Background
Cumming, Joseph Bryan was born on August 10, 1893 in a, Georgia, United States. Son of Bryan and Mary Gairdner (Smith) Cumming.
Cumming, Joseph Bryan was born on August 10, 1893 in a, Georgia, United States. Son of Bryan and Mary Gairdner (Smith) Cumming.
Bachelor of Literature, Princeton University, 1915; student, Harvard University, 1915-1917.
Member firm, Cumming & Harper, now Cumming, Nixon, Eve, Waller & Capers lecturer medical jurisprudence, Medical College Georgia. Board directors Riverside Mills, Georgia R.R. Bank and Trust Company, 1st R.R. and Banking Company Georgia, Georgia R.R. and Banking Company (Augusta).
Member General Assembly Georgia, 1923-1924. Chairman of the board of trustees Summerville Cemetary. V. chairman Academy of Richmond County, Tubman Home.
Trustee Clinton Anderson Hospital, Augusta Museum, Herbert Memorial Institute Art. President trusteesYoung Men's Library. Chairman's Association Georgia History Commission, Richmond County Democratic Party Honorary ambassador Cherokee National Entered 1st O.T.C. Fort McPherson, Georgia 1917.
Commissioned First lieutenant United States Army, assigned to 321st Field Artillery, 82d Division;with American Expeditionary Forces 1 year. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member American Bar Association, Augusta Bar Association (president 1935-1936), Georgia Bar Association (president 1938-1939).
Married Virginia Neville Burum, November 15, 1922. Children: Neville Cumming Riley, Joseph Bryan, Nancy C. Connolly.