Cummins, William Fletcher.

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Professor William Fletcher Cummins (1840-1931) was a Texas Methodist clergyman and geologist. Cummins was born in Webster County, Missouri on June 13,1830. He attended St. Charles College and moved to Texas in 1860 serving nine years with the Methodist Episcopal Church South across Texas. During that time Cummins also served in Arkansas with the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He wrote about being a member of the Ku Klux Klan in 1866-67. In 1869 Cummins' failing health forced him to resign from the clergy and pursue other work in real estate and as a railroad agent. In 1881 he began work for the Academy of Sciences in Philadelphia, gathering Texas fossils. He was then hired by the State of Texas as Assistant Sate Geologist. His exploratory geological work resulted in the discovery of the Tampico oil field. Cummins married Mrs. Minnie C. Bullion Darnell in Weatherford, Texas, on March 17, 1871. They had three children. He spent his last years at his home in El Paso, where he died on January 8, 1931.

From the description of Cummins, William Fletcher, papers, 1892-1933. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 469223056

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associatedWith Dumble, Edwin T. person
associatedWith East Coast Oil Company corporateBody
associatedWith El Paso Amarillo Oil and Gas Company corporateBody
associatedWith Keyes, Charles Rollin person
associatedWith Methodist Church corporateBody
associatedWith Rio Bravo Oil Company corporateBody
associatedWith Southern Pacific Railroad Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Stiles, Elizabeth person
associatedWith Swallow, S. C. person
associatedWith Udden, Johan August person
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Place Name Admin Code Country
Presidio County (Tex.)
New Mexico
Panuco, Mexico
Harris County (Tex.)
San Augustine (Tex.)
Tampico (Tamaulipas, Mexico)
El Paso (Tex.)
San Luis Potosi (Mexico)
Brewster County (Tex.)
Mexico
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Religion
Camp meetings
Clergy
Creationism
Diaries
Evolution
Fossils
Geologists
Geology
Gypsum
Mexico
Nitrate minerals
Oil fields
Petroleum industry
Potash
Religious education
Salt domes
Secession
Sulfur
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Active 1933

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