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Henry H. Cumings
Cumings in a 1914 publication

Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 48th district
In office 1899–1906

Personal details
Born	Henry Harrison Cumings (1840-12-01)December 1, 1840 Monmouth, Illinois, U.S.
Died	May 14, 1913(1913-05-14) (aged 72) Tidioute, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting place	Tidioute Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Charlotte Jane Sink (m. 1867)
Children	6
Alma mater	Oberlin College
Occupation	Politician farmer businessman

Henry Harrison Cumings (December 1, 1840 – May 14, 1913) was an American politician from Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Senate from 1899 to 1906.

Early life

Henry Harrison Cumings was born on December 1, 1840, in Monmouth, Illinois, to Emily (née Amsden) and Charles Cumings. He attended local schools. He graduated with honors in absentia from Oberlin College in 1862.

Career

Cumings left college to enlist in the 105th Ohio Infantry Regiment on August 20, 1862. He was reassigned to the XIV Corps in January 1863. He was promoted to captain of Company A and later transferred to Company K in 1864. His regiment saw action at the battles of Perryville, Kentucky; Milton, Tennessee; Hoover's Gap, Tennessee; Murfreesboro, Tennessee; Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, Missionary Ridge, Tennessee; and Atlanta. He participated in Sherman's March to the Sea. He mustered out on June 31, 1865. He attained the rank of captain. He engaged in producing and refining oil for Day & Company. He also worked in farming and manufacturing and for lumber businesses. He was president of Tidioute Savings and director of the Warren Trust Company. He was president of the Missouri Lumber & Manufacturing Company for more than 30 years. In 1895, with W. R. and J. W. Brown of New York, he established in Tidioute the Union Razor Company.

Cumings served as a member of the borough council and as a member of the burgess. He was president of the Tidioute School Board for 34 years. He was a delegate to the 1888 Republican National Convention. He was a member of the Colonel George A. Cobham Post and served as a commander of the Pennsylvania department of the Grand Army of the Republic from 1895 to 1896. He was a member of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Committee and was a member of the board of managers of the Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in Erie. He was elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania Senate, representing the 48th district, from 1899 to 1906. He was chairman of the game and fisheries committee and was a member of the agriculture, appropriations, corporations, education, finance, forestry, public grounds and buildings, public health and sanitation, public roads and highways, and railroads committees.

Personal life

Cumings married Charlotte Jane Sink, daughter of Andrew J. Sink, of Rome, New York, in 1867. They had six children, Harriet Emily, Charles Andrew, Henry Harrison Jr., Sarah Charlotte, Ralph Hunter and Laura Frances. They lived in Tidioute. After the death of Andrew J. Sink, Cumings bought the Sink Opera House block on East Dominick Street in Rome, New York, which included Seegar's Dancing Academy and Stanwix Hall.

Cumings died on May 14, 1913, at his home in Tidioute. He was interred in Tidioute Cemetery.

References

^ "Henry Harrison Cumings Sr". Pennsylvania Senate. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
^ "Hon. H. H. Cumings Dies in Tidioute". The Rome Daily Sentinel. May 14, 1913. p. 2. Retrieved December 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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