Lee County AlArchives Photo Tombstone.....Cummings, James 
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Cemetery:           Mechanicsville Cemetery
Name:               James Thomas Cummings
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James Cummings
May  4, 1828
Jun 24, 1909

Additional Comments:
James Cummings married Frances Hargett in Harris County, Georgia on July
20, 1852.  James and Frances were the parents of twelve children. Benjamin,
Mary J., Jane, Frances, Sallie, and Emily are in the 1850 Census, Harris County,
Georgia. The 1860 Census, Harris County, Georgia shows children Edna E., age 17
(I think this is actually Emily and the age is incorrect), Benjamin, age 16,
Mary J., age 14, Nancy A., age 12 (I think this is Jane in the 1850 census),
Frances A., age 10, William F., age 8, James T., age 6, Hattie J., age 5, and
Marshall, age 2.  By 1880 the family had moved to Lee County, Alabama and the
following children were living with them:  Benjamin, age 26, Frances A., age 20,
William F., age 19, James T., age 17, Hattie J., age 14, Marshall, age 13,
Sallie, age 10, and Andrew, age 7.  It was not unusual for families to name
younger children after siblings with the same name who had died earlier.  A
daughter Sallie was in the 1860 census, age 3, but she does not show up later. 
A subsequent daughter named Sallie was born in about 1870.  It is likely she is
named for that missing or deceased older sister.  

James's Death Certificate is in Alabama Death Certificates, Volume 12,
roll 1, certificate #354

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