CUMMINGS, Harry Franklin 1869-1943

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Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 6/26/2011 at 12:25:02

Harry Franklin Cummings 1869-1943

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H. CUMMINGS SERVICES HELD
TWIN BROTHER SURVIVES FARMER AT OSAGE

Osage – Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Champions Funeral Home for Harry Cummings, 73 who died Monday at the Cedar Valley hospital at Charles City.

Burial services were under the direction of the Rev. Mr. Smith, LeRoy Minnesota, and burial was in the Osage Cemetery.

Harry Cummings was born in 1869 in Jones County, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cummings. At an early age he came to Mitchell County, and of his immediate family, only his twin brother, Henry, remains. He resided on the home farm north of Osage.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Wednesday May 12, 1943
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Osage Cemetery
Harry Franklin Cummings…death/burial May 12, 1943
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Harry Franklin Cummings was born October 6, 1869, the son of Charles and Aseneth (Page) Cummings. His twin brother died in 1958 in Minnesota and his date of birth is listed as October 6, 1869.

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HARRY CUMMINGS
DIES AT CEDAR
VALLEY HOSPITAL

Harry F. Cummings, 73, passed away at the Cedar Valley hospital at Charles City, Monday after an illness of several weeks. His body was brought to the Champion Funeral Home, where services were conducted Wednesday afternoon, with burial in the Osage cemetery.

Mr. Cummings was born and lived all his life on one farm. This is located seven miles north of Osage and consists of a large acreage. He and his twin, Henry, have operated the place since the death of their parents many years ago.

Of a family of nine children, Henry is the only survivor. A nephew, Gilbert Cummings, and his family, have been living with the deceased and his brother and assisting them operate the place.

Source: Mitchell County Press-News, 13 MAY 1943
(transcribed by K. Kittleson, 8/16/2015)