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 HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Cummings, Amos

J.,

soldier,

journalist,

congressman, author, was born May 15, 1841, in Conkling, N.Y. He was sergeant-major in the twenty-sixth New Jersey regiment of the infantry, second-brigade, second division, sixth corps, army of the Potomac; and received the congressional medal of honor for gallantry on the battlefield. He itor of the

was

ed-

Evening

Sun; and in 1887-1902 he was a representative to the fiftieth to the fifty-seventh congresses as a democrat. He was the avithor of Horace Greeley Campaign Songster; Sayings of Uncle Rufus; and Ziska Letters. He died May 2, 1902, in Baltimore, Md.

Cummings, Andrew Boyd, naval officer, was born June 22, 1830, in Pennsylvania. He was a naval commander in the civil war; who died during the engagement of the batteries at Port Hudson. His self-forgetfulness after falling mortally wounded was nearly equal to that of the noted Sir Philip Sidney. He died March 14, 1863, in New Orleans, La.

Cummings, Asa, journalist, clergyman, was born Sept. 29, 1791, in Andover, Mass. In 1817 he graduated from Harvard college; and in 1819-20 was a tutor at Bowdoin, meanwhile he studied at Andover theological seminary. In 1821 he was ordained and became pastor of the congregational church

at

North

Yarmouth,

Maine, holding' that charge until 1829. He became editor of the Christian Mirror; and some years later, owing to conflicting opinions on the slavery question, he became owner of the paper; and continued in his editorial control of the Mirror until 1855. He died June 5, 1856, at sea.

Cummings, Charles Amos, architect, auwas born June 26, 1833, in Boston, Mass. In 1896-1902 he was president of the Boston society of architects. He was the author,

thor of History of Architecture in Italy. He died in 1905 in Boston, Mass. Cummings, Ebenezer Edson, clergyman, author, was born Nov. 9, 1800, in Claremont, N.H. He was president of the board of trustees

from

its

the New London institution beginning; and for some time a

of

trustee of Colby university.

He

left in

New

manu-

Hampscript The Baptist Ministry of shire for the First Century of our History. He died Feb. 22, 1886, in Concord.

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Cummings, Ebenezer Harlow, clergyman, was born in 1790 in North Carolina. He was a clergyman and magistrate of Baltimore, Md. He was the author of Geography of Alabama; and History of the Late War. He died Jan. 17, 1835, in Washjurist, author,

ington, D.C.

Cummings, Ephraim, clergyman, author, was born in 1825 in Albany, N.Y. He served as chaplain in a Vermont regiment more than a year during the civil war. In 1872-73 he was provisional professor of mental and moral philosophy in the college. He is the author of Birth and Baptism.

Cummings, Henry

J.

B., soldier, journal-

lawyer, congressman, was born May 21, 1831, in Newton, N.J. He served through the civil war; was captain of the fourth regiment Iowa volunteer infantry in 1861-62; and was colonel of the thirty-ninth regiment in 1862-65. He was twice solicitor of Winterset, Iowa; was twice its mayor, and was twice county attorney of Madison county, Iowa. Since 1869 he has been the editor and proprietor of the Winterset Madisonian. In 1877-79 he was a representative from Iowa to the forty-third congress. Cummings, Horace Stuart, lawyer, was bom July 1, 1840, in Southborough, Mass. In 1863 he was admitted to the bar in New York. In 1863-67 was secretary of the state senate; and in 1876-77 he was a member oi the New Hampshire house of representatives. He was the first president of the National capital telephone company. Cummings, Jeremiah W. D., clergyman, author, poet, was born April 5, 1823, in Washington, D.C. In 1856 he built St. Stephens church in New York City; and was its pastor until 1866. He was the author of Italian Legends Songs for Catholic Schools Spiritual Progress; and The Silver Stole. He died Jan. 4, 1866, in New York City. Cummings, John, tanner, was born Feb. 26, 1785, in Woburn, Mass. In 1830 he began the manufacture of leather and when enamelled leather came into use, he became one of the largest tanners in the state of Massachusetts. He probably taught more young men the business of tanning, aiding them to establish themselves, than any other leather manufacturer in Masachusetts. He died June 8, 1867, in Woburn. Mass. Cummings, John, lawyer, jurist. He was United States judge of the territorial court ist,





prior to 1884.

Cummings, Joseph, educator, theologian, was bom March 3, 1817, in Falmouth county, Maine. In 1857-75 he was president of Wesleyan university, and in 1875-77 professor of mental philosophy. In 1881 he became president of Northwestern universitv, Evanston, 111. He died May 7, 1900, in Evanston, HI.

Cummings, Joseph Franklin, soldier, educawas bom Julv 16, 1851, in Brownsville, Texas. In 1876 he graduated from West Point; and in 1876-83 was an officer in the United States cavalry. In 1883-86 he was

tor,