Stephen H. Plummer (bef. 1860 - bef. 1900)

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Biography

Clarissa Elizabeth Tharp was born 19 Jun 1856 (MEN). She married Stephen H. Plummer on 29 Mar 1877 (CMR). He was the son of William and Sarah Plummer and was 15 in the 1870 census. I did not find Clara and Stephen in the 1880 census. Per MEN, their first child was born in Calhoun County, and their second child was born in Columbus, Cherokee County, KS. I found Clara in the 1900 census in Pierce, Lawrence County, MO. She is widowed and gave her profession as ‘landlord.’ She indicated she had two children and two were living. Both were living with her in the 1900 census:

Stephen Lindley Plummer, 22, b. Jan 1878 in IL. Lindley married Emily Hulse on 22 Jun 1909 and died in 1933 (MEN). They had one child:

Martha Elizabeth Plummer She was born in 1912 and married Chilton Creason (MEN). The SSDI has an entry for Chilton Creason, b. 27 Jan 1912 and d. Dec 1981 in Montgomery, AL. Their children were (MEN):

Michael Stephen Creason b. 3 Nov 1943 Thomas Lane Creason, b. 10 Jan 1947

Myrtes Marie Plummer, 12, b. May 1888 in KS. She married George E. Jones on 31 Aug 1949 (MEN).

Sources

MEN = Moses Elmer Newell (1878-1959) He was an attorney in Alton, the grandson of Jeduthan Brace Newell (Louisa Newell Tharp's brother), and an avid genealogist. CCB = Calhoun County Cemetery Book CMR = Calhoun Marriage Records

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