James W. Cummins was born to John Cummins and Louisa Mary Cummins. He was married to Hester Jane Coddington and they had the following children: Carrie Isadore, Charles Mark, and Elva Blanche. After Hester's death, he later married Mary Hollister.
JAMES CUMMINS PASSES AWAY
Prominent Citizen Called by Death on Tuesday Morning After a Comparatively Brief Illness.
FUNERAL ON SUNDAY LAST.
With feelings of profound sorrow we this week chronicle the death of our leading citizen, a man who has gone in and out among us for many years, who has mingled with the people and shared in their joys and sorrows, their triumphs and adversities, their days of doubt, of hope and sunshine, — Mr. James Cummins. He died at six-thirty on Thursday morning the twenty-seventh instant.
While his death had been anticipated for the preceding few days yet it produced a feeling of sadness in the community.. This feeling was rendered more poignant from the fact that his illness was of comparative brief duration. During the past winter he had not been feeling well, a fact unknown to his many friends. But he gave no taken, no indication otherwise. Up to within less than three weeks of his death he was engaged in his usual activities. About three weeks before his death he suffered severely with a stomach trouble. But for a week he continued to attend to his business and to mingle with his associates on the street and in his office. Two weeks ago on Monday, however, he was unable to leave his home. From that time he gradually failed until the end came. The cause of death was aneurysm with an acute hardening of the arteries. During the last days he was cheerful and calm and perfectly resigned. He was conscious to the last moment. But he recognized a few days previously that his end was near and he expressed his willingness to go.
Mr. Cummins was born on March 5, 1840 at Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he resided until he was seventeen years of age. He then came with his parents to Minnesota settling in the township of Le Ray, in Blue Earth County. In 1862 the family removed to what was then the old town of Janesville, a mile west of this place. Here he resided until the railroad came when the new town was laid out and here he has resided since that time with the exception of one year spent in Waterville. He hauled the first load of lumber for the first building erected in this place.
During his long career here Mr. Cummins engaged in various activities. He was the proprietor of a hardware store for some years and later conducted a restaurant. But his chief activities during the last few years at least have been devoted to the insurance business. In whatever capacity he exercised his abilities he was the soul of honor, a man who in every particular was regarded as exemplifying the highest traits of clean manhood, of right living, of ideals that were commendable to the highest degree. Upon the great moral questions of the day affecting the weal or woe of the people he had decided convictions that were as pronounced as they were emphatic and he never swerved in reflecting these convictions. His example in this respect has been noted time and again by his associates as reflecting the abiding elements that entered into his character and his personality and that now are reflected, significantly, as embodying the best civic and religious virtues. As such his life affords an example that is worthy of emulation by others for all time to come.
Mr. Cummins was united in marriage on July 19th, 1862 to Esther Jane Coddington at the old town of Janesville. Sixteen years ago Mrs. Cummins passed away. Two years later he was married of Mrs. Mary Hollister, of Ithaca, N. Y. He is survived by his wife and also by two children by his first marriage, Charles M. Cummins of Smiths Mill and Mrs. P. G. Ayars, of this place. A daughter, Elvie, died when four years of age. A brother, Hon. Horace Cummins, of Eagle Lake, and four sisters, Mrs. L. F. Davis, of this place, Mrs. Adelaide Turner, of Crane, Missouri, Mrs. Geo. W. Allyn, of Madison Lake, and Mrs. W. H. Allyn, of Faribault, also survive him.
The funeral was conducted on Sunday at two-thirty in the afternoon under the auspices of Marvin Lodge, I. O. O. F.., of which the deceased was an honorable member, Rev. C. W. Morse officiating at the regular service. Rev. E. C. Brandt, chaplain, for the lodge. A large number of members of the order from outside towns joined in the services. As a tribute of respect the members marched in a body to the cemetery where the ritualistic service was read and where the remains were laid to rest.
The floral tributes were beautiful, among them being a pillow of white, red and pink carnations with an emblem of the order from the local Odd Fellows' Lodge; also a fine pillow of carnations from Mrs. Ayars and C. M. Cummins with the word "Father" in deep blue violets in the center.
We cannot forbear to pay a personal tribute to the deceased between whom and the writer there existed the warmest friendship that may ensue from the ties that bind man to man and brother to brother. In all our personal relations, in all the relations of life we found him true as steel, a man upon whom we could always rely, whose judgment we highly regarded and whose manhood we respected, who never violated confidence reposed in him and who ever exercised the virtue of charity and kindness, a distinguished trait of his character. Personally we shall feel his loss most deeply and we sorrow with others that he will be with us no more.
Janesville Argus 5-3-1916
Contributed by S. R. Allen
JAMES CUMMINS PASSES AWAY
Prominent Citizen Called by Death on Tuesday Morning After a Comparatively Brief Illness.
FUNERAL ON SUNDAY LAST.
With feelings of profound sorrow we this week chronicle the death of our leading citizen, a man who has gone in and out among us for many years, who has mingled with the people and shared in their joys and sorrows, their triumphs and adversities, their days of doubt, of hope and sunshine, — Mr. James Cummins. He died at six-thirty on Thursday morning the twenty-seventh instant.
While his death had been anticipated for the preceding few days yet it produced a feeling of sadness in the community.. This feeling was rendered more poignant from the fact that his illness was of comparative brief duration. During the past winter he had not been feeling well, a fact unknown to his many friends. But he gave no taken, no indication otherwise. Up to within less than three weeks of his death he was engaged in his usual activities. About three weeks before his death he suffered severely with a stomach trouble. But for a week he continued to attend to his business and to mingle with his associates on the street and in his office. Two weeks ago on Monday, however, he was unable to leave his home. From that time he gradually failed until the end came. The cause of death was aneurysm with an acute hardening of the arteries. During the last days he was cheerful and calm and perfectly resigned. He was conscious to the last moment. But he recognized a few days previously that his end was near and he expressed his willingness to go.
Mr. Cummins was born on March 5, 1840 at Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he resided until he was seventeen years of age. He then came with his parents to Minnesota settling in the township of Le Ray, in Blue Earth County. In 1862 the family removed to what was then the old town of Janesville, a mile west of this place. Here he resided until the railroad came when the new town was laid out and here he has resided since that time with the exception of one year spent in Waterville. He hauled the first load of lumber for the first building erected in this place.
During his long career here Mr. Cummins engaged in various activities. He was the proprietor of a hardware store for some years and later conducted a restaurant. But his chief activities during the last few years at least have been devoted to the insurance business. In whatever capacity he exercised his abilities he was the soul of honor, a man who in every particular was regarded as exemplifying the highest traits of clean manhood, of right living, of ideals that were commendable to the highest degree. Upon the great moral questions of the day affecting the weal or woe of the people he had decided convictions that were as pronounced as they were emphatic and he never swerved in reflecting these convictions. His example in this respect has been noted time and again by his associates as reflecting the abiding elements that entered into his character and his personality and that now are reflected, significantly, as embodying the best civic and religious virtues. As such his life affords an example that is worthy of emulation by others for all time to come.
Mr. Cummins was united in marriage on July 19th, 1862 to Esther Jane Coddington at the old town of Janesville. Sixteen years ago Mrs. Cummins passed away. Two years later he was married of Mrs. Mary Hollister, of Ithaca, N. Y. He is survived by his wife and also by two children by his first marriage, Charles M. Cummins of Smiths Mill and Mrs. P. G. Ayars, of this place. A daughter, Elvie, died when four years of age. A brother, Hon. Horace Cummins, of Eagle Lake, and four sisters, Mrs. L. F. Davis, of this place, Mrs. Adelaide Turner, of Crane, Missouri, Mrs. Geo. W. Allyn, of Madison Lake, and Mrs. W. H. Allyn, of Faribault, also survive him.
The funeral was conducted on Sunday at two-thirty in the afternoon under the auspices of Marvin Lodge, I. O. O. F.., of which the deceased was an honorable member, Rev. C. W. Morse officiating at the regular service. Rev. E. C. Brandt, chaplain, for the lodge. A large number of members of the order from outside towns joined in the services. As a tribute of respect the members marched in a body to the cemetery where the ritualistic service was read and where the remains were laid to rest.
The floral tributes were beautiful, among them being a pillow of white, red and pink carnations with an emblem of the order from the local Odd Fellows' Lodge; also a fine pillow of carnations from Mrs. Ayars and C. M. Cummins with the word "Father" in deep blue violets in the center.
We cannot forbear to pay a personal tribute to the deceased between whom and the writer there existed the warmest friendship that may ensue from the ties that bind man to man and brother to brother. In all our personal relations, in all the relations of life we found him true as steel, a man upon whom we could always rely, whose judgment we highly regarded and whose manhood we respected, who never violated confidence reposed in him and who ever exercised the virtue of charity and kindness, a distinguished trait of his character. Personally we shall feel his loss most deeply and we sorrow with others that he will be with us no more.
Janesville Argus 5-3-1916
Contributed by S. R. Allen
James W. Cummins was born to John Cummins and Louisa Mary Cummins. He was married to Hester Jane Coddington and they had the following children: Carrie Isadore, Charles Mark, and Elva Blanche. After Hester's death, he later married Mary Hollister.
JAMES CUMMINS PASSES AWAY
Prominent Citizen Called by Death on Tuesday Morning After a Comparatively Brief Illness.
FUNERAL ON SUNDAY LAST.
With feelings of profound sorrow we this week chronicle the death of our leading citizen, a man who has gone in and out among us for many years, who has mingled with the people and shared in their joys and sorrows, their triumphs and adversities, their days of doubt, of hope and sunshine, — Mr. James Cummins. He died at six-thirty on Thursday morning the twenty-seventh instant.
While his death had been anticipated for the preceding few days yet it produced a feeling of sadness in the community.. This feeling was rendered more poignant from the fact that his illness was of comparative brief duration. During the past winter he had not been feeling well, a fact unknown to his many friends. But he gave no taken, no indication otherwise. Up to within less than three weeks of his death he was engaged in his usual activities. About three weeks before his death he suffered severely with a stomach trouble. But for a week he continued to attend to his business and to mingle with his associates on the street and in his office. Two weeks ago on Monday, however, he was unable to leave his home. From that time he gradually failed until the end came. The cause of death was aneurysm with an acute hardening of the arteries. During the last days he was cheerful and calm and perfectly resigned. He was conscious to the last moment. But he recognized a few days previously that his end was near and he expressed his willingness to go.
Mr. Cummins was born on March 5, 1840 at Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he resided until he was seventeen years of age. He then came with his parents to Minnesota settling in the township of Le Ray, in Blue Earth County. In 1862 the family removed to what was then the old town of Janesville, a mile west of this place. Here he resided until the railroad came when the new town was laid out and here he has resided since that time with the exception of one year spent in Waterville. He hauled the first load of lumber for the first building erected in this place.
During his long career here Mr. Cummins engaged in various activities. He was the proprietor of a hardware store for some years and later conducted a restaurant. But his chief activities during the last few years at least have been devoted to the insurance business. In whatever capacity he exercised his abilities he was the soul of honor, a man who in every particular was regarded as exemplifying the highest traits of clean manhood, of right living, of ideals that were commendable to the highest degree. Upon the great moral questions of the day affecting the weal or woe of the people he had decided convictions that were as pronounced as they were emphatic and he never swerved in reflecting these convictions. His example in this respect has been noted time and again by his associates as reflecting the abiding elements that entered into his character and his personality and that now are reflected, significantly, as embodying the best civic and religious virtues. As such his life affords an example that is worthy of emulation by others for all time to come.
Mr. Cummins was united in marriage on July 19th, 1862 to Esther Jane Coddington at the old town of Janesville. Sixteen years ago Mrs. Cummins passed away. Two years later he was married of Mrs. Mary Hollister, of Ithaca, N. Y. He is survived by his wife and also by two children by his first marriage, Charles M. Cummins of Smiths Mill and Mrs. P. G. Ayars, of this place. A daughter, Elvie, died when four years of age. A brother, Hon. Horace Cummins, of Eagle Lake, and four sisters, Mrs. L. F. Davis, of this place, Mrs. Adelaide Turner, of Crane, Missouri, Mrs. Geo. W. Allyn, of Madison Lake, and Mrs. W. H. Allyn, of Faribault, also survive him.
The funeral was conducted on Sunday at two-thirty in the afternoon under the auspices of Marvin Lodge, I. O. O. F.., of which the deceased was an honorable member, Rev. C. W. Morse officiating at the regular service. Rev. E. C. Brandt, chaplain, for the lodge. A large number of members of the order from outside towns joined in the services. As a tribute of respect the members marched in a body to the cemetery where the ritualistic service was read and where the remains were laid to rest.
The floral tributes were beautiful, among them being a pillow of white, red and pink carnations with an emblem of the order from the local Odd Fellows' Lodge; also a fine pillow of carnations from Mrs. Ayars and C. M. Cummins with the word "Father" in deep blue violets in the center.
We cannot forbear to pay a personal tribute to the deceased between whom and the writer there existed the warmest friendship that may ensue from the ties that bind man to man and brother to brother. In all our personal relations, in all the relations of life we found him true as steel, a man upon whom we could always rely, whose judgment we highly regarded and whose manhood we respected, who never violated confidence reposed in him and who ever exercised the virtue of charity and kindness, a distinguished trait of his character. Personally we shall feel his loss most deeply and we sorrow with others that he will be with us no more.
Janesville Argus 5-3-1916
Contributed by S. R. Allen
JAMES CUMMINS PASSES AWAY
Prominent Citizen Called by Death on Tuesday Morning After a Comparatively Brief Illness.
FUNERAL ON SUNDAY LAST.
With feelings of profound sorrow we this week chronicle the death of our leading citizen, a man who has gone in and out among us for many years, who has mingled with the people and shared in their joys and sorrows, their triumphs and adversities, their days of doubt, of hope and sunshine, — Mr. James Cummins. He died at six-thirty on Thursday morning the twenty-seventh instant.
While his death had been anticipated for the preceding few days yet it produced a feeling of sadness in the community.. This feeling was rendered more poignant from the fact that his illness was of comparative brief duration. During the past winter he had not been feeling well, a fact unknown to his many friends. But he gave no taken, no indication otherwise. Up to within less than three weeks of his death he was engaged in his usual activities. About three weeks before his death he suffered severely with a stomach trouble. But for a week he continued to attend to his business and to mingle with his associates on the street and in his office. Two weeks ago on Monday, however, he was unable to leave his home. From that time he gradually failed until the end came. The cause of death was aneurysm with an acute hardening of the arteries. During the last days he was cheerful and calm and perfectly resigned. He was conscious to the last moment. But he recognized a few days previously that his end was near and he expressed his willingness to go.
Mr. Cummins was born on March 5, 1840 at Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he resided until he was seventeen years of age. He then came with his parents to Minnesota settling in the township of Le Ray, in Blue Earth County. In 1862 the family removed to what was then the old town of Janesville, a mile west of this place. Here he resided until the railroad came when the new town was laid out and here he has resided since that time with the exception of one year spent in Waterville. He hauled the first load of lumber for the first building erected in this place.
During his long career here Mr. Cummins engaged in various activities. He was the proprietor of a hardware store for some years and later conducted a restaurant. But his chief activities during the last few years at least have been devoted to the insurance business. In whatever capacity he exercised his abilities he was the soul of honor, a man who in every particular was regarded as exemplifying the highest traits of clean manhood, of right living, of ideals that were commendable to the highest degree. Upon the great moral questions of the day affecting the weal or woe of the people he had decided convictions that were as pronounced as they were emphatic and he never swerved in reflecting these convictions. His example in this respect has been noted time and again by his associates as reflecting the abiding elements that entered into his character and his personality and that now are reflected, significantly, as embodying the best civic and religious virtues. As such his life affords an example that is worthy of emulation by others for all time to come.
Mr. Cummins was united in marriage on July 19th, 1862 to Esther Jane Coddington at the old town of Janesville. Sixteen years ago Mrs. Cummins passed away. Two years later he was married of Mrs. Mary Hollister, of Ithaca, N. Y. He is survived by his wife and also by two children by his first marriage, Charles M. Cummins of Smiths Mill and Mrs. P. G. Ayars, of this place. A daughter, Elvie, died when four years of age. A brother, Hon. Horace Cummins, of Eagle Lake, and four sisters, Mrs. L. F. Davis, of this place, Mrs. Adelaide Turner, of Crane, Missouri, Mrs. Geo. W. Allyn, of Madison Lake, and Mrs. W. H. Allyn, of Faribault, also survive him.
The funeral was conducted on Sunday at two-thirty in the afternoon under the auspices of Marvin Lodge, I. O. O. F.., of which the deceased was an honorable member, Rev. C. W. Morse officiating at the regular service. Rev. E. C. Brandt, chaplain, for the lodge. A large number of members of the order from outside towns joined in the services. As a tribute of respect the members marched in a body to the cemetery where the ritualistic service was read and where the remains were laid to rest.
The floral tributes were beautiful, among them being a pillow of white, red and pink carnations with an emblem of the order from the local Odd Fellows' Lodge; also a fine pillow of carnations from Mrs. Ayars and C. M. Cummins with the word "Father" in deep blue violets in the center.
We cannot forbear to pay a personal tribute to the deceased between whom and the writer there existed the warmest friendship that may ensue from the ties that bind man to man and brother to brother. In all our personal relations, in all the relations of life we found him true as steel, a man upon whom we could always rely, whose judgment we highly regarded and whose manhood we respected, who never violated confidence reposed in him and who ever exercised the virtue of charity and kindness, a distinguished trait of his character. Personally we shall feel his loss most deeply and we sorrow with others that he will be with us no more.
Janesville Argus 5-3-1916
Contributed by S. R. Allen
Family Members
Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
