John Adams Cummins

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21°17′47″N157°51′9″W / 21.29639°N 157.85250°W / 21.29639; -157.85250 (Cummins Street) . [17]

A great-grandson (through his daughter Jane Piikea Merseberg) was mayor Neal Blaisdell. [18] His youngest daughter May Cummins married distant cousin Joseph Clark and became stepmother to actress Mamo Clark. [19] After the last child died in 1937, a US federal court case awarded Mamo Clark a share in the still considerable estate. [20]

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John Adams Kuakini Cummins
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Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
June 17, 1890 February 25, 1891
Government offices
Preceded by Kingdom of Hawaii Minister of Foreign Affairs
June 1890 – February 1891
Succeeded by