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Alex Clarence CUMMINGS

Alex Clarence CUMMINGS

Male 1894 - 1951  (56 years)

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  • Name Alex Clarence CUMMINGS 
    Born 15 Apr 1894  Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • Age 25 given in his 1925 marriage record was understated by five years. Although some records (marriage record, Social Security Application, and WW II draft registration) state his birthplace as Madison County, North Carolina, other records (WW I drafter registratin, 1900 & 1910 censuses) show it as Tennessee. He was enumerated with his mother and siblings in Tennessee in 1900 and 1910, but had moved to North Carolina prior to his 1917 draft registration.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900, 1910  Cocke Co,TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1917  [1] 
    railroad section hand 
    Residence 1917  Bluff, Madison Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Military From 24 Jul 1918 to 21 Dec 1918  [2, 5] 
    Pvt, Co D, 366th Machine Gun Bn, 92nd Division, World War I 
    Residence 1925  Lumberport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 1930  Eagle District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [7] 
    coal miner 
    Occupation 1942  [8] 
    "Disabled Veteran Unemployed" 
    Residence 1942  Haywood, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Died 11 Mar 1951  Richmond Co, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 9] 
    Buried Paint Rock Cemetery, Paint Rock, Madison Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Person ID I93586  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 24 May 2020 

    Family Olive Viola (Crawford) BAKER,   b. 29 Mar 1906, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1996, Muskingum Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 1 Apr 1925  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Eagle District), enumerated on Apr 4 1930 at Shinnston-Middlebourne Pike:
      William H. Baker, 65, salesman of general merchandise; wife Nancy N, 60; son-in-law Elix (should be Alex) C. Cummings, 35, b. NC, coal miner; dau Olive V. Cummings, 24; stepson Kenneth R. Crawford, 33, married, no occupation; stepson David H. Crawford, 30, single, no occupation.

      1940 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Eagle District), enumerated on Apr 16 1940 at Laurel Lee:
      Nancy N. Baker, 70, widowed; son Kenneth R. Crawford, 41, married, laborer (road construction); dau Olive V. Cummings, 34, married.
    Documents
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    Family ID F40403  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    2. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    3. [S1662] 1900 Census.

    4. [S1813] 1910 Census.

    5. [S2669] U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration).

    6. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    7. [S2039] 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    8. [S2508] World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    9. [S2442] Georgia Death Index, 1919-98 [database online], (Ancestry.com and Georgia Health Dept, Office of Vital Records).

    10. [S934] Findagrave.com.