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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Of
M⸫W⸫ Alfred A. Plummer

1892-1993

Alfred Augustus Plummer, a Port Townsend businessman, was
th
elected the 30 Grand Master. He had the distinction of being the
first native son to reach that elevation. He was born in Port
Townsend September 7, 1856, and he died there September 15,
1897 at the early age of 41. He was in the bakery business in Tacoma
in 1881 and opened a foundry in Port Townsend in 1883. He held
city and county offices there, and served as a state legislator and
as deputy collector of U.S. customs.

He received his degrees in Port Townsend, No. 6, in 1878, and
became the Master of Tacoma Lodge, U.D., in 1882 until its consolidation with Golden Rule
Lodge, No. 22, to form Tacoma Lodge, No. 22. He affiliated with Port Townsend Lodge, No. 6,
and became its Master in 1886.