Icabod PLUMB

  General Notes:

Member of the Scioto Company. Captain

War of 1812.

The life of Preston B. Plumb, 1837-1891: United States senator from Kansas ...
By William Elsey Connelley

Ichabod Plumb, a descendant of John Plume, was born at Middletown, Connecticut, March 11, 1777. From Middletown he moved to Hartford. In the fall of 1804 he moved from Hartford to Worthington, Ohio, where he lived two years, then moved to Berkshire, Delaware County. On the main street of the village he built his shop. There he was a blacksmith, and he manufactured wagons. He tilled a considerable farm, and he built and operated a mill for carding wool. He was an Episcopalian, and he was the principal member of the Episcopal Church which he had caused to be established at Berkshire. He was a Major in the Ohio State Militia, and he bore that rank in the War of 1812, though an account of his services has not been preserved. Of the sons of Ichabod Plumb one was David Plumb. He was born at Berkshire, Ohio, July 9, 1812, and was bred to the trade of wagon-maker, though he did not become a blacksmith. He remained strong in his attachment to the Episcopal Church; and he supported himself and family by working at his trade.

1880 Delaware County- Ohio Berkshire township

In 1807, Ichabod Plumb, with his family, and Dr. Reuben Lamb, with his wife and child, came to Berkshire Corners. Some years before, Dr. Lamb, then an unmarried man, had started for the Mississippi Valley, but, meeting Col. Byxbe at Pittsburgh, was persuaded to come to Berkshire. He was disappointed with the place, however, and, thinking that Worthington promised to be a prosperous place, he left Berkshire after remaining a few months and settled in the former place. Here he married his wife and became intimate with Mr. Plumb, who was one of the original members of the Scioto colony, which went out from New Haven County to Worthington in 1803. A little previous to the time of which we write, Messrs. Plumb and Lamb had sold out their property in Worthington, and, on horseback, had made a tour of inspection through the country toward the Wabash River. On their return journey they passed through Urbana, and, attracted by the place, they decided to locate there. Soon after their return to Worthington, some member of Col. Byxbe's family falling sick. Dr. Lamb was summoned. Mr. Byxbe, finding, in this interview, that the doctor had not bought land elsewhere, set about securing so valuable a member for his colony at the "Corners. This poiut, though considerably improved since Dr. Lamb s first visit, was even then not so promising as many other points, but the Colonel made him large inducements in the way of land donations, and, in view of subsequent events, doubtless gave liiui an insight to his plans which won him over to Mr. Byxbe's project. Nevertheless, he had given his word to join Maj. Plumb, and he did not feel disposed to break his pledge to his friend, but he set about bringing Maj. Plumb over to the new plan. When these two old friends met. and Dr. Lamb broached the subject, there was a warm discussion which lasted nearly all day. The result was that they both moved into the settlement, with the understanding that when the county of Delaware should be formed, the county seat should be located at the Corners.


Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
about Ichabod Plumb
Name: Ichabod Plumb
[Ichabod Plum]
Birth Date: 11 Mar 1777
Birth Location: Middletown
Parent Name: Reuben
Parent Name: Mary



Ohio Census, 1790-1890
about Icabud Plumb
Name: Icabud Plumb
State: OH
County: Franklin County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1807
Record Type: Tax list
Page: 013
Database: OH Early Census Index



Ohio Census, 1790-1890
about Ichabod Plumb
Name: Ichabod Plumb
State: OH
County: Delaware County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1810
Record Type: Tax list
Page: 009
Database: OH 1810 Washington Co. Census Index


Source Citation: 1820 U S Census: Berkshire, Delaware, Ohio, Page: 196; NARA Roll: M33_89; Image: 116.

Source Citation: 1830 U S Census: Berkshire, Delaware, Ohio, Page: 48; NARA Roll: M19-130; Family History Film: 0337941.

Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: Berkshire, Delaware, Ohio; Roll: 391; Page: 181; Image: 906; Family History Library Film: 0020163.

Icabod married Catherine HINSDALE about 1799. (Catherine HINSDALE was born on 1 Dec 1776 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, died on 29 Oct 1847 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States and was buried in Berkshire Cem., Berkshire, Berkshire, Delaware, Ohio, USA.)