DESCENDANTS OF: WILLIAM CUMMINS PAGE 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 * WILLIAM CUMMINS #987 (cir 1715) - (aft .. 1785) m. (cir .. 1740) "WIDOW" CUMMINS #988 (cir .. 1720) - (aft .. 1788) Was on Tax Roll for Bernards Twp Somerset Co NJ 1785, "Widow" Cummins in 1788. . * WILLIAM CUMMINS #979 (ca ... 1740) - (aft .. 1806) m. _____ ______ #980 He was recorded in tax rolls in Bernards Twp, Somerset Co NJ in 1788,92,93,97, 1803,1806. Probably did not remove to Ohio. . . * WILLIAM CUMMINS #977 (20 May 1762) - (18 Nov 1833) m. MARY JANE McCAIN #978 (ca ... 1767) - (by ... 1825) Served in Rev. War; first from NJ, and later from NC. Moved to Saulsbury NC in 1778. Was recorded in Somerset Co NJ in 1793. We assume that he met and married Mary Jane Mc Cain in NJ. . . . * WILLIAM CUMMINS #867 (ca ... 1790) - (24 Mar 1833) m. _____ ______ #976 ( ) - (by ... 1825) m. (09 Sep 1826) HANNAH NICHOLS #868 (20 Aug 1794) - (22 Apr 1892) He served in the War of 1812 for which he applied for a pension in 1830. Married (1) _____ _____, had children: Margret (03Nov1811);Angalina (10Feb1813 Milton (07Feb1814);Daniel (12Aug1816);Julian (13Mar1818); Martha (16Feb1820); Mary (18Apr1822); Aaron (17Sep1823). Angalina married Jacob Hockman 06 Sep 1826 in Licking Co OH. . . . . * MARGRET CUMMINS #1929 (3 Nov 1811) - . . . . * ANGALINA CUMMINS #1930 (10 Feb 1813) - . . . . * MILTON CUMMINS #1931 (7 Feb 1814) - . . . . * DANIEL CUMMINS #1932 (12 Aug 1816) - . . . . * JULIAN CUMMINS #1933 (13 Mar 1818) - . . . . * MARTHA JANE CUMMINS #1934 (12 Feb 1820) - . . . . * MARY CUMMINS #1935 (18 Apr 1822) - [married BORAUM] . . . . * AARON CUMMINS #1936 (16 Sep 1823) - . . . . * CAROLINE CUMMINS #974 (6 May 1827) - (.. May 1901) m. (4 Mar 1850) ROBERT GILMOUR #1924 (19 Dec 1820) - (1 Jul 1901) . . . . . * SARAH JANE GILMOUR #1925 [married Lon Hunter] . . . . . * HANNAH A. GILMOUR #1926 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DESCENDANTS OF: WILLIAM CUMMINS PAGE 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 . . . . . * MARY A. GILMOUR #1927 . . . . . * JOSIAH GILMOUR #1928 . . . . * MELISSA CUMMINS #20 (.. Nov 1828) - (circa 1861) m. (09 May 1846) JOSEPH SNELL #19 (17 Nov 1826) - (08 Dec 1893) A copy exists of a poem written by Melissa in about 1860 while Joseph was in Illinois searching for a location to which to move his family from Ohio. This shows that she was an educated, sensitive person. The circumstances of her death are not known. Her sister, Caroline Gilmour of Warren County, Ohio, kept in touch with Joseph and his children of the first marriage - especially through James and his wife. Several letters exist written in the 1880's. The poem and a photograph passed from James to Jesse to Sumner to Pearl, his wife. JOSEPH: JOSEPH was the youngest of the second and last marriage of HENRY SNELL, the immigrant ancestor. He is named in his father's will, which stipulated that the family farm should not be sold until JOSEPH reached age 21. This was then contested by his half-brother, DANIEL. The judge awarded his mother life estate to the house and 10 acres where JOSEPH lived until his mother's death, we presume. He is found in Hamilton township, Warren County OH in the 1850 US Census and in 1860 PERMELIA, his mother, was living with him. Soon thereafter he moved to Illinois. No death record or grave marker has been found for his mother, but it is believed that she died in Ohio after the census was taken in 1860 and that she is buried in the unmarked grave which is recorded beside her husband. JOSEPH's sister, JULIANN, and her husband had moved to Cumberland Co. Ill. in the 1850's. JOSEPH probably moved to Illinois in about 1861. The death date of his first wife, MELISSA, is not known, but some members of the family relate a legend that she died in Illinois. It was probably prior to December, 1861 when their eldest son, Wm HENRY, enlisted in the Illinois Volunteers of the Union Army. Wm HENRY was only 13, (claimed to be 18). Perhaps the death of his mother may have prompted him to enlist at such a young age. JOSEPH had purchased a mill in partnership with a man named WEAVER, and in 1862 married again, ELIZABETH WEAVER. The 1870 U.S.Census lists them in Paradise Township, Coles Co. IL, with JOHN, JAMES, and PRESTON (children of his first marriage) and EVA, MARY, CHARLES, and LIZZIE, children of his second marriage. By 1880 there was also JOSEPH and JOSEPHINE - but his wife "LIB" had died, and his children were scattered among several families in the area, listed as "living with", "servant", "as a member of the family", etc. JOSEPH had his financial difficulties during this period, too. Records show the sale of several pieces of property, yet his net worth in 1880 was nil. He was living with his son, JAMES, SARAH (JAMES's young wife) and their child JESSE. JOSEPH's 4 year-old son, JOSEPH, was also living with them. The last record of his second wife is a note to JOE in 1876 of which we have a copy. JOSEPH's third marriage made his last days comfortable. No issue. Copies of JOSEPH's 1882-88 letters exist. . . . . . * WILLIAM HENRY SNELL #16 (circa 1848) - (circa 1872) m. (10 0ct 1868) PHOEBE ELIZABETH KILLMAN #17 (circa 1847) - (circa 1882) He was called HENRY. He served in Company K 63rd Regiment Illinois Volunteers of the Union Army from 1861-65, including the siege of Vicksburg; railroad guard duty between Chatanooga TN and Atlanta GA (during which time he wrote a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DESCENDANTS OF: WILLIAM CUMMINS PAGE 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 letter to his parents, of which we have a copy); the march to the sea; siege of Savannah; campaign of the Carolinas; advance on and occupation of Raleigh; the surrender of Johnston and his army; and the march to Washington D.C. via Richmond, and the Grand Review on May 24, 1865. Following the war, he returned to Coles County, Illinois, where he married. In 1870 the US Census enumerated HENRY in Spring Point Township, Cumberland Co. Illinois at age 22 with a wife and one child 11 months old, incorrectly listed as EDMOND. This was ROBERT EDWARD, called ED at that time. The Census named above is the last record found. His occupation was listed as miller. If one were to make an assumption concerning his death, it might be that he succumbed following an accident at the mill. No death record. No obit. No grave marker found. PHOEBE: The marriage of Phoebe E. Killman and Henry Snell is recorded in the marriage records of Coles County IL Book E p. 185; The 1870 US Census of Spring Point Township Cumberland Co Illinois enumerates Phoebe E. Snell wife of Henry Snell age 22 with Edmond (should read Edward) age 11 months and Emma Killman age 12 who was probably a sister. In 1880 in Paradise Township Coles County Illinois Elizabeth age 32 is listed as the wife of Robert S. Humes and Eugene Snell age eight was listed as step-son of Robert Humes. In 1882 Robert Humes married again, so it may be presumed that Phoebe Elizabeth Snell Humes died before 1882. Her life was brief and filled with woe. She was married young to a young veteran of the War Between the States. They had two children and she was a widow without means before the age of 25. For her own survival and that of her baby, she turned her older son over as a "bound boy" in exchange for money for her own survival. By 1880 she had married a widower with a large family and she brought her young son into this family as the youngest child in the home. Surely life was not easy for a woman in such circumstances. . . . . . * JOHN SNELL #21 (circa 1850) - (after 1890) m. (circa 1872) SARAH _______ #124 (circa 1849) - (after 1885) A letter from his brother Wm HENRY to him exists. In it HENRY urges JOHN not to join the army because soldiering is often very hard and is not fun. HENRY promises JOHN a gold watch if he will not go off and join the army. This seems to have had little effect on JOHN, as he did join the Union Army. Our only record of him as an adult is in the US Census of 1880 at Newton in Jasper Co. IL. His occupation is sawyer. According to the CAROLINE GILMOUR letters, JOHN left his family in the 1880's. Reportedly was in KY and IN. No records. . . . . . * JAMES SNELL #22 (.. Dec 1854) - (27 Jul 1902) m. (circa 1878) SARA E.HUTSON #128 (circa 1863) - (.. Dec 1897) JAMES was the son JOSEPH depended upon most. Several letters exist which were written to JAMES by JOSEPH in the 1880's during a very stressful time for all of them. JAMES was living in Jasper County, working to support his young family. JOSEPH was in Flora in Clay County, trying to recover the money he had 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DESCENDANTS OF: WILLIAM CUMMINS PAGE 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 invested in a railroad project. Every cent he had had been spent to pay off his hired help, and the railroad had gone broke before paying him for the pilings he had supplied. JOSEPH promised JAMES a good job when the railroad paid him for work he had done and hired him again to help complete the road. Seven years passed before the deals were finally put together which put the railroad project back on track and paid JOSEPH what was owed him. When this finally happened, JOSEPH sent for JAMES, and JAMES moved his family to Clay County, Illinois. That was about 1889. Descendants of JAMES were living in the Flora, Illinois area in 1990. SARA: Sara's life was short and difficult. Her children adored her. A letter exists written by her husband to her three oldest children. The family had moved to Clay County and Sara knew she was dying. She wanted to go back to Hidalgo to her own people, and wanted to be buried there. James had taken her and the youngest children, leaving the three older ones to do work on the farm, but he told them in the letter their mother was very ill and to be ready to come at any time. The letter was written November 25th. She died in December. . . . . . * PRESTON SNELL #23 (circa 1856) - (circa 1879) PRESTON was the youngest of the children of JOSEPH and MELISSA. He did not get as much education as the older ones, moving to the interior of Illinois in the early 1860's. His mother died when he was no more than four or five. He seemed to have a good relationship with his step-mother, and letters indicate that JOSEPH left him with her and the younger ones when he was away milling. Copies of three notes written by PRESTON to his father in 1877-79 exist. He may have been with "LIB" when she died. PRESTON died before the 1880 Census. . . . . * NORMAN SUMNER CUMMINS #975