Brief Life History of James Devalson
When James Devalson Cummings was born on 30 September 1859, in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States, his father, Benjamin Franklin Cummings Sr., was 38 and his mother, Mary Jane Yearsley, was 21. He married Louisa Cufley on 4 March 1880, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1860 and Election Precinct 3, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 9 June 1926, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- James Donaldson Cummings, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- James Devalson Cummings, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Jas D Cummings in entry for Wm Devalson Cummings, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
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.
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Scottish and English (of Norman origin): variant of Cumming , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Biography of James Devalson Cummings
BISHOP JAMES DEVALSON CUMMINGS. In the entire Salt Lake county there is no man who occupies a higher position in the confidence and esteem of the leaders of the Mormon Church than does the subject of …
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