The following information was provided by F-A-G contributor Roy Frederick #47654299.

CARLTON H. PLUMB. of Joplin, Missouri, has gained distinctive prestige as one of the leading civil and mining engineers in this section of the state. He has maintained his home and business. headquarters in this city since 1907 and during the few intervening years to the present time he has gained a splendid reputation for fair and honorable methods and for sterling integrity.
A native of Springfield. Missouri, where his birth occurred on the 24th of July, 1875, Mr. Carlton H. Plumb is a scion of an old colonial family, the original representative of the name in America having tome to this country from England in the days prior to the Revolution. His ancestors were gallant and faithful soldiers in the war for independence and the family has contributed many citizens of fine moral caliber and sterling patriotism to this country. Mr. Plumb is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Blackmer) Plumb, both of whom were born and reared in the state of New York. the former at Gowanda and the latter at Livonia, The father was born in 1832 and in 1876 he came to Joplin as a minister of the Congregational church. He was a pioneer preacher in the truest sense of the word, having preached on street corners, on wagons, and in fact at any point where he could get a congregation. As a result of his prodigious efforts the First Congregational church at Joplin was organized and built and he was the author of many religious and charitable movements in the early days, He was a man of indomitable energy, fearless and courageous in the cause of righteousness, and one of the mast influential and enterprising citizens in the early progress and development of this section of the state. He is still living, as is also his wife, at Baxter Springs Kansas, and while he has attained the venerable age of eighty years he retains in much of their pristine vigor the splendid mental and physical qualities of his youth. Rev. and Mrs. Plumb became the parents of five children, three of whom are now living.
After completing the curriculum of the public schools of Springfield, Missouri, whither his parents had removed. Carlton H. Plumb was matriculated as a student in Drury College, at Springfield, in which excellent institution he was graduated as a member of the clan of 1895, duly receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Subsequently his alma mater bestowed upon him the degree of Master of Arts. He studied civil and mining engineering while working in the business and his first position in connection with that profession was with the Santa Fe Railroad Company, at Carrollton, Missouri. In 1898 that company sent him to Las Vegas. New Mexico, where he remained for a period of two years.
At Grinnell, Iowa, in the year 1898, occurred the marriage of Mr. Plumb to Miss Mary C. Parsons, who was horn at Chillicothe, Missouri, and who is a daughter of Charles T. Parsons, a descendant of the Parsons of York, Maine. and a representative citizen and prominent business man at Chillicothe, To Mr. and Mrs. Plumb have been born four children, whose names are here entered in respective order of birth,—Charles Parsons, Dorothy Richmond, Mary Elizabeth and Flora Adelaide.
In connection with the work of his profession Mr. Plumb is a valued and appreciative member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers; in the time honored Masonic order he is affiliated with Fellowship Lodge, No. 345, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and he is a member of Joplin Lodge No. 501, B. P, 0. E. He is also a member of the Mayflower Society of Massachusetts and is also connected with the Sons of the American Revolution, while his wife is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. In his political proclivities he endorses the cause of the Progressives and he is ever on the alert and enthusiastically in sympathy with all measures and enterprises projected for the material and civic advancement of Joplin and Jasper county. The religious faith of the family is in harmony with the tenets of the Congregational church.
[History of Jasper County and its people, by Joel Thomas Livingston; Public Dominion] Jul 24, 1875 Green county, Springfield, Missouri, Carlton H. Plumb father of Charles Plumb, cartoonist of the syndicated Ella Cinders comic strip
(November 13, 1899 - January 19, 1982) Charles Plumb with his wife and son Peter in Joplin, Missouri in 1943.
Charles Plumb 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;

The following information was provided by F-A-G contributor Roy Frederick #47654299.

CARLTON H. PLUMB. of Joplin, Missouri, has gained distinctive prestige as one of the leading civil and mining engineers in this section of the state. He has maintained his home and business. headquarters in this city since 1907 and during the few intervening years to the present time he has gained a splendid reputation for fair and honorable methods and for sterling integrity.
A native of Springfield. Missouri, where his birth occurred on the 24th of July, 1875, Mr. Carlton H. Plumb is a scion of an old colonial family, the original representative of the name in America having tome to this country from England in the days prior to the Revolution. His ancestors were gallant and faithful soldiers in the war for independence and the family has contributed many citizens of fine moral caliber and sterling patriotism to this country. Mr. Plumb is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Blackmer) Plumb, both of whom were born and reared in the state of New York. the former at Gowanda and the latter at Livonia, The father was born in 1832 and in 1876 he came to Joplin as a minister of the Congregational church. He was a pioneer preacher in the truest sense of the word, having preached on street corners, on wagons, and in fact at any point where he could get a congregation. As a result of his prodigious efforts the First Congregational church at Joplin was organized and built and he was the author of many religious and charitable movements in the early days, He was a man of indomitable energy, fearless and courageous in the cause of righteousness, and one of the mast influential and enterprising citizens in the early progress and development of this section of the state. He is still living, as is also his wife, at Baxter Springs Kansas, and while he has attained the venerable age of eighty years he retains in much of their pristine vigor the splendid mental and physical qualities of his youth. Rev. and Mrs. Plumb became the parents of five children, three of whom are now living.
After completing the curriculum of the public schools of Springfield, Missouri, whither his parents had removed. Carlton H. Plumb was matriculated as a student in Drury College, at Springfield, in which excellent institution he was graduated as a member of the clan of 1895, duly receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Subsequently his alma mater bestowed upon him the degree of Master of Arts. He studied civil and mining engineering while working in the business and his first position in connection with that profession was with the Santa Fe Railroad Company, at Carrollton, Missouri. In 1898 that company sent him to Las Vegas. New Mexico, where he remained for a period of two years.
At Grinnell, Iowa, in the year 1898, occurred the marriage of Mr. Plumb to Miss Mary C. Parsons, who was horn at Chillicothe, Missouri, and who is a daughter of Charles T. Parsons, a descendant of the Parsons of York, Maine. and a representative citizen and prominent business man at Chillicothe, To Mr. and Mrs. Plumb have been born four children, whose names are here entered in respective order of birth,—Charles Parsons, Dorothy Richmond, Mary Elizabeth and Flora Adelaide.
In connection with the work of his profession Mr. Plumb is a valued and appreciative member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers; in the time honored Masonic order he is affiliated with Fellowship Lodge, No. 345, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and he is a member of Joplin Lodge No. 501, B. P, 0. E. He is also a member of the Mayflower Society of Massachusetts and is also connected with the Sons of the American Revolution, while his wife is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. In his political proclivities he endorses the cause of the Progressives and he is ever on the alert and enthusiastically in sympathy with all measures and enterprises projected for the material and civic advancement of Joplin and Jasper county. The religious faith of the family is in harmony with the tenets of the Congregational church.
[History of Jasper County and its people, by Joel Thomas Livingston; Public Dominion] Jul 24, 1875 Green county, Springfield, Missouri, Carlton H. Plumb father of Charles Plumb, cartoonist of the syndicated Ella Cinders comic strip
(November 13, 1899 - January 19, 1982) Charles Plumb with his wife and son Peter in Joplin, Missouri in 1943.
Charles Plumb 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;