George Washington Cummings
Alternate Names
George Cummings (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1811 October 8 (Born)
Death Date
On 1887 July 12 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
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Pioneer
2
Born
1811 October 8
Date Details
Occurred On 1811 October 8
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company E
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 34)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Additional Information
Detached to Pueblo
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Mormon Battalion Detachments (1847)
1847 May 24 – July 29 (Age 35)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Isaac Bullock Company (1852)
1852 June – September 21 (Age 40)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Phebe Jane Ferguson (Age 36)
Phebe Jane Cummings (Age 3)
Charles Cummings (Age 16)
Cornelius Cummings (Age 12)
Reuben Cummings (Age 1)
Date Details
Started Circa 1852 June
Joined Company
Ended On 1852 September 21
Company Arrived
Died
1887 July 12 (Age 75)
Media
George Washington Cummings (1811 - 1887) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 United States Census
1850 United States Census. Iowa, Pottawattamie County.
Pioneer
Deseret News
"17th Company", Deseret News, (18 September 1852), Page 2.
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Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1852: Page 108.
Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847. Descriptive roll, 1847: Page 2.
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847. Pay record, 1847: Page 2.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 19.
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847, Page 1.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 23.
Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848
"Mormon Battalion, Volunteers", Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848.