CUMBACK, WILL: 1829-1905.
Born in Franklin County, Ind., on Mar. 24, 1829, Will Cumback , son of John and Elsie Cumback, was reared on a farm and educated in the country schools. He attended Miami University and the Cincinnati Law School and began the practice of law in Greensburg, Ind., in 1853. When he was barely twenty-five years old, he was elected to Congress and was the youngest member of the 34th Congress. During the Civil War he served as paymaster of the army. His other public offices included state senator, lieutenant governor, and collector of internal revenue. He died in 1905.
Information from Representative Men of Indiana, Vol. I; Dunn–Indiana and Indianans, and the Barry Ms.
- Address Delivered by Hon. Will Cumback, at the Annual Reunion
of the Miami and Whitewater Valley Pioneer Association, at Hunt's
Grove, O., Saturday August 4, 1888; Also, the Presentation Speech by William
Carson. Harrison, Ohio, 1888.
- Lectures and Addresses.
Cincinnati, 1892.
- Men of Progress (withJ. B. Maynard). Indianapolis, 1899.
