b: Monroe City - Harrison Twp Knox Co IN; grandson/of Joseph Cummins (Jun 1827 IL) & Sarah Purcell (ca 1834 KY); m: by 1917 Stella (ca 1895/6 IL); res: 1900 Harrison Twp Knox Co IN 1910 Rector - Saline Co IL 1917-1920 & 1940-2 Mt Carmel; ch: Francis (daughter ca 1915 IL); siblings: Joseph (Nov 1895 IN)