William Henry Plummer (originally spelled Plumer) was born in 1832 in Washington County, Maine, the youngest child of a prominent pioneer family. His father, older brother and sister's husband were all sea captains, but the youngest son--intelligent, good-looking, and of slight build--had consumption and could not carry on the seagoing tradition. Thus his parents provided him with what was described as "a good early education" in a village near the family farm. Was Montana's most controversial sheriff a lawman-gone-bad or the innocent victim of ruthless vigilantes? http://www.thehistorynet.com/WildWest/articles/1998/08982_text.htm <A HREF="http://www.thehistorynet.com/WildWest/articles/1998/08982_text.htm"> Henry Plummer Revisited - Full Text: August '98 Wild West Feature</A> By R.E.Mather THE LYNCHING OF SHERIFF Henry Plummer poses one of the most haunting mysteries of the Old West.