Robert Scobey Cummins

Brief Life History of Robert Scobey

When Robert Scobey Cummins was born on 1 July 1880, in Hickman, Tennessee, United States, his father, Samuel Moore Cummins Jr, was 42 and his mother, Sara Ann Baker, was 32. He married Clarice Elizabeth Church on 19 December 1907, in Hickman, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Civil District 3, Hickman, Tennessee, United States in 1920 and Duck River, Hickman, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 17 June 1947, in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Stand Cemetery, Shady Grove Duck River, Hickman, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Scobey Cummins
1880–1947
Clarice Elizabeth Church
1882–1961
Marriage: 19 December 1907
Julia Cummins
1918–2015
Robert S. Cummins
1921–1921
Robbie Sue Cummins
1921–2005

Sources (14)

  • Robt Cummins in household of Cummins, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Robert Scoby (Unknown) Cummins, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
  • Robert Scoby Cummins, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

Scottish and English (of Norman origin): variant of Cummings .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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