Rev. Alexander Griswold Cummins^[1]

1830 - 1904  (73 years)

• Name	Alexander Griswold Cummins  [2]
  Title	Rev.
  Born	12 Nov 1830
  Gender	Male
  Died	1904
  Buried	St Peter's Episcopal Church, Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States
  Person ID	I601062975	Master Tree | Descendants of James Morris and Margaret Cooke
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2007

  
  

  Father	John Cummins,   b. 3 Apr 1777, Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States ,   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   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F539541135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Louisa Reed Hayes,   b. 15 Oct 1833, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 18 Apr 1868  (Age 34 years)
  Married	15 Jun 1867
  	Delaware Marriages, 1645-1899 Record lists marriage as 1 Jan 1840, Record of this marriage may be found at the Family History Library under microfilm reference number(s) 0006417.
  Notes	Delaware Marriages, 1645-1899 Record lists marriage as 1 Jan 1840, Record of this marriage may be found at the Family History Library under microfilm reference number(s) 0006417.
  Children	1. Rev. Alexander Griswold Cummins, Jr,   b. 8 Apr 1868, Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States ,   d. 22 Sep 1964, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States  (Age 96 years)
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2006
  Family ID	F1047625061	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary J,   d. 7 Feb 1926
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2006
  Family ID	F5259723780	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - - St Peter's Episcopal Church, Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Listed in the 1870 Census as an Episcopal Minister. Listed in the 1870 Census as an Episcopal Minister.

  
  

• Sources

  [S8072066280] Brick Store Landing Near Smyrna, Delaware, Mcternan, Donald. According to the map of Appoquinimink Hundred in Beers' 1868 "Atlas of the State of Delaware, the owner of the property at Brick Store Landing was A.G. Cummings. The name is incorrectly spelled. Alexander Griswold Cummins was the youngest son of John Cumming (1777-1833), considered to have been the wealthiest man in the state of Delaware at the end of the second decade of the nineteenth century. The elder Cummins made his fortune largely by purchasing grain from thefarmers of central Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland, storing it in granaries which he had purchased or built near Smyrna, and shipping it to buyers in wilmington, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, often in his own bottoms. These vessels would return with various goods with which Cummins supplied a legion of merchants on the Peninsula." "John Cummins also owned one of the renowned Brandywine merchant flour mills at Wilmington which Samuel Shipley superintended for him. Through the influence of Entrepreneur Cummins and others like him, Smyrna became second only to Wilmington as a grain port in the state." "During his lifetime John Cummins bought many farms in Delaware and Maryland, often through sheriffs' sales. That a numberof these properties passed to his children at his death is attested to by Beer' Atlas. Brick Store Landing was one of these." The rest of the article includes photographs, drawings, and descriptions of the building. "The south gable bears the date of '1767' in glazed headers." [S8072066280] Brick Store Landing Near Smyrna, Delaware, Mcternan, Donald. According to the map of Appoquinimink Hundred in Beers' 1868 "Atlas of the State of Delaware, the owner of the property at Brick Store Landing was A.G. Cummings. The name is incorrectly spelled. Alexander Griswold Cummins was the youngest son of John Cumming (1777-1833), considered to have been the wealthiest man in the state of Delaware at the end of the second decade of the nineteenth century. The elder Cummins made his fortune largely by purchasing grain from thefarmers of central Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland, storing it in granaries which he had purchased or built near Smyrna, and shipping it to buyers in wilmington, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, often in his own bottoms. These vessels would return with various goods with which Cummins supplied a legion of merchants on the Peninsula." "John Cummins also owned one of the renowned Brandywine merchant flour mills at Wilmington which Samuel Shipley superintended for him. Through the influence of Entrepreneur Cummins and others like him, Smyrna became second only to Wilmington as a grain port in the state." "During his lifetime John Cummins bought many farms in Delaware and Maryland, often through sheriffs' sales. That a numberof these properties passed to his children at his death is attested to by Beer' Atlas. Brick Store Landing was one of these." The rest of the article includes photographs, drawings, and descriptions of the building. "The south gable bears the date of '1767' in glazed headers." QUAY [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. [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