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Nettie "Muddie" Lower formerly Cummins

Born 16 Feb 1873 in Osage Township, LaSalle, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of Erwin P Cummins and Harriet Emmaline (Nodine) Cummins

Sister of Murray Cummins, May Cummins and Theodore Cummins

Wife of Robert Horne Lower — married 17 Nov 1891 in Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States

Descendants

Mother of Harriet Aline (Lower) Davies and Frances Sabina Lower

Died 21 Dec 1935 at age 62 in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Nettie "Muddie" Cummins was born in La Salle, Illinois in 1873, second eldest of four children to Erwin P. and Emmaline (Nodine) Cummins. Sadly, her brothers and sister died very young leaving her an only child. She spent her first years with her family in Wenona before moving to Carlisle, Lonoke, Arkansas. After a few years, her grandparents remained in Carlisle while she and her parents removed to Hot Springs, Arkansas. She was introduced to Robert H. Lower, a local druggist, by mutual friends and married him in 1891. They lived for a time with her parents at Silver and Pleasant streets before her husband built a new house at 202 Silver. Her daughter, Aline, was born in 1893 and Frances was born in 1904. It's unknown who gave her her nickname but is presumed to be her parents and referred to mudbugs, crawfish. She was of the Christian faith but also a student of spiritualism, a popular movement at the time. Her husband preceded her in death in 1929. Nettie passed away at the home of her eldest daughter in Little Rock in 1935.

Sources

The Davies and allied families Collection, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas. MS.000773
Erwin and Emmaline Cummins Family Bible. (Pages and binding from). Personal papers of the contributor.
Mrs. Nettie Lower. Arkansas Gazette. Monday, Dec 23, 1935. Little Rock, AR. Page: 10. Online: www.genealogybank.com
Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950. Division of Vital Records, Arkansas Department of Health. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950. Arkansas Genealogical Society. Online: Ancestry.com
Arkansas, Death Certificates, 1914-1969. Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas. Online: Ancestry.com
1880 United States Federal Census. Carlisle, Prairie, Arkansas; Roll: T9_54; Film: 1254054; P. 221.4000; District: 248; Image: 0562. Online: Ancestry.com

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nettie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nettie: