John Richardson Plummer

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John Richardson Plummer

Birth
Davidson County, North Carolina, USA
Death
24 Sep 1904 (aged 55)
Tennessee, USA
Burial
Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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John Richardson Plummer was a farmer, a lumberer, and a partner in one of the first furniture plants in Lexington, N.C. He was the son of Philemon Plummer and Elizabeth (Eliza) Finch.

He married Julia Ann Hoover on June 14, 1870, and they were blessed with twelve children. (Listed under her bio.)

J. E. Plummer ran a saw mill, and while his business was successful overall, he still had to deal with the work hazards of the day.

John was killed in a train wreck in New Market, Tennessee on the way back from the St. Louis World's Fair. According to the Journal and Tribune , Knoxville, Tennessee: "The most fatal collison in the history of the Southern Railway occurred near New Market Saturday morning when fifty-six souls were hurled into eternity. . ." Ultimately, sixty-four people were killed in this tragedy. John Plummer's body was not immediately identified, as he was unquestionably killed instantly and his body quite damaged. There was an error in his hometown information due to a letter addressed to a Plummer relative in Chapel Hill, NC. So the family story goes, his son Dr. Lindsay ("Doc")Plummer traveled to Knoxville and identified his father's remains by his wedding ring.

John Plummer was buried with Masonic honors at his home church in Randolph County, just down the road from his family farm.
John Richardson Plummer was a farmer, a lumberer, and a partner in one of the first furniture plants in Lexington, N.C. He was the son of Philemon Plummer and Elizabeth (Eliza) Finch.

He married Julia Ann Hoover on June 14, 1870, and they were blessed with twelve children. (Listed under her bio.)

J. E. Plummer ran a saw mill, and while his business was successful overall, he still had to deal with the work hazards of the day.

John was killed in a train wreck in New Market, Tennessee on the way back from the St. Louis World's Fair. According to the Journal and Tribune , Knoxville, Tennessee: "The most fatal collison in the history of the Southern Railway occurred near New Market Saturday morning when fifty-six souls were hurled into eternity. . ." Ultimately, sixty-four people were killed in this tragedy. John Plummer's body was not immediately identified, as he was unquestionably killed instantly and his body quite damaged. There was an error in his hometown information due to a letter addressed to a Plummer relative in Chapel Hill, NC. So the family story goes, his son Dr. Lindsay ("Doc")Plummer traveled to Knoxville and identified his father's remains by his wedding ring.

John Plummer was buried with Masonic honors at his home church in Randolph County, just down the road from his family farm.

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