George David Cummings was born 26 Oct 1859 near the small village of Warkworth in Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada. In 1882 he entered the United States to pursue his studies and graduated in 1888 from Bellevue Hospital in New York with an M.D. Degree. According to his daughter Mildred's book "Men of Many Trails", he had accompanied two young men suffering with tuberculosis to a sanitorium in New Mexico. It was there that he met a traveling salesman by the name of Alphonso Taliaferro who persuaded him to travel to Lake City, Colorado for the purpose of setting up his medical practice. Alphonso ("Phon") told him to look for Peter Kennedy, his aunt's husband, who was a well-to-do merchant and part-owner of the Golden Fleece mine. While in Lake City, he met Jessie Ellen Gilmour whose uncle was also Peter Kennedy. She and her mother had come to Lake City after her father had died. Peter Kennedy was her mother's brother-in-law; also in Lake City were Jessie's sister Mary (married to Irve Edgerton) and brother James Gilmour. George and Jessie were married 26 Jan 1890 at the home of Mildred and Peter Kennedy. Because George's naturalization had not come through yet, he could not practice medicine in Colorado. Peter Kennedy talked him into moving to Kalispell, Montana, where he had a cattle ranch. George was to sell the ranch and use the proceeds to build and run a drug store in Kalispell. That was where their first daughter, Fay Robinette, was born on 6 Jan 1892. (Fay married Delbert Hessick, Sr in Florence, Colorado and had three children--Delbert Jr, George Jackson, and Virginia before they moved to California and later divorced). Soon, the decision was made to move to Denver and it was there that their second daughter, Mildred Georgia was born on 20 Sep 1896. (Mildred married Edwin Walter Crysler and had three children: Faye, Edwin Jr, and Mildred,)
Geology and minerals had, according to daughter Mildred, always intrigued her father, and in 1900 they moved to the small town of Florence, Colorado where he could practice medicine and pursue his interest in the mineral activities of the area.
Sometime after 1920 George and Jessie retired and moved to the Denver suburb of Littleton to be near daughter Mildred and her family. George died in Denver on 18 Nov 1933 and is buried in the Littleton Cemetery at Littleton, Colorado.
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Post note: George's brother Frank followed his brother to the United States when George was in Montana, and helped his brother at the drug store in Kalispell. He developed an interest in also becoming a doctor and thus also studied and graduated from Bellevue. He then practiced for many years in Lake City, Colorado; he married a Lake City girl Maude Beam and raised his family there before moving to Gunnison, Colorado.
Geology and minerals had, according to daughter Mildred, always intrigued her father, and in 1900 they moved to the small town of Florence, Colorado where he could practice medicine and pursue his interest in the mineral activities of the area.
Sometime after 1920 George and Jessie retired and moved to the Denver suburb of Littleton to be near daughter Mildred and her family. George died in Denver on 18 Nov 1933 and is buried in the Littleton Cemetery at Littleton, Colorado.
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Post note: George's brother Frank followed his brother to the United States when George was in Montana, and helped his brother at the drug store in Kalispell. He developed an interest in also becoming a doctor and thus also studied and graduated from Bellevue. He then practiced for many years in Lake City, Colorado; he married a Lake City girl Maude Beam and raised his family there before moving to Gunnison, Colorado.
George David Cummings was born 26 Oct 1859 near the small village of Warkworth in Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada. In 1882 he entered the United States to pursue his studies and graduated in 1888 from Bellevue Hospital in New York with an M.D. Degree. According to his daughter Mildred's book "Men of Many Trails", he had accompanied two young men suffering with tuberculosis to a sanitorium in New Mexico. It was there that he met a traveling salesman by the name of Alphonso Taliaferro who persuaded him to travel to Lake City, Colorado for the purpose of setting up his medical practice. Alphonso ("Phon") told him to look for Peter Kennedy, his aunt's husband, who was a well-to-do merchant and part-owner of the Golden Fleece mine. While in Lake City, he met Jessie Ellen Gilmour whose uncle was also Peter Kennedy. She and her mother had come to Lake City after her father had died. Peter Kennedy was her mother's brother-in-law; also in Lake City were Jessie's sister Mary (married to Irve Edgerton) and brother James Gilmour. George and Jessie were married 26 Jan 1890 at the home of Mildred and Peter Kennedy. Because George's naturalization had not come through yet, he could not practice medicine in Colorado. Peter Kennedy talked him into moving to Kalispell, Montana, where he had a cattle ranch. George was to sell the ranch and use the proceeds to build and run a drug store in Kalispell. That was where their first daughter, Fay Robinette, was born on 6 Jan 1892. (Fay married Delbert Hessick, Sr in Florence, Colorado and had three children--Delbert Jr, George Jackson, and Virginia before they moved to California and later divorced). Soon, the decision was made to move to Denver and it was there that their second daughter, Mildred Georgia was born on 20 Sep 1896. (Mildred married Edwin Walter Crysler and had three children: Faye, Edwin Jr, and Mildred,)
Geology and minerals had, according to daughter Mildred, always intrigued her father, and in 1900 they moved to the small town of Florence, Colorado where he could practice medicine and pursue his interest in the mineral activities of the area.
Sometime after 1920 George and Jessie retired and moved to the Denver suburb of Littleton to be near daughter Mildred and her family. George died in Denver on 18 Nov 1933 and is buried in the Littleton Cemetery at Littleton, Colorado.
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Post note: George's brother Frank followed his brother to the United States when George was in Montana, and helped his brother at the drug store in Kalispell. He developed an interest in also becoming a doctor and thus also studied and graduated from Bellevue. He then practiced for many years in Lake City, Colorado; he married a Lake City girl Maude Beam and raised his family there before moving to Gunnison, Colorado.
Geology and minerals had, according to daughter Mildred, always intrigued her father, and in 1900 they moved to the small town of Florence, Colorado where he could practice medicine and pursue his interest in the mineral activities of the area.
Sometime after 1920 George and Jessie retired and moved to the Denver suburb of Littleton to be near daughter Mildred and her family. George died in Denver on 18 Nov 1933 and is buried in the Littleton Cemetery at Littleton, Colorado.
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Post note: George's brother Frank followed his brother to the United States when George was in Montana, and helped his brother at the drug store in Kalispell. He developed an interest in also becoming a doctor and thus also studied and graduated from Bellevue. He then practiced for many years in Lake City, Colorado; he married a Lake City girl Maude Beam and raised his family there before moving to Gunnison, Colorado.
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