Found him on the 1900 Milo, Yates, New York census (dist 140 img 9) as
John Cummings age 39, day laborer.
Found him on the 1910 Starkey, Yates, New York census (dist 185 img 22) as
John Cummings age 46, laborer.
Found him on the 1920 Starkey, Yates, New York census (dist 187 img 13) as
John E. Cummings age 55, farmer.
Found him on the 1930 Torrey, Yates, New York census (dist 20 img 1) as
John E. Cummings age 65. Father born Ireland, mother born New York.
Penn Yan, July 25 - John E. Cummings, 75, died at his home in Milo on Monday. Surviving are his wife and five daughters, Mrs. Seeley Clayton, Mrs. G. N. Albertson of Penn Yan Mrs Robert Taylor of Buffalo Mrs. Harold Sutherland of Elmira and Mrs. John Neilsen of Penn Yan four sons, William of Mumford Leo, of Elmira and John and Calvin of Penn Yan, and two half brothers, William and Thomas Cummings of Himrod. The funeral will be held on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Corcoran funeral home at 102 East Main street. Rev. E. W. Chapin, pastor of the second Milo Baptist church will officiate. Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery. Geneva Daily Times July 25, 1939