When Daniel Cummings was born on 12 May 1790, in Bovina, Delaware, New York, United States, his father, Alexander Cumming, was 25 and his mother, Helen Grant, was 23. He married Hannah Doolittle on 17 August 1820, in South Kortright, Stamford, Delaware, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Clarendon, Calhoun, Michigan, United States for about 20 years. He died on 15 November 1879, in Quincy, Branch, Michigan, United States, at the age of 89.