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Doraville Whitney was the
first Black settler in Isabella County in 1860. The first documentation of
an African-American settler in Mecosta County Michigan was James Guy.
His deed was signed by Abraham Lincoln. He obtained 160 acres in Wheatland
Township on May 30, 1861. Lloyd & Margaret Guy were the first
Black settlers in Montcalm County in 1861. The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed each
settler 160 acres in Michigan. By 1873 African-Americans owned
1,392 acres in the three counties of Isabella, Mecosta and Montcalm.
In the 1860's most of the land in Remus was owned by the Old Settlers. |
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SECTION 1
John Cummins
SECTION 2
William Cummins
SECTION 3
Cummins Family Pictures
SECTION 4
Cummings Homestead
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Cummins/Cummings Family Pictures
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Picture Courtesy of Robert Hill Williams
Elida Cummins-Weaver with her five
children
Rear: (L - R) Mae, William
(Bill), Bess, In front of Mae is Minnie
In front of Bill & Bess is Trot. |
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Picture Courtesy of Robert Hill Williams
Joseph Cummins, Jr.,
Son of Esther M. (Lett)
Cummins &
Joseph Cummins - Date Unknown |
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Picture Courtesy of Robert Hill Williams
Mildred Doris Hill - Daughter of
William Josiah Hill &
Marinda Ann
Cummins-Hill
Mildred was 16 years old. |
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Picture Courtesy of Ken Todd
Joanna Cummins-Norman
Daughter
of John Cummins &
Susan Lett-Cummins
and wife of Marquis Norman and is the
Mother of Joseph H. (Red Head), Chancy, Daniel,
Kate (Nina), Frankie, John, Belle, Charles,
Elmer and Sumore |
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Picture Courtesy of Robert Hill Williams
Esther M. Lett-Cummins & Adult children
L - R: Marinda Ann, Joseph, Jr., "Sadie",
Elida (Lyde)
and Ida - Circa 1920
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Picture Courtesy of Robert Hill Williams
Ida (Cummins) Norman - Daughter of
Esther
M. (Lett) & Joseph Cummins
Florence (Harper) Stevens, Daughter
of Sueanna (Cummins) & Alexander Harper
Note: Ida and
Florence were first cousins,
since Joseph Cummins &
Sueanna (Cummins) Harper were brother
and sister |
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Pictures Courtesy of Robert Hill Williams
Marinda
Ann Cummins-Hill
Daughter of Esther & Joseph
Cummins - Wife of William Josiah Hill
Mother
of Emery, Maude & Mildred Hill |
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Marinda Ann Cummins-Hill
Wife of William Josiah Hill
Mother of Emery, Maude
and Mildred Hill |
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There are "Old Settlers"
who came from Canada via "The Underground Railroad." It was the
most dramatic nonviolent protest against slavery in the United States
that began in the Colonial Era and reached its peak between 1830 and
1865. An estimated 30,000 to 100,000 slaves
used the "railroad" to get to Canada; many others escaped to Mexico,
the Caribbean, and Europe.
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