Jacob C. E. Cummings - Riverside Cemetery - Denver, CO, USA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
N 39° 47.633 W 104° 57.454
13S E 503632 N 4404881
This is one of two Union Soldier zinc monuments located at Riverside Cemetery. The monument was ordered from the Western White Bronze Monument Co in Des Moines, IA, USA. The statue is a general Union Soldier figure-not Cummings.
Waymark Code: WM14X6F
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 09/05/2021
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member elyob
Views: 1

The front reads:

[GAR medallion]
Jacob C. E. Cummings
Corporal Company G,
Second Regiment New Jersey
Volunteers,

Died July 27, 1890,
Aged 50yrs.7mos.8Dys.

The rear reads:

[Broken Circle of Chain]
One by one Earth's ties are broken,
As we see our love decay;
And the hopes so fondly cherished,
Brighten but to pass away.
One by one our hopes grow brighter,
As we near the shining shore
For we know across the river,
Wait the loved ones gone before.

I could not find much information about Mr. Cummings except for his Union Army Service during the U.S. Civil War. He did serve the entire war; 1861 to 1864.

Name: Jacob C. E. Cummings
Enlistment Date: 28 May 1861
Enlistment Rank: Private
Muster Date: 28 May 1861
Muster Place: New Jersey
Muster Company: G
Muster Regiment: 2nd Infantry
Muster Regiment Type: Infantry
Muster Information: Enlisted
Rank Change Date: 1 Nov 1862
Rank Change Rank: Corpl
Muster Out Date: 21 Jun 1864
Muster Out Place: Newark, New Jersey
Muster Out Information: Mustered Out
Side of War: Union
Survived War?: Yes
Title: Register of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War 1861-65 (from Ancestry.com)
Date of birth (optional): 12/19/1839

Date of death (optional): 07/27/1890

Headstone text (optional):
See description


Additional Coordinates (optional): Not Listed

Website: Not listed

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