Albert Plummer (August 9, 1840 – March 20, 1912) was an American physician and

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. Born in

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, Plummer graduated from

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, and received his medical degree from

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. He served in the 10th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry during the

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as a surgeon. In 1867, Plummer moved to Hamilton, Minnesota where he practiced medicine. In 1883–1884, he served in the

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. He died in

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.'Racine' Dr. Albert Plummer-obituary,' The Mower County Transcript Lansing, Minnesota), March 27, 1912, pg. 6 He was the father of Dr.

Henry Stanley Plummer Henry Stanley Plummer ( – ) was an American internist and endocrinologist. He, along with William James Mayo, William Mayo, Charles Horace Mayo, Charles Mayo, Augustus Stinchfield, E. Starr Judd, Christopher Graham, and Donald Balfour founded ...

, an early partner of the Mayo brothers and one of the founders of the

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1840 births 1912 deaths People from Auburn, New Hampshire People from Fillmore County, Minnesota People of New Hampshire in the American Civil War Physicians from Minnesota Physicians from New Hampshire Members of the Minnesota House of Representatives 19th-century members of the Minnesota Legislature {{Minnesota-MNRepresentative-stub