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William Francis Cummings (1827 - 1896)

William Francis Cummings
Born in Barboursville, Orange, Virginia, United Statesmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 21 Sep 1848 in Alleghany County, Virginiamap
Husband of — married 4 Oct 1874 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 69 in Joppa, Braxton, West Virginia, United Statesmap
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Contents

Biography

Name

Name: William Francis /Cummings/[1]

Birth

Birth:
Date: 19 MAR 1827
Place: Virginia[2]

Occupation

Occupation: farmer
Date: 1880[3]

Residence

Residence:
Date: 1850
Place: Lewis County, Virginia

" William Cummins Event Type Census Event Year 1870 Event Place West Virginia, United States Gender Male Age 43 Race White Race (Original) W Birth Year (Estimated) 1826-1827 Birthplace Virginia Page Number 19 HOUSEHOLD William Cummins M 43 Virginia Eveline Cummins F 38 Virginia Mary E Cummins F 19 Virginia Rachel Cummins F 17 Virginia Martha E Cummins F 14 Virginia Elza Cummins M 12 Virginia James Cummins M 10 Virginia Sarah A Cummins F 8 Virginia Columbus Cummins M 4 West Virginia Florance Cummins M 1 West Virginia"

" William Cummings Event Type Census Event Year 1850 Event Place Lewis county, part of, Lewis, Virginia, United States Gender Male Age 23 Race White Birth Year (Estimated) 1827 Birthplace Virginia, United States House Number 360 HOUSEHOLD William Cummings M 23 Virginia, United States Eveline Cummings F 18 Virginia, United States Ephraim Cummings M 1 Virginia, United States"

" NOTE .. Second Wife .. Name William Cummings Event Type Census Event Date 1880 Event Place Kanawha, Braxton, West Virginia, United States Gender Male Age 53 Marital Status Married Race White Race (Original) W Occupation Farmer Relationship to Head of Household Self Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Self Birth Year (Estimated) 1827 Birthplace Virginia, United States Father's Birthplace Virginia, United States Mother's Birthplace Virginia, United States Sheet Letter C Sheet Number 441 Person Number 0 Volume 1 HOUSEHOLD

William Cummings Self M 53 Virginia, United States Elisabeth Cummings Wife F 43 Virginia, United States Sarah A Cummings Daughter F 18 Virginia, United States Columbus Cummings Son M 13 West Virginia, United States Florence V Cummings Daughter F 11 West Virginia, United States Dora L Cummings Daughter F 8 West Virginia, United States John W F Cummings Son M 3 West Virginia, United States"

He was the son of Enoch Cummings (1804 – ) and May (___) Cummings (1800 – ). He was born in 19 Mar 1827 in Barboursville, Orange, Virginia and died 31 Mar 1896 in Joppa, Braxton County, West Virginia.

Sources

  1. Source: #S229
  2. Source: #S165
  3. Source: #S229
  • Source: S165 Title: Census, 1850, Lewis County, Virginia
  • Source: S229 Title: Census, 1880, Kanawha District, Braxton County, West Virginia

added 2016 JSGB

http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:William_Cummings_and_Eveline_Davis_(1)

http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Cummings_%2825%29

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DC-LTS

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DC-LTS : accessed 8 March 2016), William Cummings, Lewis county, part of, Lewis, Virginia, United States; citing family 362, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4L-64L : accessed 8 March 2016), William Cummins, West Virginia, United States; citing p. 19, family 131, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,190.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6RV-DJ5 : accessed 8 March 2016), William Cummings, Kanawha, Braxton, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 8, sheet 441C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1400; FHL microfilm 1,255,400.

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Memorial ID: 183290234

Notes

West Virginia was created during the Civil War when a number of individuals in northwest Virginia sided with the Union. Therefore, many counties shown as being in Virginia before about 1 January 1863 are now shown as West Virginia (eg. Lewis, Barbour, Braxton & Harrison). (source Wikipedia)





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Cummings-4283 and Cummings-1919 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, same exact dates
posted by Neal Parker

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