Joseph Eliot Cummings

1811 - 1855  (44 years)

• Name	Joseph Eliot Cummings
  Born	15 Jun 1811	Roxbury, N.H.
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Jun 1855	Lexington, MI
  Notes	Moving to Lexington, MI in the spring of 1837 (the year that MI became a state) and settling on a homestead two mile north and two miles west and building a log house on N>E> corner of what is now Roach Road and Wixon Road. Daphne's brother Ruebin Wright (born 1801) and his wife arrived at the same time and settle on the land adjoining them to the north. Joseph and Daphine died in 1855 from the effects of fighting a big forest fire that swept through there that summer. Daphne's brother Rubin also lost his wife and child in the fire. He lived with Trueman E. and Susan Cummings until his death in 1890. Joseph and Daphine are buried in the old Long Cemetary. Rubin is buried in the old Lexington cemetary.
  Person ID	I400183716788	Klasen Family Tree
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Charles Cummings,   b. 23 Sep 1777,   d. 27 Dec 1849, Roxbury, N.H.  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Polly Hemingway,   b. Between 1763 and 1787,   d. Between 1813 and 1858  (Age 50 years)
  Married	09 Oct 1798	Marlboro, N.H.
  Family ID	F558	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Daphne Wright,   b. 21 Jan 1811, Washington, N.H. ,   d. 27 Sep 1855, Lexington, MI  (Age 44 years)
  Married	30 Jun 1836
  Children	1. Truman Eliot Cummings,   b. 23 Jun 1840, Lexington, MI ,   d. 18 Jul 1926, Lexington, MI  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2022
  Family ID	F562	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart