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!Plummer Sevey was born in Shullsburg, Lafayette Co. Wisconsin Apr.
19,1850. Came by Wagontrain to Calif. 1853. Raised in St. Louis, Calif.
high in The Sierras, Plummer became an expert teamster and in 1880
was not only ranching on his own homestead but was driving stage
between Marysville and La Porte. Plummer sold off his Homestead in
1886 to McIntyre and homesteaded an acre of land at Moore's Station
(became Honcut) in Butte County where he built a small frame house. His
first wife Mary Ellen Delaney, died of an ovarian tumor in 1889. As a
widower with two children he married Calla Hinkle in 1891 at
Brownsville, Calif. and raised a girl and two boys. Alice, born 1892, Ed
born 1894, and Gilman, born 1904. In 1906 Plummer moved his family
to Oroville and was a driver for the City Stables operated by Fry, He was
also the designated driver for the Hearse. In 1915, Plummer and Calla
bought a 20 acre ranch on the outskirts of Gridley. He was always a
teamster and had a great love for horses which he raised. Plummer died
of a fatal heart attack Apr 27, 1927 after a huge breakfast, family said
he had been suffering from acute indigestion. He was 77 years old.
Mentioned in the published history of Yuba County as owning 160 acre
homestead in Long Bar Twnshp. c.1885. . MARRIAGE RECORDS: (1) 3 Feb
1875 to Mary Delaney, by B.W. Howser J.P. at Marysville TWP, Yuba
County, Book #3, Page 138. (2) To Callie Hinkle at Brownsville, Yuba
County, 25 OCT1892. Book #3, Page 221. By N.C. Reynolds, J.P., Property
Records of Yuba & Butte Co. Homestead Certificate No. 1246, Application
No. 2676, filed at Marysville, Calif. 10 Mar 1883. BUTTE COUNTY-
CALIFORNIA DEATH RECORDS- 27 July, 1927-Vol 4, Page 306. The Great
Register of Yuba Co. 1875 lists Plummer Sevey, Teamster 4th Ward,
Marysville, July 31. (Stage Driver) Xferred frm Butte Co./The Great
Register of Butte County lists #623, Plummer Alonzo Sevey, age 24, Born
Wisconsin, Occupation=Teamster (Stage Driver) Residence, Bangor, 21
May ,1874. Removed to Yuba County, Jul 21, 1875. Removed to Butte
County 1886.

• Married: 3 FEB 1875 in Marysville Twp., Yuba Co., California ¹

1. Evaline May SEVEY b: 28 NOV 1879 in Honcut, Butte Co., California
2. James William SEVEY b: 22 AUG 1882 in Honcut, Butte Co., California
3. Francis Edith SEVEY b: 29 SEP 1887 in Honcut, Butte Co., California

• Married: 25 OCT 1891 in Brownsville, Yuba Co., California ¹

1. Alice Elizabeth SEVEY b: 7 OCT 1892 in Honcut, Butte Co., California
2. Edwin Bryant SEVEY b: 14 JAN 1895 in Honcut, Butte Co., California
3. Gilman Aaron SEVEY b: 12 NOV 1904 in Honcut, Butte Co., California

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