Rev. Cyrus Cummins

Born:  July 10, 1812
Died:  September 12, 1887

Father:  Robert Cummins (1785-1858)
Mother:  Mary Sterrett Cummins (1792-1864)

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Brother:  Samuel Cummins (????-????)
Brother:  David Cummins (????-????)
Brother:  William Cummins (????-????)
Brother:  James Cummins (????-????)
Sister:  Elizabeth Cummins (????-????)
Sister:  Sarah Cummins Porter(1822-1894)
Brother:  Samuel Cummins (1823-????)
Brother:  Sterrett Cummins(1829-1894)
Sister:  Jane Cummins Magill (????-????)

Wife:  Nancy Collins Cummins (1826-1920)

Daughter:  Mary Cummins (1847-1925)
Son:  Archibald Collins Cummins (1849-1933)
Son:  Robert Wallace Cummins (1854-1934)
Son:  John Clark Cummins (1857-1923)

From the 1946 Letter from Minnie Sara Curry Cummins to Richard Wallace Cole
Your great grandfather Cyrus Cummins was born in York County, (Pennsylvania.) I am not sure whether he was the eldest. He had brothers named Robert and Sterrett. His mother's maiden name before marriage was Sterrett. There were at least two sisters--Nancy, who married a Mr. Wilson; and Mary, whose married name I cannot remember.

Cyrus, like the prodigal son, asked that he might be given his portion of this world's goods that he might seek an education leading to the ministry. He came to Jefferson College in Canonsburg. (Jefferson College merged with Washington College to become Washington and Jefferson College about 1868.)

After his college course he went to Xenia, Ohio for theological training. There he met Nancy Collins, whom he married. He had two ministerial charges in Ohio. The first was at Caesar's Creek; the second, at Jamestown, Ohio. All the children were born in Ohio. Your grandfather Robert and his younger brother John were born at Jamestown. I believe that Archibald and Mary, the eldest, were born at Caesar's Creek.

From Ohio (Cyrus) came to Mount Jackson, Pennsylvania, early in the Civil War. He was pastor to the U.P. congregation there and later at Bethel near West Middlesex. He retired and died in the fall of 1887.

From Stone Valley Remembered by James O. Smith, published 1989:
Reverend Cyrus Cummins, a United Presbyterian minister, was born July 10, 1812, in Mifflin County. His first pastorate was in Green County, Ohio, and later he had charges in Lawrence and Mercer counties in Pennsylvania.

Pastor Cummins passed away quite unexpectedly in Pittsburgh, September 12, 1887, leaving the record of a faithful ministry. Funeral services were held at his late residence, 5865 Ellsworth Avenue near Roup station of the Penna. Railroad, on Thursday, Spetember 15th at one o'clock. Interment was private.

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