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From: "Linda H. Gutierrez" <>
Subject: Biographical Sketch of Frederick G. CUMMINGS
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 15:31:16 -0600


The following biography appears on pages 992 & 995 in the

"History of Rochester and Monroe County New York From the Earliest Historic Times to the Beginning of 1907" by William F. PECK, The Pioneer Publishing Company, New York and Chicago, 1908.

**Other surnames of interest: GOODSPEED, DUMPHY, WALRATH

**Business enterprises: ROCHESTER MOULDING WORKS


Frederick G. CUMMINGS, founder, promoter and owner of the ROCHESTER MOULDING WORKS, was born at Stony Point in Rockland county, New York, on the 26th of April, 1867, and is a son of Charles Moody and Alma (GOODSPEED) Cummings. The mother is now deceased while the father resides in New Jersey and has retired from business life. The two sisters of the family are Miss E. M. CUMMINGS and Mrs. Blanche DUMPHY.



Following the removal of the family to Brooklyn, New York, in his early childhood, Frederick G. CUMMINGS pursued his education in the schools of that city and when a young man came to Rochester, where he learned the trade of manufacturing picture moulding, serving a regular apprenticeship thereto. In 1900 he established the ROCHESTER MOULDING WORKS, of which he is the sole proprietor and has built up a very large and profitable business in his line as a manufacturer of all kinds of picture frames and mouldings, his trade covering the entire United States. He employs from twenty-five to thirty skilled workmen and his output finds a ready market in various parts of the country.



In 1901 Mr. CUMMINGS was married at Little Falls, New York, to Miss Helen E. WALRATH and they now have one son, Frederick W., born in Rochester. In politics Mr. CUMMINGS is an earnest republican. He has no fraternal or secret society affiliations, but in the community where the greater part of his life has been passed is recognized as a sound business man, having many friends both in social and in business circles though he does not court popularity in either, high regard being given him in recognition of his sterling qualities.



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I am not related nor do I have any connection to any of the persons in the above biography.

Linda
in Costa Rica

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