Individual Details

Surname: PLUMMER, CLAPPER, HESS
The Johnstown Tribune
February 8, 1940
Thursday Evening
Last Civil War Veteran Dead:

A photo and under the photo it says:

Death early last evening claimed Silas D. PLUMMER, (above). He was the
last native Cambria County Civil War veteran and was preceded in death
by only 13 days by Henry H. HOFFMAN, Johnstown's last survivor. Sons of


Union Veterans plan full military honors for Mr. PLUMMER Saturday
afternoon.

HIS FIRST ILLNESS RESULTS IN DEATH OF SILAS PLUMMER:
Last Native Cambria Veteran, 92, Succumbs; Rites on Saturday
Silas D. PLUMMER, 92, last native veteran of the Civil War in Cambria
County, died at 5:30 o'clock last evening near Portage. He had been ill


for two weeks, but prior to that time had never been bedfast except for


a few days at the time of observance of his birthday anniversary on
January 9 last, when he was in bed because of a slight injury to his
back sustained in a fall.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the
First Evangelical Church, South Fork, the remains of Mr. PLUMMER to lie


in state there from 10 a.m. to the hour of service. Rev. Gleason K.
HETRICK, pastor of the church, will officiate at the obsequies, assisted
by Rev. McVICKER, Philipsburg, former Beaverdale Christian and
Missionary Alliance pastor. Interment will be in Mt. Union Church
Cemetery, near Portage, directed by George Bros., South Fork morticians.
Full military honors will be accorded the veteran at his funeral. Speer


Orr Camp No. 14, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, will provide a


guard of honor, pallbearers and firing squad and bugler.

Just 13 days prior to the death of Mr. PLUMMER, Henry H. HOFFMAN, 90,
died at his home in Moxham, the last original member of Emory Fisher
Post 30, Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. PLUMMER was listed as a member


of the post, however, by transfer from D. B. Stineman Post, South Fork,


about the time Emory Fisher Post disbanded.

Woodsman for Many Years:
Silas PLUMMER was born in Summerhill Township, Cambria County, on
January 9, 1848, a son of Isaac W. and Maggie (CLAPPER) PLUMMER. The old
homestead was located in the mountains above Lloydell, where Silas
PLUMMER spent most of his life. He worked in the woods during his active
years and until only a few years ago regularly took out a hunting
license, his eyesight being keen until the last two years.

On August 19, 1864, Silas PLUMMER enlisted for service with the Union
Army, being assigned Company C, 81st Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry. He saw battle service with this regiment and was at Appomattox
Courthouse, Va., to see Gen. Robert E. LEE of the Confederacy surrender


his sword, which was returned to him by the Union commander, Gen. U. S.


GRANT.
Mr. PLUMMER received his honorable discharge from the Army on June 1,
1865.

Wife Dead 20 Years:
Mr. PLUMMER's wife, who also had never been ill, died 20 years ago of a


fracture of the hip. She was 14 days older than her husband. Mr. PLUMMER
is survived by these children:
William PLUMMER, Portage R. D. 2, with whom he had been making his home


for the last 10 years; Scott PLUMMER, Derry; Alvin PLUMMER, Oakland,
Cal., Lawrence PLUMMER, Mineral Point; Silas D. PLUMMER Jr., East
Liberty, and Mrs. Logan HESS, Wilmore. He leaves 26 grandchildren, 36
great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren.

Birth	9 JAN 1848	Summerhill Twp., Cambria Co., PA
Marriage	19 APR 1868	Cambria Co., PA - Frances Rebecca CRUM
Death	7 FEB 1940	Summerhill Twp., Cambria Co., PA
Burial		Mount Union Cem., Wilmore, Portage Twp.,Cambria Co., PA

Spouse	Frances Rebecca CRUM (1847 - 1920)
Child	William PLUMMER ( - )
Child	Scott PLUMMER ( - )
Child	Alvin PLUMMER ( - )
Child	Lawrence PLUMMER ( - )
Child	Silas D. PLUMMER Jr. ( - )
Child	(Daughter of Silas D. and Frances PLUMMER) PLUMMER ( - )

Father	Isaac W. PLUMMER (1823 - 1899)
Mother	Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" CLAPPER (1829 - 1911)
Sibling	Lucinda PLUMMER (1850 - 1911)
Sibling	Amos Statler PLUMMER (1851 - 1939)
Sibling	Wilson PLUMMER (1853 - )
Sibling	Henry L. PLUMMER (1855 - 1937)
Sibling	Mary PLUMMER (1857 - 1893)
Sibling	David PLUMMER (1859 - 1927)
Sibling	Marthe PLUMMER (1861 - )
Sibling	Margaret Jane PLUMMER (1866 - 1911)