George Bryan Plummer (1896 - 1967)

Born 19 Jun 1896 in Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Stella (Fothergill) Warren — married 8 Apr 1933 in Glenwood Springs, Garfield, Colorado, United States

Died 15 Oct 1967 at age 71 in Mesa, Colorado, United States

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Biography

George Plummer received the Distinguished Service Cross during World War I. The local newspaper (see sources below) quoted from the award: "Private George Plummer—lnfantry. For Extraordinary heroism in action south of Soissons, France, July 18-25, 1918. Private Plummer distinguished himself by volunteering three times to carry messages thru heavy shell fire after all runners had been killed or wounded."

George married Stella Fothergill in Glenwood Springs on April 8, 1933.

Along with his father and brothers, George helped construct the Plummer Lakes on the Flattops, some of the earliest reservoirs constructed in western Colorado.

• Fact: Census (1900) Austin, Garfield, Colorado, United States
• Fact: Census (1910) West Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States
• Fact: Census (1920) Cache Creek, Garfield, Colorado, United States
• Fact: Census (1930) Cache Creek, Garfield, Colorado, United States
• Fact: Residence (1935) Colorado
• Fact: Census (1940) Petaluma Judicial Township, Sonoma, California, United States

Sources

• 1900 Census:"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQMH-KLB : accessed 12 September 2015), George B Plummer in household of Louis Plummer, Precincts 1, 11-12, 14 Carbondale, Battlement, Divide Creek, Austin Carbondale town, Garfield, Colorado, United States; citing sheet 14B, family 248, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,123.

• 1910 Census:"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK4W-S6W : accessed 12 September 2015), Georgie Plumier in household of Louis Plumier, West Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 48, sheet 9A, family 181, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,133.

• 1920 Census:"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX2Y-HXD : accessed 12 September 2015), George Plummer in household of Louis Plummer, Cache Creek, Garfield, Colorado, United States; citing sheet 4B, family 73, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,164.

• 1940 Census:"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K96C-WMH : accessed 25 September 2015), Geo Plumer, Petaluma Judicial Township, Sonoma, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 49-31, sheet 4A, family 79, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 349.

• Death:"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JGW3-VNG : accessed 12 September 2015), George B Plummer, 15 Oct 1967; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• Death:Obituary in Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, Colorado. George B. Plummer, October 6, 1967, page 3 and October 7, 1967, page 6.

• Military Service:U.S. Army Distinguished Service Cross Recipients World War 1, 1917-1918, page 131 U.S. Department of Defense. Military Awards for Valor. Accessed 3 August 2017.

• Military Service:George Plummer Given Service Medal Rifle, Colorado: The Telegram-Reveille, Volume XVI, Number 40, November 8, 1918, page 1. Coloradohistoricnewspapers.org Accessed 3 August 2017.

• Military Service:COLORADO YANKEE WINS D. S. C. FOR SAVING WHOLE BATTALION BY HIS DARING Rifle, Colorado: The Telegram-Reveille, Volume XVII, Number 15, May 4, 1919, page 1. Coloradohistoricnewspapers.org Accessed 3 August 2017.

• Marriage:"Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNQV-46P : accessed 12 September 2015), George B Plummer and Stella Fothergill, 08 Apr 1933, Glenwood Springs, Garfield, Colorado, United States; citing no. A 102, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,120.

• World War II Draft Registration: "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4DQ-73K : accessed 12 September 2015), George Bryan Plummer, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).