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Sarah Linna Cummings 1853–1919 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Jun 1853

Birth Location: Clarendon County, South Carolina, USA

Death Date: 4 Dec 1919

Death Location: Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina, United States of America

Father: Joseph Sr.

Mother: Sarah Watts

Spouse(s): Sumter Watts

Children(s): Julius Watts, Beulah Watts, Charles Watts, Etta Watts, Hattie Watts, Lottie Watts, Sarah Watts, Thomas Watts

The story of Sarah Linna Cummings began in 1853 in Clarendon County, South Carolina, USA. In 1860, Sarah Linna Cummings resided in Sumter, Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, USA. In 1870, Sarah Linna Cummings resided in Swiming Pens, Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, USA. Sarah Linna Cummings married Sumter Watts, and had children including Beulah Bernice Watts, Charles Howard Watts, Etta W Lawrence Watts, Hattie Price Brown Watts, Julius Benson Watts, Lottie Watts, Sarah Eugenia Hinson Watts, Thomas Magnus Watts. Sarah Linna Cummings passed away in 1919 in Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of Sarah Linna Cummings began in 1853 in Clarendon County, South Carolina, USA.
  • In 1860, Sarah Linna Cummings resided in Sumter, Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, USA.
  • In 1870, Sarah Linna Cummings resided in Swiming Pens, Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, USA.
  • Sarah Linna Cummings married Sumter Watts, and had children including Beulah Bernice Watts, Charles Howard Watts, Etta W Lawrence Watts, Hattie Price Brown Watts, Julius Benson Watts, Lottie Watts, Sarah Eugenia Hinson Watts, Thomas Magnus Watts.
  • Sarah Linna Cummings passed away in 1919 in Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sarah Cummings's Ancestors

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Sarah Cummings
1853–1919
Birth Place: Clarendon County, South Carolina, USA
Parents
Joseph Tarpley Cummings Sr.
1824–1880
Oswego, Sumter, South Carolina, United States
Sarah (Rebecca) Watts
1829–1870
Oswego, Sumter, South Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Samuel (Maxwell) Cummings
1763–1826
Stokesley, Yorkshire, England
Susanna (Magdalen Michau) Smoot
1778–1849
Charleston County, South Carolina, United States of America
Hampton (H) Watts
1807–1873
Sumter County, South Carolina, USA
Sarah (Lenna) Brown
1811–1844
Sumter County, South Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Julius Watts
1769–1852
Agnes Benson
1778–1871
2nd-Great-Grandparents
1720–1769
Tabitha EVANS
1728–1810
Alexander Benson
1750–1806
Agnes Hampton
1755–1778

Sarah Cummings's Descendants

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Sarah (Linna) Cummings (15 Jun 1853–4 Dec 1919) m. Sumter Watts (abt 1847–9 Oct 1927)
  1. 1. Julius (Benson) Watts 1892–1946 m. Ruby (Mae) Stone 1902–1927 m. Gertrude Worrell 1913–2002
    1. 1. Wallace (Stone) Watts 1927–1996 m. Mary (Frances) Garrison 1929–2020
    2. 2. Stone (Warren) Watts 1927–2001
    3. 3. Robert (Charles “Bob”) Watts 1929–2001
    4. 4. Delores (“Ressa”) Watts 1935–2018 m. J. (G. “Jerry”) Ivey 1937–1982
  2. 2. Beulah (Bernice) Watts 1881–1952
  3. 3. Charles (Howard) Watts 1885–1969
  4. 4. Etta (W. (Lawrence)) Watts 1884–1973
  5. 5. Hattie (Price (Brown)) Watts 1877–1958
  6. 6. Lottie Watts 1892–1961
  7. 7. Sarah (Eugenia (Hinson)) Watts 1875–1947 m. Joseph (Henry) Hinson 1874–1923
    1. 1. Linner (Noreen) Hinson 1901–1969
    2. 2. Josie (Eugenia) Huggins 1903–1999
    3. 3. Claude (Henry Hinson) Sr 1912–1993
    4. 4. Edna (Oleta) Huggins 1907–1998
    5. 5. Thomas Hinson 1898–
    6. 6. Archie (C) Hinson 1900–
  8. 8. Thomas (Magnus) Watts 1878–1942

Sarah Cummings's Timeline

7 Records

1853
15 Jun 1853
Birth of Sarah Linna Cummings in Clarendon County, South Carolina, USA
Clarendon County, South Carolina, USA
1860
1860
Age 7
Sarah Linna Cummings resided here in Sumter, Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, USA
Sumter, Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, USA
1870
1870
Age 17
Sarah Linna Cummings resided here in Swiming Pens, Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, USA
Swiming Pens, Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, USA
1880
1880
Age 27
Sarah Linna Cummings resided here in Swimming Pens, Sumter, South Carolina, USA
Swimming Pens, Sumter, South Carolina, USA
1900
1900
Age 47
Sarah Linna Cummings resided here in Swimming Pens, Sumter, South Carolina, USA
Swimming Pens, Sumter, South Carolina, USA
1910
1910
Age 57
Sarah Linna Cummings resided here in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, USA
Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, USA
1919
4 Dec 1919
Age 66
Death of Sarah Linna Cummings in Sumter County, South Carolina, USA
Sumter County, South Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Jun 1853
    Event Place: Clarendon County, South Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Sumter, Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina; Roll: M653_1227; Page: 159; Family History Librar

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Swiming Pens, Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Swiming Pens, Sumter, South Carolina; Roll: M593_1509; Page: 304A

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Swimming Pens, Sumter, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Swimming Pens, Sumter, South Carolina; Roll: 1242; Page: 376D; Enumeration District: 128

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Swimming Pens, Sumter, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Swimming Pens, Sumter, South Carolina; Roll: 1543; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0133; FHL microfilm: 1241543

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina; Roll: T624_1465; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0119; FHL microfilm: 1375478

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Dec 1919
    Event Place: Sumter County, South Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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