Title: Martha Everett St. John and Harold St. John collection of Sara Plummer and John Gill Lemmon material, 1857-1991
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into two series: Series 1: Plummer Family papers and Series 2: Harold St. John and Martha Everett St. John research papers.
Abstract
Correspondence, drafts, research notes, photographs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings created and collected by Martha Everett St. John and her son Harold St. John while researching their biography of California botanists John Gill and Sara Plummer Lemmon.
Administrative/Biographical History
The Plummer family members include:
Micajah Sawyer Plummer (1897-1888) married Betty Haskell (dates unknown) and had 5 children:
Charles Giddings Plummer (b.1833)
Osgood Plummer (b.1835)
Sara Allen Plummer (1836-1940), who married John Gill Lemmon (1832-1908); they did not have children.
Martha Allen Plummer (b.1838), also known as Mattie, who married George Draper Everett (1829-1904); they had one daughter, Martha Elizabeth Everett (b.1858).
Seth Haskell Plummer (b.1845)
Martha Elizabeth Everett (b.1858) married Charles Elliot St. John (b.1856) and had one son, Harold St. John (1892-1991).
Martha Everett St. John and...
