Horace Cummins was born in Bristol, Racine Territory, Wisconsin, to John Cummins and Louisa Mary Brooks Cummins. He married Mary Jane Jenkins and they had the following children: Esther Frances, Birdie, John L., Daisy Dean, and Duane D. He later married America Ann "Niney" Carroll Teague.
Horace was a Private with the 2nd Minnesota Infantry during the Civil War. He engaged in farming, and later owned a grain elevator. He was a representative in the Minnesota Legislature in 1877 - 1881. He went to Alaska in 1903 and for two years was general superintendent for the Alaska Fish and Lumber Company.
Obituary - Horace Cummins
Horace Cummins was born August 25, 1843,and died at Eagle Lake on December 12 at the age of 87 years, three months and seventeen days. He comes from a family of American pioneers, four of his great-grandfathers having fought in the Revolutionary War. His own father was one of the vigorous pioneers who went to California during the gold rush of 1848. Mr. Cummins spent his early boyhood near Kenosha, coming to Minnesota with his parents in 1857 and settling in LeRay township in what was then knows as the "big woods." From this dense forest the father and his family cleared ground and began cultivation of crops. This was in the days of Indians and the Winnebago reservation of 1900 Indians was but five miles from the Cummins homestead. It was during these pioneer days that the young nation was undergoing the struggle over slavery. When war was declared between the North and South, Horace Cummins went to Fort Snelling and enlisted on July 15, 1861 in the Second Minnesota Infantry and went south in a few weeks. Like many of the other soldiers he contracted typhoid fever and black smallpox and was discharged for disability in 1863.
For a number of years following the war he operated a saw mill at Janesville and in 1874 moved to Eagle Lake where he has resided since. Since moving to the village he has been active in business affairs, building the first grain elevator and several homes. In 1877 and in 1879 he was elected to represent Blue Earth county in the state legislature and served with credit to himself and county. It was in 1881 that he entered the mercantile business at Eagle Lake in which he was active for many years. After retirement from active business he went to Alaska in 1903 to 1905 as a representative of the Alaska Fish and Lumber company. Mr. Cummins took an active interest in community affairs and served for a time as mayor of the village. He was a member of the G.A.R., I.O.O.F. lodge and Veterans of Foreign Wars. For many years he was identified with the Methodist church, securing the lot upon which the present church is built. He also did much in the building of the church. He was elected as trustee in 1883 and has served in that capacity almost continually since.
Mr. Cummins married life has been a long and happy one. On June 14, 1865 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Jenkins, of Wilton, Minn. To this union five children were born: three girls and two boys. They are Mrs. J. S. Stevens, of California; Mrs. Frank Hilton, of Shakopee; Birdie who met a tragic death at the age of three; John, for many years was a respected merchant of Eagle Lake; and Dwain D. Cummins, who died eleven years ago. Mr. Cummins married again after the death of his wife to Mrs. America Teague, of Martinsville, Ind., who now survives him with the two living daughters.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Eagle Lake Methodist church Sunday afternoon at two o'clock with the Rev. E. C. Reineke officiating. Services at the grave will be conducted by the Odd Fellows and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
---13 Dec 1930, Mankato Daily Free Press
Horace was a Private with the 2nd Minnesota Infantry during the Civil War. He engaged in farming, and later owned a grain elevator. He was a representative in the Minnesota Legislature in 1877 - 1881. He went to Alaska in 1903 and for two years was general superintendent for the Alaska Fish and Lumber Company.
Obituary - Horace Cummins
Horace Cummins was born August 25, 1843,and died at Eagle Lake on December 12 at the age of 87 years, three months and seventeen days. He comes from a family of American pioneers, four of his great-grandfathers having fought in the Revolutionary War. His own father was one of the vigorous pioneers who went to California during the gold rush of 1848. Mr. Cummins spent his early boyhood near Kenosha, coming to Minnesota with his parents in 1857 and settling in LeRay township in what was then knows as the "big woods." From this dense forest the father and his family cleared ground and began cultivation of crops. This was in the days of Indians and the Winnebago reservation of 1900 Indians was but five miles from the Cummins homestead. It was during these pioneer days that the young nation was undergoing the struggle over slavery. When war was declared between the North and South, Horace Cummins went to Fort Snelling and enlisted on July 15, 1861 in the Second Minnesota Infantry and went south in a few weeks. Like many of the other soldiers he contracted typhoid fever and black smallpox and was discharged for disability in 1863.
For a number of years following the war he operated a saw mill at Janesville and in 1874 moved to Eagle Lake where he has resided since. Since moving to the village he has been active in business affairs, building the first grain elevator and several homes. In 1877 and in 1879 he was elected to represent Blue Earth county in the state legislature and served with credit to himself and county. It was in 1881 that he entered the mercantile business at Eagle Lake in which he was active for many years. After retirement from active business he went to Alaska in 1903 to 1905 as a representative of the Alaska Fish and Lumber company. Mr. Cummins took an active interest in community affairs and served for a time as mayor of the village. He was a member of the G.A.R., I.O.O.F. lodge and Veterans of Foreign Wars. For many years he was identified with the Methodist church, securing the lot upon which the present church is built. He also did much in the building of the church. He was elected as trustee in 1883 and has served in that capacity almost continually since.
Mr. Cummins married life has been a long and happy one. On June 14, 1865 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Jenkins, of Wilton, Minn. To this union five children were born: three girls and two boys. They are Mrs. J. S. Stevens, of California; Mrs. Frank Hilton, of Shakopee; Birdie who met a tragic death at the age of three; John, for many years was a respected merchant of Eagle Lake; and Dwain D. Cummins, who died eleven years ago. Mr. Cummins married again after the death of his wife to Mrs. America Teague, of Martinsville, Ind., who now survives him with the two living daughters.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Eagle Lake Methodist church Sunday afternoon at two o'clock with the Rev. E. C. Reineke officiating. Services at the grave will be conducted by the Odd Fellows and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
---13 Dec 1930, Mankato Daily Free Press
Horace Cummins was born in Bristol, Racine Territory, Wisconsin, to John Cummins and Louisa Mary Brooks Cummins. He married Mary Jane Jenkins and they had the following children: Esther Frances, Birdie, John L., Daisy Dean, and Duane D. He later married America Ann "Niney" Carroll Teague.
Horace was a Private with the 2nd Minnesota Infantry during the Civil War. He engaged in farming, and later owned a grain elevator. He was a representative in the Minnesota Legislature in 1877 - 1881. He went to Alaska in 1903 and for two years was general superintendent for the Alaska Fish and Lumber Company.
Obituary - Horace Cummins
Horace Cummins was born August 25, 1843,and died at Eagle Lake on December 12 at the age of 87 years, three months and seventeen days. He comes from a family of American pioneers, four of his great-grandfathers having fought in the Revolutionary War. His own father was one of the vigorous pioneers who went to California during the gold rush of 1848. Mr. Cummins spent his early boyhood near Kenosha, coming to Minnesota with his parents in 1857 and settling in LeRay township in what was then knows as the "big woods." From this dense forest the father and his family cleared ground and began cultivation of crops. This was in the days of Indians and the Winnebago reservation of 1900 Indians was but five miles from the Cummins homestead. It was during these pioneer days that the young nation was undergoing the struggle over slavery. When war was declared between the North and South, Horace Cummins went to Fort Snelling and enlisted on July 15, 1861 in the Second Minnesota Infantry and went south in a few weeks. Like many of the other soldiers he contracted typhoid fever and black smallpox and was discharged for disability in 1863.
For a number of years following the war he operated a saw mill at Janesville and in 1874 moved to Eagle Lake where he has resided since. Since moving to the village he has been active in business affairs, building the first grain elevator and several homes. In 1877 and in 1879 he was elected to represent Blue Earth county in the state legislature and served with credit to himself and county. It was in 1881 that he entered the mercantile business at Eagle Lake in which he was active for many years. After retirement from active business he went to Alaska in 1903 to 1905 as a representative of the Alaska Fish and Lumber company. Mr. Cummins took an active interest in community affairs and served for a time as mayor of the village. He was a member of the G.A.R., I.O.O.F. lodge and Veterans of Foreign Wars. For many years he was identified with the Methodist church, securing the lot upon which the present church is built. He also did much in the building of the church. He was elected as trustee in 1883 and has served in that capacity almost continually since.
Mr. Cummins married life has been a long and happy one. On June 14, 1865 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Jenkins, of Wilton, Minn. To this union five children were born: three girls and two boys. They are Mrs. J. S. Stevens, of California; Mrs. Frank Hilton, of Shakopee; Birdie who met a tragic death at the age of three; John, for many years was a respected merchant of Eagle Lake; and Dwain D. Cummins, who died eleven years ago. Mr. Cummins married again after the death of his wife to Mrs. America Teague, of Martinsville, Ind., who now survives him with the two living daughters.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Eagle Lake Methodist church Sunday afternoon at two o'clock with the Rev. E. C. Reineke officiating. Services at the grave will be conducted by the Odd Fellows and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
---13 Dec 1930, Mankato Daily Free Press
Horace was a Private with the 2nd Minnesota Infantry during the Civil War. He engaged in farming, and later owned a grain elevator. He was a representative in the Minnesota Legislature in 1877 - 1881. He went to Alaska in 1903 and for two years was general superintendent for the Alaska Fish and Lumber Company.
Obituary - Horace Cummins
Horace Cummins was born August 25, 1843,and died at Eagle Lake on December 12 at the age of 87 years, three months and seventeen days. He comes from a family of American pioneers, four of his great-grandfathers having fought in the Revolutionary War. His own father was one of the vigorous pioneers who went to California during the gold rush of 1848. Mr. Cummins spent his early boyhood near Kenosha, coming to Minnesota with his parents in 1857 and settling in LeRay township in what was then knows as the "big woods." From this dense forest the father and his family cleared ground and began cultivation of crops. This was in the days of Indians and the Winnebago reservation of 1900 Indians was but five miles from the Cummins homestead. It was during these pioneer days that the young nation was undergoing the struggle over slavery. When war was declared between the North and South, Horace Cummins went to Fort Snelling and enlisted on July 15, 1861 in the Second Minnesota Infantry and went south in a few weeks. Like many of the other soldiers he contracted typhoid fever and black smallpox and was discharged for disability in 1863.
For a number of years following the war he operated a saw mill at Janesville and in 1874 moved to Eagle Lake where he has resided since. Since moving to the village he has been active in business affairs, building the first grain elevator and several homes. In 1877 and in 1879 he was elected to represent Blue Earth county in the state legislature and served with credit to himself and county. It was in 1881 that he entered the mercantile business at Eagle Lake in which he was active for many years. After retirement from active business he went to Alaska in 1903 to 1905 as a representative of the Alaska Fish and Lumber company. Mr. Cummins took an active interest in community affairs and served for a time as mayor of the village. He was a member of the G.A.R., I.O.O.F. lodge and Veterans of Foreign Wars. For many years he was identified with the Methodist church, securing the lot upon which the present church is built. He also did much in the building of the church. He was elected as trustee in 1883 and has served in that capacity almost continually since.
Mr. Cummins married life has been a long and happy one. On June 14, 1865 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Jenkins, of Wilton, Minn. To this union five children were born: three girls and two boys. They are Mrs. J. S. Stevens, of California; Mrs. Frank Hilton, of Shakopee; Birdie who met a tragic death at the age of three; John, for many years was a respected merchant of Eagle Lake; and Dwain D. Cummins, who died eleven years ago. Mr. Cummins married again after the death of his wife to Mrs. America Teague, of Martinsville, Ind., who now survives him with the two living daughters.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Eagle Lake Methodist church Sunday afternoon at two o'clock with the Rev. E. C. Reineke officiating. Services at the grave will be conducted by the Odd Fellows and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
---13 Dec 1930, Mankato Daily Free Press
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