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W.B. Plemmons

William Buford Plemons

Full Name: William Buford Plemons
Other surnames: Plemmons
Date of birth: June 2, 1844
Date of death: December 4, 1901

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 102 Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897 24th   Democrat Amarillo / Potter   Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, King, Lamb, Lipscomb, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
24th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Amarillo / Potter
Counties in district:
Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, King, Lamb, Lipscomb, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler

Biographical Information

  • Confederate States Army, Musician, Company H and Band, 16th North Carolina Infantry, enlisted 6/20/1861, paroled 4/9/1865 at Appomattox. William Benford [Buford] Plemons, death date 12/4/1901 in Potter County; widow Mrs. Mary E. Plemons, marriage date 4/20/1871 in Wood County. Pension File No. 20535, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.
  • Confederate States Army, North Carolina, Corporal, Company H, 16th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry. Military grave marker, W.B. Plemons (1844-1901), and portrait of Judge W.B. Plemons and family, burial in Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Randall County. Find a Grave.

  • Obituary and biological sketch, Winter 2004, 5-Branches: a Newsletter of the Plemmons/Plemons/Plemens/Plemon/Plemones Family. , 2007.
  • William B. Plemmons. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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