Samuel M. Plummer

Biography

(Born Me.)

SAMUEL M. PLUMMER was born in 6 Oct 1812, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, [findagrave;3062744]

He married Emily Baldwin, daughter of Jesse and ___ []

He died, Oct. 17, 1851, at Ft. Merrill, Dinero, Live Oak County, Texas, aged 39, and is buried, San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas [findagrave;3062744]

Military History

• Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1830, to July 1, 1835, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Bvt. Second Lieut., 1st Infantry, July 1, 1835. (Ap'd Me.)

• 1835–37, Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Snelling, Min. — Swan River, (Second Lieut., 1st Infantry, Nov. 14, 1836)

• 1837, — and Ft. Snelling, Min., 1837; in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1837; in the Florida War, 1837‑39, being Adjutant, 1st Infantry,

Sep. 16, 1838, to Oct. 19, 1839; on sick leave of absence, 1839; in the Florida War, 1839‑41; (First Lieut., 1st Infantry, July 7, 1838)

(Capt. Staff — Asst. Quartermaster, Nov. 22, 1839, to June 18, 1846) on Quartermaster duty at Washington, D. C.,

(Captain, 1st Infantry, May 1, 1841)

1841‑42, — New York city, 1842, Ft. Atkinson, Io., 1842, — Ft. Crawford, Wis., 1842, — Ft. Snelling, Min., 1842‑43, — in Quartermaster- General's Office at Washington, D. C., 1844, — and at Ft. Snelling, Min., 1844‑46; in the War with Mexico, 1846‑47; on detached service at Washington, D. C., Oct. 13, 1847, to Jan. 18, 1848, and Sep. 7, 1848, to Mar. 14, 1849; and on frontier duty at Ft. Brown, Tex., 1849, 1849‑50, — Ft. Merrill, Tex., 1850, — in Mustering Volunteers, 1850, — and at Ft. Merrill, Tex., 1850‑51.

Sources

• Cullum's Register, Vol. I p614817
• findagrave;