Brief Life History of James Willard
When James Willard Cummings was born on 10 March 1819, in Wilton, Franklin, Maine, United States, his father, James Cummings Jr., was 39 and his mother, Susannah Willard, was 27. He married Aura Annette Atwood on 14 December 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States in 1850. He registered for military service in 1852. He died on 19 May 1883, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- James Cummins, "United States Census, 1870"
- James Willard Cumings, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- James W Cummings, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1820
Maine is the 23rd state.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
Name Meaning
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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JAMES WILLARD CUMMINGS
BIOGRAPHY FROM THE JAMES CUMMINGS FAMILY OF UTAH Compiled and published by Benjamin Franklin Cummings III 3. JAMES WILLARD CUMMINGS (James l). Born 10 Mar. 1819, Wilton, Maine. He married first, 1 …
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