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Biography
E. A. Plummer
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 450-452


E. A. Plummer is one of the oldest merchants of Raymond Village, where he has
held the office of Postmaster ever since his first appointment in 1864. He was
born in Raymond on May 3, 1835, son of Dr. William and Hannah (Files) Plummer;
and he is a grandson of Moses B. and Margaret (Simonton) Plummer.

Moses B. Plummer was a native of Scarboro, Me., where his birth occurred on May
10, 1780. He learned the trade of a blacksmith, and followed that vocation with
success during his early years; but in his later life he turned his attention to
agriculture, purchasing a farm, on which he devoted his last years to this less
arduous occupation. He died in August, 1855. His wife, Margaret Simonton, was
born in Scarboro on June 30, 1782, and died on March 6, 1829. They were the
parents of twelve children, a brief record of whom is here given - William, the
eldest, was born June 19, 1805; Jessie, born March 20, 1807, died May 6, 1827;
Lydia, born March 4, 1809, died June 3, 1832; Moses, Jr.., born May 5, 1811,
died April 21, 1837; Eliza, the fifth, who was born August 1, 1813, and died
June 29, 1838, married Osgood Libby, who is also dead; Rebecca, born June 15,
1815, died May 29, 1838; Gibeon, born November 12, 1817, married Miss Maria
Cloudman, and died in February, 1880; Jordan, born October 27, 1819, married
Miss Margaret Brown (both deceased); David was born June 1, 1822, married Miss
Sarah Tukey (deceased), and died in December, 1882; Ebenezer, born September 3,
1824, married Miss Eliza Welch (deceased), and resides in Raymond; Mark Leach,
born October 7, 1826, went to California at the time of the gold excitement in
1849, and has not been heard from since 1853; Margaret Ann, the youngest, born
February 20, 1829, married Stillman A. Danforth, and both died at their home in
Chicago, Ill. Between three and four years after their mother's death, their
father, on December 9, 1832, married Mrs. Mary Barter, a widow, who was born on
October 2, 1789.

William Plummer grew to manhood in Raymond, acquiring the rudiments of his
education in the common schools. He afterward pursued more advanced studies in
Brunswick, and then entered Bowdoin College, from which he was graduated with
honor. He made a special study of medicine, and, on completing his course,
opened an office in Raymond, his field of practice being this and the adjoining
town of Casco. He was quite successful, and was well known and generally
esteemed and respected. His wife, Hannah Files, bore him one son, E. A. Plummer,
with whom she made her home after her husband's death. She died in October,
1880. Dr. Plummer was a Democrat in political views and an active worker for the
interests of his party. About 1850 he was sent as a Representative to the State
legislature, and he also served as Selectman in the town of Raymond during
several terms.

E. A. Plummer grew to manhood in the parental home, and received a good,
practical education in the schools of Raymond. In 1861 he opened a general
merchandise store in this place in partnership with D. Plummer, the firm name
being D. & E. A. Plummer. Since 1883 his son Fred has been in company with him.
They carry a large assortment of such goods as are usually kept in a general
store, and have an excellent trade. Besides their mercantile interests they are
engaged to a moderate extent in farming.

On December 31, 1857, Mr. Plummer was united in marriage with Miss Rebecca
Tokay, who was born in Raymond, March 18, 1838, and was a daughter of Joseph and
Mary (Plummer) Tokay. Her father was a mason by trade, and was also successfully
engaged in farming. Mrs. Rebecca T. Plummer died on July 3, 1884, leaving a son
and daughter Fred W. and Louisa H. Fred W. Plummer, born April 7, 186o, is in
partnership with his father in the store. He married Miss Alice Morton, of
Raymond, and has two children - Angeline N. and Clifford I. Louisa H. Plummer,
born October 27, 1868, is the wife of Irving Morton, a prosperous farmer and
blacksmith of Raymond. Mr. Plummer was again married June 17, 1885, to Miss
Abbie J. Brown, of this town, a daughter of the late Sewell and Charlotte
(Plummer) Brown.

Mr. Plummer is a loyal Republican, and takes a deep interest in the movements of
his party. In 1864 he received the appointment of Postmaster at Raymond Village,
and since that time he has continued to fulfill the duties of the office with
satisfaction to its patrons. Among the other positions of responsibility and
trust held by him is that of Selectman, first in 1866, and at intervals since
then, making thirteen years in all; also that of Town Treasurer, which he filled
from 1870 to and including 1877, 1879, 1881, 1883-84, 1886-88, and in 1890,
sixteen years all together. He is a member of Windham Lodge, No. 127, A. F. & A.
M.; Siloam Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Gray, Me.; and Hawthorne
Lodge, No. 16, Knights of Pythias, of Raymond. Mrs. Plummer is a communicant of
the Baptist church.