Book Description

Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of John Plum who was born ca. 1740. He married Rachel Temple ca. 1765. They lived near Romney, Hampshire Co., West Virginia and were the parents of nine children. In 1812, John and Rachel along with their daughter Susan and her husband Samuel Riley moved to Franklin County, Ohio where John died in 1815. "Daughter Susan and her husband Samuel Riley had acquired the residence and the farm of Rachel and John. Rachel resided with them until her death at the age of 95, in the year 1838. John and Rachel were buried on the farm in the Riley family graveyard, Sec. 15, Hamilton Township, Franklin Co., Ohio."--Page 11. Descendants lived in West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio, Iowa and elsewhere