The Hardwick-Cumley Family

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Sanford Edmond Cumley and Pleasant Ann Hardwick were first generation born Monroe Countians. Most of their respective families had migrated from Madison County, KY in the early 1830s; Sanford was the son of Hiram and Nancy Jane (Mattox) Comly and Pleasant was the daughter of Edmond and Elizabeth (Gentry) Mattox. Sanford and Pleasant were married in Monroe County on Christmas Day in 1883. They resided in the Stoutsville area of Monroe County until 1899, when they moved to Colorado; family members later recalled that some of the trek west was made in a type of covered wagon. This Cumley family eventually settled in Yuma County, Colorado where descendants live today.

Submitted by: Debra Branigan 
cumleyca.jpg (102584 bytes)Pleasant Ann (Hardwick) Cumley and her children just before they moved to Colorado; 1899. The children shown are (start with lap and go clockwise): Ola May (b 1898), Hiram (b 1894), Robert (b 1896), Chester (b 1886), Minnie Bell (b 1890) and Clyde (b 1891). Not sure why Sanford is not in this picture but he may have already traveled to Colorado and then returned later for his family.
pleasant1.jpg (48691 bytes)Pleasant Ann Hardwick; ca 1883. Pleasant died in December 1918 of the infamous Spanish Flu.
sanford.jpg (72812 bytes) Sanford Edmond Cumley; ca 1883. Sanford most likely followed his older brother to Colorado; David Henderson Cumley moved to Yuma County, CO in 1886. Sanford’s family first settled in Clear Creek County, CO where he worked in the mining business. About 1907, Sandford moved the family to Wray, Yuma County, CO where he farmed until his death from an asthma attack in 1917.
clarence2.jpg (89496 bytes)Clarence Cumley; ca 1885. The first born son of Sanford and Pleasant (Hardwick) Cumley, baby Clarence was born October 4, 1884 and died September 24, 1888 in Stoutsville.