Robert E. Cummings

b. 16 April 1781, d. 22 June 1861
  • Robert E. Cummings was born on 16 April 1781 in Virginia.
  • He married Mary Rebecca Campbell, daughter of Robert 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 David Hamilton Cummings and Ann Amelia Preston. 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 became a widower at the 31 May 1860 death of his wife Mary Rebecca Campbell.
  • 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.)
  • He was a gentleman, according to the 1860 census.
  • Robert E. Cummings died on 22 June 1861 at age 80 in Anderson County, Virginia.
  • He was interred at Young-Cummings Cemetery, Clinton, Anderson County, Virginia.
  • Last Edited: 29 Jul 2014

Family: Mary Rebecca Campbell b. 5 November 1786, d. 31 May 1860