Charles Cumings (1814 - 1900)

Born 5 Sep 1814 in Brookline, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Emily (Amsden) Cumings — married 29 Mar 1838 (to 14 Aug 1851) in Unionville, Ohio, United States

Husband of Rebecca Agnes (Sullivan) Cumings — married 2 Sep 1852 (to 4 Oct 1900) in Lake, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Oct 1900 at age 86 in Madison, Lake, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Charles Cumings was born in Brookline, New Hampshire on September 5 1814. ^[1] He came from Hollis, New Hampshire with his parents to Unionville, Lake County, Ohio in 1825. There, on March 29 1838, he married his first wife Emily (Amsden) Cumings who had been born in Stowe Vermont June 17, 1816, daughter of Abraham Amsden born in Sharon, Massachusetts September 17, 1788. ^[2] At the age of nineteen, he had become a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for several years was a circuit rider based out of Monmouth, Illinois, where he resided with Emily and their two elder children. ^[3]

Less than a year after Emily's premature death, his relatives persuaded him to leave this work and return to Ohio. There, he later married Rebecca Agnes Sullivan^[4], and settled on a farm in North Madison, Lake County, Ohio, also becoming a local preacher.

His eyesight failed around 1876 and forced him to give up preaching, but he was always active in church work until the day of his death. He died in Madison, Ohio, October 4, 1900. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDX6-GJK : 18 January 2020), Benjamin Cummings in entry for Charles Cummings, 1814.
2. ↑ Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993: Ancestry.com. Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages. Various Ohio County Courthouses. Ancestry Record 61378 #3935326 Marriage:

   Name:	Charles Cummings
   Gender:	Male
   Marriage Date:	29 Mar 1838
   Marriage Place:	Ashtabula, Ohio, USA
   Spouse:	Emily Jomsden [SIC] (Amsden)

3. ↑ Jordan, J. (1913). Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., p.300.
4. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDPN-HDQ : 10 February 2018), Charles Cummings [sic] and Rebecca A. Sullivan, 02 Sep 1852; citing Marriage, Lake, Ohio, United States, p 432, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
5. ↑ "Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:MXPK-KSV : 19 January 2020), Entry for Charles Cumings, 1900. Ohio Deaths and Burials 1854-1997:

   Name:	Charles Cumings
   Sex:	Male
   Age:	86
   Residence Place:	Madison
   Birthplace:	N.H.
   Marital Status:	Married
   Occupation:	Farmer
   Event Type:	Death
   Event Date:	6 Oct 1900
   Event Place:	Lake, Ohio, United States
   Event Place -Original-:	Madison

Census

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M857-S67 : 12 April 2016), Charles Cummings, Warren county, Warren, Illinois, United States; citing family 1073, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCL1-V57 : 12 April 2016), Charles Cummings, 1860.

Children's Death

• "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6HC-32H : 8 December 2014), Charles Cumings in entry for Homer P Cumings, 05 Dec 1931; citing Painesville, Lake, Ohio, reference fn 72755; FHL microfilm 1,992,480.