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Samuel A Cummings

Birth	:	16 Dec 1830 Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
Death	:	17 May 1923 Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.0138600, -91.9562100
Plot	:	Old.P.384
Description	:	From "Portrait & Biographical Album", Pub. 1890, page 597. SAMUEL A. CUMMINGS, engaged in farming of Sec. 33, Buchanan Twp., has been a resident of Jefferson County for forty-seven years......He was born in Rockbridge County, Va., Dec. 16, 1830, his parents being William and Sarah (Cunningham) Cummings, who lived many years in the Old Dominion where the husband and father followed the carpenter's trade. About 1833, he started for the West, making a location in Parke County, Ind., where he engaged in farming some ten years, and in 1843 loading his household effects into a wagon drawn by two yoke... Read More	From "Portrait & Biographical Album", Pub. 1890, page 597. SAMUEL A. CUMMINGS, engaged in farming of Sec. 33, Buchanan Twp., has been a resident of Jefferson County for forty-seven years......He was born in Rockbridge County, Va., Dec. 16, 1830, his parents being William and Sarah (Cunningham) Cummings, who lived many years in the Old Dominion where the husband and father followed the carpenter's trade. About 1833, he started for the West, making a location in Parke County, Ind., where he engaged in farming some ten years, and in 1843 loading his household effects into a wagon drawn by two yoke of oxen he left for the land beyond the Mississippi. After some twenty-three days of travel he arrived in Jefferson County in October, 1843. The family spent the winter in a little cabin and the following spring commenced preparations for making a home. Mr. Cummings planted a crop two miles north of Fairfield but had done little else toward developing a farm when he was called to his final rest, dying of the 4th of September, 1844, at the age of fifty-eight years. In the spring of 1846, his widow and children purchased a claim of 115 acres on Sec. 33, Buchanan Township. Mrs. Cummings ever remained true to his memory and died on the 5th of September 1884, having lived a widow for forty years. They were parents of eight children, four sons and four daughters, and with the exception of the eldest none have been taken away and the youngest is now 58 years of age. The parents were members of the Presbyterian Church. .....SAMUEL A. CUMMINGS married, 8 Sept. 1864, Miss Maria J. Case, in Fairfield. The lady was born in Ohio Jan. 7 1838, and during her girlhood accompanied her parents to Jefferson County. Four children were born of their union — William F., Fannie M., George H. and Charles C. The mother of this family died on the 1st of July 1879..... -------- Portrait and Biographical Album of Jefferson and Van Buren Counties, Iowa, Printed 1890 by Lake City Publishing Co., Chicago, Pages 597-598 Samuel A. CUMMUNGS, who is engaged in farming on section 33, Buchanan Township, has been a resident of Jefferson County for forty-seven years, during which time he has identified himself with its best interests and aided not a little in its advancement and progress, especially in transforming the wild land into tracts of rich fertility. He was born in Rockbridge County, Va., December 16, 1830, his parents being William and Sarah (CUNNINGHAM) CUMMINGS, who lived many years in the Old Dominion where the husband and father followed the carpenter's trade. About 1833, he started for the West, making a location in Parke County, Ind., where he engaged in farming some ten years and in 1843 loading his household effects into a wagon drawn by two yoke of oxen he left for the land beyond the Mississippi. After some twenty-three days of travel he arrived in Jefferson County in October, 1843. The family spent the winter in a little cabin and the following spring commenced preparations for making a home. Mr. CUMMINGS planted a crop two miles north of Fairfield but had done little else toward developing a farm when he was called to his final rest, dying on the 4th of September, 1844, at the age of fifty-eight years. In the spring of 1846, his widow and children purchased a claim of one hundred and fifteen acres on section 33, Buchanan Township. Mrs. CUMMINGS ever remained true to his memory and died on the 5th of September, 1884, having lived a widow for forty years. They were parents of eight children, four sons and four daughters, and with the exception of the eldest none have been taken away and the youngest is now fifty-eight years of age. The parents were members of the Presbyterian Church and their deaths proved a loss to the entire community. The early life of our subject passed uneventfully. He attended the subscription schools for a short time but during his youth remained mostly at home caring for his mother and his sister's children, so that he had the care of a family long before he had one of his own. When the war broke out he felt the greatest desire to enter the service but he could not be spared as the members of the family needed his services. On the 8th of September, 1864, he led to the marriage altar Miss Maria J. CASE, the wedding being celebrated in Fairfield. The lady was born in Ohio, January 7, 1838, and during her girlhood accompanied her parents to Jefferson County. Four children were born of their union -- William F., Fannie M., George H. and Charles C. The mother of this family died on the 1st of July, 1879, within ten minutes after being taken with congestion of the lungs. She was a most estimable lady, a member of the Methodist Church and had the love and respect of the entire community. Mr. CUMMINGS, for some thirty years has been connected with the Presbyterian Church in Fairfield and in all possible ways has aided in its advancement. He cast his first Presidential vote for the Whig candidate in 1852, and since the organization of the Republican party has been one of its supporters. On the 1st day of January, 1890, he entered upon the duties of the office of Township Trustee and is proving an efficient and capable officer. As a farmer he is practical, yet enterprising and progressive and his home farm, comprising one hundred and fifteen acres, is well provided with good buildings and all necessary improvements. He also owns a controlling interest in a one hundred and sixty acre farm in Dallas County, Mo. He has now made his home in Jefferson County for the long period of forty-seven years and is accounted one of its most worthy and upright citizens. --------- The Fairfield Daily Ledger May 18, 1923 Page 1, col. 3. SAMUEL A. CUMMINGS RITES TOMORROW. Son of Wm. L. and Sara Cummings, and was born Dec. 16, 1830 in Rockbridge County, Va. When three years old his parents moved to Indiana, where they resided for ten years. In 1843 they came to Iowa.....They crossed the Mississippi river at Burlington on a ferry boat. The father died not long after they came to Fairfield.....He married Maria Case; she passed away July 1, 1879 leaving him with a family of four children, the eldest being but 12 years old. The children were: Wm. F. Cummings, Fannie C., George H. Cummings, and Chas. C. Cummings, and all have preceded their father to the street beyond, leaving him alone in his old age, he being 90 years old when his daughter Fannie, upon whom he leaned, died.

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Samuel A Cummings death on 17 May 1923 in Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 41.0138600
Longitude: -91.9562100

Family Members:

Parent

William L Cummings

(1786 - 1844)

Sarah Cunningham Cummings

(1793 - 1884)

Spouse

Maria J Case Cummings

(1838 - 1879)

Siblings

Ann Elizabeth “Eliza” Cummings Gaines

(1819 - 1879)

Rachel L Cummings Dare

(1820 - 1911)

Lucinda Jane “Lucy” Cummings Cunningham

(1822 - 1911)

Mary Amanda Cummings McDonald

(1826 - 1908)

William C Cummings

(1829 - 1916)

James Cummings

(1829 - 1899)

John Edward Cummings

(1832 - 1917)

Children

William F Cummings

(1867 - 1920)

Fannie May Cummings

(1868 - 1921)

George H Cummings

(1871 - 1910)

Charles Case Cummings

(1872 - 1918)

Flowers:

Nearby Cemetories:

1. Evergreen Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0138600, -91.9562100

2. Old Fairfield Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0148000, -91.9598000

3. Memorial Lawn Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0068000, -91.9805000

4. Switzer Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0368996, -91.9096985

5. Bradshaw Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9766998, -91.9032974

6. Roth Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9589005, -91.9574966

7. Bethesda Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0019000, -91.8796000

8. Smith Family Cemetery
Libertyville, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9972416, -92.0362857

9. Wheeler Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0797000, -91.9185500

10. Galliher Cemetery
Glasgow, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9666892, -91.8835038

11. Upper Richwoods Cemetery
Salina, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0602989, -91.8807983

12. Jefferson County Poor Farm Cemetery
Libertyville, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9416900, -91.9996200

13. Perlee Cemetery
Perlee, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0805750, -91.8993380

14. Pattison Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9444008, -91.9049988

15. Moorman Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0452995, -92.0622025

16. Wright Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9524000, -91.8728000

17. Antioch Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1002998, -91.9147034

18. Moyer Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1046982, -91.9330978

19. Cumberland Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9248000, -91.9903000

20. Gregg Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0078011, -92.0811005

21. Salina Cemetery
Salina, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0419006, -91.8330994

22. McCleary Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9892006, -92.0805969

23. Brooks Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0635986, -92.0693970

24. Thompson Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9155998, -91.9772034