When William Marion Cummins Jr. was born on 28 May 1832, in Jefferson, Alabama, United States, his father, William Marion Cummins Sr., was 27 and his mother, Emily Elenora Gore, was 30. He married Frances "Malinda" Armstrong on 6 February 1855, in Jefferson, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Kimberly, Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1850. He died on 11 April 1875, in Attala, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Guess Cemetery, West, Attala, Mississippi, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
Scottish and English (of Norman origin): variant of Cummings .
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