A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 HAROLD B. PLUMB. A leading business man and influential member of the Republican party in Blackhawk County, Harold B. Plumb has been a resident of Waterloo for thirty years, during all of which period he has discharged the duties and responsibilities of public and private life in a manner that has established him favorably in the confidence and esteem of the people of his community. As president of the Associated Manufacturers Corporation he has displayed business and executive ability, and as postmaster of Waterloo rendered splendid service to the people during his appointment in 1929. Mr. Plumb was born at Utica, New York, a son of Henry A. Plumb. His father was born at Washington Mills, New York, a son of Horace Plumb, who, fro the best information attainable, was descended from an English family which settled in York State. His own life was passed at Washington Mills. At the age of seventeen years Henry A. Plumb, having completed a public school education, commenced his career as clerk in a drug store, and by hard work and close saving managed to embark in the same line of business. He continued therein for a period of forty years, winning prosperity and the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens, and retiring only because of ill health. In 1910 he took up his residence at Waterloo, where he was sixty-two years of age. he was a man of fine character and absolute integrity, and shows his public spirit in many ways. Mr. Plumb married Miss Sarah Marsh, a sister of W. W. Marsh, a sketch of whose career appears elsewhere in this work. Her death occurred May 26, 1906 The only child of his parents, Harold B. Plumb completed his course in the public schools of Utica, New York, including the high school, and then enrolled as a student at Cornell University, from which he was graduated with the class of 1901, receiving the degree of Mechanical Engineer. At that time he came to Waterloo to become associated with his uncle, W. W. Marsh, then president of the Iowa Dairy Separator Company, which later became the Associated Manufacturers Company, one of the leading concerns of the city. He has continued to be identified with this enterprise to the present, and is now president, with offices and plant on Mullan Avenue. The Associated Manufacturers Corporation was founded in 1909, although the present corporation was effected in 1929. Besides the well known Iowa Cream Separators they also manufacture the Chore Boy line of gasoline engines, designed for farm use. Mr. Plumb is numbered among the energetic and public-spirited business men of the city and in an enthusiastic member of the Rotary Club. Politically a Republican, he is one of the influential members of his party and has served as a delegate to numerous state conventions. He was appointed postmaster in 1929 by President Hoover. His service in this office was energetic and constructive, much to the satisfaction of the people of his adopted community. As a churchman Mr. Plumb was reared in the Episcopal faith, and fraternally he belongs to the Delta Tau Delta college fraternity and to Waterloo Lodge No. 290, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, in which he has numerous friend. Mr. Plumb's career has been one in which the homely virtues of industry and perseverance have played their part, and in which civic pride and public spirit have been fully represented. On October 17, 1906, Mr. Plumb was united in marriage with Miss Jessie Manson Balliett, who was born at Waterloo, and is a daughter of Charles O. and Margaret (Manson) Balliett. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church and takes an active part in its work. She is also active in Woman's Club work, P. E. O. and other local activities. She graduated in 1902 from the Lake Forest Seminary at Lake Forest, Illinois. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)