Henry Harford Cumming

Lawyer, Deceased Person

1799 – 1866

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Who was Henry Harford Cumming?

Henry Harford Cumming was an important figure in antebellum Augusta, Georgia.

His main business was in cotton but he also engaged J. Edgar Thomson to design the Augusta Canal to run his mills and had also started a law firm with politician George W. Crawford. His brother was Governor of Utah Territory Alfred Cumming and his son, Alfred Cumming, was a general in the American Civil War.

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Born
1799
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Augusta
Died
1866

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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