Charles Herbert Cummins, Jr.
Files
Dublin Core
Title
Charles Herbert Cummins, Jr.
Subject
Cummins, Charles Herbert Jr. (1924-1975)
Description
Portrait of Herbert Cummings as a young man.
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.
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.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labelled "Sept 1946" on box of plates.
Contributor
Identified by Nancye L. Bowman in 2004, who was a friend of the subject and remembered his family rented a house on her father's farm.
Additional 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
010777
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Charles Herbert Cummins, Jr.,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed May 20, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/36398.
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