BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.


Page 576.

SAMUEL O. CUMMINS, a prominent hardware dealer of Bellaire, is a native
of Wheeling, W. Va., in which city he first saw the light of day in the
year 1850. His parents were Robert H. and Ann M. (Ott) Cummins. The
father was a Pennsylvanian, and the mother a native of Virginia. Robert
was the son of James Cummins, who was born in Westmoreland county,
Penn., in the year 1786. He came to Ohio when that state was yet in
its infancy, and remained there until his death, which occurred in
1866. His wife was Mary Hazlett, who was born in 1792, and who bore
him six children. She died in the year 1880. Robert H. Cummins was
born in Washington county, Penn., in 1817. His education was derived
from the schools of that county. He afterward went to Philadelphia
and began the study of medicine. graduating from the University of
Pennsylvania in 1841. Dr. Cummins began the practice of his profession
in Wheeling, where he remained all his life. He was married in
Wheeling to Ann M. Otto Six children came of this marriage, all of
them living but one. Dr. Cummins died in 1873, and his wife after
Samuel O. Cummins was educated in the Wheeling city schools, after
leaving school he engaged in business with Ott, Son & Co., as clerk
in their hardware store, remaining with them until 1872, at which
time Mr. Cummins removed to Bellaire and established the hardware
house of which he is still the principal. Anna E. Birdsong, of
Bellaire, became his wife in the year 1875. R. Perry, Thomas A.
and Hester M., are the issue of this happy union. He is a stock-
holder in several manufactories in the city. Few men have met
with more success in so short a time in this city, and he is
considered one of the substantial men of the community.