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Dr. J. E. Plummer was born January 26, 1833, in Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio, his parents being Reuben and Sophia (Erwin) Plummer. The former was born in Canada, and when nine years of age came to Worthington, Ohio, where he grew to manhood, married, and became a minister in the Methodist Church. In 1840 he moved to Texas, where he preached and worked at the carpentering trade. After 1855 he spent three years in Benton County, Ark., after which he went to Gonzales County, where his death occurred in 1861. The mother was a native of Kentucky, moved to Ohio when young and died a consumptive in Montgomery County, Tex., in 1841. When of age J. E. Plummer left the paternal homestead, and in December, 1855, began the study of medicine. After two and a half years had passed, he began to practice in McDonald County, Mo., and in the fall of 1858 accompanied his father to Texas, there remaining, in Gonzales County, a year and a half. He then spent a year in Upshur County, and then lived in Harrison County until 1865. Going to Bentonville, Benton Co., Ark., he practiced there until 1874, and since that time has enjoyed a lucrative practice in Huntsville. He owns a farm of 145 acres, sixty of which are under cultivation. In 1857 Mrs. Septima Miller, daughter of Dr. Gray, with whom our subject has studied, became his wife, and by her had one daughter, Mary G. Mrs. Plummer died in 1881, and the following year he wedded Miss Melissa P. Phillips, of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Plummer have two children: Erwin, aged six, and James R., aged four. The Doctor and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Dr. Plummer is a Democrat and a member of the Masonic fraternity.