Background
Cummins, William J. was born on December 9, 1861 in Paris, Tennessee, United States. Son of Hiram F. and Susan (Courts) Cummins.
Cummins, William J. was born on December 9, 1861 in Paris, Tennessee, United States. Son of Hiram F. and Susan (Courts) Cummins.
Graduate Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville, 1882.
Vice-president and general manager Bon Air Coal & Iron Corporation, Nashville, 1916-1926. Chairman of the executive committee Tennessee Products Corporation (consolidated of Bon Air Coal & Iron Corporation, Bon Air Chemical Company, Chattanooga Coke & Gas Company and furnaces and operation of J. J. Gray, Junior, Rockdale, Tennessee). President Wholesale Merchants Warehouse Company (owners of Cummins Station).
Vice chairman Doctors Essential Foods Company.
Member Christian (Disciples) Church
Married Emma Mai Benson, October 8, 1885. Children: Lena Hillman (Mistress Lee West. Adams), Mary Sue (Mistress Frederic Leake), Shirley (Mistress Martin J. Condon, Junior.