Charles Herbert Cummins, Jr.
Files
Dublin Core
Title
Charles Herbert Cummins, Jr.
Subject
Cummins, Charles Herbert, Jr. (1924-1975)
Description
Portrait of Charles Herbert Cummins, Jr., as a young man.
Known as “Herbert”, he was born in Anstead, West Virginia, to Charles Herbert (1895-1962) and Gladys Signora (Tolley) (1895-1963) Cummins. He graduated from Edinburg High School (where he played on the basketball team) in 1943 and married Geneva Catherine (Painter) Cummins (1926-1991) a few years later.
Geneva was born in Woodstock to Charles Hubert (1895-1967) and Mary Elizabeth (Combs) (1898-1993) Painter. When she married in 1946, she worked as a stenographer and lived in Edinburg. Herbert was a student living in Arlington, Virginia.
The 1950 census found Geneva and Herbert living in the Madison District of Shenandoah County. They lived with Geneva’s parents and her two younger siblings. Geneva worked as a bookkeeper in a poultry plant while Herbert worked as a printer’s helper in a printing plant.
They had at least one son, Donald S. Cummins, who lived in Edinburg.
Known as “Herbert”, he was born in Anstead, West Virginia, to Charles Herbert (1895-1962) and Gladys Signora (Tolley) (1895-1963) Cummins. He graduated from Edinburg High School (where he played on the basketball team) in 1943 and married Geneva Catherine (Painter) Cummins (1926-1991) a few years later.
Geneva was born in Woodstock to Charles Hubert (1895-1967) and Mary Elizabeth (Combs) (1898-1993) Painter. When she married in 1946, she worked as a stenographer and lived in Edinburg. Herbert was a student living in Arlington, Virginia.
The 1950 census found Geneva and Herbert living in the Madison District of Shenandoah County. They lived with Geneva’s parents and her two younger siblings. Geneva worked as a bookkeeper in a poultry plant while Herbert worked as a printer’s helper in a printing plant.
They had at least one son, Donald S. Cummins, who lived in Edinburg.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
ca 1941 per the identifier
Contributor
Identified in 2005 by Nancye L. Bowman, a friend of the subject who remembered he lived in her rental at Bowman's Crossing.
Biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Charles Herbert Cummins, Jr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 010767, 010777, 011719, 017932 and 025268.
Identifier
011719
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Charles Herbert Cummins, Jr.,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed May 19, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/39305.
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