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of Pennsylvania. During this period,
Formal wrote his text book on path
ology and all of the illustrations in
that volume were drawn by Dr. A. J.
Pluner and were credited to him in
| the text.
In 1888 he made a trip into the
Sand Hills of Nebraska and in 1889,
he returned there and homestea1ed
IL miles north of what is now the
town of Hyannis. 1t was there that
he founded his ranch and became the
foremost citizen of that section of
Nebraska. 1t was he who founded
the Nebraska Stock Growers Associa-
ton and became its first president
He developed the first artesian wells
to be found in that section His
method Of fencing with holes bored
| through posts instead of stapling on
| the wire became the custom of the
country He promoted the first tele-
nhOne system going out of Hyannis.
He was enc of the charter members
Of the Masonic lodge in Hyannis and
these many years has maintained his
membership there. His background,
education, travel in both foreign lands
and in the United States and his vast
experience in many lines were all
utilized for the benefit of the COM
munity in which he lived and kept
him eager for even further knowledge
and attainments. AS there were no
physicians in that section of the coun-
try when he came there, he gave of
his time and of himself to assist those
people who were so unfortunate as
to become i'll in pioneer community.
There are many people now alive in
the Sand Hills of Nebraska who
would not be so had it not been for
his ministrations at some early time
in their lives.
He was especially interested in the
problems of government and had
made an extensive study of govern
mental affairs in every land in which
he had been placed. His knowledge
of languages, his travel, his expert
ences in the different European coun-
tries in which he had been during his
studies, made him an encyclopedia of
information for those whose expert
ence had been neither so broad nor
as well studied. He disposed of his
ranch holdings and moved to Lincoln
where he resided until in 1914, he,
with his family, established their
home on ranch near Hysham, Mon
tana. His principal work after going
to Hysham was the study and i'm
of the states government
He served two terms in the lower
house of the Montana state legislature
and two terms in the state senate
making total of 16 years of service
in the law making bodies of the state.
Because of the precarious condition of
his wife's health, he refused to again
be a candidate in 1910.
During his service as a legislator,
he was the champion for the under
the helpless and the in
articulate. Those who would make
the effort to exploit them had felt the
lash of his tongue on every occasion
when an attempt was made to take
advantage of their condition. He was
.hentic knowledge on a great variety
If subjects, his opinion was greatly
sought after by both friend and foe
alike and was used to make his state
/ better place in which to live. He
vas highly respected by people in
every walk of life.
On March 80, 1891 he was married
o Miss Matilda Jane Emmerson in
he Episcopal church at Broken Bow,
Nebraska. Mrs. Plumer was nurse
~ profession and had been world
raveler having visited three quarters
# the globe before her marriage to
Dr.. Plumer She had had her prelim-
nary training as nurse in England
nder Florence Nightingale and after
oming to the United States gradu-
ted in the first class of nurses ever
raduated from Brockley hospital in
Mrs. Plumer passed
way February II, 1912.
DR.. Plumer became seriously i'll at
is home in Montana and went to
Minnesota to the Mayo
linic where the fatal character of his
lness was determined and he went
} Council Bluffs, Iowa to the home
his brother, William of whom he
as extremely fond. He died in
ouncil Bluffs.
The world gained much in this
ans having lived and lost a great
cal when he passed on. The pro-
ssion of medicine lost great deal
hen he did not continue on in the
ork in which he was SO proficient.
e lived to be 80 years of age, died
the community in which he was
)rn, well loved and greatly re-
,ected citizen of the world. He is
lrvived by one son, William E.
umer Hysham, Mont; one daughter
rs. M. ]. Brennemann, .Hysham,
ont; one grand daughter, Mrs. Wen
III D. Stearns, Hollywood, CAL; one
eat grandson, Michael Stearns, Hol-
wood; three sister, Mrs. C. c. Tay-
r, Council Bluffs, Mrs. George Rich
ond, Council Bluffs, Mrs Harvey
evils, Council Bluffs, Iowa; two
others, William H. Plumer, Council
uffs; Lee Plumer, Nebraska City,
sbr., numerous nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers at the funeral services
Id in Billings Tuesday were all
embers of Hysham lodge No. 129,
F. and A. M, were H. L. Barr Ray
UNI, Ernest Fenton, L. D. Gibson,
chic Wilson and William Winton.
hlar lodge No. 20 of Billings con-