Plunkett - Jonathan - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Jonathan Plunkett was born, raised and married in Kentucky. About 1825 he moved to Indiana and settled in what is now Clark township, two miles south of where Ladoga stands. He brought wife and one child, William. He moved from Clark township to Mace, then to Pleasant Hill, and last near Covington, Fountain County, where he died August 14, 1854, aged fifty-eight years. He was a whig, also an elder in the Christian Church. His father was in the revolution. His wife now resides at New Richmond. She is a native of Kentucky and a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Plunkett left seven children: William, Josephus, Levi H., George W., John W., Phebe A. (deceased), Frances E. and Doctor M. John W., son of Jonathan Plunkett, was born May 1, 1842, near Ladoga, and lived with his parents till his father died. He then did farm work and attended school till twenty years of age. He enlisted July 5, 1862, in Co. E, 72d Ind., as a private, and was promoted second lieutenant. He served in the battles of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Farmington, Hoover's Gap, the campaign from Atlanta, also at Resaca, and Kenesaw Mountain. After the division of Sherman's army Mr. Plunkett served under Thomas, taking part at Rome, Nashville, etc., also on the raid to Okolona, Selma, Montgomery, and Macon. He was mustered out at Nashville and discharged at Indianapolis, July 1865. He was neither wounded nor captured. He then farmed for a while, and in 1867 he began merchandising. He carried on the business with a bankrupt stock in the interest of the creditors for some time, and is now managing the business for W.B. Walls & Co., of Crawfordsville. Politically Mr. Plunkett has been a republican, but of late years he has allied himself with the national greenback labor party. He was married March 28, 1867, to Mary E. Dilling, daughter of Joshua and Lucinda Dilling, of Coal Creek township. She was born in 1848 in Coal Creek township, Montgomery County, Indiana. They have five children: Elver, Adda, Gail E., Nora, and Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. Plunkett are members of the Christian Church. He is a Mason and a member of the G.A.R. - typed by kbz