Edward Cummings

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Edward Cummings

Birth
Garrykennedy, County Tipperary, Ireland
Death
30 Aug 1894 (aged 65–66)
Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Fort Mitchell, Kenton County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec 2 Lot 137 Grave 8
Memorial ID
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Please note ---- This relationship to his siblings has been verified through DNA

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E. E. Barton Collection:

The E. E. Barton Collection of Northern Kentucky Families, is a collection of genealogical and family history files and various other types of records compiled in the early to mid-1900's by Edward Everett Barton (1870-1951), a Pendleton County, Kentucky lawyer.

Edward Everett Barton (1870-1951), a prominent attorney and member of the Kentucky Legislature, who pursued his interest in Northern Kentucky genealogy and history between 1905-1961 with the bulk of his work compiled from 1937 to 1948.

Barton's records, have been placed on microfilm and are available from the Pendleton County Public Library and from the LDS in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Research materials include copies of court records, family data sheets, correspondence, and clippings.

The family files include data sheets, copies of marriages, wills, and other court records, notes from published and unpublished genealogies and histories, correspondence, and clippings from local newspapers. Northern Kentucky counties included in the Barton Papers are Pendleton, Campbell, Kenton, Boone, and Grant.

The following is a translation from the original data sheet for Edward Cummings.

Name: Edward Cummings

Where Born: Ireland

When Died: abt 1890-1895 in Cov. [Covington, Kentucky]

Buried: Highland Cem.

Church Member: Catholic

Occupation: R. R. Contractor [Railroad Contractor]

Wife: American Bradford

When Died: In Covington

Buried: Highland Cemetery

Church Member: M. E. in Pend. Co & Cov. [Methodist Episcopal Church in Pendleton County, Kentucky & in Covington, Kentucky]

Father: John Bradford of Boston Station [Boston Station was a little town next to the railroad tracks not far from Falmouth, Kentucky in Pendleton County, Kentucky. In the 1876 Gazatteer Listing for Boston Station it describes the location: "Boston Station: A village on Licking river, in the southern portion of Pendleton county, and a station of the Kentucky Central R.R. It is 8 miles south of Falmouth, the county seat. Population 200. Lumber, corn and hay are shipped from this place, and Adams Express Co. have an office here. Daily mail. J.W. Hall, postmaster."]

Comments:

Edward became wealthy---he and family made trips to Europe.

Informant: Mrs. Bettie Newkirk

Informant's Residence: Falmouth

Date: 2/18/45 …18 February 1945

Children:

William: Died Young, Buried Covington

Mollie: Married Dr. Edwards of Falmouth … He was bro to N. C. Ridgeway's 2nd Wife {Ada Edwards married Nathaniel Cradit Ridgway.]

Walter: Died: When Grown … Buried Covington

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1870 United States Census

Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky

25 June 1870

Edward and American Bradford Cummings Family

30 Cummings, Edward, 41, Male, White, Railroad Contractor, Real Estate Value: $12,000; Personal Estate Value: $7,500; Born: Ireland; Parents of Foreign Birth

31 Cummings, America, 34, Female, White, Keep House; Value of Real Estate: $2,500; Born: Kentucky

32 Cummings, William, 16, Male, White; Born: Kentucky, Attended School

33 Cummings, Mollie, 12, Female, White; Born: Kentucky, Attended School

34 Cummings, Walter, 6, Male, White; Born: Kentucky

35 Ryan, Ellen, 22, Female, White, Domestic Servant, Born: Ireland

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This Blank is required to be filled out and furnished to the Health Officer before a Burial Permit will be issued.

Return of Death #395

Physician's Certificate

To be filled out an signed by the Physician

Name of Deceased: Edward Cummings

Color: White; Sex: Male; Age 60 years

Widower

Duration of Last Illness: Few Days

Date of Death: August 30/1894

Cause of Death: Neural Give of Heart {An educated guess in today's terms: electrical conductivity of the heart stopped working… ventricular tachyarrhythmias}

Physician: T. J. Edwards {Married to Edward's daughter, Mollie}

Undertaker's Certificate in Relation to Deceased

Occupation: Rail Road Contractor

Place of Birth: Ireland

Residence: 2nd Ward. Madison Avenue No. 1030

Place of Interment: Highland Cemetery

Date of Intended Interment: September 2nd 1894

Harbicka Rose, Undertaker
Please note ---- This relationship to his siblings has been verified through DNA

Note: To see all the images attached to this memorial, please click on the icon that says "Click here to view more images". In order to see the detail of each image, you will have to double click and triple click in order to enlarge the image.

E. E. Barton Collection:

The E. E. Barton Collection of Northern Kentucky Families, is a collection of genealogical and family history files and various other types of records compiled in the early to mid-1900's by Edward Everett Barton (1870-1951), a Pendleton County, Kentucky lawyer.

Edward Everett Barton (1870-1951), a prominent attorney and member of the Kentucky Legislature, who pursued his interest in Northern Kentucky genealogy and history between 1905-1961 with the bulk of his work compiled from 1937 to 1948.

Barton's records, have been placed on microfilm and are available from the Pendleton County Public Library and from the LDS in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Research materials include copies of court records, family data sheets, correspondence, and clippings.

The family files include data sheets, copies of marriages, wills, and other court records, notes from published and unpublished genealogies and histories, correspondence, and clippings from local newspapers. Northern Kentucky counties included in the Barton Papers are Pendleton, Campbell, Kenton, Boone, and Grant.

The following is a translation from the original data sheet for Edward Cummings.

Name: Edward Cummings

Where Born: Ireland

When Died: abt 1890-1895 in Cov. [Covington, Kentucky]

Buried: Highland Cem.

Church Member: Catholic

Occupation: R. R. Contractor [Railroad Contractor]

Wife: American Bradford

When Died: In Covington

Buried: Highland Cemetery

Church Member: M. E. in Pend. Co & Cov. [Methodist Episcopal Church in Pendleton County, Kentucky & in Covington, Kentucky]

Father: John Bradford of Boston Station [Boston Station was a little town next to the railroad tracks not far from Falmouth, Kentucky in Pendleton County, Kentucky. In the 1876 Gazatteer Listing for Boston Station it describes the location: "Boston Station: A village on Licking river, in the southern portion of Pendleton county, and a station of the Kentucky Central R.R. It is 8 miles south of Falmouth, the county seat. Population 200. Lumber, corn and hay are shipped from this place, and Adams Express Co. have an office here. Daily mail. J.W. Hall, postmaster."]

Comments:

Edward became wealthy---he and family made trips to Europe.

Informant: Mrs. Bettie Newkirk

Informant's Residence: Falmouth

Date: 2/18/45 …18 February 1945

Children:

William: Died Young, Buried Covington

Mollie: Married Dr. Edwards of Falmouth … He was bro to N. C. Ridgeway's 2nd Wife {Ada Edwards married Nathaniel Cradit Ridgway.]

Walter: Died: When Grown … Buried Covington

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1870 United States Census

Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky

25 June 1870

Edward and American Bradford Cummings Family

30 Cummings, Edward, 41, Male, White, Railroad Contractor, Real Estate Value: $12,000; Personal Estate Value: $7,500; Born: Ireland; Parents of Foreign Birth

31 Cummings, America, 34, Female, White, Keep House; Value of Real Estate: $2,500; Born: Kentucky

32 Cummings, William, 16, Male, White; Born: Kentucky, Attended School

33 Cummings, Mollie, 12, Female, White; Born: Kentucky, Attended School

34 Cummings, Walter, 6, Male, White; Born: Kentucky

35 Ryan, Ellen, 22, Female, White, Domestic Servant, Born: Ireland

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This Blank is required to be filled out and furnished to the Health Officer before a Burial Permit will be issued.

Return of Death #395

Physician's Certificate

To be filled out an signed by the Physician

Name of Deceased: Edward Cummings

Color: White; Sex: Male; Age 60 years

Widower

Duration of Last Illness: Few Days

Date of Death: August 30/1894

Cause of Death: Neural Give of Heart {An educated guess in today's terms: electrical conductivity of the heart stopped working… ventricular tachyarrhythmias}

Physician: T. J. Edwards {Married to Edward's daughter, Mollie}

Undertaker's Certificate in Relation to Deceased

Occupation: Rail Road Contractor

Place of Birth: Ireland

Residence: 2nd Ward. Madison Avenue No. 1030

Place of Interment: Highland Cemetery

Date of Intended Interment: September 2nd 1894

Harbicka Rose, Undertaker