Dennis Cummings
Page by Bob Leathers
Cummings Family Boys: Roy, Robert and Dennis (UPCCEM, Jan. 1932)
Cummings - A Family of Old Timers
The three Cummings brothers, Dennis, Roy and Robert have a total service record of eighty-seven years with The Union Pacific Coal Company, a record of which they as well as the Company may well be proud. In fact, their entire lives have been spent in the service of the Coal Company. Their father was an employee of the Company in old Carbon coming to Hanna when the first mine was opened there in 1889. Robert was the first child born in Hanna. The father and another brother lost their lives in the No. 1 Mine explosion. Mrs. Cummings still lives in Hanna.
Dennis, who has a record of thirty-six years of service, began work in 1894 and is now hoist engineer in No. 4 Mine.
Robert has served the Company twenty-six continuous years, except for the time he spent in the Army during the war. His three children are all in school in Hanna. He is an active member of The American Legion.
Roy is now assistant foreman in No. 4 Mine and has been with the company twenty-five years. He is married and has a son and daughter.
The picture of these three “Old Timers” was slipped from an album in Hanna. It, too, dates back a few years. (UPCCEM January 1931)
Cummings Brothers. Dennis, Robert and Larry. (Gert Milliken from Gary Milliken)
Cummings, Dennis
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1882 - 1958"
Plot: 209
Born: 1882
Died: 1958
Age: 76 y's
Note: Dennis Cummings was born on August 12, 1882, in Englewood to Michael and Margaret "Maggie" (O'Rourke) Cummings. He had six brothers and three sisters. Dennis worked much of his life for the Union Pacific Coal Company in Hanna and retired from service there. He lost his father Michael in a coal mine accident in the Union Pacific Coal Company's No.1 mine in Hanna. Dennis registered for the World War II draft in 1942. He was working as a watchman for the Rattlesnake Water Company and not married at the time of his death. He died December 2, 1958, in Rawlins, Wyoming, at the age of 76, and was buried in the Hanna, Wyoming cemetery in the Cummings plot number 209. (Ancestry)
Note: Dennis Cummings was a member of the Old Timer's Association of The Union Pacific Coal Company. He entered service at Hanna in 1895 at the age of 14. (History of Union Pacific Mines)
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1882 - 1958"
Plot: 209
Born: 1882
Died: 1958
Age: 76 y's
Note: Dennis Cummings was born on August 12, 1882, in Englewood to Michael and Margaret "Maggie" (O'Rourke) Cummings. He had six brothers and three sisters. Dennis worked much of his life for the Union Pacific Coal Company in Hanna and retired from service there. He lost his father Michael in a coal mine accident in the Union Pacific Coal Company's No.1 mine in Hanna. Dennis registered for the World War II draft in 1942. He was working as a watchman for the Rattlesnake Water Company and not married at the time of his death. He died December 2, 1958, in Rawlins, Wyoming, at the age of 76, and was buried in the Hanna, Wyoming cemetery in the Cummings plot number 209. (Ancestry)
Note: Dennis Cummings was a member of the Old Timer's Association of The Union Pacific Coal Company. He entered service at Hanna in 1895 at the age of 14. (History of Union Pacific Mines)
(IMAGE BY BOB LEATHERS)