Henrietta Dare Trullender
1849 - 1933 (83 years)
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Name Henrietta Dare Trullender Birth 25 Aug 1849 Wells County, IN 
Gender Female Death 12 Mar 1933 Wells County, IN - MRS. G. W. PLUMMER CALLED BY DEATH - WELL KNOWN COUNTY RESIDENT DIES AT HER HOME NEAR TOCSIN SUNDAY
Mrs. Henrietta Dare Plummer, 83, widow of George W. Plummer, passed away at 10:15 Sunday night at her home one-half mile south of Tocsin, following an illness of the past three weeks of flu and pneumonia.
She was a lifelong resident of Wells county. She was born in Wells county on Aug. 25, 1849, a daughter of Hiram and Ruth High Trullender. Her marriage to George W. Plummer took place in Lancaster township, Dec. 18, 1866. He preceded her in death on Oct. 13, 1918.
Nine children surviving are Mrs. Rosetta Mentzer, Harrison township; Henry Plummer, Bluffton; William and Elmer Plummer, Tocsin; Charles Plummer, Huntington; Mrs. Mary Steele, Decatur; John Plummer, Linn Grove; Alfred Plummer, Greenwood, Miss., and Miss Myrtle Plummer, at home. One son, Hiram Plummer, is deceased.
One brother, James Trullender, Tocsin, survives. Five sisters and two brothers who preceded her in death are Mrs. Mary Garton, Mrs. Oliver Garton, Mrs. Frank McBride, Mrs. Sadie Gilliland, Mrs. Dan Bender, Reuben Trullender, and Houston
Trullender.
Mrs. Plummer was a member of the Christian Union church.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the home near Tocsin and burial will be in Elm Grove cemetery.
Burial Bluffton, Wells, IN - Burial: Elm Grove Cemetery
Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana, USA
Inscription: Henrietta D. Plummer 1848-1933
Person ID I22694 Drollinger Genealogy Last Modified 5 Jun 2017
Father Hiram Samuel Trullender, b. 23 Nov 1804, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA d. 26 Feb 1891, Wells County, IN (Age 86 years) Mother Ruth Dare High, b. 7 Jul 1819, Cumberland, NJ d. 22 Jun 1890, Wells County, IN (Age 70 years) Family ID F7815 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family George Washington Plummer, b. 23 Aug 1837, Starke County, OH d. 13 Oct 1918, Tocsin, Wells, IN (Age 81 years) Marriage 18 Dec 1866 Wells County, IN - Name: H. Trullender
Spouse Name: George Plummer
Marriage Date: 18 Dec 1866
Marriage County: Wells
Source Title 1: Wells County, Indiana
Source Title 2: Index to Marriage Record 1837 - 1920 Inclusive Vol
Source Title 3: W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerks Of Book: C- 3 OS Page: 300
Children 1. Rosetta Plummer, b. 13 Sep 1867, Wells County, IN d. 28 Aug 1935, Wells County, IN (Age 67 years)2. Henry D. Plummer, b. 25 Jun 1869, Wells County, IN d. 23 Sep 1944, Bluffton, Wells, IN (Age 75 years)3. William Dowell Plummer, b. 30 Jul 1871 d. 11 May 1947, Ft. Wayne, Allen, IN (Age 75 years)4. Elmer Theodore Plummer, b. 9 Sep 1874, Lancaster, Wells, IN d. 2 Mar 1939, Bluffton, Wells, IN (Age 64 years)5. Myrtle Plummer, b. 26 Dec 1876, Wells County, IN d. 5 Dec 1943, Wells County, IN (Age 66 years)6. Mary Maria Plummer, b. 27 Nov 1879, Wells County, IN d. 14 Oct 1973, Decatur, Adams, IN (Age 93 years)7. James A. Plummer, b. 1880 d. 1973 (Age 93 years) 8. John Franklin Plummer, b. 1 Aug 1882, Wells County, IN d. 15 Mar 1967, Ft. Wayne, Allen, IN (Age 84 years)9. Charles Frederick Plummer, b. 12 Jan 1885, Tocsin, Wells, IN d. 7 Dec 1959 (Age 74 years)10. James Alfred "Gus" Plummer, b. 17 Dec 1889, Tocsin, Wells, IN d. 5 Jul 1951, IN (Age 61 years)Family ID F7830 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Mar 2016
- MRS. G. W. PLUMMER CALLED BY DEATH - WELL KNOWN COUNTY RESIDENT DIES AT HER HOME NEAR TOCSIN SUNDAY
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Event Map 
Birth - 25 Aug 1849 - Wells County, IN 
Marriage - 18 Dec 1866 - Wells County, IN Death - 12 Mar 1933 - Wells County, IN 
Burial - - Bluffton, Wells, IN = Link to Google Earth
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Photos
1929 on her 80th birthday
Plummer farm in Wells County, IN
1926
Headstones 
Elm Grove Cemetery
Wells County, IN
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Notes - Joann Ostrognai - Nov 1, 2006 (Roop site)
I was fortunate to visit one of the living children of George W. and Henrietta Dare Trullender Plummer in June 1970 when she was age 90. I took some notes while she talked. She gave their correct birth order:
1. Rosetta ("Rosie")- b. 13 Sep 1867, first marriage was to Theodore Smalley 10 Aug 1891. Second marriage was to Nathaniel Mentzer of Bluffton. Their children were Anna from Theodore's marriage; others from second marriage? Loraine, Homer, and Robert.
2. Henry D. - b. 25 Jun 1869, married Catherine Daugherty (Dougherty?) who was b. 22 Jul 1877. Aunt "Kitty" as she was called was Jenny Daughtery's sister, the woman who married Paris Jones, his second marriage. The children born to them were Harold, Catherine, Mary Elizabeth, and Robert. Henry died 23 Sep 1944. Buried in Elm Grove Cemetery, near Bluffton, Wells Co., IN.
3. William Dowell - b. 30 Jul 1871, married Tida Ellen Jones on Christmas Eve 1896 (24 Dec 1896). "Will" as he was called was a carpenter, building houses, furniture, and other utilitarian pieces. He was a kind man who did work for people who couldn't pay for what he did for them. He died 11 May 1947. Buried at Elm Grove Cemetery, near Bluffton, Wells Co., IN.
4. Elmer or Elmo? T. - b. 9 Sep 1874, married Elsie Milroy. Elmer and Will were both carpenters and often worked together. (Edna Plummer Wasson inherited Elmer's 5-string banjo.) Elsie was quite a seamstress. She sewed for everyone in Tocsin. The children were Wendell and Olive May. Elmer died 2 Mar 1939. Buried in Prairie Grove Cemetery, Tocsin, Wells Co. IN.
5. Myrtle - b. 26 Dec 1876, lived at home, never married, and died 5 Dec 1943. Buried at Elm Grove Cemetery, Bluffton, IN.
6. Mary - b. 27 Nov 1879, married Charles ("Charlie") Steele of Decatur. Their children were Chalmer, edgar, Mary, Clyde, Dick, another girl, and Ralph.
7. John F.- b. 1 Aug 1882, married Emma Scrogham. The children were Wendell, John Jr., and Lucille. John died 16 Mar 1967.
8. Charles W ("Charley"). - b. 12 Jan 1884, married twice: Hottie Cheneworth, then Wiinnie Steele. Children were Georgia, another girl, Virginia. Charley was employed by the Erie Railroad and resided in Huntington, IN.
9. Hiram Samuel - b. ? and died in infancy
10. Alfred ("Gus") - b. 17 Dec. 1889, married Alta Ashcroft, no children. Gus served under the colors in France, WW I (and brought back a beautiful portrait plate for Edna Mae Plummer Wasson of Napoleon).
George W. Plummer was in the Union Army in the Civil War (Compnay G, 101st Regiment Indiana Infantry, then Co. B, 1st U.S. Engineers). I have his military records and the pensions records. The birth dates I used are from his request for pension records which lists all the children with brith dates. After the War, he and Henrietta Dare Trullender married 18 Dec 1866 and settled in Lancaster Twp., Wells Co. He was both a carpenter and a farmer. He also received an invalid pension from war injuries.
- Joann Ostrognai - Nov 1, 2006 (Roop site)