Charles Plumb, cartoonist of the syndicated Ella Cinders comic strip, Charles Plumb (November 13, 1899 - January 19, 1982) was an American cartoonist best known for maintaining a high quality of artwork on the comic strip Ella Cinders over three decades. He usually signed his work with the signature Charlie Plumb or Chas. Plumb. He also drew the topper strip Chris Crusty which ran above Ella Cinders from 1931 to 1940.
Born and raised in Joplin, Missouri, Plumb moved at age 15 to Baxter Springs, Kansas, where his father, Carlton (Carl) H. Plumb, was a mining engineer in the Tri-state area of Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. After attending Baxter Springs High School, Charlie Plumb studied journalism, art and advertising at the University of Missouri and then worked as an artist and political cartoonist for newspapers in Chicago, Los Angeles and other cities. His parents eventually relocated to Ozark, Missouri.
Plumb enjoyed fishing. After living in Pasadena, California, he had homes in San Antonio, Texas and Cuernavaca, Mexico, which he called his permanent residence. He also traveled widely, and for some years, the syndicate received his work shipped from an island in the Pacific. Plumb and his wife had four children, Joanne, Barbara (who both lived in San Francisco), Peter (who was born in 1938) and Charles G. Plumb (who was a second-class petty officer in the Navy during World War II).Joplin Globe, March 7, 1943
[History of Jasper County and its people, by Joel Thomas Livingston; Public Dominion]
bio provided by Find A Grave contributor Roy Fredrick
Proof of birth place:
California, San Francisco Airplane Arrival Card Index, 1936-1949
Name Charles Parsons Plumb
Event Type Immigration
Occupation: Red Cross Worker
Arrival Date: Aug 22, 1945
Event Place San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
Gender Male
Age 45
Birth : Nov. 13, 1899
Birth Place: Gardiner, N. M., United States
Destination Address: 251 Cornell St., San Antonio, Texas
Information provided by Find A Grave contributor Sheila Parsons Jenkins
Charles Plumb, cartoonist of the syndicated Ella Cinders comic strip, Charles Plumb (November 13, 1899 - January 19, 1982) was an American cartoonist best known for maintaining a high quality of artwork on the comic strip Ella Cinders over three decades. He usually signed his work with the signature Charlie Plumb or Chas. Plumb. He also drew the topper strip Chris Crusty which ran above Ella Cinders from 1931 to 1940.
Born and raised in Joplin, Missouri, Plumb moved at age 15 to Baxter Springs, Kansas, where his father, Carlton (Carl) H. Plumb, was a mining engineer in the Tri-state area of Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. After attending Baxter Springs High School, Charlie Plumb studied journalism, art and advertising at the University of Missouri and then worked as an artist and political cartoonist for newspapers in Chicago, Los Angeles and other cities. His parents eventually relocated to Ozark, Missouri.
Plumb enjoyed fishing. After living in Pasadena, California, he had homes in San Antonio, Texas and Cuernavaca, Mexico, which he called his permanent residence. He also traveled widely, and for some years, the syndicate received his work shipped from an island in the Pacific. Plumb and his wife had four children, Joanne, Barbara (who both lived in San Francisco), Peter (who was born in 1938) and Charles G. Plumb (who was a second-class petty officer in the Navy during World War II).Joplin Globe, March 7, 1943
[History of Jasper County and its people, by Joel Thomas Livingston; Public Dominion]
bio provided by Find A Grave contributor Roy Fredrick
Proof of birth place:
California, San Francisco Airplane Arrival Card Index, 1936-1949
Name Charles Parsons Plumb
Event Type Immigration
Occupation: Red Cross Worker
Arrival Date: Aug 22, 1945
Event Place San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
Gender Male
Age 45
Birth : Nov. 13, 1899
Birth Place: Gardiner, N. M., United States
Destination Address: 251 Cornell St., San Antonio, Texas
Information provided by Find A Grave contributor Sheila Parsons Jenkins
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