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Full Name
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Festus Cumby
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Name Variations
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Crumby, Crumley, Crummy, Crummie
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Biography
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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.
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Documented or Attempted
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Documented
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Birth Date
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December 1, 1869
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County of Birth; County of Death
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N/A; Tuscaloosa County
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Death Date
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January 22, 1919
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Age at Death
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23
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Race
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Black
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Sex
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Male
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Researchers
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Lewis Zannis
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Case Number
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AMP541-19190122-000
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Identified by:
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Alabama Memory Project
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Mother
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Catherin Crummie
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Father
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Silas Crummie
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All other relatives
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Horael (Israel) Crummie (sibling), Emma Rutledge (sibling), Velma (Bama) Sanderson (Green) (sibling), Andrew Crummie (sibling), Paul Crummie (sibling), Silas Crummie (sibling)
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Occupation
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Soldier
