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William Comerford Augustine was born on 7 February 1932 in New York.^1,2 He and Geraldine Elizabeth Heald were married on 14 January 1956 in Buffalo, Erie, New York. He died on 26 February 2001, at age 69, in Mission Viego, Orange, California.²

Geraldine Elizabeth Heald was born on 30 August 1931 in West Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island.^2,1 She and William Comerford Augustine were married on 14 January 1956 in Buffalo, Erie, New York. She died on 26 December 1982, at age 51, in San Diego, San Diego, California.² She was buried on 29 December 1982.

Charles Lester (Les) Plumb was born on 28 March 1895 in Green Castle, Pennsylvania.^2,3,4 He and Julie (Jewel) Gertrude Augustine were married in October 1914. He died in April 1989, at age 94.⁴

Charles Lester (Les) Plumb was a Brickman.² C, L. "Les" Plumb was born in 1895 near Green Castle, Pennsylvania. Jewel was born in Buffalo, New York in 1896 and the two were married in Oct. 14. Shortly thereafter, they moved to Canada and homesteaded just outside of Calgary. In September, 1915, they moved back to Buffalo, where their son, Earl, was born.

For a while, they tried living in civilization, but the lure of the woods and mountains was too strong. They returned to Canada and homesteaded outside of Cochrane, Alberta until 1926. Still restless, they moved to Florida where they ran a small restaurant and gas stop until the Great Depression

In 1929 they were in Seattle, Washington where they were attractedby the opportunitues in Alaska. By September of that year they had moved to Talkeetna, where Jewel worked as camp cook for the Alsaka Railroad during the winter months and drove a tour bus in the summer, chauffeuring tourists around Mc Kinley Park. Les worked for the Alsaka Railroad and also for Mt. McKinley Tour Company as a mechanic.

The Plumb family built a home in Anchorage in 1932. Les continued to work for the railroad, while Jewel settled into being a housewife. For the next few years they spent summers prospecting at Lake Chelatna, Jewel kept busy in the winter months working at Crocker's Department Store.

C.L. Plumb passed away in 1989 in Seward. Jewel died in 1996 at the Palmer Pioneers' Home , just two weeks short of her 100th birthday.

Earl R. Plumb was born on 22 December 1915 in Buffalo, Erie, New York.^1,2 He died on 31 July 2008, at age 92, in Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska.²

Franklin Royce was born on 30 August 1910.^2,3 He and Julie (Jewel) Gertrude Augustine were married in 1955.¹ He died in November 1979, at age 69, in Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska.^2,3 He was buried in Angelus Memorial Park, Anchorage, Anchorage Borough, Alaska.²

Frieda (?) was born on 26 June 1920.² She died on 16 May 2006, at age 85, in Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska.²

James MacMillen Wicker was born on 25 January 1917 in New York.^1,2 He and Kathryn Marie Crafts were married on 28 August 1947 in Buffalo, Erie, New York. He died on 18 October 1976, at age 59, in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas.^2,3