Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1921-04-06
GEORGE \. PLUMMER
ANSWERS FINAL CALL

The deceased was born at Sears
/ mont, State OF Maine, February 9.
/ 1913, and came to California by sea
/ voyage to lsthmus OF Panama, which
he crossed on Ills 2lst birthday in
/ February, 1869, going from there to
/ San Francisco. From there he went
4 to Virginia City On his way to tina
| great mining center, to this eastern
youth an incident occurred that made
1 vivid and lasting impression upon
/ him. revealing to him in a moment
/ 4 true picture of the bigness Of the
! great West, to which he had come to
| work out his destiny. 4 stranger TO
! to him on the crowded train wanted
TO give him $40 gold, for his personal
| expenses, but he would not accept it
| telling the man that he could not take
the money, not knowing when repay
ment could be made This he did
with but dollar i'll his pocket.
Arriving at Virginia, he started out
afoot to Pine Grove, going by the old
| Jew Ranch, about Is miles, where he
| planned to Join the Brann boys, Alex
and Gus. with whom he had been COR
responding since old school days in
Maine
| Mr. Plummer, on arriving al Pine
| Grove, went TO work first at Rock
| for Jim keene; thereafter he worked in
The Wheeler mill at Pine Grove, then
| in the Wilson mill. Soon accommo-
| dating himself to the life Of the
place" became regular leaser in the
| Wilson mine, which he followed with
| industry and enthusiasm and incidental
prifit until 1873 when he became a
homesteader i'll the South end OF
| Mason Valley, then known as Mis-
souri, Flat.
In the meantime, on November l.
| 1871, he had married Louise A. VIII
| ,on. daughter of David | /. Wilson, at
her home in Pine Grove, and shortly
lafterward he and his young wife, wit
| 4 band of cattle and some vaqueros
kyent to Stems Mountains i'll Southern
Oregon, where they lived IN $ed
house, 80 miles from the nearest post
office. They were there for about two
wears when the Indians became so
troublesome that this small party
thought it best to return to Mason
Valley, where they homesteaded the
then barren land, now some OF the
most productive in the valley
In 1873. in company with Ulrich
,trosnider, David Wilson and VIM.
Wilson, Mr.. pummer surveyed and
| after three years finished the con-
struction of what is known as tn
| Tunnel ditch, sometimes called the
plummer ditch The building OF this
wafer conduit involved the running OF
loO feet of tunnel through dangerous
ground, which i'll places was mass
Of bowlters, hard to hold with timbers
md through which the water nearly
| al leaked back into the river tor many
months. This was, up to that tune
| The most important irrigation pro-
| iect in Western Nevada and OF Whlch
| the deceased was justly proud.
In 1877 himself and wife, by leg&l
process, duly adopted George Plum
mer, Jr., then babe in the Nevada
Orphans Home who now lives at
| the old home place with his young
! family Of BOYS III whose youthful
/ ompanv the grandfather took much
sleasurc in bis declining years.
In 1890, Mrs Louise Plnmmer
| after a long illness died at the home
| ~anch and was buried in the Elm Tree
! rcancterv. Two years later Mr Plum
/ mar was married to Miss Mabel Hen
richs then school teacher IN his DIS
tric+ and who survives him. lhey liVed
| on the home ranch i'll great conteh-
ment for many years, in the meantime
however, making three trips East TO
visit MIR. Plummer brothers and SITS
tiers. spending on one trip over a
month in Florida.
Mr.. plummer's eyes began to DC
| affected in 1908, and after consultation
with noted specialists, among whom
was DR.. Barcan, of San Francisco
brave,v accepted their verdict OF in
evitable blindness, in the true Ameri-
can spirit, and made no complaint as
he finally in 1914, became totally
blind.
| He was during the early days, one
| Of the most dependable upholders o.
law and order in this seetion' beine
for wears in service on grand and tria
uries when Mason Valley was par
! IA A. nfyr with the county