Sonoma-Sacramento-Solano County CA Archives Biographies.....Cummings, J. M. 1836 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Cummings, J. M. Born in Guilford, North Carolina, April 21, 1836, When young his
parents moved to Clay county, Missouri, where he lost his mother. His father
then took up his residence in Ray county, where he was subsequently killed by
the falling of a tree. The subject of this sketch then made his home with his
uncle, William Cummings, in the same county until 1853, when he emigrated to
California, across the plains with ox-teams, remaining one month at Sacramento,
he then came to this county, spent one year, then proceeded to the mines, where
he searched diligently for the shining metal for one year, after which he was
employed by D. D. Reeves at Suisun, Solano county, for two years. He then spent
one year in the redwoods in this county. After prospecting in several different
counties until 1862, he went to Oregon, where he remained three years. In 1865
he again returned to this county and settled on his present estate, about five
miles north of Geyserville. Married Miss Matilda Flack, February 7, 1877. They
have had one child, Walter J., born December 21, 1877, and died May 7, 1879.

Additional Comments:
Washington Township

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HISTORY
—OF-
SONOMA COUNTY,
-INCLUDING ITS—
Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams;
—TOGETHER WITH—
A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original
Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular
Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County;
Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain
 Growing Interests, and Pisciculture;
ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
—AND OF ITS—
Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO:
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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