Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Cumming, Clarence Earl 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Cumming, Clarence Earl, D. D. S. – The dental profession of Grundy County, 
Ill., is worthily and ably represented at Coal City by Dr. Clarence Earl 
Cumming, who, through inclination, training and inherent skill has brought 
himself to the forefront in his profession.  Doctor Cumming is now recognized 
as the leading representative of his vocation in Coal City, and maintains well 
appointed offices over the City Drug Store.  He is a native of Grundy County, 
having been born at Gardner, Ill., October 19, 1882, and is a son of Thomas S. 
and Mary (Blaney) Cumming.

Clarence Earl Cumming received his early education in the public schools of 
Gardner, and also attended the High school there for one year.  When he was 
twelve years of age, the family removed to Belleville, Ill., and there he also 
attended the High school.  When he was fourteen years of age he started his 
own battle with the world as an employee of the bottling factory at 
Belleville, and when the family removed to Staunton, Ill., in 1898, he became 
top man for the coal company there, his father being manager of the mine.  
About one year later the family returned to Gardner, and Doctor Cumming worked 
with his father in prospecting for coal until the fall of 1905, at which time 
he took up the study of dentistry at the Lincoln Dental Collage, connected 
with the University of Nebraska.  He was graduated therefrom May 27, 1908, and 
was licensed to practice in Nebraska, but shortly thereafter returned to 
Illinois, where he passed the examination of the State Board of Examiners.  He 
opened his offices in Coal City, June 21, 1908, and here has continued in 
practice to the present time.  He is in the enjoyment of a large and 
representative professional business, and among his brethren in the calling is 
recognized as a man who has thoroughly mastered his science and who at all 
times respects its ethics.

On June 7, 1911, at Wheaton, Ill., Doctor Cumming was married by Rev. Thompson 
of the Methodist Church to Miss Ethel C. Rodgers, born April 5, 1890, near 
Coal City, daughter of Winfield Scott and Clara (Hill) Rodgers, and 
granddaughter of Delmar and Maria (Stallman) Hill.  Mrs. Cumming’s father was 
a farmer by occupation and belonged to one of the early families of Grundy 
County.

Politically Doctor Cumming is a single-tax Democrat, having always been a 
follower of the Henry George doctrine.  He was one of the directors of the 
Illinois Aero Construction Company, located in Coal City, and is progressive 
in all matters, being ever ready to give his aid to whatever he considers 
beneficial to the interests of the village or its people.  He is a member of 
Psi chapter of the Xi Psi Phi, a dental fraternity, of which he was the first 
treasurer.  He was a charter member in Lincoln, Neb., having joined while 
attending the university there, and retained his office as treasurer until he 
graduated in 1908.  He is also affiliated with the Blue Lodge of Masonry at 
Braidwood, Ill., and Royal Arch Chapter No. 704, at Wilmington, Ill., also 
Eastern Star and Woodmen.

pages 797-798

Additional Comments:
Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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