The Plumb Family in the USA T-Z

Thomas Plumb

Born: 24/1/1826

Died: 20/8/1900 Buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Upper Sandosky, Wyandot Ohio

Father: Francis Plumb (1779-1843)

Mother: Ann (e) Johnson (1789-1873)

Married: Christina McCallum 6/9/1850

Went to America on 17 April 1843

Thomas Francis Plumb

Born: 1854

Died: 1918

Father: Francis Plumb (25/2/1823-6/12/1896)

Mother: Ann Parker (1819-5/11/1894)

Married: Mary Eliza Robertson

Thomas William Plumb

Born: 31/8/1868

Died: 14/6/1940

Father: George Plumb (1842-1929)

Mother: Ann Coy (1845-12/12/1928)

Married: Minnie Miller

Born England, Left aged 3 yrs. Buried Oakland Iowa. Went to America 21/2/ 1871.

Timothy Daniel Plumb

Born: 12/11/1975 in Harlan, LA

Father: Alfred Francis Plumb (7/3/1952)

Mother: Diane Marie Peterson (14/9/1952)

Todd Plumb

Born: unknown

Father: Max Lavern Plumb (1921-200)

Mother: Mary Booth (1921-1983)

Married: Renie

Valentine Plumb

Born: 14/2/1820

Died: 2/3/1882 buried Wesley Chapel, Mills Iowa

Father: Francis Plumb (1779-1843)

Mother: Ann (e) Johnson (1789-1873)

First Marriage: Ann Bullimore (died 1839) Married 21/5/1839

Second Marriage: Frances Bland (died 1856) Married 8/4/1856

Third Marriage: Lucinder Gonser (14/4/1841-24/8/1924) Married 14/3/1861

Children: Georgina (1861-1863), Hattie Ann (1863-1959), Fannie Jane (1865-1928), Francis Joel (1867-1943), Valentine W. (1869-1961), Emma Catherine (1873-1947), Ezra Perry (1873-1907), Edward Zachariah (1875-1962), William Allen (1877-1962) and Hugh Richard (1883-1969)

Went to America in his 40s on May 4 1843. Went to California in the winter of 1849/50 in the Gold rush with close friend W.B. Wilson, Stayed about 5 years.

Lucinder (pictured above with Valentine) was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio daughter of John Gosner and Catherine Devore. She died in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Tombstone of Valentine Plumb 1820 and wife Lucinda Gosner Wesley chapel Cemetery

Valentine Plumb was born February 14, 1820 at Barrowby, Lincolnshire, England. His parents were Francis Plumb and Ann Johnson. He spent his early childhood in England, where he was raised on a farm and received only twelve months of schooling. He came to America May 4, 1843 and located in Richland County, Ohio. In 1845 he moved to Wyandotte County in Ohio. In 1850 he went to California during the gold rush and engaged in the mining and merchandise business. He returned to Ohio in 1855. He married Frances L. Bland on April 4, 1856 in Wyandotte County, Ohio and in the same month came to Mills County, Iowa to buy land. He bought 200 acres of land and returned home by way of Cincinnati to find his wife in declining health; she died December 25, 1856 along with a still-born child.

He returned to Mills County, Iowa and bought more land. After the purchase of the original farm of 200 acres, he added to it a total of 1000 acres.

He married Lucinda Anne Gonser March 14. 1861. They were the parents of ten children.

Georgiana (1862-1863) Buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery; Hattie Ann (1863-1959) Married Louis Allensworth - Both buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery; Fannie Jane (1863- I928) Married James Kelley; Francis Joel (1867-1943) Married Gertrude Parker - Buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery; Valentine W. (1869-1961) Married Dora McFall- Buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery; Emma Catherine( 1873-1947) Married Ellsworth J. Smith. Buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery; Ezra Perry (1873-1907) Married Grace Kelfey - Buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery; Edward Zachariah (1877-1962) Married Mary Grace Lookabill, Buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery; William Allen (1877-1962) Married Nettie Moraine; Hugh Richard (Harold) (1883-1969) Married Maggie Johnson.

In 1876 he suffered a heavy loss by fire in which a valuable barn and eleven horses with a large amount of farm produce and' implements were burned to the amount of$6,000.

He was a member of the Board of Supervisors in Mills County for four years and chairman of that body for two years.

He was one of the original founders of Wesley Chapel Church and a charter member. Valentine Plumb's farmland was deeded by President Franklin Pierce. He had literally dozens of entries of buying and selling farmland in Mills County in the 1860's and 1870's.

He was a man of great energy, full of public spirit and very influential. Valentine Plumb died March 2, 1882 and is buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery.

Submitted by Terry Kullbom

Link to the Gosner Family

Valentine Plumb

Born: 5/12/1843 Barrowby, Lincolnshire.

Died: 15/2/1935

Occupation: Labourer in Chatham England. Employed on SS Great Britain laying first transatlantic cable in 1865.

Father: William Plum (1811-1884)

Mother: Sarah Gray (1821-1902)

Married: Charlotte Llewellyn (Born in Wales 1837-1920) on15/12/1867 at Canterbury. Her Father was William Llewellyn, mother Elizabeth Evans.

Children: unknown boy, Hannah (1872-1961) Went to America in 1870. Died Shelby Iowa USA

Valentine Plumb was born December 5, 1843 at Barrowby, Lincolnshire, England, son of William and Sarah (Gray) Plumb and grandson of Francis and Ann (Johnson) Plumb of Barrowby. Grandmother Ann Plumb came to America in 1853, and on to Mills County.

Valentine in December 1867 married Charlotte Llewellyn who was born in Wales to William and Elizabeth (Evans) Llewellyn. In 1870 on the ship Nebraska, Valentine and his wife sailed for New York and on to Mills County where they joined Valentine's brother, Francis/Frank, and worked for his uncle Valentine (1820) for several years, then rented a farm until about 1875 when he purchased a farm in Shelby County, Iowa.

To Valentine and his wife Charlotte was born Hannah Mary, in Mills County who later married Nels T. Peterson in 1897 and they had four children. Hannah Mary and husband Nels are buried at Harlan along with her parents, Valentine in 1935 and Charlotte in 1920.

Information provided by Mrs Rex V. Plumb

Valentine Parker Plumb

Born: 1857

Died: 1938

Father: John Plumb (1828-1895)

Mother: Milecent Parker (1821-1860)

Married: Phoebe Robertson 

Valentine W Plumb

Born: 1869

Died: 1957

Father: Valentine Plumb (14/2/1820-1882)

Mother: Lucinder Gonser (14/4/1841-24/8/1924)

Married: Dora McFall (1868-1947) (Parents: Harvey McFall & Mart Hammer)

Children: William (December 1883), Glen, Gayle (October 1886), Veron (20/10/1990-6/1983) and Velma

Burried: Wesley Chapel, Henderson. Iowa

Velma Plumb

Born: unknown

Died: unknown

Father: Valentine W Plumb (1869-1957)

Mother: Dora McFall (1868-1947)

Vernon Plumb

Born: 1900

Died: 1983

Father: Valentine Plumb (1869-1957)

Mother: Dora McFall (1868-1947)

Veta Grace Plumb

Born: 26/11/1911

Father: Alfred Alonzo Plumb (17/3/1881-2/6/1930)

Mother: Edna Inez Custer (25/3/1886-4/6/1975)

Married: Harold Harvick (1908-1994) in 1931

Children: Leila Alanne (7/11/1933-7/11/1933), Carol Joyce (5/3/1935), Jeanet Orrinne (21/9/1937-5/12/1975), Alfred Andrew (6/1/1939) and Dixie Dianne (7/11/1944)

Link to the Hardvick Family

Violet Plumb

Born: 1896

Died: unknown

Father: Edward Zachariah Plumb (1875-1907)

Mother: Grace Lookabill (1876-1945)

Walter Howard Plumb

Born: 1877

Died: 29/4/1945

Father: George Plumb (1842-1929)

Mother: Ann Coy (1845-12/12/1928)

Had Epilepsy

William Plumb

Born: 1883

Died: unknown

Father: Valentine W Plumb (1869-1957)

Mother: Dora McFall (1868-1947)

William Allen Plumb

Born: 1877

Died: 1962

Father: Valentine Plumb (1820-1882)

Mother: Lucinder Gonser (14/4/1841-24/8/1924)

Married: Nettie Moraine

Children: Fern, Hazel (16/1/1895-6/1995), Floyd (28/2/1912-21/12/1993) and Marion

Broomfield Colorado

William Valentine Plumb

Born: 1/1/1869

Died: 25/7/1932

Father: Francis Plumb (6/2/1846-24/3/1931)

Mother: Grace McKinnon (1845-1928)

Married: Kathyren Ann Kohl (17/1/1874) on 14/9/1893

Occupation: Farmer

Children: Sherman Plumb, Eula Shirley Plumb (10/10/1895), Gladys May Plumb (9/7/1897), Lotus Irene Plumb (10/1/1903), Grace Anneta Plumb (19/9/1904), female Plumb (1905-1905), Zola Plumb (1907)

He was born in Iowa and died in the Lutheran Hospital, Norfolk Nebraska

Link to the Kohl Family

Zola Plumb

Born: 1907

Died: 1907

Father: William Valentine Plumb (1/1/1869)

Mother: Kathyren Ann Kohl (17/1/1874)

She was born in Boone County, Nebraska

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