Alabama Memory

Festus Cumby

Item

Full Name

Festus Cumby

Victim Profile

Festus Crumby

Name Variations

Crumby, Crumley, Crummy, Crummie

Biography

On January 22, 1919, Festus Crummie, also known as Harry, 22, was lynched in Holt, Alabama, by a white mob of unknown size after being accused of trying to declare himself as an equal to the white women in the town. He enlisted in the military on April 15, 1917, and was discharged on January 4, 1919. He was the son of Andrew and Christine Crummie, and brother to sisters Emma, and Velma (Bama), and brothers Andrew, Paul, Silas, and Israel, among others, names unknown.

Documented or Attempted

Documented

Birth Date

December 1, 1869

County of Birth; County of Death

N/A; Tuscaloosa County

Death Date

January 22, 1919

Age at Death

23

Race

Black

Sex

Male

Researchers

Lewis Zannis

Case Number

AMP541-19190122-000

Identified by:

Alabama Memory Project

Mother

Catherin Crummie

Father

Silas Crummie

All other relatives

Horael (Israel) Crummie (sibling), Emma Rutledge (sibling), Velma (Bama) Sanderson (Green) (sibling), Andrew Crummie (sibling), Paul Crummie (sibling), Silas Crummie (sibling)

Occupation

Soldier