Sonoma-El Dorado County CA Archives Biographies.....Cummings, William 1829 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Cummings, William. Born in Niagara county, New York, November 2, 1829, when five
years of age he, with parents, moved to Michigan, where he resided until
twenty-one years of age. He then spent two years in Carroll, Illinois. In 1854,
he crossed the plains to California. After spending twelve years in El Dorado
county, being engaged in mining, and also conducting a shingle mill, he came to
this county, settling in Healdsburg, where he has since resided. He is now
engaged in the livery business. Married Miss Caroline Brown, March, 1854. Frank,
Lucella, Lizzie, Harrie and Katie are the names of their children.

Additional Comments:
Mendocino Township

Extracted from:

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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