The elder Cummings was a second - generation native of Huntsville , Alabama , and soon moved his family back to that city .
Cummings was born in Gadsden , Alabama , where his father , Charles Wesley Cummings , was the superintendent of a cotton gin .
The elder Cummings was a second - generation Cummings of Huntsville , Alabama , and soon moved Cummings ' family back to that city .
Cummings was born in Gadsden , Alabama , where his father , Charles Wesley Cummings , was the superintendent of a cotton gin .