HORATIO C. PLUMLEY, manager and part owner of the "Forum," of Fargo, North Dakota, is a man of more than ordinary intelligence and busi¬ness capability. He has made a success of his vocation, and is one of the influential citizens of the state, and his paper is widely known. He holds many important commissions and ever performs his duties faithfully and well.
Mr. Plumley was born in Addison county, Vermont, June 15, 1856, and was the son of Frederick S. and Sarah (Clark) Plumley. His father was a farmer by occupation and shed in Vermont, and his mother died in Fargo, North Dakota. His father served in the legislature of the state of Vermont, and was a public-spirited and respected citizens.
At the age of thirteen our subject left his native state and went to Mexico, Ness, York, where he was educated in the Mexico Academy, and the high school of Syracuse. He then entered the office of the "Mexico Independent," as "devil," and there learned the trade of a printer, continuing there until 1881, when he went to Fargo,'North Dakota, and because associated with the "Argus," first as traveling solicitor and then as night editor and local reporter. In 1883 Inc was appointed managing, editor and continued with that paper until 1891. In October of that year, in company with Major A. W. Edwards, Inc founded the "Forum," since which time he has been manager of that paper. He is thoroughly acquainted with the calling, which he has chosen, and since 1893 bas been state printing expert. Mr. Plumley was married in 1888 to Miss Helen S. Green, a native of New York. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is deputy inspector general for North Dakota, and secretary of the board of trustees of the Scottish Rite Cathedral. He is also a member of the Sons of the Revolution, his great-grandfather and his great-great-grandfather serving, in the American army from Massachusetts. He has been president of the State Press Association. He served as a member of the state prison board for several years, and was chief clerk of the territorial census for 1885. Mr. Plumley stands for the principles of the Republican party.
Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota 1900 Page 208