tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733508189924773862.post7765263076043036666..comments2024-03-28T02:02:22.629-04:00Comments on Random Thoughts on History: Searching for Charles Plummer TiddTim Talbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02184297245966915181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733508189924773862.post-7596719680778689212023-04-01T22:47:38.580-04:002023-04-01T22:47:38.580-04:00It is possible that he was able to hang out in Can...It is possible that he was able to hang out in Canada with members of the underground railroad that he knew from his time with the Quakers whom they stayed with in Springdale, Iowa while training for the raid on Harpers Ferry. I say this because my grandparents were Quakers and conductors of the John Brown freedom trail and the parents of a girl that he had a relationship with while there. This is also where they met the Coppoc brothers who went on the raid with them. I have a tintype of him that was given to her (Elizabeth Huntington Varney). I'm trying to find a good place to donate it too that will take good care of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733508189924773862.post-38636902043328559892020-08-11T18:55:09.283-04:002020-08-11T18:55:09.283-04:00You're welcome. And thank you for the addition...You're welcome. And thank you for the additional information!Tim Talbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02184297245966915181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733508189924773862.post-63483174217390277442020-08-10T10:09:58.539-04:002020-08-10T10:09:58.539-04:00Thanks for the fascinating bit of history! I found...Thanks for the fascinating bit of history! I found my way here researching his sister, Evelyn Elizabeth Plummer (née Tidd), whose grave is not but a mile from where I live. One minor detail with which I am intrigued: the name change. Evelyn never married, but in 1864, at age 30, took legal action to change her surname from "Tidd" to "Plummer." Perhaps there was some wish to dis-associate herself from her family of origin. An account of her life says that she left home at age 12 to find her way in the world. But I am suspicious that she, and probably brother Charles, had actually become part of the household of their older sister, Martha, who had married Acton Plummer before they were born and was raising a family of her own already. I do not believe that "Plummer" was part of Charles' original given name.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17498613037055630888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733508189924773862.post-66105689781888478382020-03-17T18:45:02.732-04:002020-03-17T18:45:02.732-04:00Tim, thank you for this insight on Charles P Tidd....Tim, thank you for this insight on Charles P Tidd. His sister, Susan Caroline Tidd married my great, great grandfather Elhanan Winchester Clark and they are buried in Union Cemetery in Livermore, Humboldt county, Iowa along my parents and many of my Clark relatives.<br />Harry DolderAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16642910538399548599noreply@blogger.com