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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Of
M⸫W⸫ Alfred A. Plummer: 1892-1993

Alfred Augustus Plummer, a Port Townsend businessman,
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was 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.

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