James Cummings was the son of John Cummings. The Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania 1911 states:
John Cummings landed at Newcastle, whence he proceeded to
Philadelphia and from there to Sunbury, Northumberland county. He
located in Sunbury at an early day, having been a member of the town
council in 1797. He is known to have been possessed of some means upon
his arrival in the borough. Of Scotch-Irish extraction, he was a
Presbyterian in religious faith, and he left the reputation of having
been a man of exceedingly kindly disposition. He is buried at Middle
Creek, Snyder Co., Pa. His children were: John, James; Nancy, who
married a Mr. Spence; Elizabeth, who married John Cummings, and died at the age of eighty years; and Nancy (the second of that name in the
family), who married James Russell and lived at Danville, Pa. John
Cummings, husband of Elizabeth, was the first sheriff of Lycoming
county, Pa., served as associate judge and was known as "Judge"
Cummings, and in 1816 was master of the Masonic lodge at Williamsport,
where they resided. He was the owner of a farm on which part of Newberry is located.
James Cummings, son of John, was born July 11, 1794, and died June
26, 1836. For some time he was a merchant at Washingtonville, Montour
Co., Pa., where he was residing at the time of his death, winning an
excellent reputation as a business man. He was public-spirited and took an active interest in the affairs of his time, held the rank of major in the State militia, and was a member of Lodge No. 22, F. & A.M., at Sunbury, to which his father also belonged. On Nov. 6, 1817, he married Fannie Billmeyer, who was born in 1788, near Washingtonville, now in Montour county, daughter of Andrew and Fannie Billmeyer, and died April 16, 1835. Mr. and Mrs. James Cummings are buried in the Billmeyer private graveyard, six miles east of Milton, along the Chillisquaque creek. Their children were born as follows: Andrew, Sept. 11, 1818; Alexander, April 3, 1819; Christiana, June 18, 1822; Fannie, March 16,1826; Nancy, Sept. 11, 1829.
John Cummings landed at Newcastle, whence he proceeded to
Philadelphia and from there to Sunbury, Northumberland county. He
located in Sunbury at an early day, having been a member of the town
council in 1797. He is known to have been possessed of some means upon
his arrival in the borough. Of Scotch-Irish extraction, he was a
Presbyterian in religious faith, and he left the reputation of having
been a man of exceedingly kindly disposition. He is buried at Middle
Creek, Snyder Co., Pa. His children were: John, James; Nancy, who
married a Mr. Spence; Elizabeth, who married John Cummings, and died at the age of eighty years; and Nancy (the second of that name in the
family), who married James Russell and lived at Danville, Pa. John
Cummings, husband of Elizabeth, was the first sheriff of Lycoming
county, Pa., served as associate judge and was known as "Judge"
Cummings, and in 1816 was master of the Masonic lodge at Williamsport,
where they resided. He was the owner of a farm on which part of Newberry is located.
James Cummings, son of John, was born July 11, 1794, and died June
26, 1836. For some time he was a merchant at Washingtonville, Montour
Co., Pa., where he was residing at the time of his death, winning an
excellent reputation as a business man. He was public-spirited and took an active interest in the affairs of his time, held the rank of major in the State militia, and was a member of Lodge No. 22, F. & A.M., at Sunbury, to which his father also belonged. On Nov. 6, 1817, he married Fannie Billmeyer, who was born in 1788, near Washingtonville, now in Montour county, daughter of Andrew and Fannie Billmeyer, and died April 16, 1835. Mr. and Mrs. James Cummings are buried in the Billmeyer private graveyard, six miles east of Milton, along the Chillisquaque creek. Their children were born as follows: Andrew, Sept. 11, 1818; Alexander, April 3, 1819; Christiana, June 18, 1822; Fannie, March 16,1826; Nancy, Sept. 11, 1829.
James Cummings was the son of John Cummings. The Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania 1911 states:
John Cummings landed at Newcastle, whence he proceeded to
Philadelphia and from there to Sunbury, Northumberland county. He
located in Sunbury at an early day, having been a member of the town
council in 1797. He is known to have been possessed of some means upon
his arrival in the borough. Of Scotch-Irish extraction, he was a
Presbyterian in religious faith, and he left the reputation of having
been a man of exceedingly kindly disposition. He is buried at Middle
Creek, Snyder Co., Pa. His children were: John, James; Nancy, who
married a Mr. Spence; Elizabeth, who married John Cummings, and died at the age of eighty years; and Nancy (the second of that name in the
family), who married James Russell and lived at Danville, Pa. John
Cummings, husband of Elizabeth, was the first sheriff of Lycoming
county, Pa., served as associate judge and was known as "Judge"
Cummings, and in 1816 was master of the Masonic lodge at Williamsport,
where they resided. He was the owner of a farm on which part of Newberry is located.
James Cummings, son of John, was born July 11, 1794, and died June
26, 1836. For some time he was a merchant at Washingtonville, Montour
Co., Pa., where he was residing at the time of his death, winning an
excellent reputation as a business man. He was public-spirited and took an active interest in the affairs of his time, held the rank of major in the State militia, and was a member of Lodge No. 22, F. & A.M., at Sunbury, to which his father also belonged. On Nov. 6, 1817, he married Fannie Billmeyer, who was born in 1788, near Washingtonville, now in Montour county, daughter of Andrew and Fannie Billmeyer, and died April 16, 1835. Mr. and Mrs. James Cummings are buried in the Billmeyer private graveyard, six miles east of Milton, along the Chillisquaque creek. Their children were born as follows: Andrew, Sept. 11, 1818; Alexander, April 3, 1819; Christiana, June 18, 1822; Fannie, March 16,1826; Nancy, Sept. 11, 1829.
John Cummings landed at Newcastle, whence he proceeded to
Philadelphia and from there to Sunbury, Northumberland county. He
located in Sunbury at an early day, having been a member of the town
council in 1797. He is known to have been possessed of some means upon
his arrival in the borough. Of Scotch-Irish extraction, he was a
Presbyterian in religious faith, and he left the reputation of having
been a man of exceedingly kindly disposition. He is buried at Middle
Creek, Snyder Co., Pa. His children were: John, James; Nancy, who
married a Mr. Spence; Elizabeth, who married John Cummings, and died at the age of eighty years; and Nancy (the second of that name in the
family), who married James Russell and lived at Danville, Pa. John
Cummings, husband of Elizabeth, was the first sheriff of Lycoming
county, Pa., served as associate judge and was known as "Judge"
Cummings, and in 1816 was master of the Masonic lodge at Williamsport,
where they resided. He was the owner of a farm on which part of Newberry is located.
James Cummings, son of John, was born July 11, 1794, and died June
26, 1836. For some time he was a merchant at Washingtonville, Montour
Co., Pa., where he was residing at the time of his death, winning an
excellent reputation as a business man. He was public-spirited and took an active interest in the affairs of his time, held the rank of major in the State militia, and was a member of Lodge No. 22, F. & A.M., at Sunbury, to which his father also belonged. On Nov. 6, 1817, he married Fannie Billmeyer, who was born in 1788, near Washingtonville, now in Montour county, daughter of Andrew and Fannie Billmeyer, and died April 16, 1835. Mr. and Mrs. James Cummings are buried in the Billmeyer private graveyard, six miles east of Milton, along the Chillisquaque creek. Their children were born as follows: Andrew, Sept. 11, 1818; Alexander, April 3, 1819; Christiana, June 18, 1822; Fannie, March 16,1826; Nancy, Sept. 11, 1829.
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