Cumings Family Burial Crypt, Bellville, Austin County, Texas *********************************************************** Submitted by: Lydia Cumings Date: 15 Sep 2010 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** photos are located at http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/cemph/austin/austcumi.htm The Crypt is almost 125 years old. It was built in 1887. The Cumings Family was with Stephen F Austin's "Descendants of the Old Three Hundred" that settled Texas. We're having a short Memorial Service in Bellville, at the Crypt, In HONOR, LOVE, and MEMORY of my Dad, my Mom, and my Sister. I will place their ashes into the Crypt and we will be able to ALSO honor those who are already interred by sharing with you about their history and by showing you their old photographs. The Service is on Sat. Nov. 6 at 11:00am, followed with a light lunch and refreshments. The alternate rain date is set for Nov. 13th at 11:00am. Bellville is a one hour drive from Rock Prairie at Hwy 6, in College Station. The Crypt is located in Bellville on the corner of Hacienda and Tesch Streets. Driving Directions from Rock Prairie and Hwy 6 in College Station Go 36.6 miles on Hwy 6 So. Continue on 10th (US-290) 1.2 miles. Turn left on TX- 159 15.3 miles. Turn left on S Front Street (TX-36) 1.1 mile. Turn right on E Hacienda 0.4 miles. The Texas Historical Marker and gate are on the left side of E. Hacienda just past Tesch Street. Twenty years ago my Dad did a whole lot of work to restore the roof of the Crypt, he also re-did the steps, and made a white rock and fence border area. And, just a few years ago, the Bellville Historical Society did a whole lot of work. They expanded the fence and made it into a beautiful Memorial Park area. They planted trees, planted shrubs and flowers, donated memorial benches, and they even have a Display Description Board that explains the history. I've made a plaque listing everyone inside and the plaque will be placed near the Crypt. Lydia We hope you will join us Historical Marker text: Cumings Family Vault Rebecca Cumings and her three brothers, James, John, and William, migrated to Texas from Virginia in 1821. As members of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colony, they were given 20,000 acres here in return for the construction and operation of a mill on a nearby creek. Two years after the 1885 deaths of William's son and grandson, Samuel Cumings and Samuel, Jr., this family vault was built for their reinterment. Constructed of stuccoed brick, it was designed by Samuel's son George. Fifteen members of the Cumings family are buried here. (1981) Entombed family members Cumings, Bertha Bowen 14 Feb 1896 - 14 Jun 1953 Cumings, Charles Night 24 Sep 1868 - Sep 1940 Cumings, Eliza Glenn 12 Nov 1854 - 17 Apr 1939 Cumings, Elizabeth 6 Jan 1959 - 21 May 1997 Cumings, Franklin P. 28 May 1861 - 7 May 1915 body moved to Colorado Cumings, George Souter 3 Jan 1854 - 9 Jul 1917 Cumings, Ida Falk no dates Cumings, Kenneth 20 Aug 1925 - 9 May 2010 ashes Cumings, Lydia upon her death Cumings, Nancy Ellen Souter 28 Nov 1828 - 14 Aug 1911 Cumings, Ruth Virginia 30 Apr 1927 - 26 Nov 2002 ashes Cumings, Samuel Anthony 1827 - 22 Feb 1885 Cumings, Samuel M no dates Cumings, Samuel Martin 3 Aug 1856 - 22 Feb 1885 Cumings, Thomas Harper 30 Dec 1858 - 4 Nov 1933 Cumings, Wm. Luther 10 Mar 1852 - 4 Mar 1914 Infant daughters of Edward Walter Cumings no dates Bader, Georgia 26 Aug 1876 - 3 Dec 1956 Bader, John Otto 24 Jan 1874 - 22 Sep 1926 Cumings, Albert & Abby 2 Apr 1996 - 17 May 1999 ashes of beloved Dogs Cumings, Big Bird 1 Jan 1977 - 9 Nov 2007 ashes of beloved Parrot