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Cummings, Alexander

governor, was born in Pennsylvania. In 1865 he was appointed governor of the territory of Colorado.

Cummings, Alexander W

journalist. He is the editor and owner of The Derby Game Bird, of Derby, Ind. He has written extensively for the periodical press, and is a well-known bird fancier and poulterer.

Cummings, Alfred

soldier, was born Jan. 30, 1829, in Augusta, Ga. He was on the Utah expedition of 1859- 60; and in 1861 resigned and was soon commissioned lieutenant-colonel in the confederate army. He rose to the rank of brigadier-general, and served until disabled by wounds received at the battle of Jonesboro, Ga., Aug. 31, 1864.

Cumming, Gilbert W

lawyer, was born in 1817 in Delaware county, N. Y.

He removed, in 1853, to Janesville, Wis., and in 1858 to Chicago. In September, 1861, he raised the fifty-first Illinois regiment, and was appointed its colonel.

Cummings, Asa

clergyman, journalist, was born Sept. 29, 1791, in Andover, Mass. He attended Phillips academy of Andover, and graduated from Bowdoin college. He was a clergyman for six years, when he became editor of the Christian Mirror, and for thirty years was its editor. He died at sea June 5, 1856.

Cummings, Ephraim

clergyman, author, was born in 1825 in Albany, N. Y. He served as chaplain in a Vermont regiment more than a year during the war. In 1872 and 1873 he was provisional professor of mental and moral philosophy in the college. He has published a volume, Birth and Baptism.

Cummings, Jeremiah W. D

clergyman, author, poet, was born April 5, 1823, in Washington, D. C. He was a popular Roman catholic clergyman of New York city; and the author of Italian Legends; Songs for Catholic Schools; Spiritual Progress; and The Silver Stole.

He died Jan. 4, 1866, in New York.

Cummings, John

tanner, was born Feb. 26, 1785, in Woburn, Mass. He probably taught more young men the business of tanning, aiding them to establish themselves, than any other leather manufacturer in Massachusetts. He died June 8, 1867, in Woburn, Mass.

Cummings, Joseph

educator, theologian, was born March 3, 1817, in Falmouth county, Maine. He was professor of theology in the Methodist general biblical institute in Concord, N. H.

Cummings, Moses

clergyman, journalist, was born about 1816 in Haverhill, Mass. From 1854 to 1862 he had editorial control of The Christian Messenger and The Palladium, the central organs of the sect of which he was a member. He died Jan. 6, 1867, in New York city.

Cummings, Thomas Seir

artist, author, was born in 1804 in England. He was a New York artist who was author of the Historic Annals of the National Academy from its Foundation to 1865. He died in 1894.

Cummins, Francis

educator, clergyman, was born in 1732 near Shippensburg, Pa. He filled the office of pastor to twenty parishes in different localities in Georgia and the Carolinas. In 1778 he was a member of the South Carolina convention held to decide upon the constitution of the United States, and voted for its adoption. He died Feb. 22, 1832, in Greensborough, Ga.