Rutland

PLUMLEY, Frank M.

Men of Vermont: Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters & Sons of 
Vermont. Ullery. Brattleboro: Transcript Publishing Company, 1894, pp 320-321 
(portrait p 321)

Frank M. PLUMLEY, of Sherburne [Rutland County, Vermont], was born 27 March 
1840 in Shrewsbury [Rutland County, Vermont], son of Adolphus and Lucy 
(DEXTER) PLUMLEY. He received his early education in the common schools and 
later supplemented this by a course of general reading. A lover of books he 
has collected a small but well-selected library. After the completion of his 
schooling he followed the calling of a commercial traveler for a few years 
and then settled down upon a farm in his native town, to which vocation, 
after a short time, he added the lumber business, which he carried on 
successfully for thirty years. In 1885 he removed to Sherburne and engaged 
in the lumber trade in that town until 1893, when he purchased an estate on 
the Woodstock road on which he now resides. Republican; has held the offices 
of selectman, road commissioner, justice of the peace, as well as other 
positions of honor and trust; represented Sherburne in the state Legislature 
of 1892, where he served with credit on the committee on manufactures. Being 
yet in the prime of life he will probably become more prominent in county and 
state affairs within the next few years. On 30 November 1862 in Shrewsbury 
[Rutland County, Vermont] Mr. [Frank M.] PLUMLEY married Eliza N., daughter 
of Curtis and Eliza HALE. To them have been born three sons: Rush, Ralph, 
and Albert.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly