Born in New York, Thomas moved to Black Hawk County, Iowa, where at age 70, he married a Swiss woman, age 52 -- her name is not given. This was registered December 8, 1910.
Sources
Ancestry.com. New York, State Census, 1855 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
New York State Archives; Albany, New York; Town Clerks´ Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865; Collection Number: (N-Ar)13774; Box Number: 49; Roll Number: 27
"Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ53-73L : accessed 8 February 2016), Eli Cummings in entry for Thomas Cummings and Hattie Edina Dezaine La Bell, 15 Aug 1912; citing Blessing, Black Hawk, Iowa, reference 2:3JB8TNR; FHL microfilm 1,548,419.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas: