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Pvt Thomas Cummines

Birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
27 Mar 1901 (aged 58–59)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Rockledge, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Susquehanna Sec. 23
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CUMMINES — On March 27, 1901. Thomas Cummines, aged 59 years. Funeral on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from his late residence, No. 111 Ellsworth Street. Sansom Lodge No. 67, K of P, and survivors of Birney Zouaves, late Twenty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers, are invited. Interment at Sixth Street Union Vault.

Philadelphia Inquirer, March 31, 1901

Thomas was a Civil War veteran, enlisting July 25, 1861 and discharged July 2, 1862. He was a member of Company K, 23rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry. He lived in Philadelphia and worked as a fisherman/oysterman. His wife's name was Josephine Williams and they had 13 children, many of whom did not survive childhood.

Note: 1900 Census has Thomas's birth as August 1844, but this would have made him 56 at the time of his death. The death notice says 59.

Note: Thomas was reinterred in Lawnview Cemetery from Odd Fellows Cemetery on 11 Aug 1951. Prior to that, he was held at the Sixth Street Union Vault. He was buried at Odd Fellows in a plot with Pearson L. Fry, Lily Fry, William Whelan, Elwood J. Steelman, and Elizabeth Whalen.


CUMMINES — On March 27, 1901. Thomas Cummines, aged 59 years. Funeral on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from his late residence, No. 111 Ellsworth Street. Sansom Lodge No. 67, K of P, and survivors of Birney Zouaves, late Twenty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers, are invited. Interment at Sixth Street Union Vault.

Philadelphia Inquirer, March 31, 1901

Thomas was a Civil War veteran, enlisting July 25, 1861 and discharged July 2, 1862. He was a member of Company K, 23rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry. He lived in Philadelphia and worked as a fisherman/oysterman. His wife's name was Josephine Williams and they had 13 children, many of whom did not survive childhood.

Note: 1900 Census has Thomas's birth as August 1844, but this would have made him 56 at the time of his death. The death notice says 59.

Note: Thomas was reinterred in Lawnview Cemetery from Odd Fellows Cemetery on 11 Aug 1951. Prior to that, he was held at the Sixth Street Union Vault. He was buried at Odd Fellows in a plot with Pearson L. Fry, Lily Fry, William Whelan, Elwood J. Steelman, and Elizabeth Whalen.




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  • Created by: jenny
  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77260400/thomas-cummines: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Thomas Cummines (1842–27 Mar 1901), Find a Grave Memorial ID 77260400, citing Lawnview Cemetery, Rockledge, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by jenny (contributor 47284964).