Cummings, William H. (1817-1891)

Name:

Cummings, William H. (1817-1891)

Title:

Delegate to the National Democratic Convention in 1876. which nominated Tilden.

Other Names:

Cummings, William Huse

Born:

01/10/1817

Birthplace:

New Hampton, NH

Died:

07/15/1891

Death Location:

Lisbon, NH

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Businessman
President: Wells River, Vermont, National Bank.
Real Estate Developer
State Representative (Democrat) 1856 and 1883
Senator 1877 and 1878.

Father:

Cummings, Joseph (1781-1864)

Mother:

Huse, Mary (1787-1859)

Spouse:

Rand, Harriet S. (1817-m. 10/03/1843.

Children:

Cummings, Harriet S. (1844-1903) m. Oliver P. Newcomb 10/20/1869
Cummings, William E. (1846-1867)
Cummings, Mary R.

Notes:

1834-1837 worked for Major Ebenezer Kimball at his store in New Chester, NH till he purchased the business in 1837. 1840 went to Lisbon, NH in the employment of Allen Cummings.
1841-1849 partenered with John L. Rix Haverhill, NH.
1849 returned to Lisbon, NH forty years was prominently identified with business and public affairs.
Member of the firm of Allen, Cummings Company, engaged in merchandising, lumbering, banking and manufacturing, till he retired from active business in 1875.
Mason, charter member of Kane Lodge and Franklin Chapter, Member of St. Girard Commandery, Knights Templar, of Littleton.
In 1853 he bought a tract of land on the eastern side of the Ammonoosuc, formerly owned by Hamlin Rand, and upon the hill overlooking the village of Lisbon he built the house which became his permanent home.

Bibliography:
Whitcher, William Frederick. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 2 (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1908) 637. Google eBook : https://books.google.com/books?id=cfoI0UIOCKQCpg=PA637lpg=PA637dq=Cummings+House+Lisbon+New+Hampshiresource=blots=kQ7LRYAt0gsig=rZSqF4X_tQacVLN_UcontTIdmoYhl=ensa=Xved=0CBwQ6AEwAGoVChMIh-aDmO70yAIVDG0-Ch0WuwDs#v=onepageq=Cummings%20House%20Lisbon%20New%20Hampshiref=false