John James Cummings

1846 - 1929  (83 years)

• Name	John James Cummings
  Born	25 Mar 1846	Montrose, Lee, Iowa, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	10 Oct 1850	Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA   [2]
  	Census 1850 Iowa, Pottawattamie, District 21, 10 Oct 1850, Dwelling 750, Family 750 John Cummings, 48, male, farmer. Rachael Cummings, wife 36. Children: Mary, daughter 17; William, son 15; Isaac, son 13; Sarah, daughter 11; Malinda, daughter 9; Nancy, daughter 6; John, son 4; Harmon, son 6/12. John was born in South Carolina. Rachael, Mary, William, Sarah, Malinda and Isaac born in Tenn; Nancy born in Illinois; John and Harmon born in Iowa. Next door to Cornelious Dunham and Abel and Amy Galland.
  	Age: 4
  		1850 Federal Census, John Cummings Family, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa
  Census	4 Oct 1860	Provo, Utah, Utah, USA   [3]
  	Census 1860 Utah, Utah, Provo, Provo Post Office, page 426, 4 Oct 1860, Dwelling 3744, Family 2822 John Cummings, 58. Rachael, wife 46. Valve of real estate is $100; personal property $650. Children: Wm, son 25; Malinda, daughter 20; Nancy, daughter 16; John, son 14; Harmon, son 10; Joseph, son 1. Rachel, William and Malinda are born in Tenn; Nancy in Illinois; John and Harmon in Iowa; Joseph in Utah.
  	Age: 14
  		1860 US Federal Census, John Cummings, Provo, Utah
  Census	4 Jun 1870	Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA   [4]
  	Census 1870 Utah, Wasatch, Heber City, 4 Jun 1870, page 8, dwelling 52, family 52 John 24. Sophia (wife) 21. Children: Malinda 2; John 2/12. John is a farmer. Value of real estate is $125; value of personal property is $300. Neither John nor Sophia can write. John born in Illinois; Sophia born in Sweden; children born in Utah.
  	Age: 24
  		1870 US Federal Census, John Cummings Family, Heber City, Utah
  Census	5 Jun 1880	Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA   [5]
  	Census 1880 Utah, Wasatch, Heber City, ED 90, page 9, Family 91, 5 Jun 1880, dwelling 91 John Cummings, head 34. Sophia, wife 31. Children: Malinda, daughter 12; John, son 10; Joseph, son 6; Harmon, son 3; Alma, son 1. (Employment not recorded). Malinda and John are attending school. John was born in Illinois, Sophia in Sweden, the children in Utah. John's father was born in South Carolina, mother in Tennessee. Sophia's parents were born in Sweden.
  	Age: 34
  		1880 US Federal Census - John James Cummings Family
  Census	12 Jun 1900	Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA   [6]
  	Census 1900 Utah, Wasatch, Heber City, 12 Jun 1900, SD 273, ED 171, sheet 9A, dwelling 147, family 152 John Cummings, head 54 (Mar 1846). A. Lenora, wife, 37 (Dec 1862). They have been married 10 years; 5 children born, 5 living. Children: Jetta A., daughter 9 (Apr 1891); A. Wade, son 8 (Oct 1892); R. Lita, daughter (Mar 1895); M. Sadie, daughter 3 (Aug 1897); L. Birdie, daughter 2 (May 1898); Harmon, son 24 (Mar 1876); M. Alma, son 21 (Jun 1878); F. Lyman, son 15 (Jun 1884); W. Myrtle, daughter 13 (Nov 1886); M. Mary, daughter 11 (Sep 1888). He is a cattleman working on his own account. Owns farm free of mortgage. Jetta, A. Wade, F. Lyman, Myrtle, and Mary are attending school. All can read and write except for Jetta, A. Wade, R. Lita, M. Sadie, and L. Birdie. John was born in Iowa; his father in South Carolina, his mother in Tennesee. Lenora was born in Utah; her father in New York, mother in Tennessee. All the children were born in Utah. Next door to Hyrum and Alice Jones.
  	Age: 54
  Census	28 May 1910	Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA   [7]
  	Census 1910 Utah, Wasatch, Heber City, Ward 1, 28 May 1910, SD 1 Utah, ED 206, sheet 18B and 19A, 1st North, dwelling 156, family 162 John J. Cummings, head 64. Anna L. Wife, 47. They have been married 19 years; 9 children born, 8 living. Children: Lyman F., son 25; Mary M., daughter 21; Anna J., daughter 19; Wade A., son 17; Lita R., daughter 15; Sadie M., daughter 13; Birdie L., daughter 11; Golda S., daughter 8; Nellie A., daughter 4; Grace, daughter 3; Harmon W., son 32 (widow). Anna, Wade, Lita, Sadie, Birdie and Golda are attending school; all can read and write except for Nellie and Grace. John is a sheepman on his own account; Lyman and Harmon are sheepherders working for their father for wages. Both John and Harmon owns home free of mortgage. John was born in Iowa; his father in South Carolina, his mother in Tennessee. All the children were born in Utah. Next door to James and Maggie Anderson.
  	Age: 64
  Census	28 Jan 1920	Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA   [8]
  	Census 1920 Utah, Wasatch, Heber City, 28 Jan 1920, SD 1, ED 139, sheet 16B, Ward 1, First North Street, farm, dwelling 295, family 299 John J. Cummings, head 73. Lenora, wife 56. Owns farm free of mortgage. Children: Harmon, son 43 (widow); Wade A., son 26; Sadie, daughter 23; Golda, daughter, 18; Nellie, daughter 14; Grace, daughter 12. Golda, Nellie and Grace are attending school; all can read and write. John is a general farmer working on his own account. Both Harmon and Wade farm laborers working on home farm for wages. John was born in Iowa; father in South Carolina, mother in Tennessee. Lenora was born in Utah; father in New York, mother in Tennessee. All the children were born in Utah. Next door to James S. and Violet Murdock; Richard and Agnes Jones.
  	Age: 73
  Died	28 Mar 1929	Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA   [1]
  Death Certificate	31 Mar 1929	Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA   [9]
  	State file number 1929001470
  	Age: 83
  	Cause: Chronic myocarditis
  		Death Certificate for John James Cummings, 1929, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA
  Buried	31 Mar 1929	Heber City Cemetery, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA   [10]
  		Hannah Sophia Johnson Cummings, John James Cummings and Anna Lenora Duke Cummings John James Cummings Born March 25, 1846 - Montrose, Lee, Iowa Died March 27, 1929 - Heber, Wasatch, Utah Son of John Cummings and Rachel Ann Canada (Or Canarda) Cummings Hannah Sophia Johnson Cummings Born April 9, 1849 - Utricehamm, Alosborg, Sweden Died September 3, 1889 - Heber, Wasatch, Utah Daughter of Gustaf Johnson and Louisa Ericsson Johnson Married - February 27, 1865 - Heber, Wasatch, Utah Anna Lenora Duke Cummings Born December 18, 1862 - Heber, Wasatch, Utah Died August 23, 1938 - Heber, Wasatch, Utah Daughter of Robert Stone Duke and Anna Ross Young Duke Married May 7, 1890 A_427_2
  		John James Cummings (1846 - 1929) - Find A Grave Memorial
  Notes	Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868 Cummings, John James Birth Date: 25 Mar. 1846 Death Date: 28 Mar. 1929 Gender: Male Age: 6 Company: Uriah Curtis Company (1852) Sources: Ancestral File Cummings, Harmon, Autobiographical sketch, in Biographical sketches 1891-2006, reel 24, box 25, fd. 1, item 19. Journal History, Supp. to 1852, p. 103 Perpetual Emigrating Fund, General Files Uriah Curtis Company (1852) Departure: 28 June 1852 Arrival in Salt Lake Valley: 29 September, 1 October 1852 Company Information: About 365 individuals and 51 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs). [11]
  Person ID	I781	clanSoren | I103-Ferguson, FRS101
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	John Cummings,   b. 2 Dec 1802, Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA ,   d. 8 Sep 1895, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA  (Age 92 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Rachel Ann Carnada,   b. 20 Mar 1813, Gibson, Gibson County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 29 Mar 1895, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	16 Mar 1834	Gibson County, Tennessee, USA   [12]
  	Actual date not verified.
  		Tennessee State Marriages, John Cummings and Rachell Kenady, 1834, Gibson County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F283	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Sophia Johnson,   b. 9 Apr 1849, Ulricehamn, Alvsborgs Lan, Sweden ,   d. 3 Sep 1889  (Age 40 years)
  Married	27 Feb 1865	Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA
  Children	+ 01. Hannah Malinda Cummings,   b. 9 Feb 1867, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA ,   d. 29 Aug 1914, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA  (Age 47 years) + 02. John Gustave Cummings,   b. 15 Apr 1870, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA ,   d. 13 Jun 1959, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA  (Age 89 years) + 03. Joseph William Cummings,   b. 6 Jun 1873, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA ,   d. 26 Sep 1957, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA  (Age 84 years) 04. Harmon J Cummings,   b. 17 Mar 1877, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA ,   d. 2 Dec 1944, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA  (Age 67 years) 05. Alma Monroe Cummings,   b. 2 Jun 1879, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA ,   d. 25 Jun 1954, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA  (Age 75 years) 06. Lyman F. Cummings,   b. 10 Jun 1884, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA ,   d. 25 Dec 1953, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA  (Age 69 years) + 07. Myrtle Cummings,   b. 27 Nov 1886, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA ,   d. 17 Aug 1973, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA  (Age 86 years) + 08. Mary May Cummings,   b. 27 Sep 1888, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA ,   d. 30 Jun 1971, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2011
  Family ID	F467	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Anna Lenora Duke,   b. 18 Dec 1862, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA ,   d. 23 Aug 1938, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Married	7 May 1890	Logan, Cache, Utah, USA   [13]
  Children	+ 01. Jetta Cummings,   b. 12 Apr 1891, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA ,   d. 25 Mar 1954, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA  (Age 62 years) + 02. Wade Adolphia Cummings,   b. 13 Oct 1892, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA ,   d. 11 Dec 1990, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA  (Age 98 years) + 03. Lita Rachel Cummings,   b. 19 Mar 1895, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA ,   d. 3 Jul 1930, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA  (Age 35 years) 04. Sadie Cummings,   b. 31 Aug 1896, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA ,   d. 29 Mar 1963  (Age 66 years) + 05. Birdie Cummings,   b. 24 May 1898, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA ,   d. 5 Jul 1986, American Fork, Utah, Utah, USA  (Age 88 years) 06. Golda Sophia Cummings,   b. 1 Nov 1901, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA ,   d. 15 Sep 1927  (Age 25 years)   07. Ida Cummings,   b. 3 Jul 1903, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA ,   d. 7 May 1904, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA  (Age 0 years) + 08. Nellie Abigail Cummings,   b. 25 Oct 1905, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA ,   d. 22 Feb 1974, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, USA  (Age 68 years) + 09. Grace Cummings,   b. 2 Apr 1907, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA ,   d. 15 Aug 1987, Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2011
  Family ID	F477	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

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