Jessie Clara Cummings

1872 - 1956  (84 years)

• Name	Jessie Clara Cummings  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39]
  Birth	28 Jul 1872	Ogle County, Illinois, USA   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 30, 32, 33, 35, 40]
  Gender	Female
  Family Search ID	2Z8S-BVS
  Residence	1880	Nodaway, Adams, Iowa, USA   [30]
  Residence	1895	Westport, Dickinson, Iowa, USA   [21]
  Residence	1900	Westport, Dickinson, Iowa, USA   [8]
  Residence	1905	Dickinson County, Iowa, USA   [35]
  Residence	1910	Center Grove, Dickinson, Iowa, USA   [3]
  Residence	1911	Westport, Dickinson, Iowa, USA   [37]
  Residence	1915	Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, USA   [22]
  Residence	1920	Center Grove, Dickinson, Iowa, USA   [4]
  Residence	1 Jan 1925	Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, USA   [40]
  Residence	1930	Center Grove, Dickinson, Iowa, USA   [20]
  Residence	1940	Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, USA   [32]
  Residence	1950	Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, USA   [33]
  Burial	1956	Dickinson County, Iowa, USA   [5, 6, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 25, 27]
  	Westport Township Cemetery
  Death	15 Nov 1956	Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, USA   [5, 6, 9, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 25, 27]
  Person ID	I20963	MontyHistNotes_2014 | JMMM_son James Montgomery
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family	John Franklin Brett, Sr,   b. 24 Aug 1859, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA d. 26 Nov 1930, Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, USA (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	31 Jul 1895	Dickinson County, Iowa, USA   [8, 11, 29, 31]
  Divorce	6 Mar 1925	Weld County, Colorado, USA   [28, 34]
  Children	> 1. John Franklin Brett, Jr,   b. 27 Jan 1897, Westport, Dickinson, Iowa, USA d. 17 Sep 1899, Westport, Dickinson, Iowa, USA (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. William Glade Brett,   b. 27 Dec 1899, Westport, Dickinson, Iowa, USA d. 27 Dec 1990, Estherville, Emmet, Iowa, USA (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Martha Elizabeth Brett,   b. 25 Dec 1901, Westport, Dickinson, Iowa, USA d. 13 Apr 1994, Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, USA (Age 92 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 4. Charlotte Mae Brett,   b. 30 Nov 1904, Westport, Dickinson, Iowa, USA d. 15 Mar 1984, Spencer, Clay, Iowa, USA (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. George Wendell Brett,   b. 30 May 1912, Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, USA d. 14 Jan 2005, Iowa, USA (Age 92 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3088	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - 1895 - Westport, Dickinson, Iowa, USA Marriage - 31 Jul 1895 - Dickinson County, Iowa, USA Residence - 1900 - Westport, Dickinson, Iowa, USA Residence - 1905 - Dickinson County, Iowa, USA Residence - 1910 - Center Grove, Dickinson, Iowa, USA Residence - 1911 - Westport, Dickinson, Iowa, USA Residence - 1915 - Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, USA Residence - 1920 - Center Grove, Dickinson, Iowa, USA Residence - 1 Jan 1925 - Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, USA Divorce - 6 Mar 1925 - Weld County, Colorado, USA Residence - 1930 - Center Grove, Dickinson, Iowa, USA Residence - 1940 - Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, USA Residence - 1950 - Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, USA Burial - 1956 - Dickinson County, Iowa, USA Death - 15 Nov 1956 - Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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