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- [S1] Newspaper Clipping, 16 Sep 1899, New York Tribune.
CUMMINS - At Churchtown, Lancaster County, Peen., August 31, 1899, James Stark Lane Cummins, in the 82nd year of his age. Boston papers, please copy.
- [S1] Newspaper Clipping, 6 Sep 1899, Semi-Weekly New Era.
Death of J. S. L. Cummins, of CHurchtown, a retired New York Lawyer
James Stark Lane Cummins, a retired member of the New Yoprk Bar, died at his residence, Windsor, near churchtown, on Tuesday. Mr. Cummins was the son of Rev. Thomas Cummins, a Presbyterian clergyman, who was a native of Straburg, and who was at one time pastor of a Presbyterian congregation in Fulton township, and had subsequently charge of parishes in New York State and Illinois, and who had died many years ago in the West, The family was of Irish origin, as the name would indicate.
J. S. L. Cummins was born in orange county, New York, in 1818 and was consequently in the eighty-second year of his age at the time of his decease. he was graduated by Princeton College in 1838, and afterwards read law in New York City, where he became a member of the firm of Cummins, Alexander and Green, which was one of the most prominent legal firms in the great metropolis. His specialty was a pleader, and he excelled in Court practice. In 1860, he married Kate, daughter of Philip Wager Reigart, of Lancaster, who was residing with his widowed mother at the Windsor Iron Works. Mr. Cummins subsequently regularly spent his summer vacation at Windsor, and in 1885. on account of advancing years, he gave up the practice of the law and removed to Windsor, where he had resided permanently ever since. He was a lifelong Democrat of the Jacksonian type, and was a man of very decided convictions and outspoken in his sentiments. Like John Knox, he called a spade a spade. With such a strong nature as his it could not be otherwise and he in his intercourse with hie fellowmen was either a true loyal friend or an avowed enemy. He was an enthusiastic admirer of the Conestoga Valley, and it was his wont to take numerous walks and drives through this region. He was a man of a social nature, of generous impulses, and delighted to gather his friends around him at Windsor, to whom he showed unbounded hospitality.
He was one of four brothers, each of whom was more than ordinarily successful in different walks of life/ Thomas went to New York City, and, beginning life at the bottom of the ladder, became a prominent wholesale merchant, and was a director of the Mutual Life Insurance Company. He died in 1885, leaving a large estate. Markoe, who resided near Orange, N.J., served gallantly during the Civil War as Colonel of a New Jersey regiment of volunteers, and died several years ago, the result of a wound received in battle. Francis the youngest member, and who was a young man of much promise, died soon after entering the ministry of the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Cummins has a large circle of relatives and friends in Lancaster county who will learn with regret of his death, although he had reached an advanced age.
His wife and a daughter, Bessie, survive him, who are well known in Lancaster society, and will have to sympathy of their friends in their sad bereavement.
His funeral took place on Monday, at Windsor, with interment in the Hon. Robert Jenkins burial lot in the Caernarvon Presbyterian graveyard, at Churchtown.
- [S1] Newspaper Clipping, 2 Sep 1899, The News-Journal (lancaster, Pa.).
Death of J. S. L. Cummins
J. S. L. Cummins, an aged and well-known resident of Caernarvon, died on Thursday at Windsor Forge. Deceased was born in Orange county, New York, in 1818. He graduated in 1838 at Princeton, after which he studied law. He practiced in Phialdelphia and New Work city, until fourteen years ago, when he retired and settled at Windsor, the home of his wife, Kate E. Reigart. He leaves a wife and one daughter, Miss Bessie Cummins. The funeral will take place on Monday, with interment at the Presbyterian cemetery, Churchtown.
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1818 - 1899 (81 years)
