Plummerville cemetery tour and Plummer family history
Ruth (Plummer) Jones at Plummerville cemetery
Name/Title
Plummerville cemetery tour and Plummer family historyEntry/Object ID
2024.41.234Scope and Content
Ruth Jones took interviewers (Dick & Alice Haight) on a tour of the Plummerville cemetery. Interview followed, with Judy Mauger. Ruth showed a Plummer family tree. Benjamin & Elvira Plummer arrived in Saugatuck in 1832 – it was then known as Newark. They were the second family after the Butlers to come. They build the first saw mill near Goshorn Lake. Later they built a tanning factory on Lakeshore Drive, north of Plummerville Cemetery. 600 original Plummer acres were sold to Bill Smith. Benjamin & Elvira Plummer's children were: Andrew, Lucinda, William, Eleanor & Mary. William was Ruth’s grandfather. In 1853, the cholera epidemic took many Plummer children. In 1860, the Plummer boys, including William, went to California for the Gold Rush. He sent for his wife and children and ended up growing wheat. Ruth’s father, Leo, was born in Sacramento, CA. Ruth married Roland Jones in 1940 and in 1942, he went to WWII. Ruth taught Math in Glenview, Illinois. This is an excellent history of the Plummers in the area.Collection
Cemeteries and graves, 1830 Settlement, pioneer era, Family HistoryCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2024.41Acquisition Method
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Interviewee
Jones, Ruth Mae (Plummer) 1912-2009Interviewer
Mauger, Judith Morris "Judy" 1938-2016, Haight, Dick, Haight, Alice (Haak) 1933-2017Interview Date
Apr 17, 2000Length of Interview
72Dimensions
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5 inDepth
5 inLocation
Oral History DVD/CDs
AWS/VidArch SSD/DVD originals drawer