Newton Co. Bio Newton County, Jefferson Township. From A History of Warren, Benton, Jasper & Newton Counties, 1883. G.A. CUMMINGS was born July 31, 1840, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of William and Jane C. (Kennedy) Cummings. When our subject was eleven years old, he moved with his parents from Pennsylvania to La Salle County, Illinois, where he spent his boyhood days until the war, when he enlisted in the Thirty-sixth Illinois Regiment August 17, 1861, at Newark, and was ordered into camp at Aurora September 24, when the regiment was sent to Quincy, and thence to St. Louis; at the latter place they drew arms, and were sent to Rolla, Missouri. There the real soldering commenced, under that old drill master of the Thirty- sixth Illinois, Col. Nicholas Greusel. From this time until discharged on expiration of service, he saw pretty rough times. From August 1862, till spring of 1864, was under Sheridan, and to be under him meant business; he was in the fight of Pea Ridge, and fought with Sigel; from this department was ordered to Corinth Mississippi, to watch Beauregard: "we watched day and night, and when the rebel General left, Halleck's grand army followed sixteen and one-half miles; would have gone further but it was berry season, and we stopped to gather them. Thence we were sent, under Sheridan, to Cincinnati, to check Gen. Kirby Smith; thence were ordered to Louisville, Kentucky. We left Louisville, under Gen. Buell, after Gen Bragg." He was in the battle of Perryville, and under Rosecrans at Stone River and Chickamauga; under Grant at Mission Ridge; under Sherman at Resaca, Adairsville, New Hope, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and Jonesboro. He resumed farming in Grundy County, Illinois, in 1867; in 1876, moved to his farm in Newton County. In connection with farming, he is engaged in breeding Poland-China recorded swine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted By Gerald Born Email - Wizzofozl0@aol.com