(23 May 1893-30 Dec. 1974), farmer and Ayrshire breeder. (Donald N. Cumming) Born at Lancaster, GC. Parents: Donald Cumming and his wife Mary Jane Graham. He attended primary school locally. Spending his life in dairying and other forms of agriculture on the Cumming home farm, he was a distinguished Ayrshire breeder, and he was active in showing his cattle at fairs, mainly in Ottawa and Toronto. Donald N. and his brother Malcolm Cumming were married in the same month (though not on the same day) and both couples celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1965. Donald N. Cumming was married on 15 Dec. 1915 to Mabel Goodfellow (28 Aug. 1895-22 Oct. 1967). Their son William John (Bill) Cumming (31 Oct. 1931-17 Feb. 1983), a well known Glengarrian, was reeve of Lancaster village for some years and was warden of SDG in 1976.
Donald N. Cumming founded the Glengarry Dairy at Lancaster in 1940. In 1990, after 50 years at Lancaster, the dairy moved to Cornwall. Donald N. Cumming was president of the Canadian Ayshire Breeders’ Association in 1945 (Glengarry News 2 March 1945) He died at Cornwall General Hospital.
Glengarry News 2 & 16 Jan. 1975 * biog. notices of Agricultural Wall of Fame inductees, GN 2 & 9 Sept. 1992 * private information * Fraser, Gravestones, I, 265 (Grinley’s Cemetery) * MacGillivray & Ross 367-371 * obituary of his son Donald Neil Cumming, of Madison, Georgia, GN 6 June 2007 * Michael O’Dwyer, “Glengarry Dairy Moves to Cornwall after 50 Years in Lancaster,” Glengarry News 10 Oct. 1990 * Standard Freeholder 24 Dec. 1965, “Brothers Observe Anniversary,” on golden wedding, also Glengarry News 22 Dec. 1965 * obituary of Bill Cumming (portrait) GN 23 Feb. 1983 * Warden Cumming’s speech at Warden’s Banquet, reported GN 4 Nov. 1976 (portrait) *Joe Banks, “Reeve Trades Gavel for Pointer,” GN 19 Oct. 1994, on Bill Cumming and his daughter Mrs Jennifer Charbonneau