Charles
Cummings
Born in Wilson Township, Winona, Minnesota, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Sumner Cummings
and Mary Ann ('Unknown') Bourne
Brother of
Charles Cummings [half], Merrick Cummings [half], Annie (Converse) Lemay [half], Doralyn (Bourne) Christian [half], Mary Alice (Bourne) Fellows [half] and Harriet (Bourne) Douglas [half]
Husband of
Ida May (Hopkins) Cummings
— married
6 Aug 1887 in Winona, Minnesota, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Mary (Cummings) Berg, Sumner Cummings, Edward Charles Cummings and Merle Bernice (Cummings) Skaggs
Died
at age 81
in Wilson Township, Winona, Minnesota, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Jun 2020
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Biography
Charles was born on 13 Feb 1862, on the family farm in Wilson township, Winona county, Minnesota. He was the son of Sumner and Mary Cummings. His occupation was farming in Wilson township, where he remained his entire life. He married Ida May Hopkins on 6 Aug 1877, in Winona county, Minnesota. Charles and Ida had four children, Mary, Sumner, Edward, and Merle. He passed away on 25 Jan 1944. on the farm in Wilson, Winona, Minnesota, and is buried in Witoka Cemetery.
Charles married Ida Hopkins in 1887.[1]
Sources
- ↑ "Minnesota Marriages, 1849-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDX7-ZY8 : 20 January 2020), Ida Hopkins in entry for Charles Cummings, 1887.
Minnesota census 1875, Winona county, Wilson township. Family #134, Charles Cumming, 13, Living with stepfather, Chardon Bourne, 49, mother, Mary A. 39, sister, Ann Convers, 10. sister, Dearland (Doralyn) Bourne, 6. sister Alice Bourne, 5. sister, Harriet Bourne, 3. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6XTX-31?i=1&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMKNL-1GJ
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89851515/charles-cummings : accessed 30 March 2022), memorial page for Charles Cummings (13 Feb 1862–25 Jan 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 89851515, citing Witoka Cemetery, Wilson Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA ; Maintained by Dale & Corinne Wise (contributor 47132213) .
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Charles Cummings Wilson Farmer, Dies Witoka, Minn.-(Special)- Charles Cummings, 81, died on the farm in Wilson township where he was born, at 5:45 PM, Tuesday following a short illness. He was born February 13, 1862, and spent his entire life on the farm. Mrs. Cummings died January 20, 1941. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Paul Berg, Winona, and Merle at home; two sons, Sumner, Cedar Valley, and Edward, Milwaukee; one sister, Mrs Doralyn Christian, Winona, and 12 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Fawcett-Hillyer funeral chapel, Winona, at 2:30 PM and at the Witoka Methodist church at 3 PM. The rev. Charles Crouch will officiate and burial will be in the Witoka cemetery. Friends may call at the Fawcett-Hillyer chapel Thursday afternoon and evening.