John S. CUMMINGS & Ruth NILES & Cynthia __?_

Table of Contents

Diana, Goddess of the Hunt — for Ancestors!

Every-Name Index

John S. CUMMINGS
Ruth NILES
Cynthia __?__

Husband: John S. CUMMINGS
Birth: 1820/1 or 1823/4, NY
Death: 28 Oct 1889
Disposition: buried Cannonsville Cemetery, Delaware Co., NY, then moved to Hale Eddy Cemetery, Sanford, Broome Co., NY
Occupation: farmer
Father possibly: James CUMMINGS
Mother possibly: either Elizabeth ANDERSON or Mary COLE

Marriage-1:

Wife-1: Ruth NILES
Birth: 1822/3 or 1826/7, NY
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Thomas NILES, b. 1798/9, ME

Marriage-2:

Wife-2: Cynthia __?__
Birth: 1819/20, NY
Occupation: homemaker

Children:

— born in NY, probably in Delaware Co., NY:
1. Nancy Josephine CUMMINGS, b. 1844-47
2. James Adelbert CUMMINGS, b. 1848-50

— born in Masonville, Delaware Co., NY:
3. Emma J. CUMMINGS, b. 1851/2
4. George W. CUMMINGS, b. 18 Sep 1854
5. Charles W. CUMMINGS, b. 1855/6
6. Louisa CUMMINGS, b. 1858/9
7. Anna CUMMINGS, b. 1863/4

Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #15 of 39): Masonville, Delaware Co., NY, Roll M432_494, p. 95A, 111/116, enumerated 2 Oct 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

John Cummings 26 M Farmer NY

Ruth " 23 F "

Nancy J " 3 F "

James A " 1 M "

3. 1860 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #18 of 43): Masonville P.O., Town of Masonville, Delaware Co., NY, Roll M653_744, p. 364, PN 158, 1232/1213, enumerated 4 Sep 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

John Cummings 39 M Farmer 600 273 NY

Ruth      " 37 F 1000 "

Josephine " 14 F "

Adelbert " 10 M "

Emma J    " 8 F "

George    " 5 M "

Charles   " 4 M "

Louisa    " 1 F "

Thomas Niles 61 M Farmer Maine

4. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 93): Cannonsville P.O., Tompkins [Twp.], Delaware Co., NY, Roll M593_924, p. 467B, PN 6, 47/48, enumerated 17 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Cummings John 50 M W Farmer 4000 1400 NY

________ Cynthia 50 F W Keeping house NY

________ Geo 15 M W at home NY

________ Chas 14 M W at home NY

________ Louisa 10 F W at sch NY

________ Anna 6 F W NY

Cynthia is just barely young enough to be Anna's mother, so we should hold out the possibility that she is not a daughter, but a granddaughter.

5. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #10 of 53): Tompkins, Delaware Co., NY, Roll T9_823, p. 413B, PN 10, SD 4, ED 82, enumerated 9 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 13 23 24 25 26

98 100 Cummings John W M 59 / Farmer NY NY NY

_______ George W M 25 Son / Farmer / NY NY NY

_______ Josephine W F 22 Dau-in-law / Keeping House NY NY NY

_______ Elgie? W F 1 G-Dau / NY NY NY

6. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

7. Cemetery Removals, Cannonsville Reservoir, Delaware Co., NY (compiled by Edward J. Stanton; online at the Delaware County NYGenWeb site):

Occupant Dates Interested Party Relationship Cemetery Moved To Interested Party 2nd

CUMMINGS, John S. -1889 WILCOX, Mrs. Sherman Grandfather Cannonsville Hale Eddy CUMMINGS, Mrs. Flora

Mrs. Sherman WILCOX is Marie (CUMMINGS) WILCOX, daughter of John's son, Charles. Mrs. Flora CUMMINGS is Flora (HUNTER) CUMMINGS, wife of Walter CUMMINGS, son of John's son, Charles.

8. Message in the CUMMINGS Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).

9. Messages posted to the CUMMINGS Surname Board (online at Ancestry.com).

10. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

Contact Home
Page Table of
Contents DNA
Hub Biddle
DNA Carrico
DNA Corbin
DNA Cupp
DNA Danish
DNA Ely
DNA Lyon(s)
DNA Rasey
DNA Reason
DNA Rose
DNA Straub
DNA Pedigree
Charts Census
Records Every-Name
Indices

Everything I have is online at this web site. I have no further information, so please don't write asking me if I do.
On the other hand, if you feel I've made an error, please don't hesitate to notify me, but in which case,
please include a link to the page you are referencing.
There are over 18,000 pages on this web site, and I simply don't remember every page, much less every person on every page.

"The Cloud" is double-speak for "dumb terminal on a main frame." Been there; done that. Never again.
You are giving away not only your privacy, but control of your data, your apps, and your computer to a corporation. Is that really where you want to go?
The IT guys on the big iron hated the Personal Computer because it gave users freedom and power; now they've conned you into being back under their control.

Table of Contents

Every-Name Index