Elizabeth Frances (Stanley) Cummins (1842-1924)

Elizabeth Frances Cummins formerly Stanley

Born 22 Jun 1842 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States of America

Ancestors

Daughter of Lewis T. Stanley and Susan Frances (Appling) Stanley

Sister of Lucy Adelle (Stanley) McDuff [half] and James Luther Stanley [half]

Wife of John Holt Cummins — married 26 Dec 1859 in Northport, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States

Descendants

Mother of Susan Dorothea (Cummins) Johnson, Lela Martha (Cummins) Spinks, John Loyd Cummins and Manly Lafayette Cummins

Died 11 Apr 1924 at age 81 in Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama, United States of America

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Geographic Cousin Connection: From Alabama to Maine, Elizabeth Frances Stanley is a 5th Cousin, 1x removed to David M. Stanley

Biography

This profile is part of the Stanley Name Study.

Elizabeth (Stanley) Cummins was an Alabamian.

Elizabeth Frances Stanley was born on June 22, 1842, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Lewis T. Stanley (27) and Susan Frances Appling Stanley (23)

(The 1850 census from Familysearch, is too light to read so the following is from the index - the same 1850 census from Ancestry is more clear)

In 1850, Elizabeth F. Stanley (8), lived in Tuscaloosa, with her (inferred) father Louis T. Stanley (35 - name as recorded/transcribed, born in Georgia and worked as a farmer), her (inferred) mother Susan Stanley (32 - born in Alabama), her (inferred) brother Lucius Stanley (4 - born in Alabama), her (inferred) brother Louis S. Stanley (0 - born in Alabama) and (inferred) lodger James Harmons (16 - born in Alabama)^[1]^[2].

On December 26/27 (one source records the marriage date as the 26th and some other sources record the marriage date as the 27th^[3]^[4]), 1859, Elizabeth married John Holt Cummins, in Northport, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama^[5].

About 1861, Frances Stanley (name as recorded) and John Cummins gave birth to their daughter Susan (Sudie) Dorothea Cummins ^[6].

About 1870, Elizabeth and John gave birth to their son John Lloyd Cummins ^[7].

In 1870, Elizabeth (27 - worked at keeping house), lived in Northport, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, with her (inferred) husband John H. (34 - worked as a farmer), their (inferred) daughter Susan D. (9 - attended school), their (inferred) daughter Lilly A. (6 - attended school), their (inferred) son Johny (5/12 - name as spelled in the census) and Alabamian domestic servant Polly Pumkey (39 - black)^[8]^[9].

About 1872, Elizabeth Stanley (name as recorded) and John W. Cummins (name as recorded), gave birth to their son William R. Cummins ^[10].

About 1876, Elizabeth Stanley (name as recorded) and John Cummins, gave birth to their son David Henry Cummins ^[11].

In 1877, Elizabeth and John gave birth to their son Manly Lafayette Cummins, in Pickens County, Alabama^[12].

In 1900, Elizabeth F. (57 - born June 1842 in Alabama), lived in Reform, Pickens County, Alabama with her husband John H. (70 - born December 1829 in Tennessee and worked as a farmer) and their daughter Lizzie (20 - born May 1880 in Alabama^[13].

In 1910, Elizabeth (67), lived in Reform, with her husband J. H. Cummins (80 - name as recorded and born in Tennessee), their daughter Helen S. Rodgers (35 - worked as a general farmer), their grandson (name is illegible but age is 7), their grandson John H. (3), their grandson Baby/Boby (3/12) and Alabamian hired man Gavin (30)^[14].

In 1920, Elizabeth (78), lived on a farm on Columbus Road, in Reform, with her son-in-law Allen S. Rodgers (48 - born in Alabama and worked as a farmer on his own farm), their daughter Lizzie (40 - wife of Allen), her grandson Lewis M. (16), her grandson John H. (13) and her grandson Horton (9)^[15].

They had 11 children in 18 years. She died on April 11, 1924, in Pickens, Alabama, at the age of 81.