Euphemia Cumming1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 18257, (1887 - 1939)
FatherJohn P. Cumming4,5 (22 Jan 1860 - 25 Mar 1935)
MotherAnn Clayton4,5 (5 Jan 1866 - 5 Apr 1946)

Key Events:

Birth: 15 May 1887, Bartonville, Illinois6,7,8
Death: 3 Feb 1939, Dixon, Lee Co., Illinois9,7
Burial: 7 Feb 1939, Fon du Lac Cemetery, East Peoria, Tazewell Co., Illinois10,11

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Narrative:

     
Illinois Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children
courtesy Asylum Projects wiki
Euphemia Cumming was born on 15 May 1887 in Bartonville, Illinois.6,7,8
     She was committed to the state Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children before 1900. She was reported as being unable to read or write at, but able to speak.12,13,14 The asylum was established by the state in 1865, with the facilities in Lincoln occupied in 1878 under the name of Illinois Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children. It had its own hospital, shops in which inmates made brushes, mattresses, and shoes, and a farm where inmates also worked. In 1909 the name of the institution was changed to Lincoln State School and Colony.15
     Euphemia appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois, enumerated 5 Jun 1900, as an inmate in the Illinois Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children.16
     Euphemia appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois, at 86 State St., enumerated 23 Apr 1910, as an inmate in the Lincoln State School and Colony.17
     Euphemia appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois, enumerated 11 Jan 1920, as an inmate in the Lincoln State School and Colony.18
     At some point Euphemia was apparently transferred to the Dixon State Hospital in Dixon, Lee Co., as she died in that city, but she has not been found in the 1930 census in either place, nor elsewhere.
     Euphemia died on 3 Feb 1939 in Dixon, Lee Co., Illinois, at age 51.9,7 She was buried on 7 Feb 1939 in Fon du Lac Cemetery, East Peoria, Tazewell Co., Illinois, with her parents.10,11

Citations

  1. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 15729349, Euphemia Cumming, includes tombstone photo showing same.
  2. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Euphemia Cummings, citing FHL #1819606 and cert no 6853, shows father's surname as Cumming.
  3. [S3823] Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children, 1900 U.S. Census, Logan Co., Illinois, shows name as Euphemia Cummings.
  4. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 15729349, Euphemia Cumming, includes photo of joint tombstone with parents and child, and inscription "father, mother, daughter."
  5. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Euphemia Cummings, citing FHL #1819606 and cert no 6853.
  6. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Euphemia Cummings, citing FHL #1819606 and cert no 6853, shows date, town, and state.
  7. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 15729349, Euphemia Cumming, show year and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  8. [S3823] Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children, 1900 U.S. Census, Logan Co., Illinois, shows month and year, and age 13.
  9. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Euphemia Cummings, citing FHL #1819606 and cert no 6853, shows date, town, county, and state.
  10. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 15729349, Euphemia Cumming, includes tombstone photo.
  11. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Euphemia Cummings, citing FHL #1819606 and cert no 6853, shows date, cemetery, town, county, and state.
  12. [S3823] Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children, 1900 U.S. Census, Logan Co., Illinois, shows her not able to read or write, but able to speak English; other inmates are marked "dumb" or "D & D," presumably for deaf and dumb, but she was not.
  13. [S3824] Lincoln State School and Colony, 1910 U.S. Census, Logan Co., Illinois, shows her not able to read or write, but able to speak English.
  14. [S3825] Lincoln State School and Colony, 1920 U.S. Census, Logan Co., Illinois, shows her not able to read or write, but able to speak English.
  15. [S3829] Asylum Projects, online, "Lincoln State School," viewed Sep 2012.
  16. [S3823] Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children, 1900 U.S. Census, Logan Co., Illinois.
  17. [S3824] Lincoln State School and Colony, 1910 U.S. Census, Logan Co., Illinois.
  18. [S3825] Lincoln State School and Colony, 1920 U.S. Census, Logan Co., Illinois.