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George Wilson Cummins

George Wilson Cummins[1, 2, 3]

Male 1809 - 1891  (82 years)

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  • Name George Wilson Cummins  [4, 5
    Nickname Woodlawn 
    Born 08 Jan 1809  Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1850  Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Residence 1860  Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Residence 1870  Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Residence 1880  Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Died 23 Jan 1891 
    Buried St Peter's Episcopal Church, Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I601062973  Master Tree | Descendants of James Morris and Margaret Cooke
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2008 

    Father John Cummins,   b. 3 Apr 1777, Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1833  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Susan Holliday Wilson,   b. 29 Jun 1788,   d. 17 Oct 1842  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 17 Jun 1806  Delaware, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11
    Family ID F539541135  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Evelina Maria Denny,   b. 30 Apr 1808, Kent, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jun 1896  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 8 Jun 1837  Delaware, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. George Wilson Cummins, Jr.,   b. 01 May 1838, Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 1894, Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     2. Sally Ann Cummins,   b. Abt. 1840, Delaware, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1905  (Age ~ 65 years)
     3. Louisa Augusta Cummins,   b. 1842, Delaware, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1909  (Age 67 years)
     4. John Wilson Cummins,   b. 22 Mar 1842, Kent, Delaware, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1846  (Age 4 years)
     5. Charles Cummins,   b. 17 Jul 1844,   d. 26 Oct 1846  (Age 2 years)
    +6. Walter Cummins,   b. 30 Oct 1846, Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1927, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     7. Florence Cummins,   b. 26 Jan 1849, Delaware, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jun 1851  (Age 2 years)
    Last Modified 23 May 2008 
    Family ID F539541124  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 08 Jan 1809 - Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 8 Jun 1837 - Delaware, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1850 - Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1860 - Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1870 - Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1880 - Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - St Peter's Episcopal Church, Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • "There has been considerable talk in Smyrna since the death of Col. George W. Cummins, over his last will. Mr. Cummins owned eight nice farms besides considerable town property. Upon his death his will disclosed the fact that he had left it all to his wife, his two daughters and a nephew. To his wife he bequeathed the home farm and stock in fee simple and his town property; to each of his daughters he left three farms for their life time with a floating indebtedness of about $25,000 and to his nephew, a son of Mr. A. G. Cummins, a farm. His sons Walter and George he has cut entirely off."

      -- Vitals: Various Articles from The Cecil Whig, Elkton, 1891: Cecil Co., MD

      Transcribed and contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Cyndie Enfinger
      < [email protected] >

  • Sources 
    1. [S5351741063] Agricultural Tenancy in Central Delaware 1770-1900, Delaware Department of Transportation, (Delaware Department of Transportation), Chapter V, Page 3.
      In Kent County, the Smyrna Times advertised exhibitions of the latest agricultural equipment held on the grounds of local farms. In August 1854, for instance, “Farmers and the public generally” were invited to view George Cummins’ “ Michigan Double Plow” at his home farm in Duck Creek Hundred. Cummins displayed both his wealth and his "advanced farming" mentality, while his neighbors socialized. If few farmers of average means could afford to purchase such equipment, they were nonetheless made aware of the benefits of the new technologies. By these exhibitions and other efforts, the spirit of agricultural reform might be widely disseminated

    2. [S5351741064] Delaware Governor's Register 1674-1851, 345.
      April 11 -- The Governor this day appointed and commissioned the following gentlemen his Aids-de-Camp: Thomas Stockton and William Hemphill Jones of New Castle County, and George W Cummins of Kent County -- also Levi G Cooch of new Castle County.

    3. [S5352860288] Old Kent: Eastern Shore, Hanson, George A., (Regional Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD, 1967, Originally pub 1876.).
      George Wilson Cumnins, son of John and Susan Wilson Cummins, m. Evelina M Denny, and had child., viz., George Wilson Cummins, Jr.,--Sarah A.,--Louisa A., and Walter Cummins.

    4. [S5351741063] Agricultural Tenancy in Central Delaware 1770-1900, Delaware Department of Transportation, (Delaware Department of Transportation), Chapter V, Page 3.
      In Kent County, the Smyrna Times advertised exhibitions of the latest agricultural equipment held on the grounds of local farms. In August 1854, for instance, “Farmers and the public generally” were invited to view George Cummins’ “ Michigan Double Plow” at his home farm in Duck Creek Hundred. Cummins displayed both his wealth and his "advanced farming" mentality, while his neighbors socialized. If few farmers of average means could afford to purchase such equipment, they were nonetheless made aware of the benefits of the new technologies. By these exhibitions and other efforts, the spirit of agricultural reform might be widely disseminatedQUAY

    5. [S5351741064] Delaware Governor's Register 1674-1851, 345.
      April 11 -- The Governor this day appointed and commissioned the following gentlemen his Aids-de-Camp: Thomas Stockton and William Hemphill Jones of New Castle County, and George W Cummins of Kent County -- also Levi G Cooch of new Castle County.QUAY

    6. [S560402620] 1850 United States Census.

    7. [S8072068432] 1860 United States Census.

    8. [S560402622] 1870 United States Census.

    9. [S8029507917] 1880 United States Census.

    10. [S8072066281] Delaware Marriages, 1645-1899 , (The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, Provo, Utah).
      Record of this marriage may be found at the Family History Library under microfilm reference number(s) 0006417.

    11. [S8072066281] Delaware Marriages, 1645-1899 , (The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, Provo, Utah).
      Record of this marriage may be found at the Family History Library under microfilm reference number(s) 0006417.QUAY