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Matilda Sophia <I>Wilcox</I> Cummings

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Matilda Sophia Wilcox Cummings

Birth
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death
19 May 1933 (aged 73)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Burial
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Add to Map
Plot
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Daughter of Walter Eli Wilcox and Matilda Martha Watmough

Married - Charles Henry Bliss, 17 Apr 1879, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Children - Ella Maud Bliss, Louie Bliss, Charles Wilcox Bliss, Edwin Samuel Bliss, Walter Henry Bliss.

Married - Horace Hall Cummings, 13 Apr 1890

Obituary - Pioneer Teacher, Nurse, Worker in Church Dies.

Mrs. Matilda Wilcox Cummings, 73, wife of Horace H. Cummings, died in a local [Salt Lake City] hospital Saturday of complications following an operation for gall stones. She resided at 220 Canyon road.

Mrs. Cummings was born in Salt Lake City, March 22, 1860, daughter of Walter Eli Wilcox and Matilda Martha Watmough, but as her mother and a twin sister died at her birth, she was reared by her grandmother, Mary A. E. Watmough, a pioneer teacher of Utah. She received her elementary education at her grandmother's school, conducted in the family residence, taught in Scofield, and later graduated from the University of Deseret.

Like her grandmother and her husband, she spent the greater part of her life, 39 years in all, as a school teacher.
Daughter of Walter Eli Wilcox and Matilda Martha Watmough

Married - Charles Henry Bliss, 17 Apr 1879, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Children - Ella Maud Bliss, Louie Bliss, Charles Wilcox Bliss, Edwin Samuel Bliss, Walter Henry Bliss.

Married - Horace Hall Cummings, 13 Apr 1890

Obituary - Pioneer Teacher, Nurse, Worker in Church Dies.

Mrs. Matilda Wilcox Cummings, 73, wife of Horace H. Cummings, died in a local [Salt Lake City] hospital Saturday of complications following an operation for gall stones. She resided at 220 Canyon road.

Mrs. Cummings was born in Salt Lake City, March 22, 1860, daughter of Walter Eli Wilcox and Matilda Martha Watmough, but as her mother and a twin sister died at her birth, she was reared by her grandmother, Mary A. E. Watmough, a pioneer teacher of Utah. She received her elementary education at her grandmother's school, conducted in the family residence, taught in Scofield, and later graduated from the University of Deseret.

Like her grandmother and her husband, she spent the greater part of her life, 39 years in all, as a school teacher.

Gravesite Details

Grave unmarked. Area photo posted.



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  • Created by: SMS
  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23483623/matilda_sophia-cummings: accessed ), memorial page for Matilda Sophia Wilcox Cummings (22 Mar 1860–19 May 1933), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23483623, citing Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA; Maintained by SMS (contributor 46491005).