Fairman Preston Cummings
b. 22 March 1855, d. 26 June 1886
- Father: David Hamilton Cummings b. 18 April 1818, d. 28 December 1867
- Mother: Ann Amelia Preston b. August 1826, d. 1905
- Fairman Preston Cummings was born on 22 March 1855 in Anderson County, Tennessee.
- 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 Fairman Preston Cummings, Ann Amelia Preston, David Hamilton Cummings and Robert Carter Cummings. Also in the household was granddaughter Ellen T. (age 7.)
- 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 Fairman Preston Cummings, Robert Carter 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).
- He was working on the farm and attending school, according to the 1870 census.
- Robert Campbell Cummings appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Other members of the household included Fairman Preston Cummings, Robert Carter Cummings. Tennessee-born nephews Robert and Preston Cummings were farming with their uncle.
- Fairman Preston Cummings died on 26 June 1886 at age 31 in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
- He was interred at Cottage Grove Cemetery, Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
- Last Edited: 29 Jul 2014