Union, [Wakefield,] NH, and she of Milton. He was a merchant, aged twenty-five years, and she was aged twenty-three years. Rev. O.T. Walker performed the ceremony. She was born in Wakefield, NH, daughter of Theophilus and Parna [(Dearborn)] Gilman.
Mother Sarah “Sally” (Brown) Plummer died of dropsy in Milton, July 27, 1867, aged eighty-two years. She was a widowed farmer.
Son John Tyler Plumer died June 20, 1868.
Son Joseph Emmons Plummer married in Milton, October 18, 1869, Susan E. [Evyline] Pecker, he of Milton and she of Concord, NH. He was a farmer, aged twenty-seven years, and she was aged thirty years. Rev. James Doldt performed the ceremony. She was born in East Concord, NH, September 6, 1839, daughter of William and Susan D. (Chandler) Pecker.
Enoch W. Plummer, a farmer, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Orinda [(Ayers)] Plummer, keeping house, aged fifty-two years (b. NH), Mary B. Plummer, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), Bard B. Plummer, a farm laborer, aged twenty-four years (b. NH), Sarah Plummer, aged twenty-two years (b. NH), Fanny W. Plummer, aged nineteen years (b. NH), Susan Plummer, aged eleven years (b. NH), and George I. Whitehouse, a farm laborer, aged seventeen years (b. NH). Enoch Plumer had real estate valued at $6,000 and personal estate valued at $4,340. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Joseph Plummer, a farmer, aged fifty years (b. NH), and Charles Jones, a farmer, aged thirty-six years (b. NH).
William Pecker, a farmer, aged sixty-one years (b. NH), headed a Concord, NH, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Susan D. [(Chandler)] Pecker, keeping house (b. NH), aged fifty-nine years, Joseph E. Plummer, a farm laborer, aged twenty-seven years (b. NH), and Susan E. Plummer, a domestic servant, aged thirty years (b. NH). William Pecker had real estate valued at $10,000 and personal estate valued at $1,500. Joseph E. and Susan E. [(Pecker)]] Plummer had been married in the prior September [October].
Daughter Mary B. Plumer married November 10, 1870, Samuel Willard Wallingford. Wallingford was born in Milton, November 27, 1837, son of David and Mary A. (Tasker) Wallingford.
Son Bard Burge Plummer married in Milton, October 15, 1875, Eliza Dixwell Wentworth, both of Milton. He was a farmer, aged twenty-nine years, and she was aged twenty-four years. Rev. James Doldt performed the ceremony. She was born in Jamaica Plain, MA, December 13, 1851, daughter of John J. and Elizabeth (Currant) Wentworth.
Daughter Susan Plummer married in Milton, November 30, 1876, John S. Roberts, both of Milton. He was a shoemaker, aged twenty-eight years, and she was aged twenty-two years. Rev. James Doldt (then of Canterbury, NH) performed the ceremony. Roberts was born in Milton, circa 1848, son of John C. and Lydia J. (Scates) Roberts.
MARRIAGES. ROBERTS-PLUMMER. In Milton, N.H., 29th ult., at the home of the bride’s parents, by Rev. James Doldt, Mr. John P. Roberts and Miss Susie Plummer, daughter of Enoch W. Plummer, both of Milton (Boston Globe, December 7, 1876).
Daughter Susan (Plummer) Roberts died of heart trouble in Farmington, NH, September 12, 1878, aged twenty-four years.
Daughter Sarah Plummer married in Seabrook, NH, May 1, 1878, Frank Enoch Haley, she of Milton and he of Seabrook, NH. He was a clergyman, aged forty-three years, and she was aged thirty years. This was his second marriage. Rev. James Doldt performed the ceremony. Frank E. Haley was born in Tuftonboro, NH, February 20, 1835, son of Enoch and Cynthia (Piper) Haley.
Daughter Frances W. ‘Fanny” Plummer married in Milton, July 11, 1878, John H. Twombly. He was aged twenty-nine years, and she was aged twenty-seven years. Twombly was born in Dover, NH, October 17, 1848, son of John and Charlotte (Drew) Twombly.
Enoch W. Plumer, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Orinda [(Ayers)] Plumer, aged sixty-five years (b. NH). They shared a two-family residence with the household of Bard B. Plumer, a farmer, aged thirty-three years (b. NH). Their residence appeared between those of Joseph Plumer, a farmer, aged sixty years (b. NH), and Enoch S. Mason, a farmer, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH).
Samuel W. Wallingford, a farmer, aged forty-two years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Mary B. [(Plummer)] Wallingford, keeping house, aged thirty-six years (b. NH), his mother, Mary A. [(Tasker)] Wallingford, at home, aged seventy-four years (b. NH), his nephew, George W. Wallingford, aged eight years (b. NH), and his niece, Millie M. Wallingford, aged five years (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Frank G. Horn, works on shoes, aged thirty-eight years (b. NH), and James A. Wentworth, a farmer, aged forty-two years (b. NH).
Bard B. Plumer, a farmer, aged thirty-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Eliza D. Plumer, keeping house, aged twenty-eight years (b. MA), and his children, Lucia C. Plumer, at house, aged three years (b. NH), Fannie W. Plumer, at house, aged one year (b. NH), and Bard B. Plumer, at house, aged seven months (b. NH (October [1879])). They shared a two-family residence with the household of [his father,] Enoch W. Plummer, a farmer, aged sixty-five years (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Joseph Plummer, aged sixty years (b. NH) and Enoch S. Mason, a farmer, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH).
Frank Haley, a clergyman, aged forty-five years (b. NH), headed a Seabrook, NH, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included Sarah P. [(Plummer)] Haley, keeping house, aged thirty-two years (b. NH), Mary L. Haley, a milliner, aged twenty-two years (b. NH), Agnes C. Haley, at home, aged sixteen years (b. NH), and Susan P. Haley, aged eight months (b. NH (September)).
William Pecker, a farmer, aged seventy-one years (b. NH), headed a Concord (“Concord East P.O.”), NH, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Susan D. [(Chandler)] Pecker, keeping house, aged sixty-nine years (b. NH), his daughter, Susan E. ((Pecker)] Plummer, at home, aged forty years (b. NH), his son-in-law, Joseph E. Plummer, a farmer, aged thirty-seven years (b. NH), and his boarder, Hattie E. King, a teacher, aged twenty-three years (b. NH).
Widowed son-in-law John S. Roberts married (2nd) in Farmington, NH, December 26, 1883, Ella Belle Pearl, both of Farmington, NH. (He would die of heart valvular disease in Farmington, NH, January 22, 1907, aged fifty-eight years, three months, and fifteen days).
MILTON. Nearly fifty people from Farmington, including a full chorus of singers, wended their way “Miltonwards” Wednesday evening, by the light of the genial moon – somewhat clouded – to witness and take part in an entertainment and concert gotten up by the good ladies of the Congregational Society for the benefit of their church. The evening was all one could wish and the drive delightful. On reaching this one of the most beautiful villages in this section, the party was most hospitably entertained by their Milton friends, prominent among whom were the genial Mr. and Mrs. Amos Roberts, Rev. Mr. Haley the pastor, and his estimable lady, Mrs. Annie M. Varney, the two Mrs. Pinkhams, Mrs. Willard Wallingford, the venerable deacon Plummer of the Ridge, and a host of others whose names have slipped our memory. A glance at the interior of the spacious and handsomely decorated church gave evidence of a large assembly, there being some two hundred and fifty present. Want of space and time forbid of more than mere mention of the following program that was excellence in itself, and never have we seen the rendering excelled. … (Farmington News, June 11, 1886).
Orinda (Ayers) Plumer died of a liver abscess in Milton, April 18, 1895, aged seventy-seven years, six months, and twelve days. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate.
MILTON. The funeral of Mrs. Enoch Plumer occurred Saturday afternoon. She leaves a husband and five children (Farmington News, [Friday,] April 26, 1895).
Enoch W. Plumer died of cirrhosis of the liver in Milton, June 18, 1896, aged eighty-one years, two months, and fourteen days. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate.
RECENT DEATHS. … Mr. Enoch W. Plummer, one of the oldest citizens of Milton, N.H., died Thursday. He was born in the town April 4, 1813. He was identified with the Volunteer Militia, and held the commission of colonel for several years. He filled many town offices, representing the town in the New Hampshire Legislature. For over forty years he was a deacon of the Congregationalist Church, and at the date of his death the oldest Church member (Boston Evening Transcript, June 20, 1896).
HERE AND THERE. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Roberts attended on Sunday the funeral of deacon Enoch W. Plumer of Milton, who was a citizen truly well known (Farmington News, [Friday,] June 26, 1896).
ENOCH W. PLUMMER. Enoch W. Plummer died June 18. He was born in Milton April 4, 1815, and had maintained a continuous residence there. He was identified with the volunteer militia, and held the commission of colonel for several years. He filled many town offices, representing the town in the New Hampshire legislature. For over forty years he was a deacon of the Congregational church, and at the date of his death the oldest church member (Granite Monthly, July 1896).
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. LEBANON. – Jan. 6. Mary B. Wallingford, et al., of Milton, N.H., to Bard B. Plummer, of same place, real estate in Lebanon for $500. Jan 28. Frances W. Twombly, et al., of Milton, N.H., to Bard B. Plummer, of same place, real estate in Lebanon for $500 (Biddeford-Saco Journal (Biddeford, ME), February 10, 1897).
Son Joseph E. Plummer died of pulmonary phthisis in Concord, NH, January 5, 1899, aged fifty-six years, three months. He was a farmer. G.P. Connor, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Son-in-law Samuel W. Wallingford died of pyemia (following a pulmonary abscess) in Milton, May 25, 1899, aged sixty-one years, five months, and twenty-eight years. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Armine [(Gilman)] Plummer, a nurse, aged forty-seven years, was one of seven lodgers in the Rochester, NH, household of Charles Barker, a landlord, aged fifty years (b. MA), at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. Charles Baker resided on South Main Street.
Mary B. [(Plummer)] Wallingford, a farmer, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. Her household included her brother-in-law, John H. Twombly, a physician (retired), aged fifty-one years (b. NH), and her sister (and his wife of twenty years), Frances W. [(Plummer)] Twombly, aged forty-nine years (b. NH). Mary B. Wallingford owned their farm, free-and-clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Susan F. Horn, a widow, aged fifty-six years (b. NH), and George F. Henderson, a farmer, aged fifty-six years (b. ME).
Bard B. Plummer, a farmer, aged fifty-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-four years), Eliza D. Plummer, aged fifty-one years (b. MA), his children, Lucia C. Plummer, aged twenty-three years (b. NH), Fannie W. Plummer, aged twenty-one years (b. NH), Bard B. Plummer, Jr., aged twenty years (b. NH), and Orinda Plummer, at school, aged twelve years (b. NH), and his boarder, Christie L. Jones, a farm laborer, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH). Bard B. Plummer owned their farm, free-and-clear. Eliza D. Plummer was the mother of four children, of whom four were still living. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Fred P. Jones, a farmer, aged forty years (b. NH), and Joseph Plummer, a farmer, aged eighty years (b. NH).
Frank Haley, a retired clergyman, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Sarah [(Plummer)] Haley, aged fifty-two years (b. NH), his daughter, Susan P. Haley, an accountant, aged twenty years (b. NH), and his sister-in-law, Susan E. [(Pecker)] Plummer, aged sixty years (b. NH).
Daughter-in-law Armine P. (Gilman) Plummer died of uterine cancer at 6 Main Street in Rochester, NH, February 15, 1902, aged fifty-eight years, five months. She was a widowed nurse, who had been resident in Rochester, NH, for “about” fourteen years, i.e., since circa 1887, with her previous residence having been in Milton. John H. Neal, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Frank Haley died of Bright’s Disease in Milton, NH, March 28, 1904, aged sixty-nine years, one month, and nine days. He had resided in Milton for nineteen years, i.e., since circa 1885, with his previous residence having been in Boscawen, NH. He was a clergyman. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate.
DEATHS. HALEY. In Milton, N.H., March 28, Rev. Frank Haley, aged 69. He graduated from Dartmouth Medical in 1857, and practiced medicine for some years, then entered Andover Seminary where he graduated and has preached since in Enfield and Milton, N.H., and Concord, Mass., and was in charge of a home missionary church and school in Macon, Ga. Although hampered by ill health all his life, he did important work wherever he was along educational lines and in the pulpit (Congregationalist and Christian World, May 21, 1904).
MILTON, N.H. Mrs. Mary Wallingford with a party of friends went Friday on a trip to the White mountains returning home Tuesday night. In spite of the very inclement weather they reported a most enjoyable time (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), September 29, 1905).
MILTON, N.H. Mrs. Mary B. Wallingford went to Wolfeboro recently, making the trip in a touring car. … Mrs. Wallingford entertained a party of nine ladies from Dover Tuesday of last week. … Miss Kate Gardner Jackson of Westwood, Mass., is spending a few weeks at Mrs. Mary B. Wallingford’s on the Ridge (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), August 9, 1907).
MILTON. Mrs. Mary B. Wallingford and Rev. and Mrs. Dickey attended the Washington birthday meeting of the Congregational club last Saturday at Dover (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), March 6, 1908).
Mary B. [(Plummer)] Wallingford, a general farm farmer, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. Her household included her brother-in-law, John H. Twombly, a home farm keeper, aged sixty-one years (b. NH), her sister (and his wife of thirty-one years), Fannie W. [(Plummer)] Twombly, aged fifty-nine years (b. NH), and her sister-in-law, Susan [(Pecker)] Plummer, aged seventy years (b. NH). Mary B. Wallingford owned their farm, free-and-clear.
Bard B. Plummer, a general farm farmer, aged sixty-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Eliza D. Plummer, aged fifty-eight years (b. MA), his son, Bard B. Plummer, Jr., a home farm farmer, aged thirty years (b. NH), his daughter-in-law, Ruth L. Plummer, aged twenty-four years (b. NH), his daughter, Orinda Plummer, aged twenty-four years (b. NH), his granddaughter, Elizabeth Plummer, aged one year (b. NH), his sister-in-law, Fannie Littlefield, aged sixty-two years (b. MA), his nephew, Roscoe Littlefield, aged thirty-four years (b. CA), and his servant, John M. Smith, a general farm laborer, aged twenty-two years (b. VT).
Sarah P. [(Plummer)] Haley, a widow, aged forty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. Her household included her daughter, Susan P. Haley, aged thirty years (b. NH). Sarah P. Haley owned their house, free-and-clear.
KENNEBUNK. Miss Mary Goodwin, assistant in the Kennebunk Savings Bank, is passing her annual vacation at the Mary Wallingford Farm, Milton, N.H. (Portland Sunday Telegram, September 21, 1919).
Son Bard B. Plummer died of lobar pneumonia on Plummer’s Ridge in Milton, October 22, 1919, aged seventy-three years, four months, and four days. James J. Buckley, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Mary B. [(Plummer)] Wallingford, a widow, aged seventy-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. Her household included her brother-in-law, John H. Twombly, a farmer, aged seventy-one years (b. NH), her sister, Frances W. [(Plummer)] Twombly, aged sixty-eight years (b. NH), and her sister-in-law, Susan E. [(Pecker)] Plummer, a widow, aged eighty years (b. NH). Mary B. Wallingford owned their farm on the Plummer’s Ridge Road, free-and-clear.
Sarah P. [(Plummer)] Haley, a widow, aged seventy-one years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. Her household included her daughter, Susan P. Haley, a retail dry goods bookkeeper, aged forty years (b. NH). Sarah P. Haley owned their farm on the Farmington Road, free-and-clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of William S. Lougee, a leatherboard superintendent, aged forty-five years (b. NH), and Edwin S. Huse, a high school teacher, aged forty years (b. MA).
Daughter-in-law Susan E. (Pecker) Plummer died of a cerebral hemorrhage at Plummer’s Ridge in Milton, February 29, 1920, aged eighty years, six months. She had resided in Milton for twenty years, i.e., since the death of her husband in 1899, with her previous residence having been in East Concord, NH. John H. Twombly, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Son-in-law John H. Twombly died of arterio-sclerosis in the Masonic Home at 813 Beech Street in Manchester, NH, March 2, 1927, aged seventy-eight years, four months, and thirteen days. He was a retired physician. F.P. Scribner, M.D., signed the death certificate.
DR. JOHN H. TWOMBLY DIES AT DOVER, N.H. DOVER, N.H., March 3 – Dr. John H. Twombly, who died at the Masonic Home in Manchester last evening, was a native of Dover, born Oct. 17, 1848, the son of John and Charlotte (Drew) Twombly. He was a descendant of Ralph Twombly, who came from England and settled at Dover Neck about 1650. On the maternal side he was descendent from Lieut. John Drew of Dover, an officer of the Indian Wars. Dr. Twombly graduated from Dartmouth in 1868 and from the Harvard Medical School in 1872. He first practiced in Brooklyn and later was on the staff of the insane asylum at Kalamazoo, Mich., after which he followed his profession in New Market. He owned a drug store there. He was affiliated with Dover and New Market Masonic bodies, and was the oldest living eminent commander of St. Paul Commandery, K.T., of this city. The body will be brought here tomorrow and will later be interred in Pine Hill Cemetery with Knight Templar Rites (Boston Globe, March 4, 1927).
Orinda P. [(Plummer)] Little, an electrical bookkeeper, aged forty-three years (b. NH), headed a Sharon, MA, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. Her household included her twin sons, William G. Little, aged eight years (b. MA), and Robert A. Little, aged eight years (b. MA), her mother, Eliza D. [(Wentworth)] Plummer, retired, aged seventy-eight years (b. MA), and her sister, Fanny W. [(Plummer)] Littlefield, a private family housekeeper, aged fifty-one years (b. NH). Orinda P. Little owned their house at 11 Crest Road, which was valued at $8,500. They did not have a radio set. All three women were widows, Orinda P. Little having married at thirty-four years of age, Eliza D. Plummer at twenty-three years of age, and Fanny W. Littlefield at forty years of age.
Sarah P. [(Plummer)] Haley, aged eighty-two years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. She owned her house on the Farmington Road, which was valued at $3,500. She did not have a radio set.
Mary B. [(Plummer)] Wallingford, a widow, aged eighty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. Mary B. Wallingford owned her house on Plummer’s Ridge, which was valued at $4,000.
Daughter-in-law Eliza D. (Wentworth) Plummer died in Sharon, MA, March 12, 1931, aged seventy-nine years.
Daughter Sarah (Plummer) Haley died in Milton, NH, April 10, 1931.
LOCAL. Mrs. Sarah Plummer Haley, a life-long resident of Milton, passed away last week. She is survived by a daughter, Miss Susan Haley, who has many friends in Farmington (Farmington News, April 17, 1931).
Daughter Frances W. (Plummer) Twombly died in Dover, NH, March 22, 1933.
Daughter Mary B. (Plumer) Wallingford died of hypertensive heart disease in the Masonic Home in Manchester, NH, September 22, 1939, aged ninety-five years, and fifteen days. She was a widow. She had resided in Manchester for seven years, eight months, i.e., since circa February 1932, with her previous residence having been in Milton.
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