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WILLIAM PLOWMAN was born in Sommerset, Pennsylvania, November 4, 1828; lived there until he was fourteen years of age, when his father came to Illinois, and settled on a farm nine miles west of Jerseyville, Illinois, where he remained until his father's death. He went to California in the spring of 1852; worked in the mines some six years, then he returned to Macoupin county, and bought a farm of eighty acres; afterwards improved sixty acres in the same county which he sold six years ago, and bought eighty acres in Talkington township, section thirty-six, on which he now lives. His farm of one hundred and sixty acres is divided by the county line, eighty acres in Macoupin county, and eighty in Sangamon.

David Plowman, father of William, was born in Maryland, was a member of the Christian Church; he died in 1849. His wife, Sarah (Probst) Plowman, was born in Pennsylvania, and was a member of the Christian Church; had thirteen children. William Plowman is a member of the I.O.O.F., and in politics a Democrat. He was married to Miss Charlotte Williams, March 24, 1859; she was born in Greene county, Illinois, May 8, 1833, and was the daughter of James Williams, born in Hawkins county, Tennessee. He was in the War of 1812, and in the Black Hawk war. He was a farmer by occupation. His wife, Lucy (Crittenden) Williams; was born in Culpepper county, Virginia; was a member of the Christian Church; she had twelve children; she died November 15, 1854.