Résumé

Sawmill worker, McMurray, WA, 1900.

Partner, Enquist and Plummer,

Turner, Unknown mill company, Seattle, WA, 1902. (See Polk's Seattle Directory Company's Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1902, p. 1053.)

Turner, Edgewater Mill Company, Seattle, WA, 1906. (See Polk Seattle Directory Company's Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1906, p. 936.)

Draftsman, Architectural offices, Seattle, WA, 1910.

Draftsman, H.B. Pearce, Architect, Seattle, WA, 1912. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Seattle City Directory, 1912, p. 1126.)

Plummer and Feil, Designers, Los Angeles, CA, 1914. In 09/1918, Plummer worked in an office in Room #1108 of the Story Building in Los Angeles. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Los Angeles Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 11/23/2021.)

Partner, Plummer, Wurdeman and Becket, Architects, Los Angeles, CA, 1933-1939.

Relocation

Charles Forrest Plummer was born to Samuel Forrest Plummer, Sr., and Mary Evelyn Amos on a farm in either Arkansaw or Waterville, WI, both small towns in Pepin County, west of Milwaukee. The 1880 US Census lsited the occupants of this farm as Charles, his parents, his brother Samuel Plummer, Jr., and an aunt, Mattie Amos, (born c. 1864 in WI), who worked as a youthful teacher at the time. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: Waterville, Pepin, Wisconsin; Roll: 1441; Page: 73C; Enumeration District: 108. accessed 11/23/2021.)

Plummer worked in a sawmill in McMurray, WA, in Skagit County, as per the 1900 US Census. This area was likely unincorporated land lining the edge of Lake McMurray, A US post office was assigned here between 1890 and 1945. He boarded with Oli Torgesen (born c. 02/1875 in Norway), who also worked in a shingle mill, managed the house. (See Ancestry,com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Mcmurray, Skagit, Washington; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 0202; FHL microfilm: 1241749, accessed 11/23/2021.)

He had made his way to Seattle, WA, by 1901, where he formed a partnership with a man named Enquist, possibly Conrad Enquist, a carpenter. He boarded with C.F. Finch in the Fremont neighborhood of the city. (See Polk's Seattle Directory Company's Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1901, p. 948.) A year later, he boarded at the Fremont Hotel in Fremont. (See Polk's Seattle Directory Company's Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1902, p. 1053.)

He made his home at 4123 Evanston Avenue in Seattle by 1906. (See Polk Seattle Directory Company's Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1906, p. 936.)

He had moved to Seattle, WA, by 1910. Here, he made his home at 4133 Linden Avenue, living with a large household that included his wife, three children, mother-in-law, Annette Brooks (born c. 1842 in NY), and sister, Alma Plummer. Additionally, Cora B. Fountain (born c. 1867 in NY), a dressmaker, and her son, Donald Fountain (born c. 1889 in WA), an apprentice machinist, lived with the architect, as did two roomers, Agnes Collins (born c. 1879 in NV) and Edward Brooks (born c. 1882 in NY), who worked as a bookbinder and an electrician, respectively. It is possible that Edward Brooks was the brother of Plummer's wife, Kathryn. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Seattle Ward 9, King, Washington; Roll: T624_1661; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0172; FHL microfilm: 1375674, accessed 11/23/2021.) He lived at 6010 Fremont Avenue in Seattle in 1912. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Seattle City Directory, 1912, p. 1126.)

In 1914, Plummer resided at 2000 Highland Avenue in Los Angeles, CA. (See Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1914, p. 1821.) By 09/1918, he and his wife dwelled at 2031 Holly Drive in Los Angeles. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Los Angeles Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 11/23/2021.)

Parents

His father was Samuel Forrest Plummer, Sr., (born 05/28/1853 in Spring Grove, WI-d. 11/05/1926 in Arkansaw, WI), his mother Mary Evelyn Amos Mary Evelyn Ames (born 10/17/1856 in Arkansaw, WI-d. 12/12/1889 in Arkansaw, WI).

After Mary's death in 1889, Samuel, Sr., remarried to Anna Mary Billeter (born 01/27/1869 in Plum City, WI-d. 01/09/1964 in Durand, WI).

Spouse

He wed Kathryn "Kittie" Brooks on 05/06/1903 in Seattle, WA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. Washington, U.S., County Marriages, 1855-2008 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, accessed 11/23/2021.)

Biographical Notes

At age 39, his World War I draft registration card described Plummer as Caucasian and tall with a medium build. His hair was "dark" and he had brown eyes. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Los Angeles Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 11/23/2021.)

• Waterville, WI (Architect's Birth)
  Waterville, WI

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• Los Angeles, CA (Architect's Death)
  Los Angeles, CA

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