BIO:  CUMMINS, R.J., s/o S.J. & Emerine (Canaday) Cummins

Submitted by:  ivie@tima.com   (Diana Flynn)

CUMMINS,   CANADAY,   WILKERSON

"HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF
INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC." CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS.
& CO.,  PUBLISHERS. 1884.

SULLIVAN CO., INDIANA
CURRY TWP.
PAGE 768
R. J. CUMMINS, merchant, Farmersburg, was born in Vigo County,
Ind., September 25,1842, son of S. J. and Emerine (Canaday)
Cummins, natives of Kentucky, and pioneers of Sullivan County,
Mr. C. building one of the first houses in Farmersburg.  Our subject
removed with his father to Curry Township.  In 1864, he settled
in Douglas County, Ill., and followed farming, but after two years
removed to Farmersburg, and opened a wagon manufactory, in
which he continued about fifteen years.  In Janaury,1882, he opened
a general stock of goods, but was burned out the following fall;
then built another building and started again, which was also
burned out in July, 1883.  His present building was completed in
October, 1883, and he carries a stock of $3,000, doing a buisness
of $8,000 per year.  He is Town Trustee, having served six
and a half years.  He was married at Tuscola, Ill., February 19,
1863, to Miss N. C. Canaday, daughter of David and Rebecca
(Wilkerson) Canaday, natives of Kentucky, and their union has
been blessed with four children--Charles J. and Rebecca E.,
living, and James D. and Mary E., dead.  Mr. Cummins started
life a poor boy, and has made his way up the ladder of prosperity
by innate ability, industry and management.  He and wife are
members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and he is a Democrat.
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