Henry Harford Cumming

Henry Harford Cumming

Henry Harford Cumming (1799–1866) was an important figure in antebellum Augusta, Georgia.

His main business was in cotton but he also engaged J. Edgar Thomson to design the Augusta Canal to run his mills and had also started a law firm with politician George W. Crawford. His brother was Governor of Utah Territory Alfred Cumming and his son, Alfred Cumming, was a general in the American Civil War.

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* [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.com/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2989 Henry Cumming at The New Georgia Encyclopedia]


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