David Hamilton Cummings
b. 18 April 1818, d. 28 December 1867
- Father: Robert E. Cummings b. 16 April 1781, d. 22 June 1861
- Mother: Mary Rebecca Campbell b. 5 November 1786, d. 31 May 1860
- David Hamilton Cummings was born on 18 April 1818 in Washington County, Virginia.
- He married Ann Amelia Preston.
- 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, 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.
- He was a lawyer, according to the 1850 census.
- 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 David Hamilton Cummings, Ann Amelia Preston, Robert Carter Cummings and Fairman Preston Cummings. Also in the household was granddaughter Ellen T. (age 7.)
- He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
- David Hamilton Cummings died on 28 December 1867 at age 49 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
- His wife Ann Amelia Preston became a widow at his death.
- He was interred at Young-Cummings Cemetery, Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee.
- Last Edited: 29 Jul 2014
Family: Ann Amelia Preston b. August 1826, d. 1905
- Robert Carter Cummings b. 29 January 1849, d. 24 September 1904
- Fairman Preston Cummings b. 22 March 1855, d. 26 June 1886
- Sarah Gibson Cummings b. 17 June 1864, d. 5 October 1946