Cumberland, George

submitted by John Keith Cumberland

The family portrait was taken in Neshoba County ca. 1902, showing George W. Cumberland and his family. Their identity follows:

Man seated: George W. Cumberland
Woman seated: George's wife, Annie Allday Cumberland
Son standing behind parents: John Elmer Cumberland
Son standing in front of father: Abbie Adell Cumberland
Daughter standing between parents: Lettie Bell Cumberland

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George W. Cumberland (Married) Debbie Ann "Annie" Allday
George W. Cumberland
Date of Birth: December 24, 1869
Place of Birth: Mississippi
Date of Death: April 28, 1907
Place of Death: Neshoba Co., MS
Occupation: Farmer
Age at Death: 37
Cause of Death: ?
Burial: Linwood Baptist Church cemetery

Debbie Ann "Annie" Allday
Date of Birth: November 11, 1869
Place of Birth: Mississippi
Date of Death: February 24, 1935
Place of Death: Neshoba Co., MS
Occupation: Housewife
Age at Death: 65
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Burial: Linwood Baptist Church cemetery

There is no death certificate for George W. Cumberland on file at the MS Dept. of Health, Office of Vital Records, in Jackson, MS. Mississippi did not begin keeping statewide death records until 1912.

The marriage of George W. Cumberland and Annie Allday is recorded at the Circuit Clerk’s Office at the Neshoba County Courthouse, Philadelphia, Mississippi, in Book "B," Page 89. Microfiche is also available at the Philadelphia/Neshoba County Public Library – Archives. Allday is often spelled as Alday in some records.

George W. Cumberland (age 20) married Annie Allday (age 20) on September 14, 1890.
Because a fire in December 1887 destroyed county records, information prior to this date is not available in the Circuit Clerk’s Office, Neshoba County, Philadelphia, Mississippi.
George W. Cumberland’s date of birth on his tombstone is December 24, 1869; there Cumberland is misspelled as Cumberlin. His date of birth in Nora Martin Cumberland’s bible, in her own handwriting, is December 25, 1866. His date of birth according to the US Census of 1900 is also 1866. The US Census record of 1870 shows George W. as being one year old, a fact that raises a question about George’s actual date of birth. Apparently, George had a twin sister named Laura, who died as a child.

George’s father, a farmer, was James Cumberland, born in Alabama circa 1826. James’ father was born in Alabama; his mother in South Carolina. George’s mother, a housewife, was Delila E. Cumberland, born either in Mississippi or in Alabama circa 1845. Delila’s father was born in South Carolina; her mother in Alabama.

James Cumberland and Delila were married circa 1866.
George W. Cumberland’s epitaph reads: "Thou art gone from a world of care, the bliss of heaven to share."

Annie Allday Cumberland’s epitaph reads: "Mother". Annie’s death certificate states that her birthday was February 1874 and that her age at death was 61. Annie’s father, a farmer, was John Allday, born in Georgia circa 1840. Both of his parents were born in France. According to the 1880 US Census, he was then 44 years old. In the 1870 Census, he lists his age as 30. Annie’s mother, a housewife, was Mary S. Nicholson Allday, born in Alabama circa 1848. Mary is reported to have lived to the age of 101. The birthplace of Mary’s parents is unknown. In the 1880 Census, Mary’s age is shown as 35 years; in the 1870 Census, her age is 22. John Allday married Mary S. Nicholson circa 1866.

Annie Allday Cumberland was 37 years old at the time of her husband’s death in 1907.
The following information comes from The G.M. Nicholson Family Tree, completed in July 1974, by Winnie Lou Nicholson: Henry Nicholson was born in Scotland circa 1800. He came to America and married a Miss Wiggins of Georgia. One of their children was Asberry Marion Nicholson (born November 12, 1842; died June 11, 1909). Asberry and his wife, Elizabeth, had a daughter named Mary Nicholson. This Mary Nicholson married John Allday. John and Mary had a child named Annie, who is John Elmer Cumberland’s mother.

Asberry Marion Nicholson and M. Elizabeth Nicholson are buried in the Linwood Baptist Church cemetery:

Asbery M. Nicholson (Married) M. Elizabeth Nicholson
Asbery M. Nicholson
Born: Nov. 12, 1842
Died: June 11, 1909
Age at death: 66
Epitaph: Prepare to meet me in heaven
M. Elizabeth Nicholson
Born: Oct.14, 1847
Died: Mar. 11, 1927
Age at death: 79
Epitaph: Now thou art gone beyond the reach of woe, where sorrow’s tears shall ever cease to flow
Recap:
Henry Nicholson married Miss Wiggins; their son is Asberry Marion Nicholson
Asberry Marion Nicholson and M. Elizabeth have daughter, Mary Nicholson
Mary Nicholson married John Allday; their daughter is Annie Allday
Annie Allday married George Cumberland; their son is John Elmer

Children born to George W. & Annie Allday Cumberland:
John Elmer Cumberland (Married) Nora Elcy Martin
John Elmer Cumberland
Date of Birth: November 23, 1891
Place of Birth: Neshoba Co., MS
Date of Death: July 30, 1959
Place of Death: Newton Co.
Laird Hospital, Union
Occupation: Farmer and employee of Mississippi Highway Department
Age at Death: 67
Cause of Death: Cancer of lungs and stomach
Burial: Linwood Baptist Church cemetery

Nora Elcy Martin
Date of Birth: December 25, 1893
Place of Birth: Jones Co., MS
Date of Death: April 19, 1977
Place of Death: Hinds Co.
St. Dominic’s Memorial Hospital, Jackson
Occupation: Housewife
Age at Death: 83
Cause of Death: Stroke
Burial: Linwood Baptist Church cemetery

Elmer (age 21) and Nora (age 19) were married on Sunday, February 2, 1913, at 2:00 p.m. (Neshoba Co., MS, marriage records: Book G, Page 239)

John E. Cumberland (b. 23 NOV 1891) completed a Civilian Registration Card, registering for the World War I military draft in 1917-18 in Neshoba Co., MS. He listed his place of birth as Hubert, MS, (probably a small community in Neshoba Co.) These original registration cards are kept at the National Archives branch near Atlanta, GA. Microfilm copies are kept by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS – the Mormons), Salt Lake City, Utah.
Elmer’s epitaph: "A light from our household is gone, a voice we loved is still."
When John Elmer was born, his mother was 21 years old; his father was also 21.
John Elmer was 15 years old at the time of his father’s death in 1907. He was 43 years old when his mother died in 1935.

Nora’s epitaph: "A light from our household is gone, a voice we loved is still."

2. Lettie Bell Cumberland (Married) Mr. Walter W. McCullough
Date of Birth: January 30, 1893
Place of Birth: MS
Date of Death: October 1, 1926
Age at Death: 32
Occupation: Housewife
Cause of Death: Complicated Childbirth
(Eclompsia)
Place of Death: Hinds Co., MS, Charity
Hospital, Jackson
Burial: Linwood Baptist Church cemetery
Lettie’s Epitaph: "She was the sunshine of our home."

Lettie Bell Cumberland married Walter W. McCullough in 1911. (Neshoba Co., MS, marriage records, Book G, Page 46)

When Lettie Bell was born, her mother was 24 years old; her father was also 24.
Lettie was 13 years old at the time of her father’s death in 1907. Lettie died 8 years before her mother. Lettie’s death certificate states that her date of birth was January 30, 1893. The US Census record of 1900 also states her birth as 1893. The tombstone shows January 30, 1894.

Walter and Lettie McCullough did not have any surviving children. Lettie died giving birth to her first child. The child did not survive either, and was buried with her.

2. Albert "Abbie" Adell Cumberland (Engaged) Miss Flossie Webb
Date of Birth: July 11, 1895
Date of Death: March 16, 1914
Age at Death: 18
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Place of Death: Linwood Community, Neshoba Co., MS
Burial: Linwood Baptist Church cemetery
Ab’s Epitaph: "Christ loved him and took him home."

There is no death certificate for Albert Adell Cumberland on file at the Mississippi Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, in Jackson, Mississippi.

Ab was eleven years old at the time of his father’s death in 1907. Ab died 21 years before his mother.

Ab Cumberland was engaged to be married to Miss Flossie Webb, but he died of pneumonia at the age of eighteen before the marriage took place.

3. Willie Speed Cumberland (Married) Miss Esther Rucker
Willie Speed Cumberland
Date of Birth: March 2, 1903
Date of Death: September 9, 1977
Age at Death: 74
Occupation: Carpenter
Cause of Death: Natural causes
Place of Death: Lincoln Co., MS,
Cartwheel Lodge Nursing Home, Brookhaven
Burial: Linwood Baptist Church cemetery

Miss Esther Rucker
Later divorced; no children
(Married) Miss Ubia Rogers
Date of birth: April 16, 1912
Date of death: Feb. 8, 2000
Lucedale, MS (George County)
Willie was four years old at the time of his father’s death in 1907. Willie was 31 years old when his mother died in 1935. Nora’s bible records Willie’s date of birth as March 2, 1902. Tombstone: March 2, 1903.

Willie Cumberland was first married to Esther Rucker; they did not have any children. Later, after Willie and Esther’s divorce, Willie married Ubia (Eula) Rogers; they had no children either. Eula’s grave marker is beside Willie’s at the Linwood Cemetery, but she was buried near her immediate family, probably in George County, MS. Eula was not buried at Linwood.

4. Nellie Georgia Cumberland (Married) William Alford Dollar
Nellie Georgia Cumberland
Date of Birth: March 17, 1907
Date of Death: October 29, 1977
Age at Death: 70
Place of Death: Newton Co.
Laird’s Hospital, Union, MS
Burial: Neshoba Baptist Church cemetery
William Alford Dollar
Date of Birth: September 22, 1909
Date of Death: January 12, 1978
Age at Death: 68
Burial: Neshoba Baptist Church cemetery

Nellie was six weeks old at the time of her father’s death on April 28, 1907. Nellie was 27 years old when her mother died in 1935.

Nellie’s first husband was Austin Barrett. They had two sons, both of whom died in infancy. They had no other surviving children. Later, after Austin and Nellie’s divorce, Nellie married William Dollar. They adopted one son, Robert Dollar.

Note: Solima Willamas (Solomon "Son" Williams)
Date of Birth: February 27, 1904
Date of Death: Unknown
This birth is recorded in Nora Elcy Martin Cumberland’s bible. Neither a date of death nor any other information is provided. Son Williams lived with the Cumberland family for a time; he was not a child of theirs.

John Elmer Cumberland (Married) Nora Elcy Martin
John Elmer Cumberland
Date of Birth: November 23, 1891
Place of Birth: Neshoba Co., MS
Date of Death: July 30, 1959
Occupation: Farmer and employee of Mississippi Highway Department
Age at Death: 67
Cause of Death: Cancer of lungs and stomach
Nora Elcy Martin
Date of Birth: December 25, 1893
Place of Birth: Jones Co., MS
Date of Death: April 19, 1977
Occupation: Housewife
Age at Death: 83
Cause of Death: Stroke

John Elmer Cumberland (age 21) married Nora Elcy Martin (age 19) on Sunday, February 2, 1913, at 2:00 p.m. The marriage ceremony took place at home, and was officiated by the Rev. Jim Jones. It was witnessed by the family and a large crowd. Their marriage is recorded at the Circuit Clerk’s Office at the Neshoba County Courthouse, Philadelphia, Mississippi, in Book "G", page 239. Microfiche is also available at the Philadelphia/Neshoba County Public Library -- Archives.

Nora was 65 years old when her husband, Elmer, died in 1959, at the age of 67. She lived another 18 years before dying in 1977, at the age of 83.
Children Born to John Elmer and Nora Elcy Cumberland:
Oda Adell Cumberland
Date of Birth: October 19, 1914
Date of Death: October 20, 1914
Age at Death: One day
Cause of Death: Cardiopulmonary disorder

Elmer and Nora had been married for one year and eight months when their first child, a daughter, was born. At the time of Oda Adell’s birth, Elmer - just seven months earlier - had lost his 18-year-old brother Abbie Adell to pneumonia. Ab had died in March 1914. When Elmer and Nora’s child was born, Elmer decided to name her after his brother; hence the name Adell. This first-born daughter lived only one day. The location of her grave is unknown; it is most likely unmarked in the Linwood Cemetery.

2. Luva Dee Cumberland (Married) Major Therrel Matthews
Luva Dee Cumberland
Date of Birth: July 17, 1916
Place of Birth: Neshoba Co., MS
Date of Death: December 4, 2001
Age at Death: 85
Cause of Death: Complications from surgery (Abdominal aneurysm)
Place of Death: Lauderdale Co., MS
Anderson’s Hospital, Meridian
Burial: Mt. Carmel Baptist Church cemetery, Neshoba Co., MS

Major Therrel Matthews
Birth: July 11, 1914
Place: Neshoba Co., MS
Death: July 1, 1994
Age at Death: 79
Cause: Lung Cancer
Place: Newton Co., MS
Laird’s Hospital, Union
Burial: Mt. Carmel Baptist Church cemetery, Johnsonville, Neshoba Co.
Luva Dee Cumberland (age 17) married Major Therrel Matthews (age 19) on May 19, 1934, in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Major’s parents were Joseph Joshua Matthews and Lucy Charity Clark Matthews.

Children:
Willie Jean (born April 7, 1936, Neshoba Co., MS)
George Elwood (born December 25, 1937, Neshoba Co., MS)
Jnell (born March 23, 1940, Neshoba Co., MS)
Cindy Gail (born February 23, 1946, Warren Co., MS; died October 10, 1993)
Cindy Gail died at Ellisville State Hospital of respiratory failure, age 47.

3. Willie Hazel Cumberland (Married) Claude Morrow
Date of Birth: October 22, 1918 Birth:
Place of Birth: Neshoba Co., MS Death:
Date of Death: February 3, 1993
Age at Death: 74
Place of Death: Whispering Pines Hospice
Burial: Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Jackson
Willie Hazel Cumberland (age 25) married Claude Morrow (age ?) on November 29, 1943.
Children:
Joan Ann
Aubrey
Betty Sue

4. Cleo Olvin Cumberland (Married) Claudie Mae Buntyn
Cleo Olvin Cumberland
Date of Birth: July 11, 1920
Place of Birth: Neshoba Co., MS
Claudie Mae Buntyn
Birth: November 6, 1925
Place of Birth: Leake Co., MS; Walnut Grove
Cleo Olvin Cumberland (age 25) married Claudie Mae Buntyn (age 20) on February 10, 1946.
Child: Joseph Smiley Cumberland
Date of Birth: January 18, 1947
Date of Death: November 19, 1973
Age at Death: 26
Burial: Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Philadelphia, MS,
Claudie’s parents were Henry Elige Buntyn and Gusta Underwood Buntyn.

5. Annie Ruth Cumberland (Married) Richard Hal Moore
Annie Ruth Cumberland
Date of Birth: April 6, 1923
Place of Birth: Neshoba Co., MS
Date of Death: November 22, 1997
Age at Death: 74
Cause of Death: complications from surgery (arteriosclerosis)
Place of Death: Hinds Co., MS, Baptist Medical Center, Jackson
Burial: Natchez Trace Memorial Park

Richard Hal Moore
Birth: July 30, 1921
Place: W. Monroe, LA
Death: September 6, 1974
Age at Death: 53
Cause of Death: lung cancer
Place of Death: Hinds Co
MS, Veterans’ Admin. Hospital, Jackson
Burial: Natchez Trace Mem.
Annie Ruth Cumberland (age 18) married Richard Hal Moore (age 20) on September 13, 1941, in Jackson, Mississippi.

One Child
Obituary: Ruth C(umberland) Moore, retired film editor: Ruth C. Moore, 74, of 2914 Revere Street, Jackson, MS, retired from School Pictures, Inc., died Saturday at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center from complications of surgery.

Services are today at 11 a.m. from the High Street Chapel of Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home with burial in Natchez Trace Memorial Park. Visitation is today at 10 a.m. at the funeral home.

Mrs. Moore was a Neshoba County native. She had lived in Jackson for most of her life. She attended Hillcrest Baptist Church. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She had retired as a film editor for School Pictures, Inc., where she worked for more than 30 years. She was the widow of Richard Hal Moore.

Survivors include: son, two brothers, two sisters and one granddaughter.

6. Johnnie Leverne Cumberland (Married) 
Date of Birth: April 28, 1924
Place of Birth: Neshoba Co., MS
Date of Death: July 16, 1988
Age at Death: 64
Occupation: Contractor, heavy equipment operator, cattle farmer
Cause of Death: Heart attack, kidney disease, arteriosclerosis
Place of Death: Hinds Co., MS, Veterans Administration Hospital, Jackson
Burial: Linwood Baptist Church Cemetery

Johnnie served as a Private in the U.S. Army during World War II. Marker: Cumberland; In Loving Memory
There were children of this union.
Obituary as it appeared in the Neshoba Democrat:
Johnnie Cumberland: Services for Johnnie L. Cumberland were held Tuesday, at 3 p.m. from the chapel of McClain-Hays Funeral Home. The Rev’s Warren Haney, Tommy Anderson and Mike Gully officiated. Burial was in Linwood Cemetery with Masonic graveside services.
Mr. Cumberland, 64, died Saturday in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Jackson.
He was born and reared in Neshoba County where he made his home in the Linwood Community all of his life.

He was a veteran of World War II, a member of the Golden Grove Masonic Lodge, a member of the Hamasa Shrine Temple in Meridian, and a member of Linwood Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, two daughters, one son, two granddaughters; four sisters, and two brothers.

7. Mary Helen Cumberland
Date of Birth: April 6, 1926
Date of Death: April 12, 1926
Cause of Death: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Age at Death: Six days
This daughter lived for only six days. The location of her grave is unknown; it is most likely unmarked in the Linwood Baptist Church Cemetery.

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