Husband Henry Harrison Cumings 1 2 3
Born: 1 Dec 1840 - Monmouth, Warren Co, IL 1 2
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Died: 14 May 1913 - Tidioute, Deerfield Twp, Warren Co, PA 4
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Father: Charles Cumings (1814-1900) 1 2 3
Mother: Emily Amsden (1816-1851) 1 2
Marriage: 17 Apr 1867 - Brooklyn, NY 1 4
Wife Charlotte Jane Sink 1 3 4
Born: 25 Apr 1846 - Rome, NY 4
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Died: 22 Jun 1913 - Tidioute, Deerfield Twp, Warren Co, PA 4
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Father: Andrew Jackson Sink ( - ) 3 4
Mother: Sarah La Rue ( - ) 3
Children
1 F Harriet Emily Cumings 1 4
Born: 9 Jan 1868 4
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Died: 9 Oct 1912 4
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Spouse: Theodore Horatio Ellis ( - ) 4
2 M Charles Andrew Cumings 1 3 4
Born: 12 Dec 1869 4
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Died: 4 Jul 1940
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Spouse: Helen Ada Crowther (1881- ) 3 4
3 M Henry Harrison Cumings, Jr. 1 4
Born: 24 Aug 1871 4
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Died: 27 Dec 1889 4
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Spouse: Bertha Garetta Pierce ( - ) 4
4 F Sarah Charlotte Cumings 4
Born: 15 Apr 1875 4
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Died: 10 Sep 1875 4
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
5 M Ralph Hunter Cumings 1 4
Born: 11 Dec 1876 4
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Spouse: Elizabeth Harriet Benjamin ( -1921) 4
Spouse: Helen Barrett ( - ) 4
6 F Laura Frances Cumings 1 4
Born: 27 Aug 1879 4
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Spouse: Arthur Burr White ( - ) 4
7 F [Infant] Cumings
Born: 2 Feb 1883 4
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Died: 16 Feb 1883 4
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8 M Benjamin Rue Cumings 4
Born: 4 Oct 1887 4
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Died: 13 Dec 1890 4
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
9 F Abigail Lynch Cumings 4
Born: 17 Nov 1893 - Tidioute, Deerfield Twp, Warren Co, PA 4
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Spouse: Harold R. Hawkey (1892- ) 4
Marr: 28 Jul 1915 5
General Notes: Husband - Henry Harrison Cumings
He was was born in Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, of New England parents. He removed to Madison, Lake County, Ohio, in 1852, where he received his education, being a graduate of Oberlin College, of the class of 1862. He enlisted in July, 1862, in the 10th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served under Buel in Kentucky, in 1862, taking part in the battle of Perryville, Kentucky, October 8, 1862; was post quartermaster at Mumfordsville, Kentucky, during the winter of 1862-63; rejoined his regiment\emdash which was a part of the 14th Army Corps\emdash in April, 1863, and participated in all its campaigns and battles till mustered out in June, 1865, having served under Rosecrans, Thomas, and Sherman, through Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina, closing with the grand review of the army in Washington, D. C., in May, 1865. He was promoted to captain, and assigned to Co. K of his regiment in March, 1864. He came to the oil region in September, 1865; settled in Tidioute, June, 1866, being at that time engaged with Day & Co., in which firm he soon became a partner, in the oil refining business and shipping of crude and refined oil. The firm dissolved in 1873, when he formed a partnership with Jahu Hunter, as Hunter & Cumings, in the producing of oil, and various other enterprises. [HWC 1887, BP xxii]
He was the elder child and only son of his parents. His early boyhood was spent in Illinois, but when he was about twelve years old, following his mother's death, he returned to Ohio with his father's younger sister, attended the schools of Madison and Grand River Academy at Austinburg, Ohio, and subsequently entered Oberlin College, where he was graduated with the class of 1862, taking the degree of Master of Arts. Shortly before his graduation he enlisted in the 105th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for Civil War service, and on Commencement Day stood in line of battle near Lexington, Kentucky. Nevertheless, he was graduated with his class. Three months after his enlistment he was detached from his regiment and was assigned to duty as first lieutenant of Parson's Battery, which was practically annihilated at the battle of Perrysville, when fifty per cent. of its members were killed or wounded on the field. Lieutenant Cumings was then assigned to the staff of Colonel A. S. Hall, a brigade commander, and subsequently to the staff of Brigadier-General E. H. Hobson. On March 1, 1863, he rejoined his regiment and thereafter participated in every engagement in which these troops took part-Louisville, Perrysville, Milton, Hoover's Gap, Tullahoma, Chickamauga, Lookout Moun-tain, Missionary Ridge, Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Burnt Hickory, Lost Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, near Atlanta; Jonesboro; and the entire campaign of Sherman in his famous March to the Sea. After the battle of Missionary Ridge he was promoted to a captaincy and was assigned to Company K of the 105th Ohio Volunteers, with which he remained until it was mustered out in Washington, D. C., June 3, 1865. About the time of Lincoln's assassination, he was breveted major, but as he had no active service in that rank he refused to acknowledge it.
Immediately after the war, Captain Cumings settled in Tidioute, Pennsylvania, with whose life his name was long closely associated. Although he had taught school before the war in order to defray the expenses of his higher education, he now turned to business pursuits. Attracted by the possibilities of the Pennsylvania oil industry, then in its pioneer stages, he became an oil producer in the local fields and retained this interest until the close of his career. Until 1871 he also operated a small refinery in Tidioute. In latter years his holdings were extended to many other sections. He became interested in oil development in Oklahoma, in gas production in Quebec; became president of the Missouri Lumber & Mining Company; had large interests in Grandin, Missouri, and Clarks, Louisiana; and investments in many smaller concerns. At Tidioute, where he always made his home, he became president of the Tidioute Savings Bank, which was under his management for a period of years. At Warren, he was a director of the Warren Trust Company.
Meanwhile, he entered frequently upon the sphere of public service. As a leading citizen of Tidioute, he held several town offices, served as burgess during the great smallpox epidemic in the early seventies and was director and president of the school board from 1880 until his death in 1913. Captain Cumings also held a number of county offices and from 1899 to 1906, inclusive, served two terms as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate during the administrations of Governors Stone and Pennypacker, enhancing his reputation through the character of his service. He was long prominent in the Republican party and in 1888 was a delegate from Pennsylvania to the Republican National Convention. Captain Cumings was also active in veterans' affairs. He assisted in the organization of the Grand Army of the Republic in its early days; served several times as Commander of Colonel George A. Cobham Post; served on the staff of State officers in the Grand Army of the Republic and in the Northern Association of the Department of Pennsylvania; was commander of the Department of Pennsylvania in 1895-96; and was an officer on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the national organization of the Grand Army of the Republic at various times. In addition, he served as a director of the Scotland School for Soldiers' Orphans and as a member of the board of the Soldiers' Home at Erie, Pennsylvania; and was appointed to the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Commission while he was a member of the State Senate. Captain Cumings was affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons, in which he was a member of various higher bodies, including Olivet Commandery of the Knights Templar at Erie.
General Notes: Wife - Charlotte Jane Sink
She organized the Tidioute, Pennsylvania, Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, of which she was regent for eleven years, and was afterwards regent of the Pennsylvania State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, from 1911 until her death in 1913. She was very active in the Women's Relief Corps of Pennsylvania, served as president of the State Department of Pennsylvania for this organization and held the office of national aide and other offices in the national organization. In this connection she was also a member of the Andersonville Prison Board, when it was restored and presented to the Government of the United States.