Cummins, Holmes
lawyer, legislator, was born Aug. 7, 1844, in Tipton county, Tenn. He served during the war in the confederate states army; was adjutant of the ninth Tennessee regiment, and adjutant of the brigade confederate states army. During 1872-76 he served as a representative in the Tennessee state legislature. For several years he was editor and owner of the Tipton Record of Covington, Tenn. He attained success as an able lawyer, and was the general counsel of the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern railroad, and of the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas railroad. He served as vice-president of the Memphis, Arkansas and Texas railroad; and as president of the Memphis, Paducah and Northern railroad. He always took an active part in public affairs; in 1878 he was chairman of the democratic state convention of Tennessee, and in 1892-96 was national democratic committeeman for Tennessee.