When Rev. Lawrence Pierson Cummings was born on 12 February 1825, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Oliver Cummings, was 40 and his mother, Mary Churchhill, was 40. He married Rebbeca Johnson Doremus on 14 October 1846, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Rye, Westchester, New York, United States in 1860 and New York City, New York County, New York, United States in 1880. He died on 21 May 1906, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
On March 23, 1836, the city of Salem, Massachusetts was incorporated and three years later adopted a seal and motto
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Scottish and English (of Norman origin): variant of Cumming , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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