ISRAEL CUMMINGS

Deacon Israel Cummings was a native of Woodstock, Vt., born March 14, 1791. His father removed with his family into the southeast part of Thetford, in the year 1798, and made a permanent settlement there as a farmer. His son remained with him, and at the age of about twenty-three married Miss Ruth Kinney, a daughter of Deacon Kinney, of Thetford. In the course of the last war with England he offered himself to his country's service, and for months stood with a company of others as a volunteer minute man; but was not called into the army. When about thirty years of age he became deeply impressed by religious considerations, obtained hope of an interest in the great salvation, and made a public profession of his faith by uniting with the Baptist church at Post Mills, in Thetford, and was for years a deacon in the same.

In 1848 he sold his farm in Thetford, and bought a good farm on the Upper Plain in Bradford, long known as the May place, and there continues, in 1874, to reside, with his eldest son, who is devoted to agricultural pursuits.   Mrs. Cummings died June 26, 1861, at the age of sixty-six years.

These parents were blessed with two sons and one daughter, who lived to marry and have families. The eldest son, David Kinney Cummings, married Maria Jewell (rightly named), of Norwich, Vt, They had a daughter, Ellen Maria, who married Mr. James Sawyer, of this village, and died in the Autumn of 1873. Also a son, William  Frederick Cummings, who was married by Rev. S.  McKeen, April 2, 1874, with Miss Ada Lillie Barrett, daughter of Mr. S. C. Barrett, of Bradford.  Lovel Cummings, second son of the deacon and wife, married Sarah Arnold, of Boston, kept the Vermont House here for some time, and at this date is engaged in mercantile business in Brooklyn, N. Y.  Harriet Cummings, the only sister of the above named, married Mr. George Wright, of Bradford, and with her husband occupies the pleasant homestead next north of her father's.

Mr. D. K. Cummings and wife are members of the Methodist church in this village. The venerable deacon, at the age of eighty-three, retains his intellectual and physical powers very well, and still feels deeply interested in the prosperity of the Redeemer's kingdom. Biographie Index

The information on Trails to the Past © Copyright  2024  may be used in personal family history research, with source citation. The pages in entirety may not be duplicated for publication in any fashion without the permission of the owner. Commercial use of any material on this site is not permitted.  Please respect the wishes of those who have contributed their time and efforts to make this free site possible.~Thank you!