Ann Amelia Preston

b. August 1826, d. 1905
  • Ann Amelia Preston was born in August 1826 in Virginia.
  • She married David Hamilton Cummings, son of Robert E. Cummings and Mary Rebecca Campbell.
  • Robert E. Cummings and Mary Rebecca Campbell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Other members of the household included Ann Amelia Preston, David Hamilton Cummings. Also in the household were children Charles C. (a farmer, age 40), James L. (a lawyer, 37) and John C. (a doctor, 22). David and Ann's infant son Robert is not enumerated in the household.
  • Robert E. Cummings appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Ross PO, Anderson County, Tennessee. Other members of the household included Ann Amelia Preston, David Hamilton Cummings, Robert Carter Cummings and Fairman Preston Cummings. Also in the household was granddaughter Ellen T. (age 7.)
  • Ann Amelia Preston became a widow at the 28 December 1867 death of her husband David Hamilton Cummings.
  • Ann Amelia Preston appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Clinton PO, Anderson County, Tennessee. Other members of the household included Robert Carter Cummings, Fairman Preston Cummings and Sarah Gibson Cummings. Also in the household were children Mary C. (age 9) and David H. (2), as well as Ann's mother Sarah H. Preston (68).
  • Ann Amelia Preston appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Other members of the household included Sarah Gibson Cummings. Also in the household were children Mary C. (age 19) and David H. (12), unmarried niece Eliza D. Strother (40) and two female domestic servants.
  • Ann Amelia Preston appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessed, at 1218 Chinch Avenue. Other members of the household included Sarah Gibson Cummings. Also in the household was unmarried daughter Mary C. Cummings (age 39).
  • Ann Amelia Preston died in 1905.
  • She was interred at Young-Cummings Cemetery, Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee.
  • Last Edited: 29 Jul 2014

Family: David Hamilton Cummings b. 18 April 1818, d. 28 December 1867