Generation 1
1. JAMES1 CUNNINGHAM was born about 1725 in County Donegal, Ireland. He died on 21 Oct 1791
in Guilford Co, NC. He married Jane "Jannie" Dawson on abt 1747 ? in Ireland. She was born on
Abt. 1724 or 1728 in Ireland. She died on 14 Oct 1789 in Guilford Co, NC.
Notes for James Cunningham:
We have no source information on James and his family prior to their arrival in America. Thanks
to son William's Revolutionary War pension records, we know the family immigrated from County
Donegal, Ireland were William was born. Many researchers place James' birth at about 1725,
based largely on William's birth date.
James and his family would have immigrated from Ireland between 1748 (when William was born
in Ireland) and 1760 (when the twins were born in PA) and lived for a time in Lancaster Co, PA.
Most likely they would have come into the port at Philadelphia.
Editor's Note: They would have arrived in the colonies shortly before or during the turmoil
between the British and French which erupted in the French and Indian War of 1755-1763. Most
colonists were involved in the war only if they were directly threatened, such as in New York or
New England.
There is no record of James' wife although great grandson, John Coots Love mentions her in his
notes seen at the end of this narrative. It appears that daughter Isabelle and her husband may
have named their first four children after their parents. If this is the case, then Isabelle's mother
would have been Jane Dauson/Dawson. According to a descendant of son Jeremiah (John
Coots Love), she appears to have died 14 Oct 1789. Jeremiah and Matthew also named a
daughter Jane. It is of interest to note that James' son William married Martha Blair whose
parents were Hugh Blair and Mary Dawson (a sister to Jane?) who also immigrated from Ireland.
(There is an Elijah Dawson listed as a head of household in the 1790 US Federal Census in
Guilford Co, a John Dawson in listed in Rowan Co records in 1755 and 1759, and a Edward
Dawson listed in Rowen Co records in 1762.)
Some researchers suggest that James may have been married twice because of the 12 year age
difference between William and the twins, but it is also possible that other children may have died
young or by the time James wrote his will in 1991. If he had only one wife then she would have
come from Ireland with the family.
It is uncertain when the family arrived in NC. In his pension application son Jeremiah stated that
he was born in Lancaster Co, PA and brought by his parents when very young to Guilford Co.
Among the Granville Land Grants is one dated 21 Dec 1762, to James Nichols, for a tract of land
in Orange Co on Haw River adjoining land of James Cunningham and William Mateer. This land
was located in the southeast corner of now Rockingham Co, near the mouth of Rose Creek. A
record of that adjacent tract occupied by a James Cunningham has not been found. If this is our
James then he would have come to NC between the birth of the twins in Jul 1760 and when
James Nichols grant was surveyed in Nov 1761.
"James Cunningham and son Wm" are listed in the c1768 Rowan County Tax List of William
Spurgin.
Editor's Note: Original Guilford Co was formed in April, 1771 from Old Rowan Co and Old
Orange Co. The western 2/3 of Original Guilford Co was Old Rowan Co and the eastern 1/3 of
Original Guilford Co was Old Orange Co. In 1785 Rockingham Co was formed from the northern
half of what was left of the Original Guilford Co. (Original Guilford Co eventually became Guilford
Co, Randolph Co and Rockingham Co.)
James is a witness for the will of John Blair dated 8 Oct 1770 in Guilford Co, NC.
It is almost certain that James would have participated in some way in the Revolutionary War
since his three sons fought, although it is not known what his role would have been.
Generation 1 (cont.)
In the Guilford Co, NC Land Warrants 1778-1932, 500 acres was surveyed for Capt James
Leeper for a warrant issued 22 Aug 1778 on both sides of Reedy Fork Cr, and citing James
Cunningham's line. Jerry (? Jeremiah) Cunningham and Matthew Cunningham, chain cariers.
By State Grant (#428) dated March 1780, James Cunningham received title to a tract of land "on
the waters of Reedy Fork" said to contain 640 acres, adjacent land of Thomas Blair and Edward
Loney. This was located near the present Forsyth Co line and adjacent Beaver Creek. (Thomas
Blair was bondsman for the marriage bond of son William to Martha Blair on Dec 31 1771 in
Guilford Co.) Thomas Blair received a State Grant in 1779 for the 400 acre tract of land that
joined the south side of James Cunningham's land. (The warrant for James' property was issued
and surveyed 25 Sep 1778.)
James is listed as head of household in the 1790 US Federal Census Record. With him are two
other males over 16 years (probably the twins) and a female over 16 years (probably Isabelle).
William and Elizabeth were already married.
James made a will on 24 Sep 1791, probated Nov 1791, and witnessed by Drury Peoples and
Edward Loney. He did not name a wife and left bequests to his children, William Cunningham,
Elizabeth Burney, Jeremiah Cunningham, Matthew Cunningham and Isabelle Cunningham with
the land to be divided between Jeremiah and Matthew. The twins and Isabella had not married
and were most likely living at home at the time of their father's death. William and Elizabeth
(Burney) were living in Abbeville District, SC. The complete will reads as follows:
In the Name of God Amen September the 24 th day 1791
I James Cunningham of the County of Guilford and state of North Caroline being sick and Weak
in Boddy But of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto god therefore Calling unto mind
the Mortality of my boddy and Knowing that it is Appointed for all men to dye do make and ordain
this my last Will and Testament that is to say prinnsipally and first of all I give and Recommend
my sole into the hands of god Who gave it and for my Boddy I recommend to the earth to be
Buried in Cristenlike and Desent Manner at the Decression of my Executors hereafter Mentioned
and as Tuching such worldly Estate Wherewith it hath pleased god to Bless me with in this life I
give and Devise and Dispose of the same in Manner and form following
Item I give unto Two sons Jerimiah Cunningham Mathew Cunningham whom I likewise
make and Constitute my only sole Executors of this my last will and Testament all my lands that I
am possessed of likewise a Wagon and all my plantation Tolls and all my Horses that will not
hereafter be Mentioned to be possessed and Injoyed by them for Ever.
Item I give unto My Daughter Isabel Cunningham my young sorrel Mare and saddle to be
possessed and Injoyed by her forever. Item I give unto my three Children Namely Jeremiah
Cunningham Matthew Cunningham Isable Cunningham all my household furniture likewise all my
Cattle hogs sheep and Every other thing not Mentioned above to be Equal Divideds Among the
above Named three Children to be possessed and Injoyed by them forever.
Item I give unto my Son William Cunningham five shillings only of my Estate.
Item I give unto my Daughter Elizabeth Burney five shillings only of my Estate.
I do hereby disallow Reevoke and Disalnul all and Every other form Testament Will and
lagesey bequathed by me in any other Way before this Time Named Wild and bequathed
Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament in Witness hereof I
have hereunto set my hand.
Test James Cunningham
Drury Peeples
Edw. Loney
The following information is attributed to Fredric Z. Saunders of Midvale, UT:
John Coots Love, "Personal Notebook," entry written 1 Jan 1910, privately held 1970s by John
Roland Love, Ida Grove, Iowa (died 1983), Current location unknown. Photocopy made in the
1970s. John Coots Love (born 13 Dec 1836) was a son of Allen Love and Elizabeth "Besty"
Cunningham, and grandson of Jeremiah Cunningham and Hannah Coots. On that date he wrote
what he knew about his ancestry. Regarding the Cunningham family, he wrote "Cunningham 1st.
Generation 1 (cont.)
. .settled on the North side of Reedyfork c/Creek in Guilford Co, N.C. where he lived and died as
is written in his son's (Jeremiah's) Bible now before me. Jannie Cunningham decseeseth the
14th day of October about two in the clock in the year of Christ - 1789. Also we find Jerema (sic,
probably a misreading of James) Cunningham deceiceth the 21st day of October at four oclock in
the morning 1791."
Their place of burial is not known.
James Cunningham and Jane "Jannie" Dawson had the following children:
2. i. WILLIAM2 CUNNINGHAM was born on 02 Feb 1748 in County Donegal, Ireland. He
died on 15 Apr 1842 in Benton Co (now Calhoun Co), AL. He married Martha
Blair, daughter of Hugh Blair and Mary Dawson, on 31 Dec 1771 in Guilford Co.,
NC. She was born about 1751 in ? Lancaster Co, PA. She died in Mar 1838 in
Bedford Co, TN.
3. ii. JEREMIAH CUNNINGHAM was born on 04 Jul 1760 in Lancaster Co, PA. He died on
24 Aug 1834 in Guilford Co, NC. He married Hannah Coots, daughter of John
Coots and ? Hamilton, on 14 Mar 1795 in Guilford Co., NC. She was born on 15
Jan 1772 in Guilford Co, NC. She died in Apr 1860 in North Division, Guilford Co,
NC.
4. iii. MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM was born on 04 Jul 1760 in Lancaster Co, PA. He died on
14 May 1840 in Bedford Co, TN. He married Elizabeth Galbreath, daughter of
William Galbreath, on 16 Jan 1793 in Orange Co, NC. She was born about 1767
in Mt Pleasant Twp, York Co, PA. She died after 1852 in Bedford Co,TN.
5. iv. ELIZABETH CUNNINGHAM was born on 17 Apr 1763 in NC. She died between 1830-
1850 in Limestone Co, AL. She married Adam Burney, son of Charles Burney and
Mary Lackey, before 1790 in NC. He was born between 1765-1766 in NC. He
died on 05 Apr 1850 in Limestone Co, AL.
6. v. ISABELLE "IBBY" CUNNINGHAM was born on 16 Apr 1769 in Rowan (now Guilford)
Co, NC. She died on 22 Feb 1846 in Guilford Co, NC. She married Robert
McCuiston, son of Walter McCuiston and Sarah McCuiston, on 23 Nov 1792 in
Guilford Co., NC. He was born on 23 Feb 1770 in Reedyfork Haw, Guilford Co,
NC. He died on 12 Nov 1833 in Guilford Co, NC.
					Generation 2
2. WILLIAM2 CUNNINGHAM (James1) was born on 02 Feb 1748 in County Donegal, Ireland. He died
on 15 Apr 1842 in Benton Co (now Calhoun Co), AL. He married Martha Blair, daughter of Hugh
Blair and Mary Dawson, on 31 Dec 1771 in Guilford Co., NC. She was born about 1751 in ?
Lancaster Co, PA. She died in Mar 1838 in Bedford Co, TN.
Notes for William Cunningham:
On 9 May 1833 William made declaration before the County Court of Bedford Co, TN as part of
his application for a Revolutionary War pension (file S3249). In that declaration he stated he had
been born in County Donegal, Ireland on 2 Feb 1748 and that he had entered service late July
1776 in Guilford Co, NC as a drafted soldier in the NC line for 6 months. He served as a private
in Capt John Nelson's and Lt Isaiah Gates' company, Cols James Martin's and John Paisley's NC
regiment under Gen Rutherford, during which he marched against the Cherokee Indians in
western NC and assisted in the burning the town, Watauga. He served on short tours of 8 or 10
days against the Tories in NC, no dates or officers named. He was returned to Guilford Co where
he was discharged in Nov 1776. In about the year 1780 he moved to Washington Co, NC(TN),
settling on the Nolichucky River. He voluntarily enlisted there about the middle of Jun 1780,
served as a private in Capt Adam Sherrill's company under Gen John Sevier and was discharged
at the expiration of three month's service.
According to researcher Margared Vance Webb, Martha's brother John moved to Washington
Co, TN about 1780 where his brother Hugh had moved in the late 1770s. John built a cabin and
grist mill on Big Limesone Creek near the community of Leesburg, and apparently lived near his
brother Hugh. It is posible the Cunninghams, Lowrys, and the John Blair family all went to
Generation 2 (cont.)
Washington Co together.
On 3 Feb 1784 Adam Sheril/Sheri, Green Co sold to John Lowry and William Cunningham; 400
acres on both sides of Onion branch on an east branch of Little Limestone for 80 lbs NC money.
Sig: William Cunningham, Martha X Cunningham, John Lowry, Sarah Lowry. Wit: Jeremiah
Roberson, Benjamin X Blackburn.
On 5 Feb 1784 William Cunningham and John Lowry sold to Jeremiah Roberson/Robenson 200
acres on both sides of Onion Branch for 150 lbs NC money, adjoining Joseph Brown's road. Sig:
William Cunningham, Martha X Cunningham, John Lowry, Sara Lowry. Wit: Benamin X
Blackburn, William Bourd.
On 5 Feb 1784 William Cunningham and John Lowry sold to Benhjamin Blackbourn 200 acres
on both sides of Onion Branch and on an east branch of Little Limestone for 150 lbs NC money.
Oth: Joseph Brown's road. Sig: John Lowry, Sara Lowry, William Cunningham, Martha X
Cunningham. Wit:Jjeremiah Robenson, William Baird.
As of 10 Nov 1784 William owned land on Little Limestone, and as of 23 Mar 1798, William is still
shown as having land on Onion Branch. (He is listed as having ajoining land on two land sales.)
(All the property information came from Washington Co, TN Deeds, 1775-1800)
Sometime in 1784-85 William and his family and probably John Lowry and his family moved to
Abbeville District, SC. In Sep 1785 William acquired "as a citizen" 103 acres of land in Abbeville
District, SC on Johnson Creek waters of Savannah River adjoining Johnson and Blaine. In Jun
1785 John Lowery acquired "as a citizen" 200 acres of land in Abbeville District on Broadmouth
Creek, Saludy River. William's brother-in-law, Adam Burney and family are listed in the US
Federal Census in Abbeville Co in 1790 and 1800 and in Limestone Co, AL in 1830.
The 1790 US Federal Census for Abbeville Co, SC lists Wm Cunningham with 1 male over 16
(himself) 4 males under 16 and 6 females.
The 1800 US Federal Census for Abbeville Co, SC lists William Cunningham with 2 males 10
thru 15, 2 males 16 thru 25, 1 male 45 and over (himself), 1 female 10 thru 15, 1 female 16 thru
25, 1 female 45 and over (Martha).
The 1810 US Federal Census for Abbeville Co, SC lists William Cunningham 1 male 16 thru 25,
1 male 45 and over (himself), 1 female 26 thru 44, 1 female 45 and over (Martha) and 2 slaves.
There are two other Cunninghams - James and John - living close by.
In 1817 William, Martha, William Jr and his family moved to Benton Co (now Calhoun Co) AL,
and in 1829 William and Martha moved to Bedford Co, TN where two of her sisters had moved.
Members of the Lowry family had also moved to this area. William's brother, Matthew and his
family were also living in Bedford Co. Daughter, Mary Elizabeth Burns was living in nearby
Marshall Co.
It was in Bedford Co that William was allowed pension on his application executed 9 May 1833
and was granted $20 per annum. After Mar 1838 when Martha died, son William went to get him
and take him back to AL where he lived until he died. In a letter written by William Jr, he said
"my father wrote me that if I would go to Tennessee and know him better he would spend the
balance of his days with me. . ."
The 1840 US Federal Census for Benton Co, AL lists William as a Veteran living in the
household of his son.
The Cunningham-Pyles Cemetery is in Talladega Co while the old farm house which burned
years ago was in Benton Co. It was said that half of the house was in Benton Co, and half in
Talladega Co. The cemetery is on private land and is heavily wooded and sadly neglected.
Fortunately, the county conducted a survey of the cemetery many years ago and lists 18 graves
and head stone inscriptions. The oldest marker is dated 12 Aug 1826 and the last maker is
Generation 2 (cont.)
dated 15 Jul 1864. The DAR placed a marker on William's grave many years ago, as well as a
plaque on the wall of the Calhoun Co courthouse in 1932. Only a couple of headstones are still
standing and the cemetery will most likely disappear entirely as the years go by.
(Feb 2014) TN early tax list records, 1783-1895 lists a Wlliam Cunningham living in District 19 in
1938, with 4 slaves, value 2000, and tax of 1.00.
William Cunningham and Martha Blair had the following children:
7. i. MILES3 CUNNINGHAM was born about 1772 in Guilford Co, NC. He died in 1840 in
Monroe Co, TN. He married (1) MARY DENNY on 13 Jan 1797 in Blount County
TN. She was born between 1780-1782 in Guilford County, North Carolina. She
died between 1830-1840 in TN. He married (2) ELIZABETH DAVIS on 08 Jun 1792
in Green Co, TN. She died before Nov 1895 in TN. He married (3) MARY DENNING
on 19 Nov 1795 in Greene, Tennessee, USA. She died before 1897 in TN.
8. ii. DAVID C. CUNNINGHAM was born about 1774 in Guilford Co, NC. He died on 16
Aug 1852 in Washington Co, AR. He married Priscilla "Pressey" Denny, daughter
of James E. Denney and Mary Donnell, on 13 Jan 1798 in Blount Co, TN. She
was born about 1777 in NC. She died in Mar 1853 in Washington Co, AR.
iii. JOSEPH CUNNINGHAM was born about 1776 in Guilford Co, NC. He died about 10
Mar 1826 in ? Guilford Co, NC.
iv. HUGH CUNNINGHAM was born about 1781 in ? Washington Co, TN. He died on 17
May 1832 in TN. He married (1) MARY MORRIS on 11 Mar 1824 in Blount Co, TN.
v. JONATHAN CUNNINGHAM was born about 1783 in ? Washington Co, TN. He married
Betsy Chitty on 02 Mar 1816 in Blount Co, TN.
9. vi. REBECCA CUNNINGHAM was born in 1784 in NC. She died in Jan 1860 in Benton
Co, TN. She married JOHN MCGILL. He was born in 1778 in NC. He died in Apr
1848 in Benton Co, TN.
10. vii. WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM JR was born on 26 Apr 1787 in Abbeville Dist, SC. He died
on 20 Feb 1855 in Calhoun Co, AL. He married Susannah Kellum, daughter of
Isaac Kellum and Sarah Moore, about 1815 in Abbeville District, SC. She was
born on 22 Mar 1779 in MD. She died on 23 Jul 1848 in Calhoun Co, AL.
11. viii. MARY ELIZABETH CUNNINGHAM was born on 30 May 1788 in Abbeville District, SC.
She died on 30 Aug 1866 in TN. She married (1) JOHN W. BURNS about 1809 in
?SC. He was born on 13 Mar 1765 in Baltimore, MD or VA. He died on 09 Nov
1841 in Marshall Co, TN. She married (2) MICHAEL ROBINSON ROBERSON on 20
Sep 1852 in Marshall Co, TN. He was born about 1788 in NC. He died in 1868 in
Tennessee, USA.
3. JEREMIAH2 CUNNINGHAM (James1) was born on 04 Jul 1760 in Lancaster Co, PA. He died on 24
Aug 1834 in Guilford Co, NC. He married Hannah Coots, daughter of John Coots and ?
Hamilton, on 14 Mar 1795 in Guilford Co., NC. She was born on 15 Jan 1772 in Guilford Co, NC.
She died in Apr 1860 in North Division, Guilford Co, NC.
Notes for Jeremiah Cunningham:
Jeremiah served several short tours of duty in county units in the Revolution as is detailed in his
pension application papers. In one of those he was in a Company commanded by Capt John
Gillaspie which pursued a group of Tories into SC as far as the "Cheraw Hills." He made
application for pension in Nov, 1832, and after his death his widow, Hannah, also applied for
pension based on his service. In it he said he was born in Lancaster Co, PA and "moved when
very young with his father to that part of North Carolina now called Guilford County in which he
has lived ever since."
He wrote a will on 12 Mar, 1832 which was not probated but has been preserved in the NC
Archives. On16 Aug 1834 he wrote a second will, and this one was probated in May, 1836, and
is also preserved. In the second will he gives his wife "...all of the estate due me and her in the
Generation 2 (cont.)
State of Tennessee from her father John Cutes."
Jeremiah Cunningham and Hannah Coots had the following children:
i. JAMES3 CUNNINGHAM was born on 25 Feb 1796 in NC. He died on 03 Oct 1796 in
NC.
ii. JOHN CUNNINGHAM was born on 28 Feb 1798 in NC.
iii. MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM was born on 16 Sep 1799 in NC.
Notes for Matthew Cunningham:
According to his brother Jeremiah's Revolutionary Was pension application,
Matthew and his family moved to NC when he was very young. According to his
grandson, James Caswell Cunningham, in the AR 1911 Census of Confederate
Veterans, he was a Col in the Revolutionary War, and of Scotch Irish descent.
Matthew was married to Elizabeth Galbreath, bond of 16 Jan 1793, Orange Co,
NC. In Guilford Co, Matthew and Elizabeth had sold their land to Robert Bell by
deed dated 23 Oct 1798 and acknowledged in Feb 1799. This land was the 304
acre tract on Cunningham Branch of Reedy Fork that had been devised to
Matthew by his father. Matthew is named as an executor in the will of his fatherin-
law, William Galbreath, made 4 Jan 1799. He and brother-in-law John
Galbreath made inventory of the estate on 17 Oct 1800 and submitted it to
Orange Co Court at the Nov term, 1800. On 14 March, 1801 he was witness to a
deed of sale by Francis McKienie of Orange Co who was also mentioned in
William Galbreath's will as a son-in-law and husband of daughter, Catherine. The
Guilford Count on 20 May 1801, appointed Matthew and James McMurry to settle
the Estate of William McGahey. These may be the last records of Matthew in NC
as sometime thereafter he and his family moved to TN.
Maththew's father-in-law, William Galbreath received several land grants just
south and west of Shelbyville, Bedford Co, TN. One was a NC Grant No. 61
issued 1788 for 1000 acres granted to William Galbreath and Jeremiah
Cumberland. He also was issued in 1788 Grant No. 2 for 1000 just south of his
previous grant. He also received another 640 acre grant in the same area. When
he died in 1800, Matthew was given Power of Attorney to come to TN and divide
this tract along with the other Galbreath lands. Matthew and his family settled on
the lower 1000 grant. In their old age they sold out and moved to the area of Flat
Creek Vllage to be near their son Mathew, Jr. According to grandson, James
Casell Cunningham, his grandparents lived at Shelbyville, TN.
Matthew does not appear in the 1810 US Federal Census for Bedford Co, TN. He
does, however, appear in the 1820 and 1830 US Federal Census for Bedford Co,
TN. In the 1840 US Federal Census, Elizabeth appears to be living with son,
Matthew. In the 1850 US Federal Census she is living in Matthew's household.
According to his wife's pension application made in Bedford in Jan 1852, her
husband had died in Bedford Co on 14 May 1840.
iv. WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM was born after 1801 in NC.
12. v. ELIZABETH "BETSY" CUNNINGHAM was born on 25 Mar 1801 in Guilford Co, NC. She
died on 01 Mar 1872. She married Allen Love on 24 Jun 1824 in Guilford Co, NC.
He was born on 09 Aug 1803 in Caswell Co, NC. He died about 01 Apr 1872.
vi. JANE CUNNINGHAM was born about 1804 in NC. She married JOHN ROBERTS.
vii. JAMES COOTS CUNNINGHAM was born on 30 May 1807 in Guilford Co, NC. He died
about 1884 in North Carolina, USA. He married Susanna B. Meekum, daughter of
James Meekum and Parmelia (Unknown), on 02 Feb 1868 in Guilford, North
Carolina, USA. She was born in Jun 1821 in North Carolina. She died about 1900
in North Carolina, USA.
Generation 2 (cont.)
4. MATTHEW2 CUNNINGHAM (James1) was born on 04 Jul 1760 in Lancaster Co, PA. He died on 14
May 1840 in Bedford Co, TN. He married Elizabeth Galbreath, daughter of William Galbreath, on
16 Jan 1793 in Orange Co, NC. She was born about 1767 in Mt Pleasant Twp, York Co, PA. She
died after 1852 in Bedford Co,TN.
Notes for Matthew Cunningham:
According to his brother Jeremiah's Revolutionary Was pension application, Matthew and his
family moved to NC when he was very young. According to his grandson, James Caswell
Cunningham, in the AR 1911 Census of Confederate Veterans, he was a Col in the
Revolutionary War, and of Scotch Irish descent.
Matthew was married to Elizabeth Galbreath, bond of 16 Jan 1793, Orange Co, NC. In Guilford
Co, Matthew and Elizabeth had sold their land to Robert Bell by deed dated 23 Oct 1798 and
acknowledged in Feb 1799. This land was the 304 acre tract on Cunningham Branch of Reedy
Fork that had been devised to Matthew by his father. Matthew is named as an executor in the
will of his father-in-law, William Galbreath, made 4 Jan 1799. He and brother-in-law John
Galbreath made inventory of the estate on 17 Oct 1800 and submitted it to Orange Co Court at
the Nov term, 1800. On 14 March, 1801 he was witness to a deed of sale by Francis McKienie
of Orange Co who was also mentioned in William Galbreath's will as a son-in-law and husband
of daughter, Catherine. The Guilford Count on 20 May 1801, appointed Matthew and James
McMurry to settle the Estate of William McGahey. These may be the last records of Matthew in
NC as sometime thereafter he and his family moved to TN.
Maththew's father-in-law, William Galbreath received several land grants just south and west of
Shelbyville, Bedford Co, TN. One was a NC Grant No. 61 issued 1788 for 1000 acres granted to
William Galbreath and Jeremiah Cumberland. He also was issued in 1788 Grant No. 2 for 1000
just south of his previous grant. He also received another 640 acre grant in the same area.
When he died in 1800, Matthew was given Power of Attorney to come to TN and divide this tract
along with the other Galbreath lands. Matthew and his family settled on the lower 1000 grant. In
their old age they sold out and moved to the area of Flat Creek Vllage to be near their son
Mathew, Jr. According to grandson, James Casell Cunningham, his grandparents lived at
Shelbyville, TN.
Matthew does not appear in the 1810 US Federal Census for Bedford Co, TN. He does,
however, appear in the 1820 and 1830 US Federal Census for Bedford Co, TN. In the 1840 US
Federal Census, Elizabeth appears to be living with son, Matthew. In the 1850 US Federal
Census she is living in Matthew's household. According to his wife's pension application made in
Bedford in Jan 1852, her husband had died in Bedford Co on 14 May 1840.
Notes for Elizabeth Galbreath:
Elizabeth was the daughter of William Galbreath, a pioneer settler on Back Creek in Orange (now
Alamance) Co, NC. In his will, made 4 Jan 1799, her father left her a 300 acre tract of land in
TN, and named as his executors, his son John Galbreath and his son-in-law, Mathew
Cunningham. He also devised to his grandson, William Galbreath Cunningham, a 140 acre tract
including a mill seat, located on Buchannan Creek. In the 1850 US Federal Census Elizabeth is
living with son Matthew in Bedford Co, TN. In Jan 1852, Elizabeth made application in Bedford
Co, TN for a federal pension based on the Revolutionary War service of her deceased husband.
Matthew Cunningham and Elizabeth Galbreath had the following children:
13. i. JEREMIAH "JERRY" M.3 CUNNINGHAM was born on 23 Nov 1797 in Guilford Co, NC.
He died on 06 Jan 1877 in Navarro, TX. He married Mary "Polly" Jane Lynch on
05 Feb 1824 in Orange Co, NC. She was born on 28 Feb 1801 in Guilford Co,
NC. She died on 05 Jul 1857 in Navarro Co, TX.
14. ii. WILLIAM GALBREATH CUNNINGHAM was born about 1799 in NC. He died after 1870
in MO. He married ELIZABETH (UNKNOWN). She was born about 1799 in TN. She
died after 1870 in MO.
15. iii. MARY "POLLY" GALBREATH CUNNINGHAM was born in 1801 in TN. She died in 1876
in Bedford Co, TN. She married WILLIAM WORD. He was born in 1803 in KY. He
died in 1883 in Bedford Co, TN.
Generation 2 (cont.)
iv. ELIZABETH CUNNINGHAM was born about 1807.
16. v. MATTHEW THADEUS CUNNINGHAM was born about 1810 in Shelbyville, Bedford Co,
TN. He died in 1873 in TN. He married NANCY GALASPY MCGILL. She was born on
17 Jan 1818 in Bedford Co, TN. She died on 15 Apr 1893 in Bedford Co, TN.
vi. JANE CUNNINGHAM.
vii. KATHERINE CUNNINGHAM.
5. ELIZABETH2 CUNNINGHAM (James1) was born on 17 Apr 1763 in NC. She died between 1830-
1850 in Limestone Co, AL. She married Adam Burney, son of Charles Burney and Mary Lackey,
before 1790 in NC. He was born between 1765-1766 in NC. He died on 05 Apr 1850 in
Limestone Co, AL.
Notes for Elizabeth Cunningham:
Elizabeth was called "Elizabeth Burney" in her father's will written 24 Sep 1991. No marriage
bond is known for her marriage. However, it must have been before the 1790 US Fedreral
Census since there is only one female listed in James' household which would have been
Isabelle, and also, Adam Burney is listed in that Census as being in Abbeville Co, SC. In two
publications about the Burneys, her husband is identified as Adam Burney, son of Charles and
Mary (Lackey) Burney. He is also identified as a son of Charles and Mary in a deed record in
Guilford Co. Both books state that they moved to Limestone Co, AL and that Adam died there 5
Apr 1849. No date of death is given for Elizabeth but gives her place of death as "Limestone,
Tx", probably intended to be Limestone Co, AL.
The books make no mention of them living in Abbeville District, SC. However, Adam Burney is
listed in the 1790 US Federal Census as living in Abbeville Co, SC with 2 males and 1 female.
He is still in Abbeville Co, SC in the 1800 US Federal Census with 1 male under 10 years, 3
females under 10 years, 2 males 16-25 years and 1 male/1 female 26-44. It would appear that
the family moved to AL between 1803 when one child was born in SC and 1807 when the next
child was born in AL. He does not appear in the Federal Census again until 1830 where he is in
Limestone Co, AL. with one male 15-20, 1 male 60-70, 2 females 20-30, and 1 female 60-70.
Adam Burney and Elizabeth Cunningham had the following children:
17. i. JAMES CUNNINGHAM3 BURNEY was born about 1791 in NC or SC. He died about
1848 in Otterville, Cooper Co, MO. He married Jane Sloan about 1816. She was
born on 03 Mar 1792 in TN. She died on 12 Feb 1853 in Cass Co, MO.
ii. JANE BURNEY was born about 1800 in SC. She died after 1860.
18. iii. WILLIAM SIDNEY BURNEY was born on 04 Mar 1801 in SC. He died on 31 Jul 1885
in MS. He married SUCHARESSA HUNTER WILLIAMSON. She was born in 1799 in NC.
She died in 1873 in MS.
19. iv. ALLAN ADAM BURNEY was born about 1803 in SC. He died after 1860. He married
Theresa E. Grady on 09 Feb 1837 in Limestone Co, AL. She was born about
1815 in VA. She died after 1860.
20. v. JEFFERSON P. BURNEY was born about 1807 in AL. He died after 1850. He married
Mary "Polly" Hicks on 24 Oct 1837 in Limestone Co, AL. She was born about
1809 in SC.
6. ISABELLE "IBBY"2 CUNNINGHAM (James1) was born on 16 Apr 1769 in Rowan (now Guilford) Co,
NC. She died on 22 Feb 1846 in Guilford Co, NC. She married Robert McCuiston, son of Walter
McCuiston and Sarah McCuiston, on 23 Nov 1792 in Guilford Co., NC. He was born on 23 Feb
1770 in Reedyfork Haw, Guilford Co, NC. He died on 12 Nov 1833 in Guilford Co, NC.
Notes for Isabelle "Ibby" Cunningham:
Isabelle's brother, Jeremiah, was bondsman for her marriage bond. According to a bible record
they were married "on Thursday by Rev. David Caldwell." She is listed as being burried in "Old
Gibson" Cemetery in Guilford Co. Not much else is known about her. She and her husband
were born, raised, married, raised their large family and died in Guilford Co, NC.
Robert McCuiston and Isabelle "Ibby" Cunningham had the following children:
Generation 2 (cont.)
i. JANE DAUSON3 MCCUISTON was born on 26 Oct 1793. She died in young.
ii. WALTER MCCUISTON was born on 28 Nov 1794. He died in young.
iii. JAMES MCCUISTON was born on 03 Oct 1796 in Guilford Co, NC. He died on 10
Oct 1879.
iv. SARAH "SALLY" MCCUISTON was born on 19 May 1798 in Guilford Co, NC. She died
on 04 Dec 1821 in Guilford Co, NC.
v. LEVINA MCCUISTON was born on 14 Apr 1800.
vi. ELIZABETH "BETSEY" MCCUISTON was born on 13 Apr 1802 in Guilford Co, NC. She
died in 1894 in MO.
vii. MILTON MCCUISTON was born on 15 Aug 1804. He died before 1810.
viii. MARY "POLLY MCCUISTON was born on 12 Apr 1807 in Guilford Co, NC. She died
on 15 May 1890.
ix. ISABEL "IBBY" MCCUISTON was born on 19 Sep 1810 in Guilford Co, NC. She died
on 06 Sep 1884.
x. ROBERT FRANKLIN MCCUISTON was born on 30 Apr 1817 in Guilford Co, NC. He
died in 1862.
					Generation 3
7. MILES3 CUNNINGHAM (William2, James1) was born about 1772 in Guilford Co, NC. He died in 1840
in Monroe Co, TN. He married (1) MARY DENNY on 13 Jan 1797 in Blount County TN. She was
born between 1780-1782 in Guilford County, North Carolina. She died between 1830-1840 in TN.
He married (2) ELIZABETH DAVIS on 08 Jun 1792 in Green Co, TN. She died before Nov 1895 in
TN. He married (3) MARY DENNING on 19 Nov 1795 in Greene, Tennessee, USA. She died before
1897 in TN.
Miles Cunningham and Mary Denny had the following children:
21. i. MILES4 CUNNINGHAM JR was born between 11-14 Jan 1798 in Blount Co, TN. He
died on 23 Apr 1852 in Monroe Co, TN. He married (1) MARGARET "PEGGY" ANN
(UNKNOWN) between 1823-1830 in TN. She was born in Apr 1806 in TN. She died
on 13 Oct 1852 in Monroe Cio, TN. He married (2) BETSEY GORMLEY on 23 Aug
1821 in Blount Co, TN. She died between 1823-1830.
ii. NANCY C. CUNNINGHAM was born between 1800-1810 in TN.
iii. MARTHA A. CUNNINGHAM was born between 1800-1810 in TN.
iv. MARY C. CUNNIGHAM was born about 1800 in TN.
v. HUGH CUNNIGHAM was born about 1800 in TN.
vi. ROBERT CUNNINGHAM was born about 1801 in TN.
vii. JOHN CUNNINGHAM was born about 1805 in TN.
viii. ALFRED CUNNINGHAM was born about 1808 in TN.
8. DAVID C.3 CUNNINGHAM (William2, James1) was born about 1774 in Guilford Co, NC. He died on
16 Aug 1852 in Washington Co, AR. He married Priscilla "Pressey" Denny, daughter of James E.
Denney and Mary Donnell, on 13 Jan 1798 in Blount Co, TN. She was born about 1777 in NC.
She died in Mar 1853 in Washington Co, AR.
Notes for David C. Cunningham:
Early on it was apparent that David and his brother Miles were closely linked in both their
personal and business lives. Not only did they marry sisters but they did business together.
Most likely, David was in Greene Co, TN with Miles from about 1792 (when he would have been
about 18 years old) to about 1996.. (The first record for Miles is Greene Co, was 8 Jun 1792 and
Generation 3 (cont.)
the last was Aug 1796,) Greene Co had been formed from the western part of Washington Co in
1783. They were probably in Blount Co before 13 Jan 1797 as this was the date Miles married
Mary Denny. The first record of David in Blount Co was 13 Dec 1797 when he served with Miles
on a jury. The next account is his marriage to Priscilla a month latter on 13 Jan 1798. According
to Worth S. Ray in his book Tennessee Cousins, "MILES and DAVID CUNNINGHAM married the
two sisters MARY and PRESSEY DENNY in Blount County..., before 1800.
The court in session on 26 Nov 1801 "Ordered that David Cunningham have liberty to keep a
publick house at his own house in Maryville." David found himself in court vs the State and
before a jury on 29 May 1800, 26 Feb 1801, and 27 Nov 1801. Charges are not currently known
although one researcher states he was in court for "fighting.". He appeared again before the
court on 23 May 1803 "On motion of David Cuningham ordered that he have liberty to keep a
publick house at his own house in Maryville and entered into bond and security as the law
directs."
Inez E. Burns in her "History of Blount County Tennessee" states "Miles and David Cunningham
operated Cunningham Tavern House from 1801 to 1812. Jesse Wallace then took over and
operated for fifteen years under the sign "General Washington." The inn was on lot number 63
where the J. C. Penney Store was built. In this building there is now a restaurant. The tax list for
1803 names three Public House keepers in the county who paid the five dollar privilege license
fee. David was one of them. Burns concluded by saying "Early Maryvillians....did their drinking
and entertaining at Cunningham's or Taylor's taverns."
They were slave holders to at least some degree. In 1815 there was a TN Supreme Count Case:
Miles Cunningham v. Banner Shiels & Sam Harris with cause of action the Selling of Slaves.
In a county deed book, Miles and David sold a Negro woman named Sall aged about 36 for
$287.50 in Aug 1818.
David was on the tax list as early as 1800.
For many years they prospered and were prominent citizens of Maryville. In addition to the
numerous lots they purchased in Maryville, they also purchased land on Nine Mile Creek. Many
of the properties were state grants. In 1812 they sold the Tavern. (It may have been at this time
that David volunteered for the army.) They also started selling off other town properties and it
appears they were beginning to fall on hard times. As their fortunes declined, there were
numerous court actions against them and judgment orders to sell property to satisfy the
judgments. The Knoxville Register on 15 Sep 1818 lists David, Miles and James as having
unpaid taxes/fines and if not paid, land would be sold. The last sale appears to be a public land
sale on property on Nine Mile Creek 12 Dec 1818 to satisfy several judgments. Apparently by
this time, both David and Miles were living on Nine Mile Creek.
Sometime after 1818 both families moved to Monroe Co, TN which was formed from Cherokee
Generation 3 (cont.)
lands in 1819. Nine Mile Creek runs close to and parallel to the Monroe Co line so they may not
have moved far. One researcher reports that they resided in the "Four Mile Branch" settlement
of the Little Tennessee River.
There is no US Federal Census for TN for 1790, 1800, and only partial census for 1810 and
1820. Both David and Miles are on the Reconstructed 1810 TN census from Blount Co. David
next appears in the 1830 US Federal Census as being in Regiment 98 Township, Monroe Co: 1
male 5 and under 10 (John), 1 male 15 and under 20 (Alfred), 1 male 50 and under 60 (David), 2
females 10 and under 15 (one is Eliza), 2 females 15 and under 20, 2 females 20 and under 30,
and 1 female 50 and under 60 (Priscilla). This census probably did not include any of the other
known daughters since it appears that they were married prior to this census. The names of the
other daughters are not known - if indeed they were daughters and not other relatives living in the
household. Mostly likely they married and stayed in TN. Miles is also listed in the 1830 Federal
Census as living in Regiment 98 Twp although Miles and David do not appear to be living close
to one another. Considering their financial situation, they most likely rented or leased their land
in Monroe Co.
It appears from the 1840 US Federal Census that David, Priscilla, John and Eliza went west with
son Alfred and his young family. They are in Bear Creek township, Montgomery Co, MO. Alfred
is head of household which includes 1 male 15 - 20 (John), 1 male 60 -70 (David), 1 female 60 -
70 (Priscilla). Eliza does not appear to be listed. They were probably in Montgomery Co because
Isabella's family - the Huttons - were living in this area. They arrived in MO before 1839 and left
for Washington Co, AR about 1843. It is interesting to note that daughter, Pauline Jones and her
family traveled from Valley Town, NC on 9 Oct 1838 with a contingent of Cherokees in their
removal west, arriving near present day Westville, Adair Co, OK. This was only a few miles west
of where David and family established their home in Washington Co, AR.
(Editor's Note) It would be interesting to know if the Cunninghams traveled as far as MO with the
Jones' as part or the Cherokee removal west.
A David Cunningham purchased 160 acres in Bradley Co, TN, 27 Apr 1839, recorded 18 Dec
1839.
The 1850 US Federal Census lists David, Priscilla, Eliza and John in Prairie, Washington Co, AR.
All the adults except David are listed as being able to read or write. David has no occupation.
They are living next door to son Alfred. John is a farmer with real estate value owned of $1550.
Pauline's children/step children are living with them.
Generation 3 (cont.)
It is interesting to note that David's mother's aunt, Jane Blair Pyeatt moved to Cane Hill, AR in
1827 which was just a few miles from where they were living.
It would appear that Cincinnati was the closest town/post office to where they lived.
Two researchers think that David was a preacher and one reported that he moved to AR to
establish a church in the area. There is no primary source for this information.
The following information is added after the book was published in 2008:
David and Miles served as post-revolutionary war volunteer soldiers. They served at the same
time as privates in Anderson Walker's Company, Christian's Regiment, Green Co Militia, Territory
South of the Ohio. They served from 1 Sep to 3 Dec 1793. Commencement of pay of this
settlement - 27 Sep 1793; expiration of service or of this settlement - 3 Dec 1793; term of
service charged - 2 mo, 7 day; pay per month - $3; amount of pay - $6.70. (They were living in
Green Co, TN from about Jan 1792 - Aug 1796.)
It also appears that David may have served in the War of 1812. There is a David (but no Miles)
serving as a Lieutenant in Bunch's Regiment, Mounted (1813-14) Tennessee Volunteers.
Colonel Samuel Bunch commanded the 1st Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Infantry Oct 1813-
Jan 1814. Col Bunch also commanded the 2nd Regiment of East Tennessee Militia from Jan
1914-May 1814. David probably would have served in the 2nd Regiment since it included people
form Blount Co.
The following came from cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee,
Knoxville: July Term, 1840. Gillespie and Peck Vs. Cunningham, et als.
"After the cession by the Cheokees of all their remaining land within the limits of this State to the
United States and the establishment by the Legistature of the Ocoee district in 1837, to wit, on
the 14th of June, 1939, David Cunningham procured grants from the State of Tennessee for a
large portion of the land previously granted to Peck and Gillespie. His entries were made in the
office of the Ocoee district. Cunningham and others under him took possession of the land
Generation 3 (cont.)
covered by his grants, and Peck and Gillespie instituted this action of ejectment in the circuit
court of Monroe county, on the 20th of August, 1840 against Cunningham and his tenants. The
cause came on and was tried at the July term,1840, by his honor Ch. F. Keith and a jury of
Monroe county. Much proof was introduced by the plaintiffs to show that the land covered by
their grant and in the possession of the defendants was ceded to the United States in 1819, and
that the line run by the commissioners was not run in conformity with the calls for natural objects
made in the treaty of 1819; and by the defendants to show that the parties had acquiesced in the
line so run." The jury rendered a verdict for the defendants which was appealed. After the
appeals, "The judgment of the court below in favor of the defendants will therefore be affirmed."
David C. Cunningham and Priscilla "Pressey" Denny had the following children:
22. i. MARTHA4 CUNNINGHAM was born in 1797 in Sevier, Co., TN. She died after 1860 in
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. She married JOHN HENRY ROSE SR. He was
born about 1795 in Washington Co, TN. He died about 1846 in Sevier Co., TN.
23. ii. PRICILLA ANN "PRIS" CUNNINGHAM was born about 1799 in Blount Co, TN. She died
after 1870 in Blount Co,TN. She married William David "Billy" McCulloch ll, son of
Capt. William David McCulloch, on 24 Nov 1817 in Blount Co, TN. He was born
about 1786 in Augusta Co, VA. He died about 1847 in Monroe Co, TN.
24. iii. PAULINE D. CUNNINGHAM was born in May 1802 in Blount Co, TN. She died on 17
Sep 1876 in Talequah, Adair Co, OK. She married Evan Jones, son of Samuel
Jones and Ann Powell, between 1831-1833 in NC. He was born on 14 May 1789
in Llanigon, Brecon, Wales. He died on 18 Aug 1872 in Tahlequah, Cherokee
Nation (Adair Co, OK).
25. iv. ALFRED C. CUNNINGHAM was born in 1814 in Blount Co, TN. He died on 19 Feb
1851 in Sacramento, CA. He married Isabelle Hutton, daughter of Josiah Hutton
and Isabella McConnell, on 31 Aug 1836 in Blount Co, TN. She was born on 12
Apr 1815 in Blount Co, TN. She died on 25 Feb 1903 in Wauneta, Chautauqua
Co, KS.
v. ELIZA CUNNINGHAM was born about 1817 in Blount Co, TN. She died after May
1865 in KS.
Notes for Eliza Cunningham:
Eliza apparently never married. In the 1850 Federal Census, she is 32 years old
and living with her parents. In the 1860 Federal Census she and her brother John
are living together in the Tahlequah District, Indian Lands, AR. She is listed as 47
yrs old and Single and still living with her brother and his four young children in
Wakarusa, Douglas Co, KS according the May 1865 Kansas State Census
Collection. She is not found after this census.
26. vi. JOHN CARROLL CUNNINGHAM was born in Sep 1821 in Blount Co, TN. He died on
16 Jul 1905 in Eureka Springs, Carroll Co, AR. He married (1) FRANCES M. NAVE,
daughter of Henry Nave and Susanna Ross, about 1856. She was born on 28 Nov
1831 in Cherokee Nation, OK. She died on 12 Aug 1864 in Douglas Co, KS. He
married (2) MARY C. WARD on 09 Jan 1866 in Douglas Co, KS. She was born in
Mar 1841 in England, U.K.. She died after 1905 in ? KS.
9. REBECCA3 CUNNINGHAM (William2, James1) was born in 1784 in NC. She died in Jan 1860 in
Benton Co, TN. She married JOHN MCGILL. He was born in 1778 in NC. He died in Apr 1848 in
Benton Co, TN.
John McGill and Rebecca Cunningham had the following children:
i. JOHN4 MCGILL was born about 1837 in TN.
ii. THOMAS MCGILL was born about 1839 in TN.
10. WILLIAM3 CUNNINGHAM JR (William2, James1) was born on 26 Apr 1787 in Abbeville Dist, SC. He
died on 20 Feb 1855 in Calhoun Co, AL. He married Susannah Kellum, daughter of Isaac Kellum
and Sarah Moore, about 1815 in Abbeville District, SC. She was born on 22 Mar 1779 in MD.
She died on 23 Jul 1848 in Calhoun Co, AL.
Generation 3 (cont.)
William Cunningham Jr and Susannah Kellum had the following children:
27. i. WILLIAM NEWTON4 CUNNINGHAM was born on 27 Jan 1816 in Abbeville District, SC.
He died on 25 Sep 1880 in Calhoun Co, AL. He married (1) MARY ELIZABETH
CARTER, daughter of Charles Carter and Feriba Thurin Veasey, on 08 Feb 1854 in
Talladega Co, AL. She was born on 07 Oct 1832 in Madison Co, AL. She died on
25 Feb 1894 in Larkinsville, Jackson Co, Alabama,. He married (2) NANCY A.
PRATT, daughter of James Pratt and Sarah Lindsay, before 1839 in Abbeville Co,
SC. She was born on 20 Aug 1820 in SC. She died on 15 Oct 1851 in Calhoun
Co, AL.
ii. JULIAN E. CUNNINGHAM was born on 31 Mar 1822 in Abbeville District, SC. She
died on 11 Oct 1846 in Calhoun Co, AL.
11. MARY ELIZABETH3 CUNNINGHAM (William2, James1) was born on 30 May 1788 in Abbeville District,
SC. She died on 30 Aug 1866 in TN. She married (1) JOHN W. BURNS about 1809 in ?SC. He
was born on 13 Mar 1765 in Baltimore, MD or VA. He died on 09 Nov 1841 in Marshall Co, TN.
She married (2) MICHAEL ROBINSON ROBERSON on 20 Sep 1852 in Marshall Co, TN. He was born
about 1788 in NC. He died in 1868 in Tennessee, USA.
John W. Burns and Mary Elizabeth Cunningham had the following children:
i. CUNNINHAM HAYES4 BURNS was born in 1810 in SC.
ii. JOHN W. BURNS was born about 1812 in SC.
28. iii. GEORGE W. BURNS was born in 1819 in SC. He died in 1880 in TX. He married
Jane Billington on 08 Nov 1843 in Marshall Co, TN. She was born about 1825 in
TN. She died in TX.
29. iv. WILLIAM BOYD BURNS was born in 1821 in SC. He died in TX. He married
MARGARET J. PATTION. She was born about 1825 in KY. She died in TX.
30. v. MARY CATHERINE BURNS was born on 13 Nov 1825 in SC. She died on 08 May
1900 in Marshall Co, TN. She married James C. Fulton on 15 Oct 1840 in
Marshall Co, TN. He died on 06 Oct 1843 in Marshall Co, TN.
31. vi. LUCINDA BURNS was born on 22 Dec 1828 in Bedford Co, TN. She died on 10 Mar
1914 in Marshall Co, TN. She married Doctor F. Joyce on 15 Jul 1846 in at the
home of Nancy Burns. He was born on 15 Jan 1822 in TN. He died on 14 Oct
1870 in TN.
vii. ROBERT BURNS was born on 25 Dec 1833 in TN. He died on 26 Nov 1836 in TN.
12. ELIZABETH "BETSY"3 CUNNINGHAM (Jeremiah2, James1) was born on 25 Mar 1801 in Guilford Co,
NC. She died on 01 Mar 1872. She married Allen Love on 24 Jun 1824 in Guilford Co, NC. He
was born on 09 Aug 1803 in Caswell Co, NC. He died about 01 Apr 1872.
Allen Love and Elizabeth "Betsy" Cunningham had the following children:
i. NANCY JANE4 LOVE was born on 02 Apr 1825 in Caswell Co, NC. She died on 31
Mar 1895.
ii. WILLIAM LOVE was born about 1827 in NC.
iii. MARY LOVE was born about 1831 in NC.
iv. ISABEL "IBBY" LOVE was born about 1832 in Guilford Co, NC.
v. JOHN COOTS LOVE was born on 13 Dec 1836 in Guilford Co, NC. He died after
1910.
13. JEREMIAH "JERRY" M.3 CUNNINGHAM (Matthew2, James1) was born on 23 Nov 1797 in Guilford Co,
NC. He died on 06 Jan 1877 in Navarro, TX. He married Mary "Polly" Jane Lynch on 05 Feb
1824 in Orange Co, NC. She was born on 28 Feb 1801 in Guilford Co, NC. She died on 05 Jul
1857 in Navarro Co, TX.
Jeremiah "Jerry" M. Cunningham and Mary "Polly" Jane Lynch had the following children:
i. CAROLINE4 CUNNINGHAM was born on 06 Feb 1825 in Orange Co, NC.
ii. JOHN PICARD CUNNINGHAM was born on 03 Mar 1826 in Shelbyville, Bedford Co,
TN.
Generation 3 (cont.)
iii. EMALINE HIGHBY CUNNINGHAM was born on 15 Dec 1827 in Shelbyville, Bedford
Co, TN.
iv. ADELINE BURNEY CUNNINGHAM was born on 18 Nov 1829 in Shelbyville, Bedford
Co, TN.
v. ANN HARRISON CUNNINGHAM was born on 14 Nov 1831 in TN.
vi. JANE MCNEAL CUNNINGHAM was born on 24 Mar 1834 in Shelbyville, Bedford Co,
TN.
vii. JESSEE LYNCH CUNNINGHAM was born on 16 Oct 1836 in TN.
viii. MATTHEW GALBREATH CUNNINGHAM was born on 16 Oct 1836 in TN.
ix. MARY ELIZABETH CUNNINGHAM was born on 15 May 1839 in Shelbyville, Bedford
Co, TN.
x. JOSEPH KINCAID CUNNINGHAM was born on 19 Jul 1841 in Shelbyville, Bedford Co,
TN.
xi. MARGARET MILISSA CUNNINGHAM was born on 17 Mar 1844 in Shelbyville, Bedford
Co, TN.
14. WILLIAM GALBREATH3 CUNNINGHAM (Matthew2, James1) was born about 1799 in NC. He died after
1870 in MO. He married ELIZABETH (UNKNOWN). She was born about 1799 in TN. She died after
1870 in MO.
Notes for William Galbreath Cunningham:
In his grandfather's (William Galbreath) will, was left a 140 acre tract including a mill seat, located
on Buchannan Creek.
William Galbreath Cunningham and Elizabeth (Unknown) had the following children:
i. WILLIAM4 CUNNINGHAM JR was born about 1832 in NC.
ii. MARGARET CUNNINGHAM was born about 1834 in NC.
iii. ANNERRIAS CUNNINGHAM was born about 1835 in NC.
iv. JAMES CUNNINGHAM was born about 1836 in NC.
15. MARY "POLLY" GALBREATH3 CUNNINGHAM (Matthew2, James1) was born in 1801 in TN. She died in
1876 in Bedford Co, TN. She married WILLIAM WORD. He was born in 1803 in KY. He died in
1883 in Bedford Co, TN.
William Word and Mary "Polly" Galbreath Cunningham had the following children:
i. CUTHBERT BURNEY4 WORD was born on 09 Jul 1824 in Bedford Co,TN. He died on
06 Dec 1866 in Shelbyville, Bedford Co, TM.
ii. THOMAS C. WORD was born about 1828 in TN.
16. MATTHEW THADEUS3 CUNNINGHAM (Matthew2, James1) was born about 1810 in Shelbyville,
Bedford Co, TN. He died in 1873 in TN. He married NANCY GALASPY MCGILL. She was born on
17 Jan 1818 in Bedford Co, TN. She died on 15 Apr 1893 in Bedford Co, TN.
Notes for Matthew Thadeus Cunningham:
According to his son, James Caswell Cunningham, he (Mathew T.) was born at Shelbyville,
Bedford Co, TN and lived at Flat Creek (just south of Shelbyville) and was a Justice of the peace.
He apparently was a Blacksmith. In the 1850 US Federal Census, his mother, Elizabeth, is living
with him and his family in Bedford Co, TN. It is possible that he was married twice. Marshall Co,
TN Marriage Records show a Wm T. Cunningham marrying Charlotte Bills on 5 Aug 1841.
Matthew Thadeus Cunningham and Nancy Galaspy McGill had the following children:
i. JAMES4 CUNNINGHAM was born about 1838 in Bedford Co, TN. He died in 1916 in
Bedford Co, TN.
32. ii. WILLIAM CASWELL CUNNINGHAM was born on 29 Dec 1841 in Bedford, Bedford Co,
TN. He died after 1911. He married (1) FRANCES EMALINE SHOFFNER. She was
born about 1844 in TN. He married (2) REBECCA JANE ROLLINS. She was born in
AR. She died between 1872-1876 in AR.
Generation 3 (cont.)
iii. BURNEY CUNNINGHAM was born about 1844 in Bedford Co, TN. He died before
1870 in Bedford Co, TN.
iv. MARY "POLLY" CUNNINGHAM was born on 13 Jan 1847 in Bedford Co, TN. She died
on 05 Jun 1918 in Bedford Co, TN.
v. THOMAS CUNNINGHAM was born about 1853 in Bedford Co, TN.
vi. FERRIS CUNNINGHAM was born about 1853 in Bedford Co, TN.
vii. EMMA CUNNINGHAM was born about 1863 in Bedford Co, TN.
17. JAMES CUNNINGHAM3 BURNEY (Elizabeth2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born about
1791 in NC or SC. He died about 1848 in Otterville, Cooper Co, MO. He married Jane Sloan
about 1816. She was born on 03 Mar 1792 in TN. She died on 12 Feb 1853 in Cass Co, MO.
James Cunningham Burney and Jane Sloan had the following children:
i. WILLIAM FOSTER PORTER4 BURNEY was born about 1817 in MO.
ii. ALEXANDER ALLEN BURNEY was born about 1819 in TN.
iii. ELIZABETH CUNNINGHAM BURNEY was born on 07 Dec 1820.
iv. SUSAN CATHERINE BURNEY was born on 26 Sep 1822.
v. REBECCA JANE BURNEY was born on 04 Apr 1824.
vi. JAMES ADAM BURNEY was born about 1826 in MO.
vii. SARAH EMELINE BURNEY was born in Mar 1827.
viii. MARY MARGARET BURNEY was born about 1828.
ix. MARTHA BURNEY was born about 1831 in MO.
x. PHOEBE BURNEY was born on 29 Aug 1836 in MO.
xi. ROBERT SLOAN BURNEY was born on 19 Dec 1837 in MO.
18. WILLIAM SIDNEY3 BURNEY (Elizabeth2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born on 04 Mar
1801 in SC. He died on 31 Jul 1885 in MS. He married SUCHARESSA HUNTER WILLIAMSON. She
was born in 1799 in NC. She died in 1873 in MS.
William Sidney Burney and Sucharessa Hunter Williamson had the following children:
i. JAMES R.4 BURNEY was born about 1827 in TN.
ii. MARTHA E. BURNEY was born about 1829 in TN.
iii. WILLIAM R. BURNEY was born about 1830 in TN.
iv. MARIA J. BURNEY was born about 1832 in TN.
v. SARAH A. BURNEY was born about 1834 in TN.
vi. JOSEPH B. BURNEY was born about 1838 in MS.
vii. ROBERT B. BURNEY was born about 1844 in MS.
19. ALLAN ADAM3 BURNEY (Elizabeth2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born about 1803 in
SC. He died after 1860. He married Theresa E. Grady on 09 Feb 1837 in Limestone Co, AL. She
was born about 1815 in VA. She died after 1860.
Allan Adam Burney and Theresa E. Grady had the following children:
i. JANE E.4 BURNEY was born about 1837 in AL.
ii. WILLIAM J. BURNEY was born about 1839 in AL.
iii. ALLEN J. BURNEY was born about 1841 in AL.
iv. THOMAS P. BURNEY was born about 1847 in AL.
v. SALLY L. BURNEY was born about 1853 in AL.
vi. MARY BURNEY was born about 1856 in AL.
Generation 3 (cont.)
20. JEFFERSON P.3 BURNEY (Elizabeth2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born about 1807 in
AL. He died after 1850. He married Mary "Polly" Hicks on 24 Oct 1837 in Limestone Co, AL. She
was born about 1809 in SC.
Jefferson P. Burney and Mary "Polly" Hicks had the following children:
i. ELIZABETH E.4 BURNEY was born about 1838 in AL.
ii. SAMUEL G. BURNEY was born about 1840 in AL.
iii. JAMES H. BURNEY was born about 1842 in AL.
iv. MARY ANN BURNEY was born about 1843 in AL.
v. JEFFERSON P. BURNEY was born about 1849 in AL.
					Generation 4
21. MILES4 CUNNINGHAM JR (Miles3, William2, James1) was born between 11-14 Jan 1798 in Blount
Co, TN. He died on 23 Apr 1852 in Monroe Co, TN. He married (1) MARGARET "PEGGY" ANN
(UNKNOWN) between 1823-1830 in TN. She was born in Apr 1806 in TN. She died on 13 Oct
1852 in Monroe Cio, TN. He married (2) BETSEY GORMLEY on 23 Aug 1821 in Blount Co, TN. She
died between 1823-1830.
Miles Cunningham Jr and Margaret "Peggy" Ann (Unknown) had the following children:
33. i. WILLIAM5 CUNNINGHAM was born in 1823 in Blount Co, TN. He died in 1884 in
Olathe, Johnson Co, KS. He married Margaret West on 02 Sep 1841 in Monroe
County, TN.
ii. ELIZABETH CUNNINGHAM was born about 1830 in TN. She married FOX WHITE.
iii. JOSEPH CUNNINGHAM was born about 1834 in TN.
iv. MOSES CUNNINGHAM was born about 1836 in TN.
34. v. ALFRED CUNNINGHAM was born about 1839 in TN. He married MARGARET MORROW.
vi. JOHN CUNNINGHAM was born about 1843 in TN.
vii. NANCY CUNNINGHAM was born about 1846 in TN.
viii. DAVID CUNNINGHAM was born about 1849 in TN.
Miles Cunningham Jr and Betsey Gormley had the following child:
33. i. WILLIAM5 CUNNINGHAM was born in 1823 in Blount Co, TN. He died in 1884 in
Olathe, Johnson Co, KS. He married Margaret West on 02 Sep 1841 in Monroe
County, TN.
22. MARTHA4 CUNNINGHAM (David C.3, William2, James1) was born in 1797 in Sevier, Co., TN. She
died after 1860 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. She married JOHN HENRY ROSE SR. He
was born about 1795 in Washington Co, TN. He died about 1846 in Sevier Co., TN.
Notes for Martha Cunningham:
DNA links Martha to our Tree. She would have been born not long before David and Priscilla
were married and in a location not associated with them. There is scant documentation.
John Henry Rose Sr and Martha Cunningham had the following child:
i. JOHN HENRY5 ROSE JR was born on 08 Nov 1829 in Sevier Co., TN. He died on 11
May 1910 in Knox Co, TN.
23. PRICILLA ANN "PRIS"4 CUNNINGHAM (David C.3, William2, James1) was born about 1799 in Blount
Co, TN. She died after 1870 in Blount Co,TN. She married William David "Billy" McCulloch ll, son
of Capt. William David McCulloch, on 24 Nov 1817 in Blount Co, TN. He was born about 1786 in
Augusta Co, VA. He died about 1847 in Monroe Co, TN.
Notes for Pricilla Ann "Pris" Cunningham:
I have not seen any primary source documentation that Pricilla Ann "Pris" is the daughter of
David and Pricilla. The information on her and her family come from the Public Family Tree of
Generation 4 (cont.)
Anne Rowley. However, it is likely that she is a daughter since another Public Family Tree by
John McCullouch lists her husband William David "Billy" McCulloch as a direct descendant. The
only Primary source documentation is her marriage to "William McCullock" in Tennessee State
Marriages and the 1870 U.S. Federal Census.
William David "Billy" McCulloch ll and Pricilla Ann "Pris" Cunningham had the following children:
35. i. SAMUEL5 MCCULLOCH was born on 10 Jun 1818 in Monroe Co, TN. He died on 14
Dec 1904 in TN. He married (1) ELIZABETH "BETTY" BROWN on 09 Apr 1842 in
Lincoln, Tennessee, USA. She was born about 1825 in TN. She died on 09 Oct
1898 in Lincoln Co, TN. He married (2) MARY FRANCES MOORE on 29 Nov 1885 in
Lincoln, Tennessee, USA. She was born on 12 Sep 1852 in Tennessee. She died
on 08 Nov 1937 in Lincoln, Tennessee, USA.
Generation 4 (cont.)
ii. ELIZABETH "BETSY" MCCULLOCH was born about 1830 in TN.
36. iii. MARY E. MCCULLOCH was born on 27 Oct 1833 in Monroe Co, TN. She died on 26
Jul 1911 in Blount Co, TN. She met NOT MARRIED.
37. iv. THOMAS JEFFERSON MCCULLOCH was born on 21 Jul 1837 in Blount Co, TN. He
died on 27 Apr 1909 in Blount Co, TN. He married Elizabeth Jane Anderson on 26
Apr 1866 in Blount Co, TN. She was born on 07 Feb 1840 in TN. She died on 26
Dec 1928 in TN.
v. RAYMOND E. MCCULLOCH was born about 1838 in TN. He died before 1850 in TN.
38. vi. WILLIAM DAVID MCCULLOCH III was born on 15 Nov 1839 in Monroe Co, TN. He
died on 10 Oct 1911 in Bledsoe Co, TN. He married Nancy Ann Rudd Wright on
18 Feb 1862 in Blount Co, TN. She was born on 10 Oct 1843 in Monroe Co, TN.
She died on 06 May 1911 in Monroe Co, TN.
24. PAULINE D.4 CUNNINGHAM (David C.3, William2, James1) was born in May 1802 in Blount Co, TN.
She died on 17 Sep 1876 in Talequah, Adair Co, OK. She married Evan Jones, son of Samuel
Jones and Ann Powell, between 1831-1833 in NC. He was born on 14 May 1789 in Llanigon,
Brecon, Wales. He died on 18 Aug 1872 in Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation (Adair Co, OK).
Notes for Pauline D. Cunningham:
Most probably Pauline accompanied her husband in their removal West, 9 Oct 1838. She would
have had her own four young children plus five children from her husband's first marriage. P. D.
Jones is listed as head of household in the Kansas State Census Collection for 1857 in
Wakarusa, Douglas Co, and 1859 in Pottawatomie, Coffey Co, and in 1865 in Lawrence,
Douglas Co. In her last location, she is listed with her husband who is pastor of a Baptist mission
and three of her children who are all involved in the mission as teacher, clerk and music teacher.
Pauline is not listed as having an occupation. In the 1860 U.S. Federal Census they are living
with three children in Going Snake District, Indian Lands, Arkansas and Evan is a Baptist
Preacher.
Notes for Evan Jones:
Evan came with his first wife to Philadelphia early in 1820 or 21. He had been a communicant of
the Church of England, later a Methodist, but very shortly after his arrival in America became a
member of the Baptist church. A month later, he enlisted as a Baptist missionary to the
Cherokees arriving at Valley Town, NC (now in Cherokee Co, NC) in Sep 1821, where he taught
in a mission school. He was ordained to the Baptist ministry and became a most potent factor in
shaping the spiritual lives of the young Cherokees. Through his patient efforts, many of his
pupils became native ministers among the tribe, not least of them being Jesse Bushyhead and
Lewis Downing.
Evan joined with Rev. Jesse Bushyhead in leading a contingent of the Cherokees in their
removal to the West. This party departed from the East on 9 Oct 1838, reaching their destination
near where today is situated the town of Westville, Adair Co, OK on 23 Feb 1839. The Baptist
Mission was established by Evan and Bushyhead, some four miles northwest of Westville and he
resumed his spiritual labor among the Cherokees until his death. He was a close friend and
confidant of Chief John Ross and enjoyed an intimate acquaintance with the celebrated John
Howard Payne.
It appears that the family lived in Wakarusa, Douglas Co, KS in 1857 and in Pottawatomie,
Coffey Co, KS in 1859. (Kansas State Census Collection) In the 1860 U.S.Federal Census, the
family with three children are living in Going Snake District, Indian Lands, Arkansas and he is
listed as a Baptist Preacher. In the Jun 1865 Kansas State Census, the couple and three of their
children are in Lawrence, Douglas Co, KS engaged in mission school work.
Evan Jones and Pauline D. Cunningham had the following children:
39. i. MARY LINCOLN5 JONES was born about 1835 in NC. She died on 17 Apr 1874 in
Watertown, Jefferson Co, NY. She married NELSON SLATER SMITH. He was born
on 11 Jul 1827 in Jefferson Co, NY. He died on 14 Nov 1908 in Watertown,
Jefferson Co, NY.
Generation 4 (cont.)
40. ii. PAULINE D. JONES was born about 1838 in NC. She died in Sep 1863 in Little
Rock, Puaski Co, AR. She married Richard Calhoun Byrd about 1859 in AR. He
was born about 1838. He died in 1867.
iii. HERMAN LINCOLN JONES was born about 1838 in NC. He died after 1861 in ? AR.
iv. PRISCILLA JONES was born on 16 Jun 1838 in ? NC. She died on 18 Sep 1863 in
Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, USA.
41. v. JOHANNA V. JONES was born on 12 Dec 1839 in Dickson Co, TN. She died on 04
Dec 1914 in Tacoma, Pierce Co, WA. She married Gideon Hawley Hard, son of
Jehiel Hawley Hard and Matilda Hannah Barker, about 1866 in Douglas, Kansas,
USA. He was born on 08 Mar 1835 in Tallmade, Ottawa Co, MI. He died on 12
Jun 1915 in Tacoma, Pierce Co, WA.
vi. EVAN JONES was born about 1840 in Cherokee Nation, (Westville, Adair Co, OK).
He died on 12 Mar 1855 in Cherokee Nation, (Westville, Adair Co, OK).
42. vii. MILES C. JONES was born on 30 Nov 1844 in Cherokee Nation, (Adair Co, OK). He
died on 08 Dec 1928 in Dewey, Washington Co, OK. He married Margaret E.
Stevens on 22 Jul 1868 in Douglas Co, KS. She was born in Jan 1841 in NY. She
died in 1928 in Washington Co, OK.
viii. ELLA PARRY JONES was born on 23 Jun 1846 in Cherokee Nation, (Adair Co, OK).
She died on 23 Oct 1921 in San Diego, California, USA. She married Octavius
Warren McAllaster, son of Benjamin McALLASTER and Martha McKinney, on 10
Sep 1865 in Lawrence, Douglas Co, KS. He was born on 11 Jan 1834 in
Morristown, St. Lawrence Co, NY. He died on 26 Dec 1911 in Lawrence, Douglas
Co, KS.
25. ALFRED C.4 CUNNINGHAM (David C.3, William2, James1) was born in 1814 in Blount Co, TN. He
died on 19 Feb 1851 in Sacramento, CA. He married Isabelle Hutton, daughter of Josiah Hutton
and Isabella McConnell, on 31 Aug 1836 in Blount Co, TN. She was born on 12 Apr 1815 in
Blount Co, TN. She died on 25 Feb 1903 in Wauneta, Chautauqua Co, KS.
Notes for Alfred C. Cunningham:
In the 1840 US Federal Census Alfred is listed as head of household. With him is his wife,
parents, and brother and sister. They were living in the Bear Creek area of Montgomery Co, MO
where Isabella's family was living. They arrived in MO sometime in 1837 or 1838 and left in 1842
or 1843. Their departure date is based on the birth of the children. According to the General
Land Office Records, an Alfred C. bought acreage in Montgomery Co, MO (42.15 acres 1 Oct
1840, 40 acres 1 Jan 1846, and 40 acres 1 Jul 1848). The last two parcels of land appear to
have been purchased after they had moved to AR. In the 1850 US Federal Census they are
living in Prairie, Washington Co, AR and living next door to his parents. He is a farmer. The
three oldest children were in school. It appears they arrived in AR sometime before 1843 when
Edward was born in Washington Co, AR.
On 9 April 1850, William Quesenbury embarked on the overland journey to the CA gold fields
with a contingent from Cane Hill and the Cherokee Nation. Alfred Cunningham is mentioned
several times in Quesenbury's diary, and on 29 April was elected wagon master. He appears to
have been wagon master until 17 May. Also on the trip but not named was Jimmy Truesdale.
Another person named was Jim Pyeatt who no doubt was a Blair descendant. On 4 Jun
Quesenbury and 35 others signed an agreement to pack from Pueblo. Alfred is not on the list.
In fact, Quesenbury states on the same date that "Cunningham drove out into the prairie to the
right and got ahead of the train. All regularity and order among the wagons has been
abandoned." So it may be that Alfred decided to continue by wagon. The portion of the diary I
have ends 15 Jun near Pueblo (CO) and is the date they started packing, having destroyed the
wagons and everything else they couldn't pack. It is known that Quesenbury returned to Cane
Hill in 1851. It is not known when Jimmy Truesdale returned home. However, he must have
brought back enough gold to have the family earrings gold plated. Their granddaughter, Lela
Cunningham Whitney had them for many years and gave them to her grand niece, Maridell
Cunningham about 1952 while visiting with her in Oregon. Maridell gave them to her own grand
niece in July 2010.
Generation 4 (cont.)
Another source for their journey to CA is the Cherokee Advocate, May 27, 1850-2. In this
document Alfred Cunningham is elected Wagon Master of the Cherokee Emigrating California
Company, 29 Apr 1850 at Camp on Elk Creek.
By whatever means Alfred traveled, he did make to the California gold fields, where he died in or
near Sacramento on 19 Feb 1851. Two family researchers have heard that he died of Cholera
with one relating that he drove a wagon to a dock on the Sacramento River, was infected and
died within 24 hours. The following clippings were taken from papers published at the time of his
death.
"I lament to have to record the death of Bro. Alfred Cunningham who departed this life on
the 19 th day of last month, (February 19, 1851.) Bro. Cunningham was a Licentiate, belonging
to Washington Presbytery, Ark. I traveled with him 6 or 8 hundred miles in coming to this
country. He leaves an affectionate wife and five children, with a numerous train of relatives and
acquaintances, to morn his loss. I need heap no encomiums on Bro. Cunningham; those who
knew him best, loved him most. The Lord grant his dear wife strength and Christian fortitude to
bear up under this heavy stroke of his diving providence. Your Bro. in Christ, J. J. May." Note:
Mr May was on the same wagon train and was a preacher as noted in the Quesenbury Diary.
"We are called upon to announce the sorrowful tidings of the death of Mr. Alfred C.
Cunningham, late of Mount Comfort, Washington County, Arkansas. He went to California last
Spring in company with a number of the citizens of this place. He died at Sacramento on or
about the 19 th day of February last. He has left a wife and five children to mourn his loss, as
well as other near relatives. Mr. Cunningham was an earnest professor of the Religion of Christ.
He remained steadfast to that profession, through all the vicissitudes incident to the overland
journey and was doubtless supported in the last scene by that Savior in whom he trusted.
'Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord'."
(Editor's Note) It is quite possible that Alfred died of cholera. Cholera reached the population of
Sacramento 21 Oct 1849 via a passenger on a steamer. It is estimated that 850-900
Californians died of cholera between Oct and Dec that year. (Gold Dust by Donald Dale
Jackson.)
(Editor's note Feb 2019) According to Isabella's obituary, Alfred and Isabella moved to Lincoln
Co, MO the year they were married (1836). Lincoln Co adjoins Montgomery Co to the east.
Notes for Isabelle Hutton:
The 1860 US Federal Census lists Isabella with all of her children except Nancy who had
married. They are in Illinois Twp, Washington Co, AR, Cincinnati post office. John is listed as a
farm laborer, and only 11 yr old Eliza is in school. The value of their personal estate is listed at
$300. Apparently, they have a family boarding with them.
In the Washington County Arkansas Sheriff's Census for 1865, Isabella is listed with her three
children, J., H., Eliza and John H.
The family is not listed in any 1870 US Federal Census, although Isabella sold land in
Washington Co, AR in 1871. Mostly likely by then, the family had moved a few miles to the west
into Indian Territory (OK). According to the stories told about Josiah Hutton, they may have been
living on a ranch a few miles east of Ft. Gibson. Only daughter Nancy and her family are still in
Washington Co, AR,
Isabella does not appear in the 1980 US Federal Census and next appears in the 1885 Kansas
Decennial Census, Hendricks Twp, Chautauqua Co. She is listed as a widow, housekeeper, and
as having come to KS from CO. She is living by herself but next door to her daughter Nancy
Smith and family. The Smiths also came to KS from CO. It is not known when/where/why
Isabella and the Smiths were in CO. However, the 1880 US Federal Census places the Smiths
in Hendricks Twp, Chautauqua Co, KS, so it was probably in the 1770 - 1780 time frame. In the
1895 Kansas Decennial Census, Jefferson Twp, Chautauqua Co, she is living with the Smiths.
The last time she appears is in the 1900 US Federal Census, Jefferson Twp, Chautauqua Co.
living in the Smith household. She was widowed, had 5 children, with 3 living (Nancy, John H.
Generation 4 (cont.)
and Josiah), was born in TN as were her parents, could read and write.
(Editor's note, Feb 2019) I finally found a lengthy obituary for her in the Weekly Times-Star
(Sedan, Kansas), Friday, Mar 13, 1903. Highlights include that she and her husband moved to
Lincoln, MO the year they were married (1836), she united with the Presbyterian church at the
age of16 and was a member for almost 72 years, lived in the household of daughter, Nancy for
30 years. She died on Wednesday Feb 25 at 5 am with funeral services conducted at the Smith
home. Surviving children are Nancy Smith, Wauneta: John Cunningham, Edna (KS); and Hutton
Cunningham of Oregon.
Alfred C. Cunningham and Isabelle Hutton had the following children:
43. i. NANCY JANE5 CUNNINGHAM was born on 24 Jan 1839 in Montgomery Co, MO. She
died on 23 Dec 1917 in Chautauqua Co, KS. She married Samuel Smith, son of
James Smith and Rebecca Odle, on 11 Feb 1857 in Washington Co, AR. He was
born on 17 Jul 1837 in Cincinnatti, Washington Co, AR. He died on 28 Mar 1921
in Wauneta, Chautauqua Co, KS.
44. ii. JOHN HENRY CUNNINGHAM was born on 31 Dec 1842 in Montgomery Co, MO. He
died on 01 Dec 1919 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR (Elm Grove Cemetery, Edna,
KS). He married Emily Francis Truesdale, daughter of James "Jimmy" Lawrence
Truesdale and Louisa Jane Cox, on 09 Jan 1868 in Washington Co, AR. She was
born on 09 Feb 1846 in Washington Co, AR. She died on 03 Nov 1911 in 9 miles
southwest of Edna, KS in OK (Elm Grove Cemetery, Edna, KS).
iii. EDWARD P. CUNNINGHAM was born about 1843 in Washington Co, AR. He died
about 1860 in ? AR.
Notes for Edward P. Cunningham:
Cousin Paul says that Edward was shot and killed when he was about 17 years
old. This would have been about 1860 and must have occurred not long after the
1860 US Federal Census was taken. At this time they were still living in Illinois
Twp, Washington Co, Cincinnati post office and Edward is listed as a farm laborer.
The story is as follows: Apparently, Edward had a habit of riding his horse into the
general store and carrying a gun, The owner grew tired of this and hired a man to
stop him. The next time Edward rode into the store, the man was hiding behind
the door and shot Edward in the back of the head. He did not die immediately but
chased the man down the street before being restrained, at which time he died. It
is said that the next day, the man went down the river and was never heard of
again. The implication was that the man was killed by family.
45. iv. JOSIAH HUTTON "HUT" CUNNINGHAM was born on 16 Oct 1846 in Cincinnati ,
Washington Co, AR. He died on 26 Oct 1916 in Terebonne, Crook (now
Deschutes) Co, Oregon. He married Mary Ethelinda Foster, daughter of James
Franklin Foster and Sophia Hawkins, on 10 Aug 1870 in Cincinnati, Washington
Co, AR. She was born on 21 Oct 1849 in Liberty, DeKalb Co, TN. She died on 09
Sep 1933 in Lakeview, Lake Co, OR.
v. MARGARET ELIZA CUNNINGHAM was born about 1847 in Washington Co, AR. She
died between 1878-1900. She married James E. Grace on 21 Oct 1877 in
Washington Co, AR. He was born about 1839 in ? AR.
Notes for Margaret Eliza Cunningham:
Not much is known about Eliza. She is living with her family in the 1850 and 1860
US Federal Census and is not found in any other census. It appears that she may
have married a James E. Grace in Washington Co, AR in Oct 1877. In any event,
in the 1900 US Federal Census, her mother states that she only has three
children living, so Eliza probably died between 1877 and 1900.
26. JOHN CARROLL4 CUNNINGHAM (David C.3, William2, James1) was born in Sep 1821 in Blount Co,
TN. He died on 16 Jul 1905 in Eureka Springs, Carroll Co, AR. He married (1) FRANCES M. NAVE,
daughter of Henry Nave and Susanna Ross, about 1856. She was born on 28 Nov 1831 in
Generation 4 (cont.)
Cherokee Nation, OK. She died on 12 Aug 1864 in Douglas Co, KS. He married (2) MARY C.
WARD on 09 Jan 1866 in Douglas Co, KS. She was born in Mar 1841 in England, U.K.. She died
after 1905 in ? KS.
Notes for John Carroll Cunningham:
According to Cousin Paul, "John was an early settler among the Cherokees and was the first
superintendent of the Indian male seminary at Talequah, OK. He married a Cherokee girl,
Frances M. Naave. Frances was the daughter of Susanna Ross, sister of the beloved Chief John
Ross of the Cherokees. Susanna was 1/8th Cherokee and Frances 1/16th." It appears from the
1860 U.S. Census that John and his sister Eliza lived together in the Talequah District, Indian
Lands, AR although he apparently was married with at least one child at this time. The May
1865 Kansas State Census indicates his oldest child was born in 1858, In the same Kansas
Census, both John C. and Eliza are listed with four small children ages 7 yrs to 1 year old.
Frances died in 1864 (perhaps in childbirth) and John was a widower. They appeared to have
moved to Wakarusa, Douglas Co, KS between 1862 and 1864 as Frances is buried in KS. He
married Mary Ward of Lawrence KS in 1866 The 1900 U.S. Census has John and wife living in
Eureka Springs, Carroll Co, AR which is where he was living when he died.
Notes for Frances M. Nave:
According to Cousin Paul, Frances was the daughter of Susanna Ross, sister of the beloved
Chief John Ross of the Cherokees. Susanna was 1/8 th Cherokee and Frances was 1/16 th
Cherokee.
John Carroll Cunningham and Frances M. Nave had the following children:
46. i. MINNIE ROSS5 CUNNINGHAM was born on 07 Jul 1858 in Cherokee Nation, (Adair
Co, OK). She died on 20 Mar 1918 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA. She
married (1) SIDNEY ELLSWORTH BELL on 20 Jan 1891 in Caney, Montgomery,
Kansas, USA. He was born on 29 Dec 1860 in IL. He died after 1933 in OK. She
married (2) RICHARD FIELDS VANN, son of John Vann and Elizabeth (Unknown),
about 1881. He was born on 03 May 1860 in Indian Territory, OK. He died on 20
Sep 1887 in Indian Territory, OK.
47. ii. ALFRED CAROLL CUNNINGHAM was born in Jan 1860 in Cherokee Nation, (Adair Co,
OK). He died on 03 Apr 1936 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. He married
Laura Jane Lombard, daughter of Albert Lombard and Hester Cordilia Palmer, on
17 Dec 1898 in Muskogee, Muskogee Co, OK. She was born on 29 Jun 1874 in
Petaluma, Sonoma Co, CA. She died on 02 Jun 1953 in Whittier, Los Angeles Co,
CA.
48. iii. WILLIAM ROSS CUNNINGHAM was born about 1862 in Cherokee Nation, (Adair Co,
OK). He died on 02 Jan 1882. He married Elise Colston about 1879 in Indian
Territory, OK. She was born in 1847 in Ft Gibson, Indian Territory, OK.
iv. PAULINE J. CUNNINGHAM was born about 1864 in Douglas Co, KS.
27. WILLIAM NEWTON4 CUNNINGHAM (William3 Jr, William2, James1) was born on 27 Jan 1816 in
Abbeville District, SC. He died on 25 Sep 1880 in Calhoun Co, AL. He married (1) MARY
ELIZABETH CARTER, daughter of Charles Carter and Feriba Thurin Veasey, on 08 Feb 1854 in
Talladega Co, AL. She was born on 07 Oct 1832 in Madison Co, AL. She died on 25 Feb 1894 in
Larkinsville, Jackson Co, Alabama,. He married (2) NANCY A. PRATT, daughter of James Pratt
and Sarah Lindsay, before 1839 in Abbeville Co, SC. She was born on 20 Aug 1820 in SC. She
died on 15 Oct 1851 in Calhoun Co, AL.
William Newton Cunningham and Mary Elizabeth Carter had the following children:
49. i. CHARLES "CHARLEY" LAWRENCE5 CUNNINGHAM was born on 28 Feb 1855 in Calhoun
Co, AL. He died on 12 May 1918 in Boyd, TX. He married Sarah "Sallie" Francis
Garrett, daughter of Jesse Garrett and Elizabeth Eichelberger, on 25 Nov 1877 in
Carolton, GA. She was born on 16 Mar 1862 in Anniston, Calhoun Co, AL. She
died on 10 May 1951 in Marlow, Stephens Co, OK.
ii. JOEL SMART CUNNINGHAM was born on 29 Jul 1859 in Calhoun Co, AL. He died on
05 Sep 1860 in Calhoun Co, AL.
Generation 4 (cont.)
iii. MARY FLORENCE CUNNINGHAM was born on 22 May 1862 in Calhoun Co, AL. She
died on 20 Apr 1864 in Calhoun Co, AL.
William Newton Cunningham and Nancy A. Pratt had the following children:
50. iv. SUSAN ELIZABETH CUNNINGHAM was born on 14 Feb 1839 in Callhoun Co, AL. She
died on 24 Jul 1923 in Calhoun Co, AL. She married Daniel Perry Gunnels, son of
Nathan Gunnels and Nancy Hunt, on 17 Mar 1857 in Talladega, Talladega Co,
AL. He was born on 06 Oct 1823 in Franklin Co, GA. He died in Jan 1895 in
Oxford, Calhoun Co, AL.
v. JAMES W. CUNNINGHAM was born about 1843 in Calhoun Co, AL. He died on 27
Aug 1936 in Sharp County, Arkansas. He married (1) EMILY JANE HOLT on 07 Oct
1866 in Lawrence, Arkansas, United States. She was born in Jun 1846 in
Richwoods, Lawrence County, Arkansas, United States of America. She died on
10 Jan 1947 in Sharp County, Arkansas, United States of America. He married an
unknown spouse on 07 Oct 1866 in Lawrence, Arkansas, United States.
51. vi. GEORGE LAFAYETTE CUNNINGHAM was born on 16 May 1848 in Oxford, Calhoun
Co, AL. He died on 14 Jan 1933 in Oxford, Calhoun Co, AL. He married Martha
Eichelberger, daughter of Jacob Eichelberger and Asena Natel, on 11 Dec 1873 in
Oxford, Calhoun Co, AL. She was born on 01 Oct 1854 in Oxford, Calhoun,
Alabama, USA. She died on 18 Dec 1886 in Oxford, Calhoun, Alabama, USA.
28. GEORGE W.4 BURNS (Mary Elizabeth3 Cunningham, William2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham)
was born in 1819 in SC. He died in 1880 in TX. He married Jane Billington on 08 Nov 1843 in
Marshall Co, TN. She was born about 1825 in TN. She died in TX.
George W. Burns and Jane Billington had the following children:
i. JAMES R.5 BURNS was born about 1845 in TN.
ii. EQUILLA BURNS was born about 1847 in TN.
iii. JOHN L. BURNS was born about 1848 in MS.
iv. WILLIAM G. BURNS was born about 1850 in MS.
v. GEORGE C. BURNS was born about 1856 in TX.
vi. VICTORIA A. BURNS was born in Apr 1856 in TX. She married Edward Corbett in
1886. He was born in Dec 1856 in MO.
vii. SAMUEL BURNS was born about 1857 in TX.
viii. MARY E. BURNS was born about 1859 in TX.
29. WILLIAM BOYD4 BURNS (Mary Elizabeth3 Cunningham, William2 Cunningham, James1
Cunningham) was born in 1821 in SC. He died in TX. He married MARGARET J. PATTION. She
was born about 1825 in KY. She died in TX.
William Boyd Burns and Margaret J. Pattion had the following children:
i. JOHN5 BURNS was born about 1843 in TN.
ii. SARAH BURNS was born about 1846 in TN.
iii. LUCINDA BURNS was born about 1848 in TN.
iv. WILLIAM C. BURNS was born about 1850 in TN.
v. MARY BURNS was born about 1852 in TX.
vi. VICTORIA A. BURNS was born in Apr 1856 in TX. She married Edward Corbett in
1886. He was born in Dec 1856 in MO.
vii. PERMELIA BURNS was born about 1858 in TX.
viii. PRISCILLA BURNS was born about 1861 in TX.
ix. MARGARET BURNS was born about 1864 in TX.
x. ROBERT BURNS was born about 1866 in TX.
Generation 4 (cont.)
30. MARY CATHERINE4 BURNS (Mary Elizabeth3 Cunningham, William2 Cunningham, James1
Cunningham) was born on 13 Nov 1825 in SC. She died on 08 May 1900 in Marshall Co, TN.
She married James C. Fulton on 15 Oct 1840 in Marshall Co, TN. He died on 06 Oct 1843 in
Marshall Co, TN.
James C. Fulton and Mary Catherine Burns had the following child:
i. ELIZABETH5 FULTON was born about 1841 in Marshall Co, TN.
31. LUCINDA4 BURNS (Mary Elizabeth3 Cunningham, William2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham)
was born on 22 Dec 1828 in Bedford Co, TN. She died on 10 Mar 1914 in Marshall Co, TN. She
married Doctor F. Joyce on 15 Jul 1846 in at the home of Nancy Burns. He was born on 15 Jan
1822 in TN. He died on 14 Oct 1870 in TN.
Doctor F. Joyce and Lucinda Burns had the following children:
i. INFANT5 JOYCE was born on 30 Oct 1847 in TN.
ii. LOUVINIA JOYCE was born about 1848 in TN.
iii. INFANT JOYCE was born on 22 Nov 1851 in TN. Infant died on 22 Nov 1851 in TN.
iv. WILLIAM THOMAS JOYCE was born on 14 Jan 1853 in TN.
v. JOHN ROBINSON JOYCE was born in Oct 1855 in TN.
32. WILLIAM CASWELL4 CUNNINGHAM (Matthew Thadeus3, Matthew2, James1) was born on 29 Dec
1841 in Bedford, Bedford Co, TN. He died after 1911. He married (1) FRANCES EMALINE
SHOFFNER. She was born about 1844 in TN. He married (2) REBECCA JANE ROLLINS. She was
born in AR. She died between 1872-1876 in AR.
Notes for William Caswell Cunningham:
According to data he completed for the AR 1911 Census of Confederate Veterans, he was born
at Bedford, Bedford Co, TN. and was educated at Flat Creek Seminary, TN, and at Prairie Grove,
AR. He taught school in TX and in AR. He was a Jeffersonian Democrat all the time and a
member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was a private in the Confederate Army,
belonged to Capt Sam Marrs of McRhea's Regt. May 1861 and on reorganization, joined the
Confederates under Capt Crawford, and served till the close of the was in 1865. He was married
twice and it appears that his second wife brought to the marriage a child from a previous
marriage.
William Caswell Cunningham and Frances Emaline Shoffner had the following children:
i. NEWTON CASWELL5 CUNNINGHAM was born about 1876 in AR.
ii. WILLIAM MOSES THADEUS CUNNINGHAM was born about 1879 in AR.
William Caswell Cunningham and Rebecca Jane Rollins had the following children:
iii. NANCY NAOMA CUNNINGHAM was born about 1868 in AR. She married ANDREW
JACKSON WILSON.
iv. MARY CASWELL CUNNINGHAM was born about 1869 in AR. She married JOHN F.
BRUNK.
v. SUSAN JANE CUNNINGHAM was born about 1872 in AR. She married ?ORPEN
BRUSTON.
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33. WILLIAM5 CUNNINGHAM (Miles4 Jr, Miles3, William2, James1) was born in 1823 in Blount Co, TN.
He died in 1884 in Olathe, Johnson Co, KS. He married Margaret West on 02 Sep 1841 in
Monroe County, TN.
William Cunningham and Margaret West had the following child:
52. i. ANDREW JACKSON6 CUNNINGHAM was born in 1849. He married MARGARET ANN
FOWLER. She was born in 1852.
34. ALFRED5 CUNNINGHAM (Miles4 Jr, Miles3, William2, James1) was born about 1839 in TN. He
married MARGARET MORROW.
Alfred Cunningham and Margaret Morrow had the following children:
Generation 5 (cont.)
i. JOHN6 CUNNINGHAM.
ii. ANNIE CUNNINGHAM.
iii. JAMES CUNNINGHAM.
35. SAMUEL5 MCCULLOCH (Pricilla Ann "Pris"4 Cunningham, David C.3 Cunningham, William2
Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born on 10 Jun 1818 in Monroe Co, TN. He died on 14
Dec 1904 in TN. He married (1) ELIZABETH "BETTY" BROWN on 09 Apr 1842 in Lincoln,
Tennessee, USA. She was born about 1825 in TN. She died on 09 Oct 1898 in Lincoln Co, TN.
He married (2) MARY FRANCES MOORE on 29 Nov 1885 in Lincoln, Tennessee, USA. She was
born on 12 Sep 1852 in Tennessee. She died on 08 Nov 1937 in Lincoln, Tennessee, USA.
Notes for Samuel McCulloch:
Samuel is not listed in the 1870 Census. Betty and her children are living with another large
family.
In the 1880 Census he listed as a Widower with his three youngest children.
It would appear that he either abandoned his family/divorced his first wife or she died before
1880.
Samuel McCulloch had the following child:
i. MAGGIE6 MCCULLOCH was born on 29 Sep 1886 in Lincoln Co, TN. She died on 01
Sep 1968 in TN. She married Milton Goodner Buchanan on 12 Mar 1947 in
Madison, Alabama, USA. He was born about 1876.
Samuel McCulloch and Elizabeth "Betty" Brown had the following children:
ii. JOHN MCCULLOCH was born about 1844 in Lincoln Co, TN.
iii. MARY JANE MCCULLOCH was born on 12 Jun 1845 in Lincoln Co, TN.
iv. SARAH ELIZABETH MCCULLOCH was born about 1848 in Lincoln Co, TN.
v. PRISCILLA MCCULLOCH was born about 1850 in TN.
vi. DAVID ALLEN MCCULLOCH was born about 1853 in Lincoln Co, TN.
vii. JAMES FRANCIS MCCULLOCH was born about 1856 in Lincoln Co, TN.
viii. FRANCES "FANNIE" M. MCCULLOCH was born about 1859 in Lincoln Co, TN.
ix. THOMAS JEFFERSON MCCULLOCH was born on 09 Jan 1861 in Lincoln Co, TN. He
died on 11 Dec 1889 in Lincoln Co, TN. He married Mary Elizabeth Harbin on 21
Oct 1888 in Lincoln, Tennessee, USA.
x. RAYMOND LEE MCCULLOCH was born about 1863 in Lincoln Co, TN.
Samuel McCulloch and Mary Frances Moore had the following child:
i. MAGGIE6 MCCULLOCH was born on 29 Sep 1886 in Lincoln Co, TN. She died on 01
Sep 1968 in TN. She married Milton Goodner Buchanan on 12 Mar 1947 in
Madison, Alabama, USA. He was born about 1876.
36. MARY E.5 MCCULLOCH (Pricilla Ann "Pris"4 Cunningham, David C.3 Cunningham, William2
Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born on 27 Oct 1833 in Monroe Co, TN. She died on 26
Jul 1911 in Blount Co, TN. She met NOT MARRIED.
Not married and Mary E. McCulloch had the following children:
i. MARTHA F.6 MCCULLOCH was born about 1864 in TN.
ii. JOHN D. MCCULLOCH was born about 1869 in TN.
37. THOMAS JEFFERSON5 MCCULLOCH (Pricilla Ann "Pris"4 Cunningham, David C.3 Cunningham,
William2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born on 21 Jul 1837 in Blount Co, TN. He died
Generation 5 (cont.)
on 27 Apr 1909 in Blount Co, TN. He married Elizabeth Jane Anderson on 26 Apr 1866 in Blount
Co, TN. She was born on 07 Feb 1840 in TN. She died on 26 Dec 1928 in TN.
Thomas Jefferson McCulloch and Elizabeth Jane Anderson had the following children:
i. WILLIAM M.6 MCCULLOCH was born about 1864 in TN.
ii. JAMES ANDERSON MCCULLOCH was born about 1866 in TN.
iii. KING DAVID MCCULLOCH was born in May 1869 in TN.
iv. MARTHA ELLEN MCCULLOCH was born about 1870 in TN.
v. SARAH ANN MCCULLOCH was born about 1873 in TN.
vi. THOMAS HOUSTON MCCULLOCH was born on 08 Jul 1876 in TN.
vii. BETTIE CATHERINE MCCULLOCH was born about 1877 in TN.
viii. JOHN BUNYON MCCULLOCH was born about 1878 in TN.
ix. BURTON G. MCCULLOCH was born in Aug 1881 in TN.
38. WILLIAM DAVID5 MCCULLOCH III (Pricilla Ann "Pris"4 Cunningham, David C.3 Cunningham, William2
Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born on 15 Nov 1839 in Monroe Co, TN. He died on 10
Oct 1911 in Bledsoe Co, TN. He married Nancy Ann Rudd Wright on 18 Feb 1862 in Blount Co,
TN. She was born on 10 Oct 1843 in Monroe Co, TN. She died on 06 May 1911 in Monroe Co,
TN.
William David McCulloch III and Nancy Ann Rudd Wright had the following children:
i. THOMAS DAVID6 MCCULLOCH was born on 15 Mar 1863 in TN.
ii. WILLIAM RAYMOND MCCULLOCH was born on 04 Jun 1866 in TN.
iii. SAMUEL HENRY MCCULLOCH was born on 24 May 1868 in TN.
iv. LIGE ALEX MCCULLOCH was born on 30 May 1871 in TN.
v. MARTHA MCCULLOCH was born on 06 May 1873 in TN.
vi. NANCY PRISCILLA MCCULLOCH was born on 07 May 1875 in TN.
vii. JAMES FRANKLIN MCCULLOCH was born on 01 May 1877 in TN.
viii. IRENE EMELINE MCCULLOCH was born on 03 Jun 1877 in TN.
ix. JOHN NICK MCCULLOCH was born on 02 Aug 1884 in TN.
39. MARY LINCOLN5 JONES (Pauline D.4 Cunningham, David C.3 Cunningham, William2 Cunningham,
James1 Cunningham) was born about 1835 in NC. She died on 17 Apr 1874 in Watertown,
Jefferson Co, NY. She married NELSON SLATER SMITH. He was born on 11 Jul 1827 in Jefferson
Co, NY. He died on 14 Nov 1908 in Watertown, Jefferson Co, NY.
Nelson Slater Smith and Mary Lincoln Jones had the following children:
i. LINCOLN HOLMES6 SMITH was born about 1859 in AR.
ii. ELLA MAY SMITH was born about 1862 in Jefferson Co, NY.
iii. EVAN JONES SMITH was born about 1866 in Jefferson Co, NY.
iv. DANTE SMITH was born about 1869 in Jefferson Co, NY.
v. ANGELO JOHN SMITH was born on 03 Apr 1874 in Jefferson Co, NY. He died in Aug
1969.
40. PAULINE D.5 JONES (Pauline D.4 Cunningham, David C.3 Cunningham, William2 Cunningham,
James1 Cunningham) was born about 1838 in NC. She died in Sep 1863 in Little Rock, Puaski
Co, AR. She married Richard Calhoun Byrd about 1859 in AR. He was born about 1838. He died
in 1867.
Richard Calhoun Byrd and Pauline D. Jones had the following child:
i. RICHARD CALHOUN6 BYRD JR was born on 30 Dec 1860 in AR. He died on 22 May
1909 in Washington Co, OK. He married Jane Melvina Williams on 30 Nov 1884
in Caney, Montgomery, Kansas, USA. She was born on 31 Oct 1867 in KS. She
Generation 5 (cont.)
died on 11 Jul 1928 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK.
41. JOHANNA V.5 JONES (Pauline D.4 Cunningham, David C.3 Cunningham, William2 Cunningham,
James1 Cunningham) was born on 12 Dec 1839 in Dickson Co, TN. She died on 04 Dec 1914 in
Tacoma, Pierce Co, WA. She married Gideon Hawley Hard, son of Jehiel Hawley Hard and
Matilda Hannah Barker, about 1866 in Douglas, Kansas, USA. He was born on 08 Mar 1835 in
Tallmade, Ottawa Co, MI. He died on 12 Jun 1915 in Tacoma, Pierce Co, WA.
Gideon Hawley Hard and Johanna V. Jones had the following child:
i. EFFIE B.6 HARD was born in Mar 1872 in KS. She died on 04 Jun 1952 in Tacoma,
Pierce, Washington. She married Walter E Dickson on 10 Jun 1891 in Pueblo,
Pueblo Co, CO. He was born in Sep 1863 in California. He died on 29 Jan 1928
in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington.
42. MILES C.5 JONES (Pauline D.4 Cunningham, David C.3 Cunningham, William2 Cunningham,
James1 Cunningham) was born on 30 Nov 1844 in Cherokee Nation, (Adair Co, OK). He died on
08 Dec 1928 in Dewey, Washington Co, OK. He married Margaret E. Stevens on 22 Jul 1868 in
Douglas Co, KS. She was born in Jan 1841 in NY. She died in 1928 in Washington Co, OK.
Miles C. Jones and Margaret E. Stevens had the following child:
i. EVA PAULINE6 JONES was born in Jun 1876 in Indian Territory, OK. She died after
1940.
43. NANCY JANE5 CUNNINGHAM (Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2, James1) was born on 24 Jan 1839 in
Montgomery Co, MO. She died on 23 Dec 1917 in Chautauqua Co, KS. She married Samuel
Smith, son of James Smith and Rebecca Odle, on 11 Feb 1857 in Washington Co, AR. He was
born on 17 Jul 1837 in Cincinnatti, Washington Co, AR. He died on 28 Mar 1921 in Wauneta,
Chautauqua Co, KS.
Notes for Nancy Jane Cunningham:
Nancy and her husband first appear in the 1860 US Federal Census, living in Illinois, Washington
Co, AR with their two small children and perhaps his brother. Samuel served with her brother
John Henry with the Confederate troops from 1863 to 1865 when they enlisted and were
discharged from Washington Co, AR. (See narrative for John Henry.) They are still in the same
location in the 1870 US Federal Census although the rest of her family have already left the area.
In the 1880 US Federal Census, they are living in Hendricks, Chautauqua, KS. In the 1885 KS
Decennial Census they are in the same location and state they were in CO prior to coming to KS.
From this data it would appear that they were in CO between 1770 and 1780. In the 1900 US
Federal Census, they are in Jefferson, Chautauqua Co, KS and her mother is living with them. In
the 1905 KS Census they are in the same location and her mother is not in the household, and a
son and his family are living nearby. In the 1910 US Fed Census and the 1915 KS Census they
are still in the same location and in the 1920 US Fed Census Samuel and his single daughter,
who has always lived with them, are still in the same location. Samuel has been a farmer in all of
the censuses.
Samuel Smith and Nancy Jane Cunningham had the following children:
53. i. SAMUEL BOONE6 SMITH was born in Sep 1856 in Wahington Co, AR. He died in
1939 in Chautauqua Co, KS. He married Alpha Annetta "Nettie" Calvert on 04 Jun
1881 in Chautauqua, Kansas, USA. She was born on 09 Jul 1858 in KS (Kansas
Territory). She died on 09 Nov 1938 in Chautauqua Co, KS.
54. ii. MARGARET "MAGGIE" J. SMITH was born in Oct 1859 in Washington Co, AR. She
died after 1925 in Chautauqua Co, KS. She married James E. Stephens on 13
Mar 1885 in Chautauqua Co, KS. He was born on 03 Apr 1856 in IL. He died on
11 Feb 1925 in Chautauqua Co, KS.
iii. SARAH BELLE SMITH was born in Jan 1861 in Washington Co, AR. She died in
1944 in Chautauqua Co, KS. She married an unknown spouse (never married).
55. iv. ALFRED C. SMITH was born in May 1867 in Washington Co, AR. He died in 1926 in
Chautauqua Co, KS. He married Sarah "Sadie" Hankinson on 22 Apr 1894 in
Chautauqua Co, KS. She was born in Aug 1876 in IL. She died in 1957 in
Generation 5 (cont.)
Chautauqua Co, KS.
56. v. CLARK TRENTON SMITH was born on 07 Oct 1869 in Bentonville, Washington Co,
AR. He died on 28 Jun 1948 in Sedan, Chautauqua Co, KS. He married Lucy
Dudley Baker, daughter of Edmund Hardy Baker and Anna Mariah Smith, on 05
Dec 1895 in Chautauqua, Kansas, USA. She was born on 17 Apr 1875 in MO.
She died on 14 Jan 1948 in Sedan, Chautauqua Co, KS.
44. JOHN HENRY5 CUNNINGHAM (Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2, James1) was born on 31 Dec 1842 in
Montgomery Co, MO. He died on 01 Dec 1919 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR (Elm Grove
Cemetery, Edna, KS). He married Emily Francis Truesdale, daughter of James "Jimmy"
Lawrence Truesdale and Louisa Jane Cox, on 09 Jan 1868 in Washington Co, AR. She was born
on 09 Feb 1846 in Washington Co, AR. She died on 03 Nov 1911 in 9 miles southwest of Edna,
KS in OK (Elm Grove Cemetery, Edna, KS).
Notes for John Henry Cunningham:
John came to AR with his parents between Jan 1842 when he was born in Montgomery Co, MO
and sometime in 1843 when Edward was born in AR. In the 1850 US Fed Census John is an 8
year old living with his parents and siblings in Prairie Twp, Washington Co, AR next door to his
grandparents. He, Nancy and Edward are listed as having attended school within the year. His
father is a farmer.
In the 1860 US Federal Census, John is 18 years old, his father has died, his oldest sister is
married, and he and his younger siblings are living with his mother and a family of four boarders
in Illinois Twp, Washington Co. He is a farm laborer. His mother's personal estate is valued at
$300.
John was a single 20 year old when he enlisted (per Samuel Smith) as a soldier in the
Confederate army. Civil War Pension Index #16216 for J.H. Cunningham states he was in
Company E, AR Cavalry, Conway Co, for the period 1862-65. His veteran application is dated 8
Sep 1907 in Conway Co, AR. The actual pension application does not mention Company E but
does say that he was a member of Col Brooks Regiment of Cavalry in Capt Baitys Company
from the state of Arkansas. He was honorably discharged from service on the 1st day of May,
1865. In his application he states "I do not myself nor does my wife, nor do we together, own
property, real or personal, or both, or money or choses in action in excess of the value of
$400.00 (exclusive of household goods and wearing apparel), nor has either of us conveyed title
to any property to enable me to draw a pension, and that neither I nor my wife is in receipt of any
income, annuity, pension or wages for any services, the emoluments of an office, in excess of
$150.00; that I am incapacitated to perform manual labor in any of the ordinary avocations of life
and that such incapacity is the result of wound received in the service . . ." His justification is as
follows: "in a charge at Prairie Grove my horse fell with me and horn of Saddle struck me in my
side and caused a Rupture." He signed the application making his mark. On 9 Aug 1907 his
application was "Examined and approved and $100 allowed and Auditor authorized to draw
warrant for same." The attached doctor's statement found that he had a "Right Inguinal Hernia
caused by a horse falling with him." Also attached to the application was a statement from his
brother-in-law, Samuel Smith who served with him. Samuel was living in Chautauqua Co, KS at
the time of his statement, 18 Jan 1906, "Samuel Smith being duly sworn on oath says I was
acquainted with John H. Cunningham during the war of the rebellion and served with him in the
same company being Captain Batys Company, Bro(?) Battalion for about 3 years from 1862-
1865. We enlisted in Washington Co, Ark, and was discharged at the same place."
(Editor's Note) According to "Confederate Military History" by Evans, Gen McCulloch's division
(he was killed at the Battle of Pea Ridge) consisted of the following commands as reported 1 Jan
1862. 2nd brigade - Col Louis Herbert commanding, Brooks' battalion cavalry, 315. "Battles
and Leaders of the Civil War" by Johnson and Buel lists the 1st Battalion Ark Cavalry, Maj W. H.
Brooks under Maj Gen Earl VanDorn at Pea Ridge, Ark, Mar 1962. The Battle of Pea Ridge was
fought on March 7 and March 8, 1862, at Pea Ridge in northeast Arkansas, near Bentonville. In
the battle, Union Army forces led by General Samuel R. Curtis, defeated Confederate troops
under General Earl B. VanDorn. The outcome of the battle essentially cemented Union control of
Missouri. The Battle of Cane Hill was fought on Nov 28, 1862 in Washington County, Arkansas.
Union troops under Brig Gen James G. Blunt drove Confederates under Brig Gen John S.
Generation 5 (cont.)
Marmaduke back into the Boston Mountains in northwestern Arkansas. The Battle of Prairie
Grove was fought on 7 Dec 1862, that resulted in a tactical stalemate but essentially secured
northwest Arkansas for the Union.
It would appear that John fought in all three of these battles. This is the first year of the war. I
have not yet discovered where his unit was in 1863-1865. Also, it is questionable whether he
was able to read or write. Although the 1850 US Federal Census lists him as having attended
school, and the 1900 and 1910 US Federal Census lists him as begin able to read and write,
when signing his pension application, he made his mark. It may be that he only went to school
for short periods of time and was embarrassed to acknowledge that he was unable to read and
write.
Cousin Paul's Dad (Howard) told him the following about when he was in the war: "John's
company captured a man that they thought was a spy. They immediately held a courts martial
for him. John was on the jury. All of the men on the jury voted guilty except John. They put the
alleged spy in the back of a wagon to hang him. Before they could drive the wagon out from
under him, the man said, "Good-bye cruel world" and jumped, thereby hanging himself."
The 1870 US Federal Census places John, his wife Emily Frances and 2 year old son Edward in
Illinois Twp, Washington Co, AR, Cincinnati post office. He is a laborer with a personal estate
value of $250.
(Added Oct 2020)
The Cherokee Advocate of July 4 1877 ran the following article entitled "Shooting Affair":
"Two hose thieves pursued Smith and Cunningham boys 20 miles in western Kansas, for the
purpose of stealing their mules, but were defeated. Hut Cunningham being on guard that night
hailed them as they approached the mules, their reply was a shot at him, of course you know he
returned the compliment with a double barrel shot gun, one thief received nine buck shot in the
face, and legs, the other eight or ten buck shot in the face and head, the buckshot man is likely
to die." - June 11th 1877
Smith and Cunningham left Ft. Gibson the 9th of May 1877.
(Ed note: The Smith cited here was mostly likely their brother-in-law.)
(Added Jan 2016) John and Hut are listed in the Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Indian
Censuses and Roll for 1880 in the Tahlequah District, Cherokee Nation. This census is for
persons residing in the district not recognized as Cherokee Citizens, and who are under permit
either by the Nation or the U.S. John is is working for his brother as a mail ? (can't make out the
second word). The entire family is listed in the Cherokee Census of 1890. (Oklahoma and
Indian Territory, Indian Censuses and Roll.) I am unable to determin the district name. In this
census John is a Laborer, they arrived in April 1872 and they have either 7 or 9 horses and 8
cows.
Grandson Perry wrote the following about his father, Edward. "At an early age the family moved
in to what then was known as the Indian Territory, living for a while near what is now Muskogee,
Okla, and for an extended period in and around Pryor Creek near Claremore and Venita."
According to Paul, John was a freighter when they lived in Pryor, hauling freight by wagon. He
tells the following story: John H. and his brother (Josiah) were freighting out of Fayetteville, AR
into Cherokee Territory. As they entered Cherokee Territory, they were stopped by a couple of
"law officers" looking for whiskey, which was illegal in Cherokee Territory, John H. got out his
double barrel shot gun and said "If you find any whiskey, you are dead men." The men wanted
to leave but John forced them to look for the whiskey. The men lifted the flap and let it drop,
saying that there was no whiskey. John later said that the best whiskey they ever drank!
(Apparently, there was a known scam in that area where men would "plant" whiskey on wagons
then later stop them to blackmail the wagon drivers.)
According to a story by son Gus as related by Cousin Paul, the family and extended members
Generation 5 (cont.)
decided to move to Oregon about 1882, although it probably at least a couple of years earlier
than that. They went as far as Wyoming then decided not to continue and returned to OK. The
full story is related in the notes for son Edward.
Paul says that when the youngest son Alfred Carter was about 3 years old (about 1891) the
family moved to Edna, KS. John shipped his household goods by rail car, but drove his horses,
mules and cattle over the road. He was a horse and mule trader and remained there for a
number of years. Daughter May was already married or was getting married as the rest of the
family moved back to OK, and she stayed in Edna where her mother later died and was buried.
The 1900 US Federal Census lists them in Twp 27, Cherokee Notion, Indian Territory (OK).
They have been married 31 years, have 10 children, all living, Six of the children are living at
home (Ed, Ella, John, Henry, May and Alf) as well as Ella's child, 6 yr old Odie. (Later in life,
Odie (Owen) lists his birth place as Pryor.) Occupation for Ed and John is farm laborer, their
father is a farmer renting his land and all were unemployed for three months.
About 1902 (according to Alfred Carter's obituary) they moved to Hattieville, AR. LEA says that
they went to AR because one of the boys, James Henry, (who would have been about 17 years
old) was living there and said what beautiful country it was. In his mother's (Isabelle) obituary of
Mar, 1903 he is listed as living in Edna, KS.
The 1910 US Federal Census shows them living in Gregory Twp, Conway Co, AR. They now
have been married 42 years, and still have 10 living children. It states there were 12 children
born but never any evidence to that fact, so two may have been stillborn or died in infancy. The
youngest son (Alf), wife and child are living with them. John is a farmer on a general farm, an
employer who owns his own farm which is mortgaged, (This is interesting in light of his
statements in his Civil War pension application dated 8 Sep 1907 stating that he has minimal
assets.)
His obituary states he was born near Bentonville, Washington Co, AR, (although he actually was
born in Montgomery Co, MO) and died at Hattieville, AR, and converted and united with the
Presbyterian church at South (? Stout) Chapel, AR. After his death, grandson Morrice
accompanied his body on the Union Pacific train from Atkins, AR to Coffeeville, KS, and he was
interred with his wife in Edna, KS.
John Henry Cunningham and Emily Francis Truesdale had the following children:
57. i. EDWARD PAYSON6 CUNNINGHAM was born on 17 Oct 1868 in Cincinnati,
Washington Co, AR. He died on 16 Sep 1952 in Washington, DC. He married
Henrietta "Etta" Arnn, daughter of Edward McBride Arnn and Martha Washington
Stepp, on 05 Feb 1905 in Conway Co, AR. She was born on 12 Dec 1877 in
Atkins, Pope Co, AR. She died on 05 May 1967 in Greenbelt, Montgomery Co,
MD.
58. ii. MARY ELLEN "ELLA" CUNNINGHAM was born on 01 Jul 1870 in Washington Co, AR.
She died on 10 Nov 1953 in San Bernardino, CA. She married Calvin "Cal" Dychs
Rosecrants, son of William M Rosecrants and Harriet "Hattie" A. Dyche, on 21
Dec 1892 in Oswego, Labette Co, KS. He was born on 23 Aug 1866 in Westport,
Jackson Co, MO. He died on 06 May 1960 in Enid, Garfield Co, OK.
59. iii. MARGARET "MAGGIE" PAULINE CUNNINGHAM was born on 20 Mar 1874 in Indian
Territory, OK. She died on 13 Sep 1956 in Miller City, Alexander Co, IL. She
married John "Jack" Thomas Talley, son of William Talley and Ellen Hill, on 02
Jan 1895 in Muskogee, OK. He was born on 22 May 1866 in Hardin Co, KY. He
died on 13 Oct 1934 in Benton, Franklin Co, IL.
60. iv. GUTHERIE "GUS" HUTTON CUNNINGHAM was born on 01 Jul 1875 in Indian Territory,
OK. He died in 1964 in Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS. He married Lula E. Neal about
1898 in Indian Territory, OK. She was born on 21 Dec 1880 in Easton, Buchanan
Co, MO. She died on 03 Sep 1961 in Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS.
Generation 5 (cont.)
61. v. LELA C. CUNNINGHAM was born on 07 Feb 1877 in Ft Gibson, Indian Territory, OK.
She died on 24 Aug 1960 in Beaverton, Washington Co, OR. She married Finley
Whitney, son of David H. Whitney and Sarah Winchell, on 15 Oct 1902 in Parker,
Linn Co, KS. He was born on 08 Sep 1874 in Parker, Linn Co, KS. He died on 25
Jan 1944 in Corvallis, Benton Co, OR.
vi. JOHN "JOHNNY" HENRY CUNNINGHAM JR was born on 24 Oct 1878 in Indian
Territory, OK. He died about 1933 in ? Little Rock, Pulaski Co, AR. He married an
unknown spouse (Single).
Notes for John "Johnny" Henry Cunningham Jr:
The 1900 US Federal Census lists John as 21 years old living with his family in
Twp 27, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. LEA says that oral family history
indicated that he was in a mental institution in Pulaski Co, AR for most of his adult
life reportedly for "self abuse." She states that he never married and had no
children.
In the 1910 US Federal Census there is a John Cunningham as an inmate in the
AR State Hospital for Nervous Diseases.with his age as 30 years. The 1920 US
federal Census still shows him in the same hospital, age 40 years. There is no
census record after this but there is an AR Death Index 1914-1950 which lists a
John Cunningham who died 21 Sep 1933 in Pulaski Co.
62. vii. HARRY ROSS CUNNINGHAM was born on 09 Nov 1881 in Pryor, Mays Co, Indian
Territory, OK. He died on 29 Sep 1951 in Little Rock, Pulaski Co, AR. He married
Anna Vivian Colbert, daughter of James W. Colbert and Ocie Ellen Zellner, on 21
Apr 1914 in Harrison Co, TX. She was born in Dec 1894 in Macon Co, GA. She
died on 10 Dec 1991 in Union Co, AR.
viii. JAMES "JIM" HENRY CUNNINGHAM was born on 11 Aug 1884 in Indian Territory, OK.
He died after 1930. He married an unknown spouse (single).
Notes for James "Jim" Henry Cunningham:
In the 1900 US Federal Census he is listed as a 15 yr old living at home in Indian
Territory, OK. He must have left to go to Conway Co, AR not long after that since
he is credited with causing his family to move there in about 1902 because of the
beautiful country. He would have only been about 17 years old at this time.
On his 1918 WWI Draft Registration Card he is living and farming in Hattiville,
Conway Co, AR and lists his father as next of kin.
In the 1920 US Federal Census he is single, 34 years old, living in Conway Co,
AR, owns his home, and is a farmer on a general farm.
Cousin Paul tells the following story. "Daddy (Howard) said that he (Henry) was
no good. I never asked what he meant by that. Henry never married but I think
he lived with a woman at least part of the time and had some children,. I asked
daddy, and he said he did. One day Henry left without telling anyone where he
was going and that was the last they ever saw of him. Daddy said one or more of
the sisters tracked him to Illinois or Missouri."
(Added Jan 2016)
In the 1930 U.S. Federal Census Jim is still single and living in Olive Branch,
Alelxander, IL where he is renting his home and farming on a truck farm. In is
household is a 28 yr old woman with two small children ages 4 and 2. She is
listed as a housekeeper. The children have her last name, are listed as her
children, and she is listed as married.
Generation 5 (cont.)
Another account by LEA says that he ended up in Chicago, never married or had
children, was a "child molester", and is thought to have killed the child of a woman
he was living with!
63. ix. MAE LOUISE CUNNINGHAM was born on 15 Jan 1886 in Indian Territory, OK. She
died on 27 May 1956 in ? Topeka, Shawnee Co, KS. She married George Howard
Wren, son of Edwin Wren and Catherine "Kate" Bragg, on 28 Oct 1906 in Conway
Co, AR. He was born on 05 Sep 1883 in Ft Gibson, Indian Territory, OK. He died
on 15 May 1947 in Coffeyville, Montgomery Co, KS.
64. x. ALFRED "ALF" CARTER CUNNINGHAM was born on 10 Oct 1888 in Pryer Creek,
Mayes Co, OK Indian Territory. He died on 29 Mar 1977 in Bartlesville,
Washington Co, OK. He married Lettie Katherine Houston, daughter of John
Hawkins Houston and Josephine Elizabeth "Lizie" Guest, on 25 Apr 1909 in
Hattieville, Conway Co, AR. She was born on 25 Aug 1891 in Hattieville, Conway
Co, AR. She died on 27 Aug 1993 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK.
45. JOSIAH HUTTON "HUT"5 CUNNINGHAM (Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2, James1) was born on 16 Oct
1846 in Cincinnati , Washington Co, AR. He died on 26 Oct 1916 in Terebonne, Crook (now
Deschutes) Co, Oregon. He married Mary Ethelinda Foster, daughter of James Franklin Foster
and Sophia Hawkins, on 10 Aug 1870 in Cincinnati, Washington Co, AR. She was born on 21
Oct 1849 in Liberty, DeKalb Co, TN. She died on 09 Sep 1933 in Lakeview, Lake Co, OR.
Notes for Josiah Hutton "Hut" Cunningham:
Hut is living with his parents in the 1850 US Federal Census and with his mother in the 1860 US
Census. He married in Aug 1870 but he and his wife do not appear in that census although her
parents are in the 1770 census in Washington Co AR and she is not in their household. It
appears that in the early years of their marriage they were on the move with their first child born
in KS, their second in AR and their third in OK Territory.
The facts on which the following stories are based probably occurred between Mar, 1879 when
son James Claude was born in Indian Territory (OK) and Jun 1883 when son Arthur Christopher
was born in Whitman, WA. It is likely that the story nephew Gus told about them all starting out
for Oregon when he (Gus) was about 7 years old (about 1882) would have taken place a couple
of years earlier.
Cousin Paul tells the following stories. "The following is the story that my grandfather told me
about Joe. Joe's nickname was "Hut" and that is what everyone called him. Hut was playing
cards (for real) in a saloon in Ft Gibson (I'm sure that grandpa said Ft. Gibson, but I can't swear
that this was the location. It may have been Tahlequah, Pryor or some other place). Hut and
another gambler got into an argument about a milk cow that Hut had won from him. The other
man drew his gun and shot at Hut. Hut stood up and drew his gun. Hut's good friend grabbed
him in a bear hug to keep him from shooting. Hut repeatedly slapped at him with his gun and
accidentally shot him, wounding him. He then shot and killed the man across the table. Hut then
ran outside and jumped on a big white stallion that he had won from that man and headed out of
town at a gallop. Some of the man's friends ran outside and shot at Hut as he rode away. Hut
was wounded superficially. Hut headed for the family ranch 15 miles from town. When he
arrived at the ranch, Grandpa said that the white horse looked like a bay because of all the
blood. Hut's mother bandaged his wounds and his stepfather or grandfather saddled him a fresh
house and ran all the other horses off into the woods. Hut then left for CA. About 30 minutes
later, the posse arrived. Their horses were winded and covered with sweat. As there were no
fresh mounts for them, they could not pursue Hut. The story doesn't end there. Grandpa said
that Hut came back for a visit years later and that he had been born again and was a Christian.
I (Paul) heard from another source that Hut had to swim a swollen river on the way to the ranch
and that it was a very difficult thing to do. Only the powerful stallion that he rode helped him do it
and he still almost drowned. My cousin who has done a lot of research said that Hut first went to
Texas and that Mary E and the kids joined him there and they lived there for awhile before going
on to Oregon and Utah. Mary E was true to her man and was an excellent shot. The
Cunninghams were outstanding horsemen and good with guns.
Generation 5 (cont.)
Paul's Dad presented a slightly different version of Hut's departure from OK. He said that Hut
was not in a saloon when he shot and killed 2 men. They were at a sawmill that Hut owned on
the AR-OK border. They were gambling, either playing cards or rolling dice, when Hut and one
of the other players got into an argument. The man shot Hut first in the neck and his gun then
jammed. Hut drew his gun and his good friend tried to stop him by gabbing him in a bear hug.
Hut tried to knock him loose and accidentally shot and killed him. He then shot and killed the
other man. Hut left on a large white stallion that he thought that he had won or had won from the
man he had killed. The other details were essentially the same, except that Hut swam a swollen
river with the white horse that almost cost him his life. I think that is the first tine that daddy ever
told me about the incident, but he was very sure of his story so it is probably accurate.
Paul goes on the say that Hut probably could have won his case in a court of law on the basis of
self-defense, if he had that opportunity. However, a posse took out after him in the territory and
if they had caught him, he may have not have had the opportunity as posse's were unpredictable.
Also, Hut was in the territory of Federal Judge Parker at Ft. Smith who was known a the hanging
judge. He hanged more men, most of them captured in the OK territory, than any other US
Judge in history.
It appears that by 1883 and in all the federal and state census after that, the family was in WA,
ID and OR.
(Jan 2016)
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Indian Censuses and Rolls, 1851-1959 was recently released.
Hut and mostly likely his older brother John are listed in Schedule 6, Census of Tahlequah
District, Cherokee Nation, 1880. This Census lists Persons residing in the District, not
recognized as Cherokee Citizens and who are under permit, either by the Nation or U.S. John is
listed as working for Hut, age 35, and the occupation for both is Mail ? (unable to recognize the
second word).
Another set of records recently released in the Fort Smith, Arkansas, Criminal Case Files, 1866-
1900, for J. H. Cunningham, aka Hut Cunningham. According to the charges, Hut and T.J.
Lester on 11 Sep 1882 committed robbery of the W. D. (Western District) mail. On the 6th of Jan
1883 Commissioner Stephen Wheeler, appointed by the U.S District Court for the Western
District of Arkansas issued a document to the Marshal of the Western District of Arkansas
requesting that they be apprehended. According to the documents, they were never
apprehended, and in fact Hut had a child born in Washington state in Jun 1983, so he must have
left the territory shortly after committing the mail robbery.
(Oct 2020)
The Cherokee Advocate of July 4 1877 ran the following article entitled "Shooting Affair":
"Two hose thieves pursued Smith and Cunningham boys 20 miles in western Kansas, for the
purpose of stealing their mules, but were defeated. Hut Cunningham being on guard that night
hailed them as they approached the mules, their reply was a shot at him, of course you now he
returned the compliment with a double barrel shot gun, one thief received nine buck shot in the
face, and legs, the other eight or ten buck shot in the face and head, the buckshot man is likely
to die." - June 11th 1877
Smith and Cunningham left Ft. Gibson the 9th of May 1877.
(Ed note: The Smith cited here was mostly likely their brother-in-law.)
Josiah Hutton "Hut" Cunningham and Mary Ethelinda Foster had the following children:
i. ALFRED ROBERT6 CUNNINGHAM was born on 18 Sep 1871 in KS. He died on 15
Sep 1929 in Deschutes Co, OR. He married an unknown spouse (single).
65. ii. MILES FRANKLIN CUNNINGHAM was born on 29 Sep 1873 in KS. He died on 27 Jan
1913 in Eldorado Bena, Yolo Co, CA. He married OIlive Drilla Highfill on 21 Mar
1901 in Pendelton, OR. She was born on 23 Jun 1887 in Springfield, Green Co,
MO. She died on 26 Feb 1953 in Nevada Co, CA.
Generation 5 (cont.)
66. iii. HENRY HANSEL CUNNINGHAM was born on 10 Apr 1875 in Indian Territory, OK. He
died on 21 Dec 1931 in Indian Valley, Adams Co, ID. He married Mary Ellen
Sanders on 29 Jun 1902 in Cleveland, Klickitat, Washington. She was born on 08
Feb 1882 in Lyon Co, MN. She died on 21 Jun 1935 in Adams Co, ID.
iv. COLEMAN CARTER CUNNINGHAM was born on 28 Feb 1877 in Indian Territory, OK.
He died on 26 Nov 1929 in Deschutes Co, OR. He married an unknown spouse
(single).
Notes for Coleman Carter Cunningham:
The WWI Draft Registration Card and the WWI Civilian Draft Regisration lists his
birth year as 1883 although all the family trees list his birth year as 1877.
67. v. JAMES CLAUDE CUNNINGHAM was born on 17 Feb 1879 in Indian Territory, OK. He
died on 06 Mar 1955 in Sonoma Co, CA. He married Lillie Belle Warren on 03 Jul
1901 in Klickitat Co, WA. She was born on 08 Jul 1884 in Klickitat Co, WA. She
died on 16 Feb 1967 in Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co, CA.
vi. THOMAS HUTTON CUNNINGHAM was born on 28 Dec 1880 in KS. He died on 20 Jan
1893.
vii. ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER CUNNINGHAM was born on 13 Jun 1883 in Whitman,
Oaksdale Co, WA. He died on 30 Apr 1892.
68. viii. GROVER CLEVELAND CUNNINGHAM was born on 28 Mar 1886 in Alderdale, WA. He
died on 18 May 1966 in Hood River, OR. He married Nellie Gladys Dyer on 01
Sep 1918 in Mohler, WA. She was born on 09 May 1900 in OK. She died on 05
Feb 1986 in Hood River Co, OR.
69. ix. MARY ETHEL CUNNINGHAM was born on 11 Sep 1892 in Whitman, Oakdale Co,
WA,. She died on 23 Dec 1957 in Goldendale, Klickitat Co, WA,. She married
Arthur James Rowley, son of James John Rowley and Emma Ann Pool, on 19
Sep 1909 in Hailey, Blaine Co, ID. He was born on 06 Apr 1888 in Hailey, Blaine
Co, ID. He died on 22 Mar 1947 in Mendocino Co, CA.
46. MINNIE ROSS5 CUNNINGHAM (John Carroll4, David C.3, William2, James1) was born on 07 Jul 1858
in Cherokee Nation, (Adair Co, OK). She died on 20 Mar 1918 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co,
CA. She married (1) SIDNEY ELLSWORTH BELL on 20 Jan 1891 in Caney, Montgomery, Kansas,
USA. He was born on 29 Dec 1860 in IL. He died after 1933 in OK. She married (2) RICHARD
FIELDS VANN, son of John Vann and Elizabeth (Unknown), about 1881. He was born on 03 May
1860 in Indian Territory, OK. He died on 20 Sep 1887 in Indian Territory, OK.
Notes for Minnie Ross Cunningham:
According to Cousin Paul, she cames to Bartlesville, OK in 1903 and was the president of an oil
company and served two terms as Clerk of he City Council in Bartlesville. She was the charter
member of the Fortnightly Club (?)
Sidney Ellsworth Bell and Minnie Ross Cunningham had the following children:
i. ALFRED EDGAR6 BELL was born on 27 Mar 1894 in Ft. Gibson, Indian Territory, OK.
He died before 1933. He married MAUD C. (UNKNOWN). She was born about 1894
in KS.
70. ii. LAURA PAULINE BELL was born on 07 Jul 1896 in Indian Territory, OK. She died
after 1940. She married (1) CHANDLER CAMPBELL on 08 Jul 1916 in Jackson,
Missouri, USA. He was born on 30 Sep 1889 in Hanburg, Fremont Co. IA. He
died on 31 Oct 1957 in Los Angeles, CA. She married (2) HOMER BRYAN SKEEN in
Jun 1940 in Cody, Cherry Co, NE. He was born on 29 Jan 1878 in Neola, Iowa,
USA. He died on 22 May 1955 in Los Angeles Co, CA.
iii. MINNIE LORENA BELL was born on 13 Oct 1899 in Indian Territory, OK. She died on
08 Feb 1933 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK. She married Earl Barham on
08 Dec 1920 in Jackson, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was born about 1890 in
Kansas.
Notes for Richard Fields Vann:
According to Cousin Paul, he was the great grand son of Chief James Vann
Generation 5 (cont.)
Richard Fields Vann and Minnie Ross Cunningham had the following children:
i. JOHN CUNNINGHAM6 VANN was born on 30 Jan 1883 in Ft Gibson, Indian Territory,
OK. He died in Sep 1953 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. He married Mattie L.
Shailer on 08 Sep 1950 in Benton, Arkansas, United States. She was born on 28
Feb 1900 in Haviland, Kiowa County, KS. She died in 1954 in Bartlesville,
Washington County, OK.
ii. NAPOLEON "NIP" BLACKSTONE VANN was born on 24 Oct 1884 in Muskogee, Indian
Territory, OK. He died on 11 Apr 1955 in Maricopa Co, AZ. He married Fanny E.
Travis on 08 May 1911 in Chicago, Cook Co, IL. She was born on 15 Apr 1878 in
KS. She died on 14 May 1918 in Chicago, Cook Co, IL.
Notes for Napoleon "Nip" Blackstone Vann:
Per his death certificate, he was known as Dick Martin and was listed as Single.
47. ALFRED CAROLL5 CUNNINGHAM (John Carroll4, David C.3, William2, James1) was born in Jan 1860
in Cherokee Nation, (Adair Co, OK). He died on 03 Apr 1936 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK.
He married Laura Jane Lombard, daughter of Albert Lombard and Hester Cordilia Palmer, on 17
Dec 1898 in Muskogee, Muskogee Co, OK. She was born on 29 Jun 1874 in Petaluma, Sonoma
Co, CA. She died on 02 Jun 1953 in Whittier, Los Angeles Co, CA.
Notes for Alfred Caroll Cunningham:
Cousin Paul tells the following story. "It is said that Alfred Carroll could ride his horse at a gallop
and shoot a hole through the middle of six silver dollars set on 6 fence posts in a row."
He had a ranch south of Ochelata, OK and west of Ramona. It is said by Paul that he
periodically ran with outlaws and would give them safe haven on his ranch. He previously had a
ranch/farm on the Nowata road east of Nowata.
Paul's father told him that Alf lost his ranch and all of his cattle (several hundred head) playing
poker one night. (This may be the reason that his wife and children left him and went to CA.) Alf
stayed in Bartlesville and owned a house at 209 Choctaw. When he died in 1936, he was living
in the hotel at 2 nd St and Johnstone in Bartlesville. The newspaper stated that he slipped in the
bathtub and hit his head on the tub which killed him. However, Fred Step, a notorious outlaw in
Bartlesville provided a different account . Fred said that Alf won a lot of money playing poker
that night and when he left the gambling house and was walking home, someone knocked him in
the head to steal his winnings and hit him too hard. Fred said he and some other friends carried
him up to his room and placed him in the bathtub to make it look like an accident. Paul's Dad
always thought it was Fred who killed him. Paul's Dad worked at Safeway as a meat cutter and
Fred came in there often. He was in his eighties and lived to be almost a hundred.
His home in the1900 U.S. Federal Census is in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory with his
wife and infant son. In the 1910 U.S. Federal Census he and his family are in Bartlesville,
Washington Co, OK. The 1910 US Federal Census lists him as a lodger in Bartlesville and lists
himself as married. His wife and children may have moved to CA as early as 1920. In both
census his occupation is Stockman. In the 1920 U.S. Federal Census Laura and the two
children are living in CA in the household of her youngest brother and is still listed as Married. I
don't find him in the 1920 census but in the 1930 U.S Federal Census I is a Lodger in Bartlesville
and listed as Married.
Notes for Laura Jane Lombard:
According to the US Indian Census, Laura was 1/16 th Osage. She may have moved to
southern CA with her son and daughter as early as 1920, and she died in Los Angeles. In the
1920 US Federal census she and her daughter are living with her mother and brother. In the
1930 US Federal Census, her husband is living as lodger in a hotel in Bartlesville.
Alfred Caroll Cunningham and Laura Jane Lombard had the following children:
Generation 5 (cont.)
i. EDWARD ROSS6 CUNNINGHAM was born on 30 Sep 1899 in Ramona, Washington
Co, OK, Indian Territory. He died on 11 Sep 1978 in Laguna Hills, Orange Co,
CA. He married BARTHELL MARSH. She was born in 1900. She died in 1929.
Notes for Edward Ross Cunningham:
According to Cousin Paul's Dad,Ross became wealthy after he went to CA, and
the last time he came back to Bartlesville he flew his own airplane.
ii. FRANCES ELIZABETH CUNNINGHAM was born on 08 Jul 1907 in Bartlesville,
Washington Co. OK. She died on 23 May 1958 in Whittier, Los Angeles Co, CA.
She married (1) BERTRAM EDDIE BLACKWELL. He was born on 30 May 1910 in
Detroit, Wayne Co. MI. He died on 08 Sep 1988 in Los Angeles Co, CA. She
married (2) THOMAS EDWARD BLAKE. He was born on 08 Mar 1902 in Washburn,
Clark Co, WI.
48. WILLIAM ROSS5 CUNNINGHAM (John Carroll4, David C.3, William2, James1) was born about 1862 in
Cherokee Nation, (Adair Co, OK). He died on 02 Jan 1882. He married Elise Colston about 1879
in Indian Territory, OK. She was born in 1847 in Ft Gibson, Indian Territory, OK.
William Ross Cunningham and Elise Colston had the following child:
i. THOMAS FRANCIS6 CUNNINGHAM was born on 21 Apr 1880 in Muskogee, Indian
Territory, OK.
49. CHARLES "CHARLEY" LAWRENCE5 CUNNINGHAM (William Newton4, William3 Jr, William2, James1)
was born on 28 Feb 1855 in Calhoun Co, AL. He died on 12 May 1918 in Boyd, TX. He married
Sarah "Sallie" Francis Garrett, daughter of Jesse Garrett and Elizabeth Eichelberger, on 25 Nov
1877 in Carolton, GA. She was born on 16 Mar 1862 in Anniston, Calhoun Co, AL. She died on
10 May 1951 in Marlow, Stephens Co, OK.
Notes for Charles "Charley" Lawrence Cunningham:
Sometime between 1879 and 1884, Charley and his family moved to TX, He had a cotton gin in
Wise Co, TX. It was called the Lone Star Gin, located somewhetr near Boyd, TX.
Charles "Charley" Lawrence Cunningham and Sarah "Sallie" Francis Garrett had the following
children:
i. J. WILLIAM6 CUNNINGHAM was born on 25 Jan 1879 in Talledega AL. He died on 01
May 1960. He married Daisy Britton on 11 Sep 1898. She was born about 1878 in
TX. She died after 1930.
ii. KATIE SUE CUNNINGHAM was born on 24 Jan 1881 in AL or TX. She died on 04
Nov 1885.
iii. GEORGE EICHELBERGER CUNNINGHAM was born on 14 Jan 1883 in AL or TX. He
died on 22 May 1886.
iv. LEWIS BOBO CUNNINGHAM was born on 05 Mar 1885 in TX. He married Valarie
Forbes on 22 Dec 1910.
71. v. ABDIEL WIRT CUNNINGHAM was born on 15 Aug 1887 in TX. He died on 09 Oct
1971 in Boyd, TX. He married Nellie Hunt on 11 Aug 1905. She was born about
1890 in TX.
72. vi. CHARLES L "CART". CUNNINGHAM was born on 19 Jan 1889 in Keeter, TX. He
married Martha Sparks, daughter of Thomas Sparks and Parzetta Porter, on 08
Jan 1911. She was born on 06 Dec 1892. She died in 1932.
73. vii. MARY ELIZABETH "MAE" CUNNINGHAM was born on 20 May 1891 in Keeter, TX. She
died on 29 Oct 1980 in Wichita Falls, TX. She married John Dow Sparks, son of
Thomas Sparks and Parzetta Porter, on 23 Sep 1908 in Rhome, TX. He was born
on 26 Feb 1888 in Center, TX. He died on 29 Jul 1979 in Marlow, Stephens Co,
OK.
viii. MARTHA FLORENCE CUNNINGHAM was born on 12 Jan 1894 in TX.
ix. BABY CUNNINGHAM was born on 21 Mar 1896 in TX.
74. x. ELANA RAY CUNNINGHAM was born on 14 Dec 1898 in TX. She married Ollie Lewis
Haygood on 06 Nov 1915. He was born on 14 Oct 1894 in TX.
Generation 5 (cont.)
75. xi. ELSIE CLARE CUNNINGHAM was born on 08 Nov 1901 in TX. She died on 10 Nov
1977. She married Oscar Lee Latham on 17 Nov 1917. He was born in
Desdiomia, TX.
50. SUSAN ELIZABETH5 CUNNINGHAM (William Newton4, William3 Jr, William2, James1) was born on 14
Feb 1839 in Callhoun Co, AL. She died on 24 Jul 1923 in Calhoun Co, AL. She married Daniel
Perry Gunnels, son of Nathan Gunnels and Nancy Hunt, on 17 Mar 1857 in Talladega, Talladega
Co, AL. He was born on 06 Oct 1823 in Franklin Co, GA. He died in Jan 1895 in Oxford,
Calhoun Co, AL.
Daniel Perry Gunnels and Susan Elizabeth Cunningham had the following children:
i. NANCY E.6 GUNNELS was born about 1859 in Calhoun Co, AL.
76. ii. JAMES N. GUNNELS was born on 17 Apr 1861 in Oxford, Calhoun Co, AL.
77. iii. JOHN N. GUNNELS was born on 17 Apr 1861 in Oxford, Calhoun Co, AL. He died
after 1930. He married Augusta (Unknown) about 1885. She was born on 19 Jun
1862 in AL. She died after 1950.
iv. ESTHER L. GUNNELS was born about 1866 in Calhoun Co, AL.
78. v. ELMIRA P. GUNNELS was born about 1868 in Calhoun Co, AL. She married ? LYON.
79. vi. HARRY CUNNINGHAM GUNNELS was born on 01 Oct 1868 in Oxford, Calhoun Co,
AL. He died on 19 Sep 1911 in AL. He married LADIE EMILY GROSS. She was born
about 1874 in GA.
80. vii. WILLIE FRANCIS GUNNELS was born about 1875 in Calhoun Co, AL. He died after
1930.
51. GEORGE LAFAYETTE5 CUNNINGHAM (William Newton4, William3 Jr, William2, James1) was born on
16 May 1848 in Oxford, Calhoun Co, AL. He died on 14 Jan 1933 in Oxford, Calhoun Co, AL. He
married Martha Eichelberger, daughter of Jacob Eichelberger and Asena Natel, on 11 Dec 1873
in Oxford, Calhoun Co, AL. She was born on 01 Oct 1854 in Oxford, Calhoun, Alabama, USA.
She died on 18 Dec 1886 in Oxford, Calhoun, Alabama, USA.
George Lafayette Cunningham and Martha Eichelberger had the following children:
i. NEWTIE EICHELBERGER6 CUNNINGHAM was born on 10 Oct 1880 in Oxford, Calhoun
Co, AL. She died on 13 Apr 1968 in Blackfoot, Bingham Co, ID. She married
William Lester Peeler on 27 Dec 1900 in Monroe Co, MS. He was born on 15 Oct
1880 in Gaffney, Cherokee, South Carolina, USA. He died on 18 Sep 1934 in
Shelley, Bingham Co, ID.
ii. JAMES PRATT CUNNINGHAM was born on 12 Jul 1883 in Oxford, Calhoun Co, AL.
He died on 16 Jun 1972 in Coffeeville, Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA. He married
Bess Abernathy in 1908.
iii. MARY CATHERINE CUNNINGHAM was born on 18 Aug 1885 in Oxford, Calhoun,
Alabama, USA. She died on 30 Nov 1979 in Anniston, Calhoun Co, AL. She
married Byrum B. Walker on 14 Nov 1906.
					Generation 6
52. ANDREW JACKSON6 CUNNINGHAM (William5, Miles4 Jr, Miles3, William2, James1) was born in 1849.
He married MARGARET ANN FOWLER. She was born in 1852.
Andrew Jackson Cunningham and Margaret Ann Fowler had the following child:
81. i. ALICE MATILDA7 CUNNINGHAM was born in 1875. She died in 1955. She married
ALLEN RODGER PENNEY. He was born in 1869. He died in 1928.
53. SAMUEL BOONE6 SMITH (Nancy Jane5 Cunningham, Alfred C.4 Cunningham, David C.3
Cunningham, William2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born in Sep 1856 in Wahington
Co, AR. He died in 1939 in Chautauqua Co, KS. He married Alpha Annetta "Nettie" Calvert on 04
Jun 1881 in Chautauqua, Kansas, USA. She was born on 09 Jul 1858 in KS (Kansas Territory).
She died on 09 Nov 1938 in Chautauqua Co, KS.
Samuel Boone Smith and Alpha Annetta "Nettie" Calvert had the following children:
Generation 6 (cont.)
i. BESSIE CORAL7 SMITH was born on 11 Feb 1884 in KS. She died on 05 Feb 1964
in Chautauqua, Kansas, USA. She married WILLIAM HENRY GOODE. He was born
on 04 May 1886 in KS. He died on 25 Apr 1957 in Chautauqua Co, KS.
ii. MATTHEW ALPHIO SMITH was born on 14 Nov 1889 in Chautauqua Co, KS. He died
in 1943 in Chautauqua Co, KS. He married DOROTHY L. MYERS. She was born in
1891 in KS. She died in 1972 in Chautauqua Co, KS.
iii. VERA ETHEL SMITH was born on 18 Mar 1898 in KS. She died on 08 Jan 1909 in
Chautauqua Co, KS.
54. MARGARET "MAGGIE" J.6 SMITH (Nancy Jane5 Cunningham, Alfred C.4 Cunningham, David C.3
Cunningham, William2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born in Oct 1859 in Washington
Co, AR. She died after 1925 in Chautauqua Co, KS. She married James E. Stephens on 13 Mar
1885 in Chautauqua Co, KS. He was born on 03 Apr 1856 in IL. He died on 11 Feb 1925 in
Chautauqua Co, KS.
James E. Stephens and Margaret "Maggie" J. Smith had the following children:
i. EARNEST CLARK7 STEPHENS was born on 24 Jun 1886 in Chautauqua Co, KS. He
died on 15 Dec 1948 in Chautauqua Co, KS.
ii. CARL STEPHENS was born in Dec 1897 in Chautauqua Co, KS. He died after 1905
in Chautauqua Co, KS.
55. ALFRED C.6 SMITH (Nancy Jane5 Cunningham, Alfred C.4 Cunningham, David C.3 Cunningham,
William2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born in May 1867 in Washington Co, AR. He
died in 1926 in Chautauqua Co, KS. He married Sarah "Sadie" Hankinson on 22 Apr 1894 in
Chautauqua Co, KS. She was born in Aug 1876 in IL. She died in 1957 in Chautauqua Co, KS.
Alfred C. Smith and Sarah "Sadie" Hankinson had the following children:
i. CLARA B.7 SMITH was born in Mar 1895 in KS. She died after 1910 in KS.
ii. LELA MARY SMITH was born in Oct 1897 in KS. She died after 1920 in KS.
iii. NETTIE S. SMITH was born on 27 Sep 1898 in KS. She died on 10 Mar 1904 in
Chautauqua Co, KS.
iv. JAMES WARREN SMITH was born on 06 Apr 1902 in Wanata, Chautauqua Co, KS.
He married Pearl J. (Unknown) before 1924. She was born about 1897 in KS.
v. MARGARET V. SMITH was born on 10 May 1907 in KS. She died on 24 Oct 1986 in
IL. She married John James Stadtherr Jr on 20 Nov 1932. He was born on 19 Apr
1907 in Benton Co, MO. He died on 16 Apr 1968 in Lansing, Eaton Co, MI.
82. vi. ALBERT ODLE SMITH was born on 08 Oct 1913 in Wanata, Chautauqua Co, KS. He
died on 14 Apr 1990 in Olean, Cattaraugus Co, NY. He married Margaret Ann
Miller in 1936 in Coffeeville, Montgomery Co, KS.
83. vii. LIVING SMITH. He married LIVING TURNER.
56. CLARK TRENTON6 SMITH (Nancy Jane5 Cunningham, Alfred C.4 Cunningham, David C.3
Cunningham, William2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born on 07 Oct 1869 in
Bentonville, Washington Co, AR. He died on 28 Jun 1948 in Sedan, Chautauqua Co, KS. He
married Lucy Dudley Baker, daughter of Edmund Hardy Baker and Anna Mariah Smith, on 05
Dec 1895 in Chautauqua, Kansas, USA. She was born on 17 Apr 1875 in MO. She died on 14
Jan 1948 in Sedan, Chautauqua Co, KS.
Clark Trenton Smith and Lucy Dudley Baker had the following children:
84. i. GLADYS FAY7 SMITH was born on 06 Nov 1897 in Chautauqua Co, KS. She died on
02 May 1975 in Chautauqua Co, KS. She married CARROL JEFFERSON HUTTON. He
was born on 15 Jun 1899 in Chautauqua Co, KS. He died on 06 Sep 1980 in
Sedan, Chautauqua Co, KS.
85. ii. LILA FERN SMITH was born on 09 Feb 1907 in Peru, Chautauqua Co, KS. She died
on 17 Oct 1991 in Peru, Chautauqua Co, KS. She married ROBERT EARL YOUNG.
He was born on 27 May 1907 in Peru, Chautauqua Co, KS. He died in Dec 1972
in Peru, Chautauqua Co, KS.
Generation 6 (cont.)
86. iii. JEWELL DEAN SMITH was born on 19 Apr 1909 in Chautauqua Co, KS. He died on
24 Apr 1969 in KS. He married JOY MARIE BLANCHARD. She was born on 20 Mar
1911 in Elgin, Chautauqua Co, KS. She died on 18 Mar 1992 in Neodesha,
Wilson Co, KS.
87. iv. OLETA CLARAJANE SMITH was born on 17 Mar 1911 in Lowe, Finney Co, KS. She
died on 06 Apr 2002 in Coffeyville, Montgomery Co, KS. She married Herbert
Leslie Nutter on 08 Dec 1928 in Chautauqua Co, KS. He was born on 08 Sep
1908 in Witchita, Sedgwick Co, KS. He died on 10 May 1972 in
Coffeeville,Montgomery Co, KS.
57. EDWARD PAYSON6 CUNNINGHAM (John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2, James1) was born
on 17 Oct 1868 in Cincinnati, Washington Co, AR. He died on 16 Sep 1952 in Washington, DC.
He married Henrietta "Etta" Arnn, daughter of Edward McBride Arnn and Martha Washington
Stepp, on 05 Feb 1905 in Conway Co, AR. She was born on 12 Dec 1877 in Atkins, Pope Co,
AR. She died on 05 May 1967 in Greenbelt, Montgomery Co, MD.
Notes for Edward Payson Cunningham:
In the 1870 US Federal Census, Ed is a 2 year old living with his parents in Illinois Twp,
Washington Co, AR, Cincinnati post office. He and his family are not found in the 1880 US
Federal Census. They would have been living in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory (OK) by
this time. Son Perry wrote "At an early age the family moved in to what then was known as the
Indian Territory, living for a while near what is now Muskogee, Okla, and for an extended period
in and around Pryor Creek near Claremore and Vanita."
(added Jan 2016) Ed is listed with his entire family in the Cherokee Census, 1890. This was the
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Indian Censuses and Rolls, 1851-1959 which listed persons
residing in said District, not recognized as Cherokee Citizens and who are under permit, either by
the Nation or U.S. In this census John Henry is a laborer, arrived in the Nation Apr 1872, have 9
horses and 8 cows. (I can't read what district they are in.)
Perry wrote, "Since cattle raising and grazing was the principal activity in that section of the
Territory, he spent most of his time as a young man in "cow punching". A good horse, a good
saddle, and a good pair of boots were considered primary requisites of such occupation. Life as
a "cowpuncher" was spent out in the open, literally eating and sleeping out in the open under the
sky and riding."
Cousin Paul related the following story. "In the early 60s, I went with my dad and granddad to
visit Gus, my great uncle. (He was Ed's younger brother.) Gus lived in Hutchinson, KS. It was
the only time that I ever saw him alive. He was about 90 years old and terminally ill. My
granddad wanted to visit him to pray with him and try to get him to turn his life to the Lord. Even
at 90, he was still pretty tough and salty. I don't remember why or what started him to tell a story
about his childhood. He said that when he was a small boy about 7 years old, (this would have
been about 1882) the Cunninghams (John H, Joe, Ed, their mother and others) decided to move
to Oregon. They were camped near Coffeyville, KS waiting to join up with a wagon train to go
over the Oregon Trail. They had 7-8 wagons and had traded all of their horses for mules except
for one mare horse. Gus said they were camped on this particular day in a grove of trees.
During the day, 2 cowboys rode by several times trailing their lariats. They thought they were
just cowboys doing their job. That night, they heard a commotion outside. Gus said that his
uncles went out to investigate. It was these 2 cowboys trying to steal the mare. Gus said that
they tied up the mare and hobbled the mules at night. That way, the mules would not stray far
and would stay close to the mare. If the horse thieves could steal the mare and lead her away,
the mules would follow until they were away from the camp. Then, they could catch the mules,
unhobble them and be on their way. Gus said that his uncle (Hut) shot and killed one of the
horse thieves. He thought that he had wounded the other one, but wasn't sure. The next day
the wagon train began their trek and stared west. Gus said that they came to a telegraph shack
alongside the railroad about sundown. Outside, tied to a telegraph pole was a saddle horse.
Setting in the saddle was a half empty bottle of whiskey. Inside the shack was the other cowboy.
He was wounded. Gus ended his story by saying (and I remember his words clearly), "When
sunup come, we hung him. We didn't think much of horse thieves in those days"
In a narrow grave just six by three,
Generation 6 (cont.)
They buried him there on the lone prairie.
And forever after, there was an empty chair around the dinner table where a mother, father, wife,
or sisters waited and wondered why their beloved one did not ever come back home. Justice
was sometimes sure and quick on the frontier. It was serious to steal someone's horses and
leave them and their families stranded with limited water and food and no transportation. The
Cunninghams traveled to Wyoming and then decided not to continue and returned home to OK.
Forever after, I am told that Emily would not go on a picnic. She said that she had burned her
hands too often cooking around an open campfire."
Paul's Grandpa told him another story. "Ed was a cowboy at age 16. Another cowboy hired Ed
to run calves for him. The other cowboy worked on a large spread about 10 miles from his
ranch. During the daytime, he would rope a calf, hide it in the brush, and Ed would come at night
and carry it back on his horse to the ranch. He paid Ed $1 for each calf he carried. Ed said he
thought he and the other cowboy were partners, but he was sure glad they were not when the
other cowboy got caught. Grandpa could name several prominent OK ranchers who got their
start swinging their lariat in the moonlight. He said they gained respectability after they built up a
large ranch and had money, if they hadn't gotten caught."
Paul also tells the following story passed down from his grandfather, Ed's brother. "He said that
Ed was working as a cowboy on a ranch near Vinita or Miami, OK. One of the other cowboys
working on the ranch was Emmet Dalton. Emmet's brothers showed up one evening and wanted
Emmet to go to Coffeyville to rob the bank there. Emmet was going to go but Ed said that they
talked him out of going with them. However, Emmet's brothers had some moonshine whiskey
with them and Emmet got to drinking. Later that evening, maybe about 10 or 11 o'clock, Emmet
decided to go with them. Ed said that they rode all night and entered Coffeyville the next
morning. You know the rest of the story."
(Editor's Note): The famous bank robbery was 5 Oct 1892. According to the histories of the
Dalton Gang, Emmett Dalton for the most part earned a living as a cowboy working on the Bar X
Bar Ranch near the Pawnee Agency. There is no evidence where or if Emmett was working on a
ranch at the time of the robbery.
It was 16 Sep 1893 that Ed claimed land in the Cherokee Strip Land Run and registered that
claim at the Enid Land Office. In these records, he is listed as Ed Cunningham, Pryor Creek, I.
T, and his land was in the northeast corner of what was later to become Garfield Co. He was
just a month short of his 25th birthday. Cousin Paul tells the following story which was passed
down in his family. Ed told his brother "that when they shot the pistol at twelve noon, he took off
along with all the rest of them. He said that those with fast horse passed him like he was sitting
still. However, Ed had a good saddle horse and about 2-4 in the afternoon, he began to pass
them. Ed located a claim and staked it out. He had just finished when an old geezer came out
of the woods on a nag and said, "Hey, this is my claim." Ed looked at him and looked at his
horse and knew that he couldn't have made the run since noon. Ed drew his pistol, cussed the
man, and said, "If you are still in my sight in 3 minutes, I will give you a claim 6 feet long and 3
feet deep." Ed said that the old geezer didn't waste any time getting out of there and that was
the last that he ever saw of him." Paul goes on the say that Ed made the run with his brother-inlaw,
Cal Rosecrants, and after a year, Ed sold his claim to Rosencrants.
The 1900 US Federal Census finds a 31 yr old Ed living in his parent's household as a farm
laborer living in Twp 27, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. According to son, Perry "When
approximately 34 years old (about 1902), they moved back to Arkansas and this time settled in
Conway County where he met and courted Miss Henrietta Arnn." According to a letter by
Henrietta, they left AR for Indian Territory (OK) by train on 14 Feb 1907 when son Perry was a
little over 1 year old. (See the notes for Henrietta for more details.) Son, Perry said that they
"moved back into the Territory near Edna, KS where soon after he was converted in meetings
being conducted in the "Thompson" school house. His conversion stemmed from such deep
conviction as to cause him to give up such habits as drinking and smoking."
In Jun 1908 (when Truesdell was born) they were living 7 miles south of Edna, KS in Craig Co,
OK. The 1910 US Federal Census finds them living in Hickory Twp, Nowata Co, OK, where Ed
Generation 6 (cont.)
is a farmer on a general farm, working on his own account, renting his farm. In Apr 1911 (when
Howard was born), and Nov 1912 (when Warden was born) they were living on the Greer farm in
Nowata Co. It is not known where the Greer farm was. Son, Howard said the farm was between
Wann and Coffeyville, KS with Coffeyville being their big town (and their post office).
According to son, Truesdell, the family moved to Wann, Nowata Co about 1914 where according
to Howard they moved into a box car house, and their Dad took on odd jobs.
In the 1920 US Federal Census they are still living in Hickory Twp, Nowata Co. However, Ed is
now an oiler in a gasoline plant. He is renting his home and apparently has 2 young men living
in the household as renters, also working at the gasoline plant. Everyone was a wage worker.
Howard describes this period as follows: "Dad got a good job with Carter Oil Company as oiler,
about five miles from Wann. We lived at the lease and had a Company house. We bought our
first automobile, a Model T Ford Touring. We had better times for a while. We rode the bus to
school. . . .Unfortunately this job folded within a year and we moved back to Wann. . . .Back in
Wann we bought a home for $1000 from Mr. Reynolds. Dad became Head Custodian for the
Wann School which housed all Elementary and High school grades. We boys all worked to help
him with the job."
According to Truesdell, the family moved to Bartlesville in 1926 when he graduated from Wann
High School. Howard said "Dad learned of a job opportunity in a dairy near Bartlesville. We sold
our home in Wann for $1000 and moved to the dairy at Bartlesville for one year. Both Dad and
sons could work at the dairy, milking cows, etc. . . After this year we moved into Bartlesville. . . .
Dad and Mom did home laundry to help pay expenses." According to the 1927 Bartlesville City
Directory, they were living at 1600 W 2nd, with Ed listed as "farmer" and the three oldest boys as
"student". According to the 1929 City Directory, they are living at 110 S Seminole Ave, with Ed
listed as "lab" (laborer), Howard "mailer Morning Examiner" and Truesdell "sten" (stenographer).
The 1930 US Federal Census shows that they are living in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. It
shows them living on South Kaw Ave on the west side where they are renting for $27 per month.
Ed's occupation is a janitor on a ranch. Perry works in special deliveries for the post office dept,
Truesdell is a stenographer in the cement plant office, Howard in a printer in a printing office and
Warden is 17 years old and unemployed. However, according to the 1930 City Directory, they
are living at 401 South Creek Ave and Ed is listed as "clk Phillips Pet Co", Howard "mailer
Examiner Co", Perry "clk", Truesdell "mailer Examiner Co, Warden unemployed. (There appear
to be errors in this directory. The Census is probably much more accurate for the occupations.)
According to court records, they bought the house at 401 SE Creek Ave 6 Jun 1930. Howard
said that after Perry came home from graduating from college (1929), they all worked and
"Together we bought a nice house in East Bartlesville.. sharing costs - four grown sons and
parents - for a few years." The 1933 City Directory shows them living at 401 S Creek Ave with
Ed not listed with a job, Howard "stero (stereotyper) Examiner Co, Truesdell "clk Examiner Co,
and Warden, no job. The house was sold 1 Mar 1935. The 1935 City Directory shows them
living at 423 S Comanche Ave with Ed "circulation dept", Howard "stereo" (stereotyper), and
Warden "circulation dept Examiner Co".
Court records show that Ed and Etta bought 10 acres with a house from D. A. and Vivian Jones
on 19 Feb 1935. It appears that they purchased the property for about $1911.00. At that time
the address was Rt 1 Box 301 in the nearby Tuxedo community. The address later became 710
NE Washington Blvd. They are at this address when Warden joined the Army in Aug 1939. In
the 1940 US Federal Census they are living in Jackson Twp, Washington, Dewey and Tuxedo
Road, Tuxedo, own their own home valued at $3000 where they were also living on 1 Apr 1935.
Ed is listed as having a 4th grade education, worked a 24 hour week as a route carrier for the
Examiner newspaper, earned $750 a month and worked 52 weeks in 1939. Etta is listed with an
8th grade education. Grandson Forrest remembers that Ed delivered newspapers during this
time, and in fact, the 1940 Bartlesville Directory lists him as "driver Examiner Co". Truesdell and
his family moved into this house in Feb 1941. In Apr 1941 there is evidence that Ed and Etta are
living with Perry and Alma on Owen Place, Washington D.C. (In April Alma was three months
pregnant and Glenn was born that Oct. According to Grandson Perry, she had a number of
Generation 6 (cont.)
miscarriages and may have been on bed rest so they may have gone to help take care of Perry.)
It was not until 6 Nov 1942, however, that Truesdell and Ruby bought the house and property
from Ed and Etta for about $2250.00. In Dec 1943 Ed and Etta are living at 1232 Wyandotte St
in Dewey (there is no longer a house at this address) and in Jul 1945 they are living at 618 E. 6
th Ave in Dewey, across from the Nazarene church. In the front of one of his Bibles is the
following information: "618 East 6th St, Dewey, Okla, 5-17-45" When we visited them at this last
address, Forrest and I remember him eating peas with a knife! We also remember the ice truck
delivering ice for the icebox based on a card stuck in the screen door which listed various
pounds of ice. Sometime in the mid 1940s they moved permanently to Washington D.C, living
with Perry and family at 1263 Monroe St. NE.
Perry ended his Dad's bio by saying "He considers himself a pioneer of Oklahoma and even now
longs to be back in his native haunts."
Notes for Henrietta "Etta" Arnn:
Henrietta first appears in the 1880 US Federal Census in Wilson Twp, Pope Co, AR as a 3 year
old with her parents (her father is an undertaker), her older sister, an unnamed younger brother,
her uncle who is a cabinet maker and a female border.
Etta is enumerated twice In the 1900 US Federal Census. In one she is living with her family in a
large household of 14 people in Gregory Twp, Conway Co, AR. Her mother had remarried after
her father died in 1884, and her stepfather had a son from each of two previous marriages, plus
her mother and stepfather had six children together. Her stepfather is a farmer. In the other
census she is living with her maternal grandmother and aunt in Wilson Twp, Pope Co, AR.
Considering the number of people and noise at home, it's no wonder she was living with her
grandmother. She is not listed as having an occupation.
In a letter to her son Perry, dated 5 Feb 1965, she described her wedding day. (The date of the
letter was her 60th wedding anniversary.) She must have been in Atkins when she wrote it.
"Well today doesn't look like it did in 1905 in Ark (Atkins) there was a foot of snow on the ground
and the sun was shining. It was a beautiful day. . ." In the same letter she writes about when
they left AR by train for Indian Territory (OK). "It was a beautiful day then in 1907 we left
Arkansaw Feb 14th you was about 1 year and 2 months old and it was another beautiful day but
cold. We stayed all nite in Morrilton with my cousin and wife on Father side John Hawk Houstin
he was my second cousin. His father and mother was good christians she wasn't afraid to shout
they were Presbytearns people shouted because they felt like they were on their way to Heaven
instread of Hell."
In about 1945 she and Ed moved permanently to Washington D.C. to live with their son Perry
and his family. In her later years after her husband died in 1952 she often traveled back and
forth across the United States by Greyhound bus with her sister Myrtle, visiting various members
of the family.
Etta had been living for a short time at the Greenbelt Convalescent Center in MD when she died
as a result of throat cancer. She had had surgery several years earlier and was unable to speak.
She left a will dated 27 May 1956. In it she left $1.00 each to her three sons, Truesdell, Howard
and Warden. She left to her son Perry all of her remaining estate.
Edward Payson Cunningham and Henrietta "Etta" Arnn had the following children:
88. i. EDWARD PERRY7 CUNNINGHAM was born on 24 Dec 1905 in Hattieville, Conway Co,
AR. He died on 25 Oct 1989 in Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. He
married Elma Lou Kitchen, daughter of Emmett Lee Kitchen and Cora Lee
Branch, on 01 Sep 1934 in Washington, DC. She was born on 20 Jun 1912 in
Wakefield, Sussex Co, VA. She died on 20 Nov 1996 in Washington, DC.
89. ii. FORREST TRUESDELL "TRUES" CUNNINGHAM was born on 08 Jun 1908 in Craig Co,
OK (7 miles South of Edna, KS). He died on 05 Sep 1964 in St. John's Hospital,
Tulsa, Tulsa Co, OK. He married Ruby L Cunningham, daughter of William "Willie"
Generation 6 (cont.)
Alfred Fain and Magnolia "Nola" Stockstill, on 18 May 1934 in Bartlesville,
Washington Co, OK (at the Presbyterian Manse). She was born on 11 Nov 1906
in Ceder Co, MO. She died on 17 Oct 1985 in St Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Tulsa
Co, OK.
90. iii. HARRY HOWARD CUNNINGHAM was born on 10 Apr 1911 in Greer Farm, Nowata
Co, OK. He died on 18 Mar 1996 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino Co., CA. He
married Thelma Goldie Rouintree, daughter of Harvey Leander Rouintree and
Margaret "Peggy" Alva Baty, on 14 Apr 1935 in Nowata, Nowata Co, OK. She was
born on 22 Aug 1907 in Cull, Howell Co, MO. She died on 10 Apr 1989 in Chino,
San Bernardino Co, CA.
iv. WARDEN YOUNG CUNNINGHAM was born on 01 Nov 1912 in Greer Farm, Nowata
Co, OK. He died on 08 Jun 1971 in Seattle, King Co, WA. He married LIVING
CROZIER.
Notes for Warden Young Cunningham:
Warden's birth certificate does not list a middle name. His death certificate lists
the initial "Y" in the middle name block. Family records all indicate his middle
name was "Young" although this name is not used on any legal documents
including his Army and Merchant Marine records. It is interesting to note that the
1920 U.S. Federal Census lists his name as Paul W and the 1935 Bartlesville City
Directory as P Warden. He was born on the Greer Farm between Wann and
Coffeeville. Wann is listed on his birth certificate.
See information on his early life in the notes for his parents. According to brother
Howard's memories, Warden was call "Wamp" by his family when he was a child.
He would have been 11 years old when his parents moved to Bartlesville.
According to his Army records he completed 8 years of grammar school and 1
year of high school. In the 1930 US Federal Census he was 17 years old and
unemployed. However, this was during the Depression when it was not easy to
get a job. The 1935 Bartlesville City Directory stated his job as "circulation dept
Examiner Co".
Warden was considered to be the black sheep of the family and according to
Cousin Paul his father (Ed) said he was no good and had harsh things to say
about him. According to the 1940 US Federal Census, he is 27 years old, single,
in the US Army stationed at Ft William Davis Military Reservation, Cristobal,
Panama Canal as a Private First Class, working 52 hours a week. He completed
9 years of schooling. According to his US WWII Army Enlistment Records, he
enlisted in the Regular Army, Chemical Warfare Service branch on 11 Aug 1939.
He would have been 26 years old. It lists his marital status as Divorced, with
dependents. His address is given as Rt 1 Box 301, Bartlesville, the home of his
parents. He entered the service at Ft Lewis, WA and was separated there on 25
Jul 1945 "for the convenience of the government" because of demobilization.
There is a great deal of information to be found in his Enlistment Record and
Report of Separation. He received an honorable discharge, held the rank of PFC,
was in the infantry and in the regular army. He was assigned to Hq Company, 1st
Battalion, 253rd Infantry, permanent address 618 E. 6th St, Dewey, OK (his
parent's address), had blue eyes, brown hair, was 5'7", wt 157 lbs, white, single, a
US citizen, no civilian occupation. His military history is interesting. Apparently
his first job was as a Quartermaster supply technician, he qualified as a
marksman with a rifle, his battles and campaigns were Northern France,
Rhineland, Central Europe, and his decorations and citations were the Good
Conduct Medal, American Theater Service Medal, American Defense Service
Medal, and European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal. Apparently he got
into some trouble along the way since his highest grade held was SSgt but his
discharge rank was PFC. This was not the whole story however. Letters to/from
his mother show that he did not write to her regularity and as a result, on more
than one occasion she wrote to his company commander regarding his health and
whereabouts. In one letter to her dated 21 Jan 1940 it says he has been in the
Generation 6 (cont.)
Panama Canal since 29 Aug last year and has reenlisted for three years.
Apparently he was sent to Panama as soon as he enlisted. A reply from the War
Dept dated 18 Apr 1941 in response to his mother's request for information stated
that he was a Corporal, Guard and Service Company, Post of Corozal, Canal
Zone. Apparently he returned to the US Aug 1941 where he remained until Aug
1943 at which time he was deployed to Europe where he remained until he
returned to Ft Lewis for discharge. In a letter dated 30 Dec 1943 he wrote to his
mother (in response to her letter to his company commander) that he was
stationed in Iceland and had been for some months. In a note dated either Jul or
Sep 1944 he said he was in France. In the tone of his brief responses to his
Mother, he was not happy that she was writing to his company commander, He
was stationed for a total of almost 4 years overseas and almost 2 years in the US.
Three months after his military service ended he joined the Merchant Marines
where he was a seaman from several weeks to several months at a time. His first
date of shipment was 18 Oct 1945 from Portland, OR (his job was as a Mess
man) and he returned from his last shipment 29 Jul 1968 in Seattle (his jobs were
Boson and Able Seaman). In a 1946 New York Passenger List which states his
length of service at sea as 6 months, he shipped or engaged on 21 May 1946 in
Portland, OR, his position was a Wiper (in the engine room?) was 33 years old, 5'
8", 165 lbs with tattoos on both forearms. He most always was engaged out of
Portland, and his position was usually listed as A. B. (able seaman). There is only
one known time that he had a problem when in the Merchant Marines. On 3 Jan
1968 the Person Charged failed to join the vessel upon its departure from the port
of DaNang, Vietnam. He " together with the rest of his watch and the day man
having the day off on 3 January, went ashore with the knowledge of the vessel
and without the sailing board having been posted, at a time when the estimated
time for completing discharge of cargo was three days. For reasons unknown to
the Person Charged and to this record, the vessel sailed at 6 o'clock..." The US
Coast Guard heard the case in San Francisco and on 14 Mar 1968 suspended a
one month suspension.
On 12 Aug 1970 (after he left the Merchant Marines) he made application to carry
a concealed weapon for "protection". He lists his business address as Burns Det.
Agency, Seattle. Then on 20 Aug 1970 a complaint was sworn out against him for
the crime of "assault in the second degree." He shot a .38 Colt revolver and "did
willfully inflict grievous bodily harm." Apparently he was held in jail because he
was unable to make bond. Disposition of the case is not known.
He married sometime during the mid 1950s and was divorced probably in 1957. I
remember that in the 1950s we were sent a color 8 x 10 glamor photo of the
attractive woman he had married. In a letter from Truesdell to his mother dated
27 Jan 1958, he says "I'm still praying for Warden. We sent them a Christmas
card didn't know they had quit. It's just as well." He may have been married
again a few years later. There is CA Marriage Index for a Warden Cunningham
age 50 (born about 1913) and Patricia T. Crozier age 47 (born about 1916),
married 9 Jan 1963 in Los Angeles. He died of pneumonia in his room in a Settle
residential hotel at the age of 58 years.
The inscription on his head stone reads S.U.P (Sailor's Union of the Pacific).
58. MARY ELLEN "ELLA"6 CUNNINGHAM (John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2, James1) was
born on 01 Jul 1870 in Washington Co, AR. She died on 10 Nov 1953 in San Bernardino, CA.
She married Calvin "Cal" Dychs Rosecrants, son of William M Rosecrants and Harriet "Hattie" A.
Dyche, on 21 Dec 1892 in Oswego, Labette Co, KS. He was born on 23 Aug 1866 in Westport,
Jackson Co, MO. He died on 06 May 1960 in Enid, Garfield Co, OK.
Notes for Mary Ellen "Ella" Cunningham:
Not a lot is known about Ella. According to Cousin Paul, her husband Cal made the Cherokee
Strip Land Run with his brother-in-law Ed on 16 Sep 1893 and apparently staked a claim nearby
Generation 6 (cont.)
and then bought Ed's claim after about a year. His son Odie (Owen) was born a month after the
land run. In the 1900 census she is in the household of her family listed as a Cunningham with
her 6 year old son Odie Rosecrants. They are living in Indian Territory, OK. Her CA Death
Certificate lists her as Ella Rosencrants so they were married at some point although Calvin
doesn't appear to have been in the picture for very long. Odie's WWI Draft Registration Card
says that he was born in Pryor, OK.
Also, according to the 1900 census Calvin is out in Gran Twpt, Garfield Co, OK where he is a
farmer living by himself. As a child, he and his family had lived in Washington Co, AR, at the
same time the Cunninghams lived there but in the Cane Hill area. (This is from the 1870 US
Federal Census which also says he was born in MO.)
At some point she and her son moved to southern CA. Owen's WWI Draft Registration Card
states he is living in LA and he claims exemption because of "wife and mother, dependent." She
is found in the 1920 Federal Census living as a Lodger in a large household of other lodgers.
She is divorced and is a Counter Girl in a Cafeteria. Apparently she was divorced prior to 1903
as there is a record that Calvin D. Rosecrants married Mary A. Riley 15 Dec 1903 in Garfield Co,
OK.
She is listed in the CA Voter Registrations as Mrs Ella Rosecrans in 1916-1920 in Santa Clara
Co, and in 1926, 1932 and 1934 in Los Angeles Co. LEA has said that she was a "traveling
preacher."
According to LEA who obtained her death certificate, she died in a mental institution and gave
her body to the Loma Linda Medical Center.
(May 2019) Additional information has become available including a Marriage License showing
that they were married 21 Dec 1892 in Oswego, KS with their son being born a year later in
Pryor, Indian Territory. However, by the 1900 US Federal Census they are in different census in
different locations. Ella and Odie are living with her parents, listing herself as Single, and Calvin
is alone and lists himself as "wd" living in Enid, Garfield Co, OK. Calvin married again in about
1904 according to the 1910 US Federal Census, is living in Garfield Co, OK and has a 11 year
old stepdaughter, Mildred Riley and his wife is Many A. Odie is 16 years old and living in their
household along with their young son. Calvin marries for the third time in 1920. At this point
there is no record of divorces. Earliest date for Ella being in CA is 1917 when she is listed as a
dependent in Odie's WWI Draft Registration Card and he is 23 years old and married.
Calvin "Cal" Dychs Rosecrants and Mary Ellen "Ella" Cunningham had the following child:
i. OWEN "ODIE" LEE7 ROSECRANTS was born on 24 Oct 1893 in Pryor, Indian Territory,
OK. He died on 15 Jan 1936 in Los Angeles Co, CA. He married Anna H. ?
Broker before Jun 1917 (No children). She was born on 02 Sep 1898 in Chicago,
IL. She died on 14 Apr 1979 in Redlands, San Bernardino Co, CA.
59. MARGARET "MAGGIE" PAULINE6 CUNNINGHAM (John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2,
James1) was born on 20 Mar 1874 in Indian Territory, OK. She died on 13 Sep 1956 in Miller
City, Alexander Co, IL. She married John "Jack" Thomas Talley, son of William Talley and Ellen
Hill, on 02 Jan 1895 in Muskogee, OK. He was born on 22 May 1866 in Hardin Co, KY. He died
on 13 Oct 1934 in Benton, Franklin Co, IL.
Notes for Margaret "Maggie" Pauline Cunningham:
It is probable that Maggie met and married her husband while she and her family were living in
Edna, KS during the 1890s In the 1900 US Federal Census they are living in Liberty, Linn Co,
KS where her husband is railroad section boss. They had been married five years and had two
small boys both born in KS. In the 1910 US Federal Census they are living in Chester City,
Randolph Co, IL where Jack is a section foreman for the railroad. According to son Edward's
WWI Draft Registration Card, the family was living in Miller City, Aledander Co, Il in Jun 1917
where he is working for the railroad, and according to son Hubert's WW I Draft Registration
Generation 6 (cont.)
Card, the family was still living in Miller City in Sep 1918 where he was a clerk for his mother.
In the 1930 US Federal Census they arestill living in Miller City and Jack is a railroad section
forman for a steam railroad. Her death date comes from family historians, but no documentation.
John "Jack" Thomas Talley and Margaret "Maggie" Pauline Cunningham had the following
children:
i. EDWARD ALGERON7 TALLEY was born on 14 Nov 1895 in Lone Tree, Cass Co, MO.
He died on 18 Nov 1972 in St Clair Co, IL. He married Lucille A. (Unknown) about
1921 in IL (No children ?). She was born on 19 Oct 1895 in TN. She died on 14
Jul 1980 in St Clair Co, IL.
91. ii. HUBERT WYMAN TALLEY was born on 02 Aug 1899 in Paola, Miami Co, KS. He
died in 1951 in IL. He married Nellie Merle Jones about 1926 in IL. She was born
on 01 Jun 1901 in Benton, Franklin Co, IL. She died on 11 Jan 1976 in Fairmount,
Alameda Co, CA.
60. GUTHERIE "GUS" HUTTON6 CUNNINGHAM (John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2, James1)
was born on 01 Jul 1875 in Indian Territory, OK. He died in 1964 in Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS.
He married Lula E. Neal about 1898 in Indian Territory, OK. She was born on 21 Dec 1880 in
Easton, Buchanan Co, MO. She died on 03 Sep 1961 in Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS.
Notes for Gutherie "Gus" Hutton Cunningham:
In the 1900 US Federal Census Gus has been married for about two years and have one child.
They are living in Pryor Creek, Indian Territory,OK. He is a day laborer. In the 1905 - 1906 time
period they were living in Conway Co, AR where one child died and another was born. This
would have been not long after the rest of his family had moved to Conway Co. In the 1910 US
Federal Census they are living in Nowata Co, OK where he is a farmer on a general farm. They
have had six children with only four still living.
His 1918 WWI Draft Registration Card states they are living in Craig Co, OK. and his occupation
is farmer working for himself. By the 1920 US Federal Census they have moved to Edna, KS
where he is a farm laborer. In the 1925 Kansas State Census they are in Hutchinson, KS. In the
1930 US Federal Census they are living in Hutchinson, KS where they apparently lived for the
rest of their lives. Their youngest son is living with them and they have two lodgers. Gus is a
laborer.
Cousin Paul says that he went with his daddy (Howard) and uncle Morrice to uncle Gus' funeral.
It was conducted at a large Nazarene church in downtown Hutchinson. One of Gus' daughters
told them that during the last few days of Gus' life, he was a cowboy again fighting both men and
cows.
Gutherie "Gus" Hutton Cunningham and Lula E. Neal had the following children:
92. i. BLANCH BIRDIE7 CUNNINGHAM was born on 08 May 1900 in Indian Territory, OK.
She died on 22 Feb 1973 in Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS. She married (1) STAND
WATIE MILLER. He was born on 24 Jul 1894 in Tahlequah, Indian Territory, OK. He
died on 15 Jan 1948 in Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS. She married (2) ? ROBERTS.
ii. ELLA MAE CUNNINGHAM was born on 25 May 1903 in OK or AR. She died on 23
Aug 1905 in Conway Co, AR.
iii. CARL CUNNINGHAM was born in 1905 in Conway Co, AR. He died in Jun 1923 in
Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS.
93. iv. MARY ORVILLA CUNNINGHAM was born on 10 Jul 1907 in OK. She died on 06 Jul
1995 in Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS. She married (1) CLARENCE ALJO KIRK. He was
born on 15 Jun 1899 in Warfield, Martin Co, KY. He died on 05 Jul 1949 in
Charlotteville, Albemarle Co, VA. She married (2) CLARENCE H. SMITH.
v. LEWIS OTT CUNNINGHAM was born on 26 Jul 1909 in OK. He died on 14 Nov 1967
in Fort Worth, Tarrant Co, TX. He married LELA ALMIRA HAINLINE. She was born on
25 Aug 1910 in Greensburg, Kiowa Co, KS. She died on 12 Jun 1995 in Caddo,
Bryan Co, OK.
Generation 6 (cont.)
61. LELA C.6 CUNNINGHAM (John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2, James1) was born on 07 Feb
1877 in Ft Gibson, Indian Territory, OK. She died on 24 Aug 1960 in Beaverton, Washington Co,
OR. She married Finley Whitney, son of David H. Whitney and Sarah Winchell, on 15 Oct 1902
in Parker, Linn Co, KS. He was born on 08 Sep 1874 in Parker, Linn Co, KS. He died on 25 Jan
1944 in Corvallis, Benton Co, OR.
Notes for Lela C. Cunningham:
Lela is not living with her family in the 1900 US Federal Census although it appears that she did
not get married until abut 1902. According to the 1910 US Federal Census she and her husband
had been married for eight years, and they are living in Dallas, Polk Co, OR where he is making
deliveries for a store.
In Findley's 1918 Draft WWI Registration Card, they are still living in the same location and he is
working as a janitor. In the 1930 US Federal Census they are still in the same location but now
have a daughter who was born about 1921 when Lela was about 41 years. According the LEA,
this child was adopted.
In about 1951 while on a family vacation in the West, we visited Aunt Lela in OR. She was living
in a boarding house for the elderly. During this visit she gave me a pair of gold earrings. Aunt
Lela said the gold used to make the earrings came from her grandfathers when they were in the
CA gold fields. She said she wore the earrings for many years until one of the hinges broke.
Although it has been repaired, they are still very fragile. They are pierced, crescent shaped
earrings with a carved designed. They have been examined and have been determined to be
gold plate. The earrings were given to Jessica Cunningham when she married Matthew Regier
17 Jul 2010.
According to a letter written in Oct 1960 by Lela Maurine Wrenn, a niece, she had a heart attack
in the early summer the year she died, and mentions the adopted daughter, Frances.
(Added Jan 2016)
Obituaries have been found for Finley, Lela and Frances as part of the Find A Grave project.
They married in Linn Co, KS in 1902 and moved Dallas, OR in 1906, then to Corvallis, OR about
1934. They adopted their daughter immediately at birth in 1920 at Portland, OR. Both were
members of the Christian church. Lela was living at the Northwestern Christian Home for 12
years prior to her death. She is listed as having been born at Ft. Gibson, OK.
Finley Whitney and Lela C. Cunningham had the following child:
94. i. FRANCES DIANE7 WHITNEY was born on 16 Apr 1920 in Portland, Multnomah Co,
OR (Adopted at birth). She died on 09 Jul 1997 in Longview, Cowlitz Co, WA. She
married Vernon Fredrick Alsop on 09 Feb 1940 in Vancouver, Clark Co, WA
(Divorced bef 1950). He was born on 08 Nov 1918 in McMinnville, Yamhill Co,
OR. He died on 21 Apr 2004 in Muultnomah Co, OR.
62. HARRY ROSS6 CUNNINGHAM (John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2, James1) was born on
09 Nov 1881 in Pryor, Mays Co, Indian Territory, OK. He died on 29 Sep 1951 in Little Rock,
Pulaski Co, AR. He married Anna Vivian Colbert, daughter of James W. Colbert and Ocie Ellen
Zellner, on 21 Apr 1914 in Harrison Co, TX. She was born in Dec 1894 in Macon Co, GA. She
died on 10 Dec 1991 in Union Co, AR.
Notes for Harry Ross Cunningham:
Ross has left home by the time the 1900 US Federal Census was taken. He would have been
about 19 years old. He does not appear again until his 1918 WWI Registration Card when he is
living in Marshall, Harrison Co, TX. living with his wife, and working as a motorman for the
Marshall Traction Co.
In the 1920 US Federal Census he and his young family are living with his in-laws in Marshall,
TX. He is a brakeman for the railroad. His father-in-law also works for the railroad as a
watchman. According to the 1930 and 1940 US Federal Census they are in El Dorado, Union
Co, AR where he continues as a brakeman for the railroad living with his in-laws. In his 1941
Generation 6 (cont.)
WWII Draft Registration Card he is working for the Missouri Pacific Railroad Co in El Dorado, AR
with his wife and states that he was born in Pryor, OK
A story by Cousin Paul: Harry was a brakeman for the railroad. One day the conductor came to
him and said, "Harry, there are 2 hobos in a boxcar that I want you to go back and throw them
off." Harry returned in a few minutes and didn't say anything. The conductor waited a minute or
two and said, "Well, did you throw them off or not?" Harry said, "Naw, I went back there and
found they were my friends." The conductor cussed and said, "Well, I'll go back and throw them
off myself." The conductor returned red faced and didn't say anything so after a minute, Harry
said, "Well, did you throw them off yourself?" and the conductor rather sheepishly said, "Naw, I
went back there and discovered they were my friends, too." Harry said one of the men had a
pistol and the other a knife so he made friends with them quickly. The conductor was the boss of
the train." Paul went on the say "Harry liked to fight. Maybe that went along with being a
brakeman. One time he was in a fight and his opponent bit the lobe of his ear off. Harry shot
him. He said, "I thought that guy was going to kill me." I don't think he killed the guy, though, but
forever after Harry had only part of an ear on one side."
Harry Ross Cunningham and Anna Vivian Colbert had the following children:
95. i. FRANCES LILLIAN7 CUNNINGHAM was born on 24 Mar 1915 in Marshall, Harris Co,
TX. She died on 17 Feb 1992 in Galveston Co, TX. She married Herby Andrew
Stephens on 14 Oct 1933 in Union Co, AR. He was born on 12 Feb 1909 in El
Dorado, Union Co, AR. He died on 31 Oct 1976 in Freeport, Brazoria Co, TX.
ii. RUSSELL EUGENE CUNNINGHAM was born on 08 Jul 1919 in Marshall, Harrison Co,
TX. He died on 26 Nov 1995 in El Dorado, Union Co, AR. He married Helen M.
Templeton on 08 Jul 1948 in El Dorado, Union Co, AR (No children). She was
born on 10 Aug 1927 in El Dorado, Union Co, AR. She died on 15 Jun 2014 in El
Dorado, Union Co, AR.
96. iii. RUBY MAE CUNNINGHAM was born on 22 Nov 1921 in Marshall, Harrison Co, TX.
She died on 16 Dec 1987 in Clute, Brazoria Co, TX. She married Elton Lovering
Carlton on 05 Oct 1941 in El Dorado, Union Co, AR. He was born on 24 Jan 1920
in El Dorado, Union Co, AR. He died on 07 Jun 1984 in El Dorado, Union Co, AR.
iv. ANNIE RUTH CUNNINGHAM was born on 22 Nov 1921 in Marshall Harrison Co, TX.
She died on 18 Jun 1923 in Marshall, Harrison Co, TX.
63. MAE LOUISE6 CUNNINGHAM (John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2, James1) was born on 15
Jan 1886 in Indian Territory, OK. She died on 27 May 1956 in ? Topeka, Shawnee Co, KS. She
married George Howard Wren, son of Edwin Wren and Catherine "Kate" Bragg, on 28 Oct 1906
in Conway Co, AR. He was born on 05 Sep 1883 in Ft Gibson, Indian Territory, OK. He died on
15 May 1947 in Coffeyville, Montgomery Co, KS.
Notes for Mae Louise Cunningham:
In the 1900 US Federal Census she is a 14 year old living in her parent's household. Her future
husband is found in the same census but in the Indian Population where is 16 years old living
with his brother, father, and grandparents in Indian Territory where he was born. He is 31/32
Cherokee Indian and his grandmother is 7/8 Cherokee.
In his 1918 WWI Draft Registration Card they are living in Coffeeville, KS where he is head
grease maker for the National Refrigerator Co. They would have moved to KS after 1908 since
their daughter was born in OK. In the 1920 US Federal Census they are still living in Coffeeville
where he is foreman for an Oil Refinery, and owns his own home. In the 1925 KS State Census
they continue to live in Coffeyville where he is listed as a refinery worker. Not much has
changed in the 1930 and 1940 US Federal Census. George is still working for the Oil Refinery
but as a Grease Maker, and Maureen is still living with them.
Generation 6 (cont.)
Maureen, who apparently remained unmarried, wrote a letter in Oct 1960 which indicated that
both her parents were deceased.
George Howard Wren and Mae Louise Cunningham had the following child:
i. LELA MAUREEN7 WREN was born in 1907 in OK. She died in 1969 in ? Topeka,
Shawnee Co, KS. She married an unknown spouse (never married).
64. ALFRED "ALF" CARTER6 CUNNINGHAM (John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2, James1) was
born on 10 Oct 1888 in Pryer Creek, Mayes Co, OK Indian Territory. He died on 29 Mar 1977 in
Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. He married Lettie Katherine Houston, daughter of John
Hawkins Houston and Josephine Elizabeth "Lizie" Guest, on 25 Apr 1909 in Hattieville, Conway
Co, AR. She was born on 25 Aug 1891 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR. She died on 27 Aug 1993
in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK.
Notes for Alfred "Alf" Carter Cunningham:
In the 1910 US Federal Census, Alf, his wife and child are living with his parents, and both he
and his wife are listed as farm laborers in Gregory Twp, Conway Co, AR.
In his WWI Draft Registration Card he is a farmer in Hattieville, AR and in the 1920 US Federal
Census he in the same location, a farmer on a general farm and owns his own home. In the
1930 US Federal Census he is a farmer in the same location and still owns his home.
According to his obituary Alfred moved with his parents to Conway Co, AR when he was 14
years old (abt1902). After his marriage he lived in the Old Hickory community in Conway Co
until moving to Bartlesville, OK in 1942. He farmed for two years prior to his employment as a
railroad section hand employee for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway until his
retirement in 1955. They moved to Wetumka and resided there until returning to Bartlesville in
Jan 1972.
Paul tells this story about his grandfather. "Grandpa ordered his whiskey in vinegar kegs during
prohibition (I guess). Grandpa said he had some on order one time and he told a friend. The
friend said he would sure like to have a drink and grandpa told him he would call him when the
keg arrived. It came to the General Store in Hattieville. Grandpa went down there and called his
friend to tell him the package he had been looking for had arrived. When the friend arrived,
grandpa stuck his head out the back room, winked and wagged his finger for the friend to come
on back. As soon as the friend came in, grandpa handed him the jug and the friend quickly tilted
it up and took a big swig. He immediately gagged, choked, had difficulty getting his breath back.
Everyone in the room thought it hilarious. Finally, when he could, he told my granddad, "Alf, I
never thought you would do that to a friend." Grandpa had handed him a keg of - you guessed it
- vinegar. He then gave him the jog of real stuff. Grandpa said they had to make their own
entertainment"
"Grandpa did not go to church in his early life, He loved to go to dances, fight, drink, and in
general have a good time. He told me about his conversion. Grandpa said that he went to a
Presbyterian Sunday morning service when he was about twenty five years old. The preacher
preached a good sermon and grandpa was convicted of his sins and realized that he needed to
change. At the end of the service, the minister asked those to come forward who wanted to join
the church. Grandpa said he went forward and shook the preacher's hand, but there was no
change in his lifestyle. He said that evening when he was milking, the cow kicked the milk
bucket and he grabbed a 2x4 and whopped her with it. The next night he went out with his
friends and drank too much. He continued doing the things he had done in the past."
Grandpa told me, "Bless God, if I was going to go to hell, I wasn't going to go there as a
hypocrite. I wasn't going to pretend to be something that I wasn't." He didn't darken a church
door for the next ten years. Then, an itinerant preacher came to the neighborhood to conduct a
revival. Grandpa said he and some friends decided to go, stand out in the woods and hoot and
Generation 6 (cont.)
holler and make fun of the preacher. Everything went as planned for a little while and then
something got a hold of him. Before he knew it, he was going down the sawdust trail to the alter
where he "prayed thru" and had a life changing experience. He said that when the cow kicked
the bucket, he patted her on the back and said, "soo, Bessie." He no longer had a desire to
drink, he no longer cussed, but had a strong desire to serve the Lord. In his own words, all of his
so called friends had turned against him, said he had lost his mind, made fun of him and called
him different derogatory names. . . .It didn't stop him. Grandpa became a lay preacher.
Notes for Lettie Katherine Houston:
John Hawkins Houston's first wife was Mary Ann Arnn, aunt of Henrietta Arnn.
Alfred "Alf" Carter Cunningham and Lettie Katherine Houston had the following children:
97. i. MORRICE FINELY7 CUNNINGHAM was born on 23 Nov 1909 in Hattieville, Conway
Co, AR. He died on 24 Feb 2001 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. He married
(1) MIRIAM LUCILLE BURDICK, daughter of Van V. Burdick and Frances Mae
Lemmons, on 11 Sep 1932 in Dewey, Washington Co, OK. She was born on 17
Mar 1915 in Muskogee, Muskogee Co, OK. She died on 29 Aug 1987 in
Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. He married (2) ETHEL HARRIS, daughter of
Joseph Charles (twin) Harris and Sarah "Sallie" Belle Duvall, on 28 Jul 1929 in
Conway, Arkansas, United States. She was born on 29 Aug 1913 in Arkansas.
She died on 06 Sep 1930 in Conway, Arkansas.
98. ii. HOWARD DAVIS CUNNINGHAM was born on 31 Aug 1912 in Hattieville, Conway Co,
AR. He died on 11 Jan 2005 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co, OK. He married (1) DOROTHY M.
JONES on 09 Aug 1997. She was born on 26 Sep 1913 in Arkansas City, Cowley
Co, KS. She died on 26 Sep 2010 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co, OK. He married (2)
CANZADA "ZADIE" HARRIS, daughter of Joseph Charles (twin) Harris and Sarah
"Sally" Belle Duvall, on 25 Sep 1932 in Conway Co, AR. She was born on 09 Oct
1917 in Hattiville Conway Co, AR. She died on 13 Jun 1991 in Bartlesville,
Washington Co, OK.
99. iii. LIZZA HAZEL CUNNINGHAM was born on 01 Jul 1914 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR.
She died on 20 Dec 2014 in Claremore, Rogers Co, OK. She married Cloyd
Calvin Mooney on 08 Nov 1929 in Conway, Arkansas, United States. He was born
on 12 Aug 1911 in Hattiville Conway Co, AR. He died on 14 Oct 1985 in
Wetumka, Hughes Co, OK.
100. iv. LELA MAE CUNNINGHAM was born on 14 Dec 1915 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR.
She died on 22 Jul 2006 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. She married (1) ?
MARTIN before 1959. She married (2) GEORGE ENNIS, son of Jacob Ennis and
Mathilda Gullett, on 13 Jan 1933 in Pope, Arkansas, United States. He was born
on 02 Jun 1914 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR. He died on 27 Sep 1968 in Deer
Park, Spokane Co, WA. She married (3) CLEO CHARLES DOGGETT on 06 Feb 1960.
He was born on 29 Oct 1912. He died on 14 May 1991.
101. v. ALFRED CARTER "JACK" CUNNINGHAM was born on 12 May 1919 in Hattieville,
Conway Co, AR. He died on 18 Oct 1987 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co, OK. He married
Virginia Sue Burdick, daughter of Van V. Burdick and Frances Mae Lemmons, on
27 Mar 1940 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. She was born on 12 Feb 1921 in
Muskogee Co, OK. She died on 22 Dec 1966 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK.
102. vi. ORVIS HOUSTON CUNNINGHAM was born on 12 Jan 1922 in Hattieville, Conway Co,
AR. He died on 27 Dec 1996 in Dewey, Washington Co, OK. He married (1)
BETTY REEDY between 1944-1945. He married (2) MARY LOUISE BOOTH on 16 Apr
1942 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. She was born on 19 Jan 1922 in
Kansas. She died on 25 Apr 2014 in Bartlesville, Washington County, OK.
103. vii. JOHN QUINTON CUNNINGHAM was born on 30 Apr 1924 in Hattieville, Conway Co,
AR. He died on 28 Nov 1982 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. He married Mary
Lou Bush, daughter of George Bush and Elsie Cox, on 22 May 1948 in
Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. She was born on 11 Feb 1932 in Bartlesville,
Washington Co, OK. She died on 08 Sep 2006 in Oklahoma City, OK.
104. viii. MARGARET (MAGGIE) MAURINE CUNNINGHAM was born on 10 Sep 1926 in Hattieville,
Conway Co, AR. She died on 10 Jan 2021 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK.
Generation 6 (cont.)
She married John William Toth, son of John Stanley "Toby" Toth and Mattie Opal
Wantland, on 04 Apr 1946 in Cherryvale, KS. He was born on 09 Nov 1922 in
Cherryvale, Montgomery Co, KS. He died on 19 Jun 1986 in Bartlesville,
Washington Co, OK.
105. ix. RHEA DEE CUNNINGHAM was born on 14 Feb 1933 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR.
She died on 25 Jun 1999 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. She married (1)
HARRY LEE PEALE, JR, son of Harry L Peale and Callie M Corn, before Dec 1961 in
OK. He was born on 02 Feb 1919 in Welch, Craig Co, OK. He died on 04 Sep
1978 in Farmington, San Juan Co, NM. She married (2) BILLY JOE LUSTER, son of
Charley Luster and Goldie St Clair, about 1950 in OK. He was born on 30 Aug
1929 in Borken Arrow, OK. He died on 19 Aug 2005 in Bartlesville, Washington
County, OK.
106. x. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married ROBERT EDGAR TOTH. He was born on 06 May
1924 in Cherryvale, Montgomery Co, KS. He died on 30 Sep 2011 in Bartlesville,
Washington Co, OK.
65. MILES FRANKLIN6 CUNNINGHAM (Josiah Hutton "Hut"5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2, James1) was
born on 29 Sep 1873 in KS. He died on 27 Jan 1913 in Eldorado Bena, Yolo Co, CA. He married
OIlive Drilla Highfill on 21 Mar 1901 in Pendelton, OR. She was born on 23 Jun 1887 in
Springfield, Green Co, MO. She died on 26 Feb 1953 in Nevada Co, CA.
Miles Franklin Cunningham and OIlive Drilla Highfill had the following children:
i. HENRY HUTTON7 CUNNINGHAM was born on 23 Sep 1902 in Yakima, WA. He died
on 09 Jan 1958 in San Francisco, CA. He married ANNA LUCILLE DAVIES.
ii. THOMAS CUNNINGHAM was born in 1904 in ID. He died in 1904 in ID.
iii. MARJORIE LORICE "MARGIE" CUNNINGHAM was born on 17 Oct 1907 in ID. She died
on 14 Jan 1995 in Yolo Co, CA. She married ELMARION G. DUNTON.
66. HENRY HANSEL6 CUNNINGHAM (Josiah Hutton "Hut"5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2, James1) was
born on 10 Apr 1875 in Indian Territory, OK. He died on 21 Dec 1931 in Indian Valley, Adams
Co, ID. He married Mary Ellen Sanders on 29 Jun 1902 in Cleveland, Klickitat, Washington. She
was born on 08 Feb 1882 in Lyon Co, MN. She died on 21 Jun 1935 in Adams Co, ID.
Henry Hansel Cunningham and Mary Ellen Sanders had the following children:
i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
iii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
iv. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
107. v. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married (1) LIVING TUCKER. She married (2) LIVING
TUCKER.
67. JAMES CLAUDE6 CUNNINGHAM (Josiah Hutton "Hut"5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2, James1) was
born on 17 Feb 1879 in Indian Territory, OK. He died on 06 Mar 1955 in Sonoma Co, CA. He
married Lillie Belle Warren on 03 Jul 1901 in Klickitat Co, WA. She was born on 08 Jul 1884 in
Klickitat Co, WA. She died on 16 Feb 1967 in Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co, CA.
James Claude Cunningham and Lillie Belle Warren had the following children:
i. LESTER HENRY7 CUNNINGHAM was born on 12 Feb 1905 in WA. He died on 03 May
1968 in Sonoma Co, CA.
ii. THELMA VICTORIA CUNNINGHAM was born on 29 Nov 1906 in Klickitat Co, WA. She
died on 09 Jan 1978 in Thomas Co, GA.
iii. VELMA ESTELLE CUNNINGHAM was born on 20 Sep 1908 in WA. She died on 02 Apr
1976 in Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co, CA.
iv. ELMA ETHEL CUNNINGHAM was born on 10 Sep 1910 in WA. She died on 20 May
1986 in San Mateo, CA.
v. TELMA LAVELLE CUNNINGHAM was born on 07 Oct 1912 in WA. She died on 29 Sep
1986 in Sonoma Co, CA.
Generation 6 (cont.)
vi. DELMA JENNIE CUNNINGHAM was born about 1914 in WA. She died in 1994.
vii. ZELMA EOLA CUNNINGHAM was born on 10 Aug 1916 in OR. She died on 04 Apr
1988 in Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA.
viii. VELNA EDITH CUNNINGHAM was born in 1918. She died in 2010.
ix. ELMER FRED CUNNINGHAM was born in 1921. He died in 1978.
x. DELMER LESLIE CUNNINGHAM was born in 1929. He died in 2015.
68. GROVER CLEVELAND6 CUNNINGHAM (Josiah Hutton "Hut"5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2, James1)
was born on 28 Mar 1886 in Alderdale, WA. He died on 18 May 1966 in Hood River, OR. He
married Nellie Gladys Dyer on 01 Sep 1918 in Mohler, WA. She was born on 09 May 1900 in
OK. She died on 05 Feb 1986 in Hood River Co, OR.
Grover Cleveland Cunningham and Nellie Gladys Dyer had the following children:
i. MARY GLADYS7 CUNNINGHAM was born on 16 Jun 1919 in OR. She died on 30 Nov
2004 in OR.
ii. MILDRED IRENE CUNNINGHAM was born on 04 Sep 1921 in OR. She died on 25 Aug
1975 in Deschutes, Oregon, United States. She married LIVING COUCH.
iii. JOHN HARVEY CUNNINGHAM was born on 15 Aug 1927 in OR. He died on 21 Feb
2017. He married Betty Ellen Hoffman on 20 Oct 1978 in Reno, Nevada.
69. MARY ETHEL6 CUNNINGHAM (Josiah Hutton "Hut"5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2, James1) was
born on 11 Sep 1892 in Whitman, Oakdale Co, WA,. She died on 23 Dec 1957 in Goldendale,
Klickitat Co, WA,. She married Arthur James Rowley, son of James John Rowley and Emma Ann
Pool, on 19 Sep 1909 in Hailey, Blaine Co, ID. He was born on 06 Apr 1888 in Hailey, Blaine Co,
ID. He died on 22 Mar 1947 in Mendocino Co, CA.
Arthur James Rowley and Mary Ethel Cunningham had the following children:
108. i. ARTHUR BURTON "BURT"7 ROWLEY was born on 02 Dec 1910 in Hailey, Blaine Co,
ID. He died on 24 Dec 1949 in Boonville, Mendocino Co, CA. He married Mary
Noma Williams on 11 Aug 1930 in Weber, Utah, United States. She was born on
24 Feb 1910 in Heber City, Wasatch Co, UT. She died on 11 Oct 1978 in Murray,
Salt Lake Co, UT.
109. ii. BILL HUTTON ROWLEY was born on 02 Aug 1914 in Blaine Co, ID. He died on 19
May 1987 in Missoula, Missoula Co, MT. He married (1) DOROTHY LOUISE CLEARY
about Dec 1937 in Reno, Washoe Co, NV. She was born on 15 Apr 1920 in CA.
She died on 19 Mar 2001 in CA. He married (2) CAROL ROSEMARY APPLEGATE on
03 Oct 1942 in Chicago, Cook Co, IL. She was born on 03 Dec 1922 in Butte,
Silver Bow Co, MT. She died on 23 Sep 2010 in Darby, Ravalli Co, MT.
70. LAURA PAULINE6 BELL (Minnie Ross5 Cunningham, John Carroll4 Cunningham, David C.3
Cunningham, William2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born on 07 Jul 1896 in Indian
Territory, OK. She died after 1940. She married (1) CHANDLER CAMPBELL on 08 Jul 1916 in
Jackson, Missouri, USA. He was born on 30 Sep 1889 in Hanburg, Fremont Co. IA. He died on
31 Oct 1957 in Los Angeles, CA. She married (2) HOMER BRYAN SKEEN in Jun 1940 in Cody,
Cherry Co, NE. He was born on 29 Jan 1878 in Neola, Iowa, USA. He died on 22 May 1955 in
Los Angeles Co, CA.
Notes for Laura Pauline Bell:
Divorced before 1930.
Chandler Campbell and Laura Pauline Bell had the following child:
i. CHANDLER ELLSWORTH7 CAMPBELL was born on 16 Apr 1917 in Kansas City,
Missouri. He died on 06 Jan 1988 in Los Angeles.
71. ABDIEL WIRT6 CUNNINGHAM (Charles "Charley" Lawrence5, William Newton4, William3 Jr,
William2, James1) was born on 15 Aug 1887 in TX. He died on 09 Oct 1971 in Boyd, TX. He
married Nellie Hunt on 11 Aug 1905. She was born about 1890 in TX.
Abdiel Wirt Cunningham and Nellie Hunt had the following children:
i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
Generation 6 (cont.)
ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
iii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
72. CHARLES L "CART".6 CUNNINGHAM (Charles "Charley" Lawrence5, William Newton4, William3 Jr,
William2, James1) was born on 19 Jan 1889 in Keeter, TX. He married Martha Sparks, daughter
of Thomas Sparks and Parzetta Porter, on 08 Jan 1911. She was born on 06 Dec 1892. She
died in 1932.
Charles L "Cart". Cunningham and Martha Sparks had the following child:
i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
73. MARY ELIZABETH "MAE"6 CUNNINGHAM (Charles "Charley" Lawrence5, William Newton4, William3
Jr, William2, James1) was born on 20 May 1891 in Keeter, TX. She died on 29 Oct 1980 in
Wichita Falls, TX. She married John Dow Sparks, son of Thomas Sparks and Parzetta Porter, on
23 Sep 1908 in Rhome, TX. He was born on 26 Feb 1888 in Center, TX. He died on 29 Jul 1979
in Marlow, Stephens Co, OK.
Notes for Mary Elizabeth "Mae" Cunningham:
She moved to OK in 1909, was a Baptist, and died as a result of colon cancer.
Notes for John Dow Sparks:
He came to OK from Wise Co, TX and settled east of Marlow. He was a farmer and later moved
into Marlow, working for the city as a tr ash hauler. He was a good man, thought well of, and
raised 9 children who never got into any trouble. He was a member of the Missionary Baptist
church. He had a stroke but recovered fully, dying of heart trouble.
John Dow Sparks and Mary Elizabeth "Mae" Cunningham had the following children:
110. i. THOMAS CHARLEY7 SPARKS was born on 22 Dec 1909 in Boyd, TX. He died on 18
Feb 1997 in Porterville, CA. He married Earline Elizabeth McClellan on 04 Dec
1929 in Marlow, Stephens Co, OK. She was born on 24 Dec 1912 in Marlow,
Stephens Co, OK. She died on 30 Apr 1993 in Porterville, CA.
111. ii. HAYDEN GARRETT SPARKS was born on 18 Feb 1912 in Marlow, Stephens Co, OK.
He died on 21 Apr 1993 in Lawton, OK. He married Mozella Fern Newman on 15
Feb 1941 in Marlow, Stephens Co, OK. She was born on 17 Sep 1922 in Velma,
OK. She died on 07 Jul 1997 in Duncan, Ok.
112. iii. RAY CLAIR SPARKS was born on 23 Feb 1914 in Newton, TX. He died on 05 Jun
1965 in Oklahoma City, OK. He married Fay June Bishop, daughter of Lester
Bishop and Dora Metcalf, on 18 Aug 1933. She was born on 10 Dec 1911 in
Lawton, Comanche Co, OK. She died on 17 Sep 2002 in Marlow, Stephens Co,
OK.
113. iv. EARLINE ELIZABETH SPARKS was born on 28 Jan 1917 in Marlow, Stephens Co,
OK. She died on 07 Dec 2018 in Duncan, Stephens Co, OK. She married Archie
Lee Eaves Jr on 30 Apr 1935. He was born on 31 Jan 1913 in McCloud,
Pottawatomie Co, OK. He died on 06 May 1960 in Grants, NN.
114. v. T. R. SPARKS was born on 11 Jun 1928. He died on 27 Mar 1999 in Marlow,
Stephens Co, OK. He married LIVING SMART.
vi. LIVING SPARKS. She married GEORGE ALBERT POLLARD. He was born on 13 Aug
1913. He died on 01 May 1972.
115. vii. LIVING SPARKS. She married LIVING WATKINS.
116. viii. LIVING SPARKS. He married LIVING WILLIAMS.
117. ix. LIVING SPARKS. She married LINCOLN LEE SCOTT. He was born on 11 Nov 1923 in
Marlow, Stephens Co, OK. He died on 09 Oct 2007 in Marlow, Stephens Co, OK.
74. ELANA RAY6 CUNNINGHAM (Charles "Charley" Lawrence5, William Newton4, William3 Jr, William2,
James1) was born on 14 Dec 1898 in TX. She married Ollie Lewis Haygood on 06 Nov 1915. He
was born on 14 Oct 1894 in TX.
Ollie Lewis Haygood and Elana Ray Cunningham had the following children:
i. LIVING HAYGOOD.
Generation 6 (cont.)
ii. LIVING HAYGOOD.
75. ELSIE CLARE6 CUNNINGHAM (Charles "Charley" Lawrence5, William Newton4, William3 Jr, William2,
James1) was born on 08 Nov 1901 in TX. She died on 10 Nov 1977. She married Oscar Lee
Latham on 17 Nov 1917. He was born in Desdiomia, TX.
Oscar Lee Latham and Elsie Clare Cunningham had the following child:
i. CHARLINE7 LATHAM. She died on 05 Apr 1886. She married ? CANTRELL.
76. JAMES N.6 GUNNELS (Susan Elizabeth5 Cunningham, William Newton4 Cunningham, William3
Cunningham Jr, William2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born on 17 Apr 1861 in
Oxford, Calhoun Co, AL.
James N. Gunnels had the following child:
i. NO7 CHILDREN.
77. JOHN N.6 GUNNELS (Susan Elizabeth5 Cunningham, William Newton4 Cunningham, William3
Cunningham Jr, William2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born on 17 Apr 1861 in
Oxford, Calhoun Co, AL. He died after 1930. He married Augusta (Unknown) about 1885. She
was born on 19 Jun 1862 in AL. She died after 1950.
John N. Gunnels and Augusta (Unknown) had the following child:
i. NO7 CHIULDREN.
78. ELMIRA P.6 GUNNELS (Susan Elizabeth5 Cunningham, William Newton4 Cunningham, William3
Cunningham Jr, William2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born about 1868 in Calhoun
Co, AL. She married ? LYON.
? Lyon and Elmira P. Gunnels had the following children:
i. LIVING LYON.
ii. LIVING LYON.
iii. LIVING LYON.
79. HARRY CUNNINGHAM6 GUNNELS (Susan Elizabeth5 Cunningham, William Newton4 Cunningham,
William3 Cunningham Jr, William2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born on 01 Oct 1868
in Oxford, Calhoun Co, AL. He died on 19 Sep 1911 in AL. He married LADIE EMILY GROSS. She
was born about 1874 in GA.
Harry Cunningham Gunnels and Ladie Emily Gross had the following children:
i. LOUISE ELIZABETH7 GUNNELS was born on 09 Sep 1896 in Oxford, Calhoun Co, AL.
ii. EDITH GUNNELS was born on 08 Aug 1898 in Anniston, Calhoun Co, AL.
80. WILLIE FRANCIS6 GUNNELS (Susan Elizabeth5 Cunningham, William Newton4 Cunningham,
William3 Cunningham Jr, William2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born about 1875 in
Calhoun Co, AL. He died after 1930.
Willie Francis Gunnels had the following child:
i. NO7 CHILDREN.
					Generation 7
81. ALICE MATILDA7 CUNNINGHAM (Andrew Jackson6, William5, Miles4 Jr, Miles3, William2, James1)
was born in 1875. She died in 1955. She married ALLEN RODGER PENNEY. He was born in 1869.
He died in 1928.
Allen Rodger Penney and Alice Matilda Cunningham had the following child:
118. i. MYRTLE ESTELL8 PENNEY was born in 1900. She died in 1972. She married
ARMOUR LEE BLAIR.
82. ALBERT ODLE7 SMITH (Alfred C.6, Nancy Jane5 Cunningham, Alfred C.4 Cunningham, David C.3
Cunningham, William2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born on 08 Oct 1913 in Wanata,
Chautauqua Co, KS. He died on 14 Apr 1990 in Olean, Cattaraugus Co, NY. He married
Margaret Ann Miller in 1936 in Coffeeville, Montgomery Co, KS.
Albert Odle Smith and Margaret Ann Miller had the following children:
Generation 7 (cont.)
i. ADELBERT O.8 SMITH.
ii. SREPHEN C. SMITH.
83. LIVING SMITH (Alfred C.6, Nancy Jane5 Cunningham, Alfred C.4 Cunningham, David C.3
Cunningham, William2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham, Alfred C.6, Samuel, James). He
married LIVING TURNER.
Living Smith and Living Turner had the following children:
i. LIVING SMITH.
ii. LIVING SMITH.
84. GLADYS FAY7 SMITH (Clark Trenton6, Nancy Jane5 Cunningham, Alfred C.4 Cunningham, David
C.3 Cunningham, William2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born on 06 Nov 1897 in
Chautauqua Co, KS. She died on 02 May 1975 in Chautauqua Co, KS. She married CARROL
JEFFERSON HUTTON. He was born on 15 Jun 1899 in Chautauqua Co, KS. He died on 06 Sep
1980 in Sedan, Chautauqua Co, KS.
Carrol Jefferson Hutton and Gladys Fay Smith had the following children:
i. LIVING HUTTON.
ii. LIVING HUTTON.
85. LILA FERN7 SMITH (Clark Trenton6, Nancy Jane5 Cunningham, Alfred C.4 Cunningham, David C.3
Cunningham, William2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born on 09 Feb 1907 in Peru,
Chautauqua Co, KS. She died on 17 Oct 1991 in Peru, Chautauqua Co, KS. She married
ROBERT EARL YOUNG. He was born on 27 May 1907 in Peru, Chautauqua Co, KS. He died in
Dec 1972 in Peru, Chautauqua Co, KS.
Robert Earl Young and Lila Fern Smith had the following children:
i. LIVING YOUNG.
ii. LIVING YOUNG.
iii. LIVING YOUNG.
86. JEWELL DEAN7 SMITH (Clark Trenton6, Nancy Jane5 Cunningham, Alfred C.4 Cunningham, David
C.3 Cunningham, William2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born on 19 Apr 1909 in
Chautauqua Co, KS. He died on 24 Apr 1969 in KS. He married JOY MARIE BLANCHARD. She was
born on 20 Mar 1911 in Elgin, Chautauqua Co, KS. She died on 18 Mar 1992 in Neodesha,
Wilson Co, KS.
Jewell Dean Smith and Joy Marie Blanchard had the following children:
i. LIVING SMITH.
ii. LIVING SMITH.
87. OLETA CLARAJANE7 SMITH (Clark Trenton6, Nancy Jane5 Cunningham, Alfred C.4 Cunningham,
David C.3 Cunningham, William2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born on 17 Mar 1911
in Lowe, Finney Co, KS. She died on 06 Apr 2002 in Coffeyville, Montgomery Co, KS. She
married Herbert Leslie Nutter on 08 Dec 1928 in Chautauqua Co, KS. He was born on 08 Sep
1908 in Witchita, Sedgwick Co, KS. He died on 10 May 1972 in Coffeeville,Montgomery Co, KS.
Herbert Leslie Nutter and Oleta Clarajane Smith had the following children:
i. LIVING NUTTER.
ii. LIVING NUTTER.
88. EDWARD PERRY7 CUNNINGHAM (Edward Payson6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2,
James1) was born on 24 Dec 1905 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR. He died on 25 Oct 1989 in
Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. He married Elma Lou Kitchen, daughter of
Emmett Lee Kitchen and Cora Lee Branch, on 01 Sep 1934 in Washington, DC. She was born
on 20 Jun 1912 in Wakefield, Sussex Co, VA. She died on 20 Nov 1996 in Washington, DC.
Notes for Edward Perry Cunningham:
See the notes for Perry's parents for information on his early life.
Generation 7 (cont.)
Perry graduated from Wann High School in May 1925 and was the first Cunningham to go to
college. He graduated from Bethany Peniel College (now Southern Nazarene University) in May
1929 with a BA degree in history. He returned to Bartlesville, where his family had moved in
1926. The Great Depression was starting and from May 1929 to Jul 1930 he worked at
miscellaneous jobs in Bartlesville, living at home with his parents, In the 1930 US Federal
Census, Perry at age 24 years is working in special deliveries for the post office department,
From Jul 1930 to May 1931 he worked for the Phillips Petroleum Co as an accounting clerk until
he was laid off because of the depression. He returned to Phillips that Dec but resigned to move
to Washington D.C.
From Jan 1932 to Feb 1935 he worked at the U.S. Department of Agriculture library as a junior
librarian. During this period (Sep 1932 - May 1934) he was taking graduate courses at George
Washington University, accumulating 12 credit hours. In Sep 1934 he married and established
their home as 1271 Owens Place, N.E. In about 1940-41 they purchased a large 2-story home
at 1263 Monroe St, NE. In Feb 1935 he went to work for the Internal Revenue Service in the tax
rulings area, and worked for the IRS for the rest of his professional life. In the 1940 US Federal
Census, they are living at 1276 Owen Place where they were also living on 1 Apr 1935, renting
their home for $35 a month. Elma's sister is living with them and their young son. Perry is listed
as having completed 5 years of college, working a 35 hour week as a correspondent clerk for the
Internal Revenue for $2000 per month, having worked 52 weeks in 1939. Elma has completed
four years of high school.
He died of complications related to progressive dementia over the last seven years of his life.
His son Perry wrote the following about his father:
He was an active/devoted church member and held every layperson office in the local Nazarene
church in Washington, DC, including Sunday school teacher, church treasurer, Nazarene Young
Peoples president and church board member for over 50 years. He was at his best as a
greeter/usher, where he was a welcoming presence to all.
Devotion to family and home handyman projects filled his life. He loved people particularly in the
local Christian social group as well as in secular settings. Party gatherings and Rook card game
playing were some of his favorites. Besides his church activities, he was involved in local
community civic activities and served as president for the community "Brookland Civic
Association". During WWII he participated in local civic "air warden" duties of his community. He
was active in the local PTA at both the junior and senior high school levels, this involved being
PTA president at the local senior high school during the initial school desegregation period in DC
and he was elected as a regional PTA representative to the National PTA in the middle 1950's.
He loved sports particularly basketball, baseball and football and played softball in the local
church league. He went to local college basketball games and "Senator" baseball games at old
Griffin stadium. One of his greatest interests was in world and particularly US history/politics (he
completed some initial post graduate level studies in history at George Washington University in
Washington, DC). He was a lover of literature and could quote sections of English poetry. He
loved nature and art, particularly landscapes and birds. Museums and monuments in
Washington with their historical significance were some of his favorite outings. He would take the
family to parades in Washington and attend the National Geographic world film lectures in
Constitution Hall.
Notes for Elma Lou Kitchen:
The following is written by her son Perry.
Elma Lou Kitchen, born in Wakefield, VA was proud of her southern roots! She loved people,
particularly church and community. She was well known to neighbors and had close association
with the Catholic convent and subsequent priest priory "next door". During the Depression Years
she moved to Washington, DC and following the death of both parents by the age of 17, she
became responsible for two other younger sisters and one brother. Because of her early
struggles, she had a strong family focus and was the devoted mother of two sons. A member of
the local Nazarene church in Washington, her activities includes Sunday school teacher and
Generation 7 (cont.)
juniors program leader for several years. Additionally, she was an avid supporter/sponsor of the
church teenage fellowship.
Before her marriage to Perry, she was a model for the Hecht Department Store in Washington.
She later returned to work where she had a long work history as an office worker for the labor
union of postal clerks and The National Geographic Society. She was active in the local schools
and was a junior and high school PTA president and vice president during the 1950's school
desegregation years in Washington.
For many years she managed her large 2-story home on Monroe St as a boarding house and
room rental for Catholic University women in graduate studies and other professional singles and
US government workers. She also had the responsibility of looking after her husband's elderly
parents who lived with them for many years.
The Washington Redskins pro football team had no more avid supporter than Elma. She played
basketball as a child and also loved watching the Washington pro basketball team. She was
culturally oriented with a high priority on learning and life experience. Some of her favorite
pastimes included sewing, cooking, decorating her house and gardening (flowers and
vegetables).
Edward Perry Cunningham and Elma Lou Kitchen had the following children:
i. NANCY LEE8 CUNNINGHAM was born on 16 Mar 1938 in Sibley Hospital,
Washington, DC. She died on 14 Feb 1939 in Washington, DC.
Notes for Nancy Lee Cunningham:
Nancy died as a result of multiple congenital defects.
119. ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM JR.. He married LIVING HARDING.
iii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married LIVING MANWARING.
89. FORREST TRUESDELL "TRUES"7 CUNNINGHAM (Edward Payson6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1) was born on 08 Jun 1908 in Craig Co, OK (7 miles South of Edna, KS). He
died on 05 Sep 1964 in St. John's Hospital, Tulsa, Tulsa Co, OK. He married Ruby L
Cunningham, daughter of William "Willie" Alfred Fain and Magnolia "Nola" Stockstill, on 18 May
1934 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK (at the Presbyterian Manse). She was born on 11 Nov
1906 in Ceder Co, MO. She died on 17 Oct 1985 in St Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Tulsa Co, OK.
Notes for Forrest Truesdell "Trues" Cunningham:
Notes for Truesdell's parents describe his early years.
Cousin Paul tells the following story passed down from his father. "Daddy said that when he was
a boy living in AR (Conway Co) Ed and his family would periodically visit. They would visit Etta's
sister and her family and then they would come by and visit with grandpa (Alfred). One time
when they came for a visit Truesdell wanted to ride a bull. He said that he was rather insistent
on riding. He selected a large calf that daddy said was pretty gentle. Daddy and Morrice held
the bull and helped Truesdell get on. He didn't have a cinch or rope. He just held on the fur of
the calf. When daddy and Morrice released the calf, it began to run toward the creek, bucking
some. When it reached the creek, it planted its heels and stopped. Truesdell flew over its head
and landed in the mud on the other side of the creek. Daddy said that seemed to satisfy
Truesdell's desire to be a bull rider. Truesdell may have wanted to test his skills because his
father had been a cowboy."
Truesdell graduated from Wann, Nowata Co, High School in 1926 and moved the same year with
his family to Bartlesville. He attended the Bartlesville Business School for two years then worked
for a short time in the mailing department of the Examiner Enterprise Newspaper. On 21 Jan
1929 he went to work in the office of the Dewey Portland Cement Co, initially as a stenographer.
Eventually, he became the chief clerk and office manager.
Truesdell and Ruby were married 18 May 1934 at the home of the pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church and started their married life in Dewey, OK. in 1934. Don Tyler, General
Generation 7 (cont.)
Manager of the cement plant gave them a house on the south edge of Dewey rent free for a year
as a wedding present. The address is thought to be 116 S. Wyandotte Ave. In the 1940 US
Federal Census, they are living at 1225 North Choctaw which was near the cement plant, and
own their home valued at $1500. They were also living in the same home in 1935 and it is likely
that they had recently moved there from their "free" house. Truesdell is listed as having been
born in KS and having completed one year of college. He is listed as Chief Office Clerk in a
cement plant, working a 40 hour week, working 52 weeks in 1939, earning $2000 per month.
Ruby is listed as having completed 8 years of school and in Home Housework.
It was about Feb 1941 (when Maridell was nine months ole) that they moved to the Tuxedo
community between Dewey and Bartlesville, This was 10 acres with a house owned by his
parents which had the address of Rt 1 Box 301. When they moved there they added running
water and a bathroom. They purchased the property 6 Nov 1942 for about $2250.00, the
address eventually becoming 710 NE Washington Blvd. On 16 Jul 1947 they sold the house and
3 acres to P. W. and Ruby Tate. Prior to selling the house they had build a small 2 BR cinder
block house on 2 acres (now 3916 NE Wisconsin St) behind the main house where they lived for
two years while a house was being build on the remaining 5 acres. They moved into the new
house and assumed a mortgage of $11,488.00 on 8 Apr 1949. The address for this new home
became 746 NE Washington Blvd (Hwy US 75). On 14 Jul 50 they rented then sold the block
house and 2 acres to Glenn and Nancy Blair for $5500. On 18 Sep 1958 they sold the house to
Ernest and Maud Tannehill when Trues was transfered to the new cement plant in NE Tulsa and
where he was working at the time of his death. They purchased a new construction home at
11404 E. 4th Place in a new subdivision in northeast Tulsa.
Because of his age, job and family he was low on the priority list to serve in WWII. However, at
the time the war ended, he had been scheduled to take his physical for induction and would have
been called up had the war not ended when it did.
Trues was a quiet spoken, kind and generous man. Occasionally a worker from the Dewey
cement plant would come to the house to ask for a loan of money to last until payday. (The first
black person I ever remember seeing was a man who came to our door for assistance) No one
was ever turned away and he was always repaid. He was a devout Christian and a student of
the Bible all his adult life and gave a minimum of 10 percent of his income to the church. He
was a founding member of the Eastside Church of the Nazarene in Bartlesville, eventually
transferring (probably about 1951) to the Dewey Church of the Nazarene. After moving to Tulsa,
they attended First Church of the Nazarene until his death. He was always active in the church
as Sunday school superintendent, church treasurer, adult Sunday school teacher, and song
leader/choir director, all positions which he held for many years. He had a good singing voice
and frequently sang solos and duets with his daughter. His only vanity that I can remember was
his hair; He tried many different hair products over the years to prevent baldness. Although his
hair was thin, he was successful in preventing baldness.
He loved to fish, and played tennis in his younger years. He was not handy and had no ability fix
things although he made outdoor concrete benches and ornamental items later in life. In early
March 1964 at age 55, while at work he experienced chest pain, saw the doctor but was not
hospitalized until the next morning when he was taken by ambulance to the hospital. After his
heart attack he eventually returned to work part-time but never fully recovered. He was
hospitalized a second time with congestive heart failure in September. He died at the age of 56
of complications following his initial heart attack in March.
Notes for Ruby L Cunningham:
In the 1910 US Federal Census, Ruby is a 3 yr old living with her parents and younger brother in
Cottonwood Precinct, Yavapai Co, AZ. Her father is listed as being a farmer on a truck farm on
his own account, and renting his farm. Her parents had three children, the oldest having died.
Yavapai Co is where her father had been born and where his uncle had a ranch.
The family had moved to AZ for her father's health. She had a great fear of water as she almost
drowned when she fell into a canal behind the house where they were living. Her father died of
TB when she was 6 years old. By this time the family had moved back to Cedar Co, MO. At the
time of her father's death, her mother was 8 months pregnant and moved back with her own
Generation 7 (cont.)
mother to have the baby. They continued to live with her grandmother while her mother worked
in a nearby country store (Pacetown). Ruby felt she never really had a childhood since she was
essentially responsible from an early age for raising her two younger brothers while her mother
worked at the store. She remembers standing on a wooden box at the sink washing dishes.
When she was about 12 to 14 years old she contracted flu and almost died during the dreaded
1918 Spanish Influenza Epidemic which killed millions of people worldwide. Because her father,
paternal grandparents and other close relatives died of TB, she was always very careful to
maintain good hygiene within her own family. Although she never tested positive for TB, it was
always one of her greatest fears.
In the 1920 US Federal Census, the family is still living with Ruby's grandmother although her
mother is listed as head of household and as working as a store clerk. Only the youngest
brother is listed as attending school. Ruby (13 yrs old) and Newell (11 yrs old) are not in school.
The children in this community attended a one room school (Sand Ridge, which is still standing)
which was first through eighth grades. After eighth grade children had to move into town and
stay with relatives to complete their schooling, which the family could not afford to do. Thus,
Ruby only received an 8th grade education (which is probably equivalent to a 12th grade
education by today's standards). She was excellent in math and spelling.
In about 1924 when she was about 18 yrs old, she moved to Bartlesville, OK where she had
family living. She soon got a job with a family who was employed as an executive with Phillips
66 Petroleum Company. She was a live-in house keeper and took care of their two young boys.
The address was 1112 S. Johnstone Ave. She worked there for about 10 years until her
marriage. In the 1930 US Federal Census she is listed in their household as a "Servant". In the
1940 US Federal Census she is married and living in Dewey with her husband and 4 yr old
Forrest. Maridell is not listed in the census since she was born about a month after the census
was taken. The family is living at 1225 N. Choctaw which they own and where they were also
living in 1935.
Ruby was a product of a poor, single parent family as well as the depression which was reflected
in everything she did for the rest of her life. She was frugal, hard working, and an excellent
money manager. She was fiercely loyal and dedicated to her family, After they moved to the
Tuxedo community in 1941 on ten acres belonging to her inlaws, she kept a large garden,
canned, raised chickens for food and eggs, made butter, and raised caves to butcher for food.
This was especially the case during and immediately following WWII.
After her daughter started first grade she went to work as a cafeteria worker in the same school,
and was quickly promoted to supervisor. The 1956 Tuxedo City Directory lists her a cook at the
Highland Pk School. Even after moving into their newly built house in 1949, she continued to
raise chickens for food, and sold eggs, but her main cash crop was pigs. She would buy piglets
in the fall, take home cafeteria garbage to feed them and sell the adult pigs the next spring.
(This was on five acres in the country.) She did this for a number of years.
After her husband was transferred to Tulsa in 1959 she stayed active, providing child day care
for several families up to the time of her death. She attended First Church of the Nazarene until
her husband's death, when she then became a member of the Central Church of the Nazarene.
In 1979 she moved to University Village in Tulsa, a retirement community, living in an
independent efficiency apartment until her death in 1985. She died in the hospital as a result of
complications following surgery for a ruptured aortic aneurysm.
Forrest Truesdell "Trues" Cunningham and Ruby L Cunningham had the following children:
i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married ROBERT WILLIAM LOOMIS. He was born on 03
May 1935 in Palo Alto, Santa Clara Co, CA (Palo Alto Hospital). He died on 07
Apr 2012 in Cannon Memorial Hospital, Pickens, Pickens Co, SC.
Notes for Robert William Loomis:
Bob was born 3 May 1935 in Palo Alto Hospital, Palo Alto, CA. He was raised by
his parents, Joyce Dowswell (Clark) Loomis and Harry Everett Loomis in Mountain
View and Los Altos, CA. He attended Dana Street School, Mountain View
Generation 7 (cont.)
Elementary, and Mountain View High School (MVHS). He graduated from MVHS
in 1953, and received his university education at the University of California, Davis
(UCD), graduating with an AB Degree in American Civilization, May 1957. In Dec
1956 he married Darly Ann Jenkins. Three children from this marriage are Robert
Scott, Kenneth Michael, and Teri Leanne Loomis. Bob and Darly were divorced in
1976.
Upon graduation from UCD, and completion of a four year Army ROTC program,
he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant, Regular Army, Infantry, U.S. Army. He
attended basic infantry Officers School, Ft. Benning, GA, and was assigned to Ft.
Ord, CA where he served for two years. In 1959 he attended the Military Police
School, Ft. Gordon, GA and was subsequently assigned to Giessen Post,
Germany in 1960 as a military police officer. In 1963 he transferred to Military
Intelligence Branch, attended special and advanced MI training at Ft. Holabird,
MD. Upon completion of training he served as a intelligence officer in many
varied assignments. His assignments included Sacramento, CA, Vietnam (twice),
Iran and Washington, D.C. Upon completion of over 23 years of service in Sep
1980, he retired at the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command
(INSCOM), Arlington Hall Station, VA, where he had served as INSCOM Public
Affairs Officer.
While assigned to Washington D.C from 1973-77, he attended American
University, receiving a Graduate Certificate in Public Relations. On 11 Dec 1976
Bob married Maridell Cunningham. Following his retirement he accompanied
Maridell (a USAF Nurse and Officer) on her many assignments to Colorado
(twice), Japan, and Maryland. Prior to Maridell's assignment to Japan in 1984,
Bob worked as a financial planner. While in Japan from 1984-87, Bob taught
professional writing courses for members of the USAF and civilians. He was also
employed as the Testing Officer for the USAF Education Center. He also taught
English at a local Misawa English Language School. While in Japan he applied
for graduate school of the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Upon
Maridell's assignment back to CO, Bob embarked on an intensive 22 month, 61
semester hour graduate program in Counseling and Human Services, graduating
May 1989. Maridell was reassigned to Andrews AFB, MD and Bob was employed
as Mental Health Counselor at the St. Mary's Co, MD County Health Department
Mental Health Services, Leonardtown, MD until 1994. Subsequent to the move to
our retirement home in Pickens, SC in 1994, Bob was employed as a Mental
Health Counselor, Greenville Mental Health Center, Greenville, SC until he retired
in 2003. After this "final" retirement, Bob devoted much of his time to the church.
He enjoyed his work with Pastoral Care, Worship Ministry, and assisting our local
Parish grow. He also enjoyed traveling at any opportunity and cutting grass with
his large John Deer tractor on our 54 acres. Bob had a heart attack at home and
died 7 Apr 2012.
Bob had an inquiring mind, loved educational pursuits, could fix almost anything,
loved to build/refinish furniture, but most of all loved his family especially his two
grandsons, Jeremy and Andrew.
Residences since birth: May 1935-Sep1935, Bailey Ave.. Mtn View, CA. Sep 35-
Jan 43, 225 Church St., Mtn. View, CA. Jan 43-Feb 46, 630 Palo Alto Ave., Mtn
View, CA. Feb 46-Mar 51, 1947 El Camino Real, Mtn. View, CA. Mar 51-Sep 53,
659 Spargur Dr., Los Altos, CA. Sep 53-Dec 53, Beckett Hall, UCD, Davis, CA.
Dec 53-Dec 56, 515 1st St., Davis, CA, Theta Xi. (Summers spent at 659
Spargur Dr., Los Altos, CA) Dec 56-Jun 57, 212 University Ave., Davis CA. Jun
57-Dec 57, 95 Matheson, Columbus, GA. Dec 57-Jan 58, 1320 3rd Ave,,
Sacramento, CA. Jan 58-Sep 59, 226 Briggs Cir., Bayview Park, Ft. Ord, CA.
Sep 59-Dec 59, BOQ, Ft. Gordon, GA. Dec 59-Jan 60, 1320 3rd Ave,
Sacramento, CA. Jan 60-May 60 BOQ 1, Rodgenstrasse, Giessen, FDR. May
60-Jul 60, 7-G Jackson Rd., Giessen, FDR. Aug 60-Jun 63, 48-E Jefferson
Generation 7 (cont.)
Circle, Giessen, FDR. Jun 63-Dec 64, Ft. Holabird, MD. Dec 64-Apr 66, 3449
Imperial Way, Sacramento, CA. Apr 66-Apr 67, MACVSOG, RVN. May 67-Jul
69, ARMISH MAAG, 28 Rezagi, IBEC, Teheran, Iran. Jul 69-Feb 72, 7419 Inzer
St., N. Springfield, VA 22151. Feb 72-Mar 73, MACV/USARV, Saigon, Long Binh
Post, RVN. Apr 73-Dec 73, 7419 Inzer St., N. Springfield, VA. Dec 73-Jul 74,
3917 Bruce St. Alexandria, VA 22305. Jul 74-Jan 78, 6641 Wakefield Dr. #817,
Alexandria, VA 22307. Jan 78-May 81, 4432 Chase Park Ct., Annandale, VA
22003. May 81-Jun 84, 10555 Holden Cir, Franktown, CO. Jun 84-Jun 85 Qtrs
365, Misawa, Japan. Jun 85-Apr 87, Qtrs 65, MAB, Misawa, Japan. April 87-May
89, 19435 Misty Morning Dr., Monument, CO. Apr 89-Jun 94, 2618 Apple Way,
Dunkirk, MD. Jul 94-Dec 94, 2927 Table Rock Rd, Pickens, SC 29671. Dec 94-
Apr 2012, 2925 Table Rock Road, Pickens SC 29671.
120. ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM JR. He married LIVING HOWARD.
90. HARRY HOWARD7 CUNNINGHAM (Edward Payson6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2,
James1) was born on 10 Apr 1911 in Greer Farm, Nowata Co, OK. He died on 18 Mar 1996 in
San Bernardino, San Bernardino Co., CA. He married Thelma Goldie Rouintree, daughter of
Harvey Leander Rouintree and Margaret "Peggy" Alva Baty, on 14 Apr 1935 in Nowata, Nowata
Co, OK. She was born on 22 Aug 1907 in Cull, Howell Co, MO. She died on 10 Apr 1989 in
Chino, San Bernardino Co, CA.
Notes for Harry Howard Cunningham:
See notes for Howard's parents for a description of his early life. Howard wrote the following
about his memories of his life.
"My parents were Edward Payson and Henrietta Arnn Cunningham. I was born April 10, 1911 at
which time my parents with my two brothers, Perry and Truesdell, were living on a farm between
Wann, Okla and Coffeyvile, Kansas. Coffeyville was our big town. Latter the family moved to
Wann into a box car house, Dad took on odd jobs. How we had another brother Warden
"Wamp". One recollection here was when my parents disciplined me sharply and I ran away
from home into the corn fields and they had to search for me. It was no easy matter to find such
a small boy in a field of tall corn. Another time I recall falling asleep in church at night and my
parents forgot me and left me in the little dark church. They missed me on their way home and
turned back to get me. I had awakened, climbed out a window and started to walk home when
they met me. . . One time I hoed corn and made money to help pay for train tickets and went with
my Mom to visit my Grandma and other relatives in Arkansas. That was a very special event. . .
I worked during summer vacations for the farmers, worked in the hay fields and other farmer's
helper jobs. One time I was driving a team of horses for the big hay rake and raked right through
a bumble bee's nest. What a swarm of bees! I jumped off the hay rake and ran as fast as I
could and the farmer came to my rescue and drove the team out of the swarm of bumble bees. I
also helped the farmers feed and care for the live stock. . . Another time I had a job of riding one
horse and leading a mare to another farm, a distance of some miles, for breeding. I saw a pump,
I was thirsty and stopped my horse to get a drink. The mare got away from us and I had to run
to catch her. It was pretty exciting. . . I heard radio my first time with head phones at a friend's
house. Looking back today I feel I was given lots of responsibility for such a young boy. . . . I
finished 8th grade school at Wann, and this was the end of my happy and productive farm life
and work."
After the family moved near Bartlesville living on the dairy farm in 1926, Howard helped out on
the dairy farm and entered high school besides. After moving into Bartlesville a year later he
worked at the Morning Examiner newspaper. "I worked part time at the Examiner, finishing the
9th grade. You may have guessed by now that I liked working more than school." In the 1930
US Federal Census Howard is 18 years of age working as a printer in a printing office, " My part
time with the newspaper became a full time apprenticeship and correspondence studies with
International Typographical Union."
"Our Social activities were mostly centered around our church where we devoutly attended and
worshiped. I met Thelma there, and we were married in 1935. . . I was now a husband and we
were in our own home. In 1938 our first son, Ross was born and now we were a family. A year
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later, because I had completed my newspaper apprenticeship, we left Bartlesville. First we went
to New York to enroll in a finish course in I.T.U. School. We had saved some money and
purchased a new Ford Sedan. With our year old son we traveled across country east to west.
Our goal was to find the right location and the best job opportunity. We made several temporary
stops, with temporary apartment lodging, always as near a park as possible, or with a yard for
our son to play. I worked in several newspapers - New York Daily News, Washington Star, St.
Louis Post Dispatch, Philadelphia, Corpus Christi and others, gaining experience and paying
expenses. This was an interesting and memorable experience for me. Our travels ended in Los
Angeles. I enrolled in Frank Wiggins Trade School for more training and worked part time at the
Morning Examiner. I also went to Aircraft Training School to prepare for war-time employment.
Then I worked at Douglas Aircraft for a few years."
"We established our home in Venice, Cal where we lived for the next ten years, and where our
next two sons, Gary and Dean, were born. We bought our first home, which was a terrific old 2
story house, where we enjoyed a good life with our three little boys. Previous to this I had
accepted a Government Printing assignment. We soon knew that life wasn't what we wanted
and were glad to return to Venice a year later to stay. I was now successful in getting into the
Offset Printing Trade. First there was Addressograph Multigraph, then Page Lithograph, and
finally the City of Los Angeles Printing, each time a better experience."
"With our three growing sons we now considered a change in location for their better
advantages. We were now able to sell the Venice home for a nice profit and buy a new home in
Whitter near the orange groves." According to Ross they moved to Whittier in 1955. "There was
more space everywhere for the boys. Schools were good. Dean completed Grades 7 and 8 in
the new Katherine Edwards School just back of our place. Ross and Gary graduated from
Whittier High and Dean from the new Pioneer High."
"God has been so gracious to our family, and for His blessings we are continually thankful. Our
love and prayers are for the family we were blessed with. We pray that their homes and lives will
be blessed with Happiness, Health, Love, Joy and Peace; most of all that they may know God
and His Love, Christ the Saviour and Hope of Everlasting Life, and that they may seek Divine
direction as their children grow up through happy childhood to become strong men and women,
taking their places in God's world."
In the 1940 US Federal Census Howard was living with his young family at 33251/2 Baldwin
Street, Los Angeles and renting their home for $20 per month, and had been living in Bartlesville
is 1935. Howard is listed as unemployed and there is no occupation or income listed. Thelma is
employed as a stenographer for a wholesale cracker company but an income is not listed.
Notes for Thelma Goldie Rouintree:
Thelma Goldie was the fourth girl to be born to the Rouintree family and was the runt of the
family. The birthday of this small but mighty girl was Aug 22, 1907. She had brownish hair that
curled in ringlets over her head. Thelma loved church and liked to perform in Sunday School
programs at the little Presbyterian Church of Elk Creek where the family worshiped. She
remembered her Papa carrying her piggy-back across the fields to church as they walked with
the family. Papa and Mama were very special to Thelma: fishing with her Papa at Whitworth
pond after the day's work was done was a special treat. Wearing the pretty dresses that her
Mama made for her and all her other sisters was very special too. The stories that her Mama
told meant a great deal to her and would be handed down to her coming generations.
Thelma's childhood was a very active one. She had good times with the family: picnics at the
creek, playing ball and other games in the "woods" play area out in front of the farm house.
Games that she excelled in were jumping rope, making doll clothes, having mud pie parties and
making play houses. Her very best childhood friend was Ruth King. They went to school and
Sunday School together and enjoyed all the other childhood happiness. A special post office
was created by these two friends under an old oak tree half way between their two homes which
was just down one hill and up another. There were other childhood friends but Ruth was special
to her. School was always easy for Thelma and she liked it. Being good in reading gained her
promotion in three years. (Skipping these grades would make her a very young and little
freshman coming into high school.) Mathematics and Spelling were her best subjects and she
Generation 7 (cont.)
dared to stand up in "ciphering matches or spelling bees" on Fridays with upper class students
when she was in the earlier grades.
The family moved in West Plains in her Junior year of high school and she graduated from West
Plains High School as would the rest of her brothers and sisters coming after her. Later she was
able to attend Springfield Business College with her Papa helping her borrow money for entrance
and her working for room and board. Very early in life the realization that her parents worked
hard for her made her wish she could grow up and do something to help them, like buying a
pretty house up on a hill which the family could see on their drive into West Plains from Elk
Creek. Her first job was seven dollars a week in a Realtor office. At only seventeen years of age
and young looking for that, she was glad to have a job. she kept her eye out for betterment and
kept moving up into better paying jobs. Her final move came in 1929 in Bartlesville, OK where
she became secretary in the Phillips Petroleum Company offices. She grieved "buckets of tears"
when she left home to go to Oklahoma for her better job. She loved home! She wanted to help
her younger brothers and sisters to have a little more financial ease and to keep helping her
parents as much as possible. She helped the others mostly with their clothes budgets through
high school and college. Each of them managed somehow to provide the funds for their actual
tuition. Then there was the first family car, a Model T Ford that she bought; it made history long
after she had gone from home. The family did not demand a lot of earthly goods nor was there
enough money to provide them. They had the necessities of life, a good Christian home, parents
who loved them, and brothers and sisters to make life interesting at home.
When she met her husband-to-be, Howard Cunningham in a Bartlesville church, he was almost
engaged to someone else and she didn't try to compete. Finally that other girl moved away and
Howard was free to choose from a few girls who were hoping for his attention. He was the local
best catch and he chose Thelma and she fell for him. She was a happy oil company secretary
and enjoyed her free life and wasn't eager to give it up, but her real love was Howard. She
compromised by getting married 14 Apr 1935 and continuing to work three more years, until their
first son Ross was born.
Howard Cunningham was born 10 Apr 1911 and spent his early years in the country on a farm
near Wann, OK, the third son of four. His brothers were Perry, Truesdell and Warden. His father
Edward Payson was Scots-Irish, and his mother Henrietta was of German-Irish descent. His
growing up years were mostly in the country where he had the fields, orchards, the old swimming
hole and the hay barn for recreation. The Cunninghams were a Christian family, loyal to God
and Church. They moved up to Bartlesville for better employment and schools when Howard
was a freshman in high school. He preferred work to school however. He had helped do
janitor's work when just a kid and before be finished his sophomore year of high school, had a
job. It was with the newspaper "Morning Examiner" where his Dad also worked as a route man
driving the trucks of newspapers to other towns. Howard was a mailer, but soon became a 6-
year apprentice to learn the printing trade. During this time he completed by correspondence
and with a diploma, an extensive I.T.U. Printing Course. This led into many other printing jobs.
Howard and Thelma moved to CA in 1940, a year after Ross was born. The war was on and
Howard got into the defense industry, still using his printing skills. In 1941 war was declared with
Japan, and second son Gary was born that year. Howard took a government printing
assignment in Washington D.C. for nine months during the war. They disliked the eastern coast
and went back to CA to live. Two brothers, James, US Air Force and Lyman, US Navy enlisted.
In time, they were both in training in CA and were able to be near the Cunninghams. Mother
Rouintree came to CA to get a job and be near her sons. Thelma helped and encouraged her
Mother in her first paying job. Mother Rouintree worked at ironing mostly service men's shirts at
a big laundry in Venice. Dad Rouintree came to CA to get a defense job and they both settled in
an apartment and were there through the time the boys were on the west coast. Thelma's sisters
Florence and Ruth and Ruth's husband Floyd also lived in and around Venice. Mary Lee,
Lyman's wife had also come to CA to be near her husband. It was a special time of living close
for all of them. Ruth and Floyd had a small daughter Joella, Mary Lee and Lyman had a little boy
Ronnie and the Cunninghams had their third son, Dean who was born in Feb 1946, soon after
the war ended.
Generation 7 (cont.)
The town of Venice, CA that the Cunninghams, Rouintrees, Wardens, Mary Lee and Florence
lived in was an old beach town, with many attractions, the best of which was the beach and surf.
Venice formerly was a city of its own, with canals patterned after Venice, Italy, Some of those
canals remained down through the years although Venice developed into a modern city of
apartments and marinas. The Cunninghams bought their first home in Venice, CA and when
Dean was ready for Kindergarten, Thelma's second career began. She accepted a position with
the Los Angeles City Schools. During those years the family thrived on fun with each other and
friends. The boys learned to swim in the breakwater, while active in the Boy Scouts and in
church activities. They camped in the mountains where they built their own cabin together with
Lyman (Thelma's brother) and his sons in Green Valley. The boys built their own boat for the
lake, and they learned to ski. The families of Thelma, Lyman and Florence had very special
times together at Green Valley.
Ross, the oldest son of the Cunninghams, attended Los Angeles City College earning his degree
in Civil Engineering. His first job after graduation was with Los Angeles City Harbor Division
where he was totally happy to be working outside. He was later transferred to the City
Department of Water and Power and while there he earned his license for a surveyor. Gary,
second son applied for NROTC scholarship upon graduation from high school. He attended
Idaho State university, majoring in engineering and business. Upon graduation, he was
commissioned a Lt in the Marine Corp and went for officers training. Later he flew helicopters to
pick up the wounded during the Vietnam war. Two years after returning home from Vietnam he
went into commercial flying for Delta Airlines. Dean attended Los Angeles College and enlisted
in the US Marines. After this tour in the service he went to Fresno State to complete his college,
majoring in Psychology. He returned to military service in the USAF for officers training where he
completed work in communication.
Thelma and Howard are both retired, Thelma after twenty three years with the Los Angeles
school system. They still work on the cabin and their home is now in Whittier, CA. They enjoy
traveling in their trailer and flying in Delta's jets with special rates and free flights provided by son
Gary. To their children and grandchildren, they would like to bequeath the Christian heritages
handed down to them by their parents, their love, and good name and integrity, rather than the
riches on earth.
Harry Howard Cunningham and Thelma Goldie Rouintree had the following children:
121. i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married LIVING KING.
122. ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married LIVING FRAM.
123. iii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married (1) DANA JO ANDREWS. She was born on 26 Aug
1941 in Twins Falls, Twins Falls Co, ID. She died on 17 Jun 2011 in Denton,
Denton Co, TX, at hpme. He married (2) JOY LARAYNE BOLEN. She was born on 14
Nov 1945 in Contra Costa Co, CA.
91. HUBERT WYMAN7 TALLEY (Margaret "Maggie" Pauline6 Cunningham, John Henry5 Cunningham,
Alfred C.4 Cunningham, David C.3 Cunningham, William2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham)
was born on 02 Aug 1899 in Paola, Miami Co, KS. He died in 1951 in IL. He married Nellie Merle
Jones about 1926 in IL. She was born on 01 Jun 1901 in Benton, Franklin Co, IL. She died on 11
Jan 1976 in Fairmount, Alameda Co, CA.
Hubert Wyman Talley and Nellie Merle Jones had the following children:
i. INFANT8 TALLEY was born in 1935 in IL. He died on 07 Feb 1935 in IL.
ii. LIVING TALLEY. She married LIVING HALL.
92. BLANCH BIRDIE7 CUNNINGHAM (Gutherie "Gus" Hutton6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1) was born on 08 May 1900 in Indian Territory, OK. She died on 22 Feb 1973 in
Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS. She married (1) STAND WATIE MILLER. He was born on 24 Jul 1894 in
Tahlequah, Indian Territory, OK. He died on 15 Jan 1948 in Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS. She
married (2) ? ROBERTS.
Stand Watie Miller and Blanch Birdie Cunningham had the following children:
Generation 7 (cont.)
124. i. FRANCES MILA8 MILLER was born on 13 Oct 1918 in Coffeyville, Montgomery Co,
KS. She died on 01 Jan 1988 in Ft. Scott, Bourbon Co, KS. She married MILTON
C. KOHRS. He was born on 19 Dec 1909 in Jefferson, Dickinson Co, KS. He died
on 10 Jun 1997 in Pittsburg, Crawford Co, KS.
ii. KENNETH MILLER was born about 1921 in Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS. He died after
1942.
125. iii. HELEN ELAINE MILLER was born on 24 Nov 1922 in Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS. She
died on 10 Jun 2000 in Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS. She married Edward Patrick
Beach on 29 Sep 1945 in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Co, NY. He was born on 22
Oct 1920 in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Co, NY. He died on 27 Nov 2001 in
Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS.
93. MARY ORVILLA7 CUNNINGHAM (Gutherie "Gus" Hutton6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1) was born on 10 Jul 1907 in OK. She died on 06 Jul 1995 in Hutchinson, Reno
Co, KS. She married (1) CLARENCE ALJO KIRK. He was born on 15 Jun 1899 in Warfield, Martin
Co, KY. He died on 05 Jul 1949 in Charlotteville, Albemarle Co, VA. She married (2) CLARENCE
H. SMITH.
Clarence Aljo Kirk and Mary Orvilla Cunningham had the following child:
126. i. MARY ALJO8 KIRK was born on 13 Aug 1935 in Charleston, WV (Adopted). She
died on 23 Oct 1999 in Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS. She married (1) MERLE
WENDELL VINCENT about 1953 in WV. He was born on 06 Jul 1928 in Burlington,
Kansas, USA. He died in 1991. She married (2) ? SAUNDERS about 1977. She
married (3) MELVIN T. DEARING about 1982.
94. FRANCES DIANE7 WHITNEY (Lela C.6 Cunningham, John Henry5 Cunningham, Alfred C.4
Cunningham, David C.3 Cunningham, William2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born on
16 Apr 1920 in Portland, Multnomah Co, OR (Adopted at birth). She died on 09 Jul 1997 in
Longview, Cowlitz Co, WA. She married Vernon Fredrick Alsop on 09 Feb 1940 in Vancouver,
Clark Co, WA (Divorced bef 1950). He was born on 08 Nov 1918 in McMinnville, Yamhill Co, OR.
He died on 21 Apr 2004 in Muultnomah Co, OR.
Notes for Frances Diane Whitney:
According to LEA she was adopted. She ls listed in the 1930 US Federal Census. She is also
mentioned in a family letter in 1960. Nothing else is known about her.
(Added Jan 2016)
According to her obituary she was born at Portland OR and was immediately adopted at birth
and raised and schooled in the Dallas, OR area. She married in 1940, had two boys and
divorced . She died at Longview WA and her ashes were cast into the Nehalem River at Foley
Cree, in Tillamook Co, OR, Sep 1997.
Vernon Fredrick Alsop and Frances Diane Whitney had the following children:
i. LIVING ALSOP. He married LIVING GROSS.
ii. LIVING ALSOP. He married (1) JUANITA MONTOYA FLOREZ. She was born on 15 Apr
1949 in Salinas, Monterey Co, CA. She died on 16 Jun 2017 in Salinas, Monterey
Co, CA. He married (2) LIVING SOTO.
95. FRANCES LILLIAN7 CUNNINGHAM (Harry Ross6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2,
James1) was born on 24 Mar 1915 in Marshall, Harris Co, TX. She died on 17 Feb 1992 in
Galveston Co, TX. She married Herby Andrew Stephens on 14 Oct 1933 in Union Co, AR. He
was born on 12 Feb 1909 in El Dorado, Union Co, AR. He died on 31 Oct 1976 in Freeport,
Brazoria Co, TX.
Herby Andrew Stephens and Frances Lillian Cunningham had the following children:
i. ANNETTE8 STEPHENS was born about 1939 in El Dorado, Union Co, AR. She died
on 26 Apr 2000 in Harris, Texas. She married LIVING MALONE.
ii. INFANT STEPHENS was born on 16 Apr 1944 in TX. He died on 16 Apr 1944.
Generation 7 (cont.)
iii. LINDA KAY STEPHENS was born on 28 May 1946 in Brazoria, Texas. She died on
06 Oct 2020 in Texas, United States of America. She married LIVING HEINRICH.
96. RUBY MAE7 CUNNINGHAM (Harry Ross6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2, James1) was
born on 22 Nov 1921 in Marshall, Harrison Co, TX. She died on 16 Dec 1987 in Clute, Brazoria
Co, TX. She married Elton Lovering Carlton on 05 Oct 1941 in El Dorado, Union Co, AR. He was
born on 24 Jan 1920 in El Dorado, Union Co, AR. He died on 07 Jun 1984 in El Dorado, Union
Co, AR.
Elton Lovering Carlton and Ruby Mae Cunningham had the following children:
i. VICKI8 CARLTON was born on 16 Feb 1949 in El Dorado, Union Co, AR. She died
on 30 Aug 2018 in El Dorado, Union Co, AR. She married JAMES MCLAUGHLIN. He
was born on 24 Jul 1948. He died on 29 Jun 2011.
ii. LIVING CARLTON. She married (1) JERRY LYNN HART. He was born on 21 Sep 1943
in Rosston, Nevada Co, AR. He died on 30 Apr 1979 in Texarkana, Bowie Co,
TX. She married (2) LIVING DUGAN.
97. MORRICE FINELY7 CUNNINGHAM (Alfred "Alf" Carter6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2,
James1) was born on 23 Nov 1909 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR. He died on 24 Feb 2001 in
Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. He married (1) MIRIAM LUCILLE BURDICK, daughter of Van V.
Burdick and Frances Mae Lemmons, on 11 Sep 1932 in Dewey, Washington Co, OK. She was
born on 17 Mar 1915 in Muskogee, Muskogee Co, OK. She died on 29 Aug 1987 in Bartlesville,
Washington Co, OK. He married (2) ETHEL HARRIS, daughter of Joseph Charles (twin) Harris and
Sarah "Sallie" Belle Duvall, on 28 Jul 1929 in Conway, Arkansas, United States. She was born
on 29 Aug 1913 in Arkansas. She died on 06 Sep 1930 in Conway, Arkansas.
Morrice Finely Cunningham and Miriam Lucille Burdick had the following children:
127. i. LEROY CORDELL8 CUNNINGHAM was born on 17 Jun 1933 in Bartlesville,
Washington Co, OK. He died on 13 Aug 2015 in Springfield, Greene Co, MO. He
married LIVING WOLFE.
128. ii. MORRICE LYNN CUNNINGHAM was born on 06 Oct 1934 in Bartlesville, Washington
Co, OK. He died on 19 Feb 2016. He married LIVING PAASCH.
iii. GAILYA KAY CUNNINGHAM was born on 21 Aug 1940 in Bartlesville, Washington Co,
OK. She died on 12 May 1945 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK.
iv. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married LIVING DUNN.
129. v. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married LIVING CANNON.
130. vi. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married LIVING DELAPP.
131. vii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married LIVING HAMAKER.
98. HOWARD DAVIS7 CUNNINGHAM (Alfred "Alf" Carter6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2,
James1) was born on 31 Aug 1912 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR. He died on 11 Jan 2005 in
Tulsa, Tulsa Co, OK. He married (1) DOROTHY M. JONES on 09 Aug 1997. She was born on 26
Sep 1913 in Arkansas City, Cowley Co, KS. She died on 26 Sep 2010 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co, OK.
He married (2) CANZADA "ZADIE" HARRIS, daughter of Joseph Charles (twin) Harris and Sarah
"Sally" Belle Duvall, on 25 Sep 1932 in Conway Co, AR. She was born on 09 Oct 1917 in
Hattiville Conway Co, AR. She died on 13 Jun 1991 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK.
Howard Davis Cunningham and Canzada "Zadie" Harris had the following children:
132. i. WANDA RUTH8 CUNNINGHAM was born on 23 Aug 1937 in Hattieville, Conway Co,
AR. She died on 01 Nov 1985. She married LIVING HARNESS.
133. ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married LIVING PARRY.
134. iii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married LIVING SPICER.
iv. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
v. LIVING VAN CUNNINGHAM.
135. vi. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married LIVING BOLING JR..
136. vii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married LIVING RAYL.
Generation 7 (cont.)
137. viii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married LIVING KEITEL.
138. ix. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married LIVING PEARSON.
99. LIZZA HAZEL7 CUNNINGHAM (Alfred "Alf" Carter6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2,
James1) was born on 01 Jul 1914 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR. She died on 20 Dec 2014 in
Claremore, Rogers Co, OK. She married Cloyd Calvin Mooney on 08 Nov 1929 in Conway,
Arkansas, United States. He was born on 12 Aug 1911 in Hattiville Conway Co, AR. He died on
14 Oct 1985 in Wetumka, Hughes Co, OK.
Cloyd Calvin Mooney and Lizza Hazel Cunningham had the following children:
139. i. EVA JEAN8 MOONEY was born on 03 Dec 1936 in Appleton, Pope County,
Arkansas, United States of America. She died on 30 Oct 2017 in Enid, Garfield
County, Oklahoma, United States of America. She married Marvin Moody on 08
Oct 1955 in Bartlesville, OK.
ii. LIVING MOONEY.
iii. LIVING MOONEY.
100. LELA MAE7 CUNNINGHAM (Alfred "Alf" Carter6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2,
James1) was born on 14 Dec 1915 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR. She died on 22 Jul 2006 in
Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. She married (1) ? MARTIN before 1959. She married (2)
GEORGE ENNIS, son of Jacob Ennis and Mathilda Gullett, on 13 Jan 1933 in Pope, Arkansas,
United States. He was born on 02 Jun 1914 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR. He died on 27 Sep
1968 in Deer Park, Spokane Co, WA. She married (3) CLEO CHARLES DOGGETT on 06 Feb 1960.
He was born on 29 Oct 1912. He died on 14 May 1991.
Notes for Lela Mae Cunningham:
She and George may have divorced shortly after youngest child was born in 1853 since his
obituary says he had lived in Spokane 15 years when he died in 1868. It also lists other children:
Victoria Ann, Mary Jane, George Lee James Doyle, Thomas Richard and Steve Allen all with the
last name Ennis all of whom seem to be by his second wife.
There also may have been another husband according to he SS Application and Claims.
George Ennis and Lela Mae Cunningham had the following children:
i. LENARD "LARRY" G.8 ENNIS was born on 29 Dec 1935 in Hattieville, Conway Co,
AR. He died on 09 Aug 1979 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK.
140. ii. LETTSIE ANN ENNIS was born on 25 Dec 1938 in Old Hickory, Conway Co, AR. She
died on 14 Jun 2020 in Ochelata, Washington Co, OK. She married Johnny Lee
Askew on 21 Aug 1956 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. He was born on 21
Jul 1939 in Hughes Latim, Oklahoma. He died on 05 Aug 2002.
iii. KENNETH EUGENE ENNIS was born on 19 Aug 1940 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR.
He died on 10 Aug 1943 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK.
iv. LIVING ENNIS.
v. LIVING ENNIS.
vi. LIVING ENNIS. She married LIVING BOOCKER.
101. ALFRED CARTER "JACK"7 CUNNINGHAM (Alfred "Alf" Carter6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1) was born on 12 May 1919 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR. He died on 18 Oct
1987 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co, OK. He married Virginia Sue Burdick, daughter of Van V. Burdick and
Frances Mae Lemmons, on 27 Mar 1940 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. She was born on
12 Feb 1921 in Muskogee Co, OK. She died on 22 Dec 1966 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK.
Alfred Carter "Jack" Cunningham and Virginia Sue Burdick had the following children:
i. JOAN ELAINE8 CUNNINGHAM was born on 17 May 1944 in Bartlesville, Washington
Co, OK. She died on 08 Apr 1985 in Oklahoma City, OK. She married Larry
Eugene Bailey in 1965 in Dewey. He was born on 25 Jan 1944 in Wichita,
Sedgwick County, Kansas. He died on 17 Mar 2005 in Edmond, Oklahoma
County, Oklahoma.
Generation 7 (cont.)
ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
102. ORVIS HOUSTON7 CUNNINGHAM (Alfred "Alf" Carter6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2,
James1) was born on 12 Jan 1922 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR. He died on 27 Dec 1996 in
Dewey, Washington Co, OK. He married (1) BETTY REEDY between 1944-1945. He married (2)
MARY LOUISE BOOTH on 16 Apr 1942 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. She was born on 19
Jan 1922 in Kansas. She died on 25 Apr 2014 in Bartlesville, Washington County, OK.
Orvis Houston Cunningham and Betty Reedy had the following children:
i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
Orvis Houston Cunningham and Mary Louise Booth had the following child:
iii. EUGENE HOUSTON CUNNINGHAM was born on 16 Feb 1943 in Bartlesville,
Washington Co, OK. He died on 01 Jun 1992 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK.
103. JOHN QUINTON7 CUNNINGHAM (Alfred "Alf" Carter6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2,
James1) was born on 30 Apr 1924 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR. He died on 28 Nov 1982 in
Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. He married Mary Lou Bush, daughter of George Bush and Elsie
Cox, on 22 May 1948 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. She was born on 11 Feb 1932 in
Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. She died on 08 Sep 2006 in Oklahoma City, OK.
John Quinton Cunningham and Mary Lou Bush had the following children:
i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
iii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
104. MARGARET (MAGGIE) MAURINE7 CUNNINGHAM (Alfred "Alf" Carter6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David
C.3, William2, James1) was born on 10 Sep 1926 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR. She died on 10
Jan 2021 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. She married John William Toth, son of John
Stanley "Toby" Toth and Mattie Opal Wantland, on 04 Apr 1946 in Cherryvale, KS. He was born
on 09 Nov 1922 in Cherryvale, Montgomery Co, KS. He died on 19 Jun 1986 in Bartlesville,
Washington Co, OK.
John William Toth and Margaret (Maggie) Maurine Cunningham had the following children:
i. LIVING TOTH.
ii. LIVING TOTH.
105. RHEA DEE7 CUNNINGHAM (Alfred "Alf" Carter6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2,
James1) was born on 14 Feb 1933 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR. She died on 25 Jun 1999 in
Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. She married (1) HARRY LEE PEALE, JR, son of Harry L Peale
and Callie M Corn, before Dec 1961 in OK. He was born on 02 Feb 1919 in Welch, Craig Co,
OK. He died on 04 Sep 1978 in Farmington, San Juan Co, NM. She married (2) BILLY JOE
LUSTER, son of Charley Luster and Goldie St Clair, about 1950 in OK. He was born on 30 Aug
1929 in Borken Arrow, OK. He died on 19 Aug 2005 in Bartlesville, Washington County, OK.
Harry Lee Peale, Jr and Rhea Dee Cunningham had the following children:
i. LIVING PEALE.
ii. LIVING PEALE.
Billy Joe Luster and Rhea Dee Cunningham had the following children:
i. LIVING LUSTER.
ii. LIVING LUSTER.
106. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Alfred "Alf" Carter6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2, James1).
She married ROBERT EDGAR TOTH. He was born on 06 May 1924 in Cherryvale, Montgomery Co,
KS. He died on 30 Sep 2011 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK.
Robert Edgar Toth and Living Cunningham had the following children:
i. TERRY GENE8 TOTH was born on 19 Sep 1962 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK.
He died on 23 Jul 1984.
Generation 7 (cont.)
ii. LIVING TOTH.
iii. LIVING TOTH.
iv. LIVING TOTH.
v. LIVING TOTH.
107. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Henry Hansel6, Josiah Hutton "Hut"5, Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2,
James1). She married (1) LIVING TUCKER. She married (2) LIVING TUCKER.
Living Tucker and Living Cunningham had the following child:
i. GARRY ARLAND8 TUCKER was born on 14 May 1942 in Klamath Falls, Klamath
County, Oregon. He died on 14 Jul 1994 in Clarkson, Asotin County, Washington.
He married (1) PATRICIA A TUCKER on 28 Dec 1974 in Winnemucca, Nevada. He
married (2) PATTY A. MAKIN on 04 Aug 1963 in Washington, Idaho, USA.
108. ARTHUR BURTON "BURT"7 ROWLEY (Mary Ethel6 Cunningham, Josiah Hutton "Hut"5 Cunningham,
Alfred C.4 Cunningham, David C.3 Cunningham, William2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham)
was born on 02 Dec 1910 in Hailey, Blaine Co, ID. He died on 24 Dec 1949 in Boonville,
Mendocino Co, CA. He married Mary Noma Williams on 11 Aug 1930 in Weber, Utah, United
States. She was born on 24 Feb 1910 in Heber City, Wasatch Co, UT. She died on 11 Oct 1978
in Murray, Salt Lake Co, UT.
Arthur Burton "Burt" Rowley and Mary Noma Williams had the following children:
141. i. ARTHUR WILLIAM8 ROWLEY was born on 16 Feb 1933 in Duchesne, Duchesne Co,
UT. He died on 25 Dec 2011 in Salt Lake City, UT. He married LIVING LEWIS.
ii. ROBERT B. ROWLEY was born on 03 Jun 1941 in Mendocino Co, CA. He died on
18 Jun 2014 in Salt Lake Co, UT. He married Helen Jones, daughter of Howard
Monroe Jones and Ula Vivian Pateman, on 21 Aug 1964 in Salt Lake, UT, USA.
She was born on 23 May 1943. She died on 28 Dec 2019.
109. BILL HUTTON7 ROWLEY (Mary Ethel6 Cunningham, Josiah Hutton "Hut"5 Cunningham, Alfred C.4
Cunningham, David C.3 Cunningham, William2 Cunningham, James1 Cunningham) was born on
02 Aug 1914 in Blaine Co, ID. He died on 19 May 1987 in Missoula, Missoula Co, MT. He
married (1) DOROTHY LOUISE CLEARY about Dec 1937 in Reno, Washoe Co, NV. She was born
on 15 Apr 1920 in CA. She died on 19 Mar 2001 in CA. He married (2) CAROL ROSEMARY
APPLEGATE on 03 Oct 1942 in Chicago, Cook Co, IL. She was born on 03 Dec 1922 in Butte,
Silver Bow Co, MT. She died on 23 Sep 2010 in Darby, Ravalli Co, MT.
Bill Hutton Rowley and Carol Rosemary Applegate had the following children:
i. WILLIAM JOSEPH PATRICK O'SHAUGHNESSY "SHAUN"8 ROWLEY was born on 18 Sep
1950 in Santa Rosa, CA. He died on 15 Apr 2000 in Hamilton, MT.
ii. LIVING ROWLEY. She married LIVING KIEFFER.
iii. SUSAN ROWLEY. She married FRANZ KINZEL.
110. THOMAS CHARLEY7 SPARKS (Mary Elizabeth "Mae"6 Cunningham, Charles "Charley" Lawrence5
Cunningham, William Newton4 Cunningham, William3 Cunningham Jr, William2 Cunningham,
James1 Cunningham) was born on 22 Dec 1909 in Boyd, TX. He died on 18 Feb 1997 in
Porterville, CA. He married Earline Elizabeth McClellan on 04 Dec 1929 in Marlow, Stephens Co,
OK. She was born on 24 Dec 1912 in Marlow, Stephens Co, OK. She died on 30 Apr 1993 in
Porterville, CA.
Thomas Charley Sparks and Earline Elizabeth McClellan had the following children:
i. NOEL DOUGLAS8 SPARKS was born on 10 Mar 1931 in Marlow, Stephens Co, OK.
He died on 10 Mar 1931 in Marlow, Stephens Co, OK.
ii. LIVING SPARKS.
iii. LIVING SPARKS.
iv. LIVING SPARKS.
v. LIVING SPARKS.
vi. LIVING SPARKS.
Generation 7 (cont.)
vii. LIVING SPARKS.
111. HAYDEN GARRETT7 SPARKS (Mary Elizabeth "Mae"6 Cunningham, Charles "Charley" Lawrence5
Cunningham, William Newton4 Cunningham, William3 Cunningham Jr, William2 Cunningham,
James1 Cunningham) was born on 18 Feb 1912 in Marlow, Stephens Co, OK. He died on 21 Apr
1993 in Lawton, OK. He married Mozella Fern Newman on 15 Feb 1941 in Marlow, Stephens
Co, OK. She was born on 17 Sep 1922 in Velma, OK. She died on 07 Jul 1997 in Duncan, Ok.
Hayden Garrett Sparks and Mozella Fern Newman had the following children:
i. TAMMY SUE8 SPARKS was born on 24 Nov 1965 in Marlow, Stephens Co, OK. She
died on 06 Jan 1966 in Marlow, Stephens Co, OK.
ii. LIVING SPARKS.
iii. LIVING SPARKS.
iv. LIVING SPARKS.
v. LIVING SPARKS.
112. RAY CLAIR7 SPARKS (Mary Elizabeth "Mae"6 Cunningham, Charles "Charley" Lawrence5
Cunningham, William Newton4 Cunningham, William3 Cunningham Jr, William2 Cunningham,
James1 Cunningham) was born on 23 Feb 1914 in Newton, TX. He died on 05 Jun 1965 in
Oklahoma City, OK. He married Fay June Bishop, daughter of Lester Bishop and Dora Metcalf,
on 18 Aug 1933. She was born on 10 Dec 1911 in Lawton, Comanche Co, OK. She died on 17
Sep 2002 in Marlow, Stephens Co, OK.
Notes for Ray Clair Sparks:
Died as a result of Hodgkin's Disease
Ray Clair Sparks and Fay June Bishop had the following children:
i. RUEDELL RAY8 SPARKS was born on 21 Nov 1935 in Marlow, Stephens Co, OK.
She died in Marlow, Stephens Co, OK. She married Harold Lloyd Wilkes on 19
Mar 1955 in Marlow, Stephens Co, OK. He was born in 1931. He died in 2013.
ii. LIVING SPARKS.
iii. LIVING SPARKS. He married LIVING NEVELS.
iv. LIVING SPARKS.
v. LIVING SPARKS.
113. EARLINE ELIZABETH7 SPARKS (Mary Elizabeth "Mae"6 Cunningham, Charles "Charley" Lawrence5
Cunningham, William Newton4 Cunningham, William3 Cunningham Jr, William2 Cunningham,
James1 Cunningham) was born on 28 Jan 1917 in Marlow, Stephens Co, OK. She died on 07
Dec 2018 in Duncan, Stephens Co, OK. She married Archie Lee Eaves Jr on 30 Apr 1935. He
was born on 31 Jan 1913 in McCloud, Pottawatomie Co, OK. He died on 06 May 1960 in Grants,
NN.
Archie Lee Eaves Jr and Earline Elizabeth Sparks had the following children:
i. DARL LEE8 EAVES was born on 17 Oct 1935 in Marlow, Stephens Co, OK. He died
on 29 Jun 1942 in Miami, Gila Co, AZ.
ii. DONNA MAE EAVES was born on 06 Sep 1939. She died in Duncan, Ok.
iii. LYNN DOUGLAS EAVES was born on 29 Jul 1944 in Perris, Riverside Co, CA. He
died on 15 Sep 2016 in Marlow, Stephens Co, OK.
iv. LIVING EAVES.
v. LIVING EAVES.
114. T. R.7 SPARKS (Mary Elizabeth "Mae"6 Cunningham, Charles "Charley" Lawrence5 Cunningham,
William Newton4 Cunningham, William3 Cunningham Jr, William2 Cunningham, James1
Cunningham) was born on 11 Jun 1928. He died on 27 Mar 1999 in Marlow, Stephens Co, OK.
He married LIVING SMART.
T. R. Sparks and Living Smart had the following children:
i. LIVING SPARKS.
Generation 7 (cont.)
ii. LIVING SPARKS.
iii. LIVING SPARKS.
115. LIVING SPARKS (Mary Elizabeth "Mae"6 Cunningham, Charles "Charley" Lawrence5 Cunningham,
William Newton4 Cunningham, William3 Cunningham Jr, William2 Cunningham, James1
Cunningham, John Dow, Thomas). She married LIVING WATKINS.
Living Watkins and Living Sparks had the following child:
i. LIVING WATKINS.
116. LIVING SPARKS (Mary Elizabeth "Mae"6 Cunningham, Charles "Charley" Lawrence5 Cunningham,
William Newton4 Cunningham, William3 Cunningham Jr, William2 Cunningham, James1
Cunningham, John Dow, Thomas). He married LIVING WILLIAMS.
Living Sparks and Living Williams had the following children:
i. LIVING SPARKS.
ii. LIVING SPARKS.
iii. LIVING SPARKS.
117. LIVING SPARKS (Mary Elizabeth "Mae"6 Cunningham, Charles "Charley" Lawrence5 Cunningham,
William Newton4 Cunningham, William3 Cunningham Jr, William2 Cunningham, James1
Cunningham, John Dow, Thomas). She married LINCOLN LEE SCOTT. He was born on 11 Nov
1923 in Marlow, Stephens Co, OK. He died on 09 Oct 2007 in Marlow, Stephens Co, OK.
Lincoln Lee Scott and Living Sparks had the following children:
i. LIVING SCOTT.
ii. LIVING SCOTT.
iii. LIVING SCOTT.
iv. LIVING SCOTT.
					Generation 8
118. MYRTLE ESTELL8 PENNEY (Alice Matilda7 Cunningham, Andrew Jackson6 Cunningham, William5
Cunningham, Miles4 Cunningham Jr, Miles3 Cunningham, William2 Cunningham, James1
Cunningham) was born in 1900. She died in 1972. She married ARMOUR LEE BLAIR.
Armour Lee Blair and Myrtle Estell Penney had the following child:
i. LIVING BLAIR. She married LIVING GADDIS.
119. LIVING CUNNINGHAM JR. (Edward Perry7, Edward Payson6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1). He married LIVING HARDING.
Living Cunningham Jr. and Living Harding had the following children:
i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
142. ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married LIVING GORDON.
120. LIVING CUNNINGHAM JR (Forrest Truesdell "Trues"7, Edward Payson6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4,
David C.3, William2, James1). He married LIVING HOWARD.
Living Cunningham Jr and Living Howard had the following children:
143. i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married (1) LIVING WILLIAMS JR.. She married (2) LIVING
HINES.
144. ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married LIVING OYLER.
121. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Harry Howard7, Edward Payson6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1). He married LIVING KING.
Living Cunningham and Living King had the following children:
145. i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married LIVING BIRD.
146. ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married LIVING JAMES.
147. iii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married LIVING CAAL.
Generation 8 (cont.)
iv. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
122. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Harry Howard7, Edward Payson6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1). He married LIVING FRAM.
Living Cunningham and Living Fram had the following children:
i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
148. ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married LIVING HASKELL.
123. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Harry Howard7, Edward Payson6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1). He married (1) DANA JO ANDREWS. She was born on 26 Aug 1941 in Twins
Falls, Twins Falls Co, ID. She died on 17 Jun 2011 in Denton, Denton Co, TX, at hpme. He
married (2) JOY LARAYNE BOLEN. She was born on 14 Nov 1945 in Contra Costa Co, CA.
Notes for Dana Jo Andrews:
Dana Jo Andrews was born 26 Aug 1941 in Twin Falls, ID to Don and Emma Lou Andrews. We
lived in Twin Falls and Jerome Counties except for one year in Wells, NV where my father was a
grocer. The family moved to Hazelton, ID in 1945 where Don became the manager of a bean
warehouse. Dana attended the local schools until graduation from high school and was a
member of the First Presbyterian church in Hazelton. Dana attended and graduated with honors
from the University of Idaho in 1963 with majors in French and Spanish and a minor in English.
She and three sorority sisters moved to Garden Grove, CA where they taught secondary school
for the next three years off and on. The summers of 1964 and 1965 Dana received a NDEA
scholarship to study for a Masters in French. The first summer was in Tallahassee, FL, and the
second summer in Lyons, France. Both summers were conducted total immersion in French. In
1965 Dana taught for the Dept of Defense in Chistose, Japan. In 1966 she taught foreign
languages for The Garden Grove, CA schools. In 1968 she married Gary Cunningham. . .and
the excitement began. . . (Jan 2011)
Living Cunningham and Dana Jo Andrews had the following children:
149. i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married LIVING SCHLACHTER.
150. ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married LIVING KUGLER.
151. iii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married LIVING DOMIZIANO.
124. FRANCES MILA8 MILLER (Blanch Birdie7 Cunningham, Gutherie "Gus" Hutton6 Cunningham, John
Henry5 Cunningham, Alfred C.4 Cunningham, David C.3 Cunningham, William2 Cunningham,
James1 Cunningham) was born on 13 Oct 1918 in Coffeyville, Montgomery Co, KS. She died on
01 Jan 1988 in Ft. Scott, Bourbon Co, KS. She married MILTON C. KOHRS. He was born on 19
Dec 1909 in Jefferson, Dickinson Co, KS. He died on 10 Jun 1997 in Pittsburg, Crawford Co, KS.
Milton C. Kohrs and Frances Mila Miller had the following child:
i. LIVING KOHRS.
125. HELEN ELAINE8 MILLER (Blanch Birdie7 Cunningham, Gutherie "Gus" Hutton6 Cunningham, John
Henry5 Cunningham, Alfred C.4 Cunningham, David C.3 Cunningham, William2 Cunningham,
James1 Cunningham) was born on 24 Nov 1922 in Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS. She died on 10
Jun 2000 in Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS. She married Edward Patrick Beach on 29 Sep 1945 in
Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Co, NY. He was born on 22 Oct 1920 in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
Co, NY. He died on 27 Nov 2001 in Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS.
Edward Patrick Beach and Helen Elaine Miller had the following children:
i. BABETTE9 BEACH was born in KS.
ii. JACK BEACH was born in KS.
126. MARY ALJO8 KIRK (Mary Orvilla7 Cunningham, Gutherie "Gus" Hutton6 Cunningham, John Henry5
Cunningham, Alfred C.4 Cunningham, David C.3 Cunningham, William2 Cunningham, James1
Cunningham) was born on 13 Aug 1935 in Charleston, WV (Adopted). She died on 23 Oct 1999
in Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS. She married (1) MERLE WENDELL VINCENT about 1953 in WV. He
was born on 06 Jul 1928 in Burlington, Kansas, USA. He died in 1991. She married (2) ?
SAUNDERS about 1977. She married (3) MELVIN T. DEARING about 1982.
Merle Wendell Vincent and Mary Aljo Kirk had the following children:
Generation 8 (cont.)
i. KIRK D.9 VINCENT.
ii. MICHAEL A. VINCENT.
iii. LIVING VINCENT.
127. LEROY CORDELL8 CUNNINGHAM (Morrice Finely7, Alfred "Alf" Carter6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4,
David C.3, William2, James1) was born on 17 Jun 1933 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. He
died on 13 Aug 2015 in Springfield, Greene Co, MO. He married LIVING WOLFE.
Leroy Cordell Cunningham and Living Wolfe had the following children:
i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married LIVING WEBSTER.
ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
iii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
128. MORRICE LYNN8 CUNNINGHAM (Morrice Finely7, Alfred "Alf" Carter6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David
C.3, William2, James1) was born on 06 Oct 1934 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. He died on
19 Feb 2016. He married LIVING PAASCH.
Morrice Lynn Cunningham and Living Paasch had the following children:
i. REBECA LYNN9 CUNNINGHAM was born on 11 Aug 1956 in Kern, California. She
died on 13 Jun 1996 in Wisconsin, Winnebago.
ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married LIVING KLEMIN.
iii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married LIVING TROJAN.
129. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Morrice Finely7, Alfred "Alf" Carter6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1). He married LIVING CANNON.
Living Cunningham and Living Cannon had the following children:
i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
130. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Morrice Finely7, Alfred "Alf" Carter6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1). He married LIVING DELAPP.
Living Cunningham and Living DeLapp had the following child:
i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
131. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Morrice Finely7, Alfred "Alf" Carter6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1). He married LIVING HAMAKER.
Living Cunningham and Living Hamaker had the following children:
i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
iii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
132. WANDA RUTH8 CUNNINGHAM (Howard Davis7, Alfred "Alf" Carter6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David
C.3, William2, James1) was born on 23 Aug 1937 in Hattieville, Conway Co, AR. She died on 01
Nov 1985. She married LIVING HARNESS.
Living Harness and Wanda Ruth Cunningham had the following children:
i. LIVING HARNESS.
ii. LIVING HARNESS.
133. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Howard Davis7, Alfred "Alf" Carter6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1). She married LIVING PARRY.
Living Parry and Living Cunningham had the following children:
i. LIVING PARRY.
ii. LIVING PARRY.
iii. LIVING PARRY.
Generation 8 (cont.)
134. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Howard Davis7, Alfred "Alf" Carter6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1). He married LIVING SPICER.
Living Cunningham and Living Spicer had the following children:
i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
iii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
iv. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
135. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Howard Davis7, Alfred "Alf" Carter6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1). She married LIVING BOLING JR..
Living Boling Jr. and Living Cunningham had the following child:
i. LIVING BOLING.
136. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Howard Davis7, Alfred "Alf" Carter6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1). She married LIVING RAYL.
Living Rayl and Living Cunningham had the following child:
i. LIVING RAYL.
137. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Howard Davis7, Alfred "Alf" Carter6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1). She married LIVING KEITEL.
Living Keitel and Living Cunningham had the following child:
i. LIVING KEITEL.
138. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Howard Davis7, Alfred "Alf" Carter6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1). He married LIVING PEARSON.
Living Cunningham and Living Pearson had the following children:
i. LIVING BARTON.
ii. LIVING BARTON.
iii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
139. EVA JEAN8 MOONEY (Lizza Hazel7 Cunningham, Alfred "Alf" Carter6 Cunningham, John Henry5
Cunningham, Alfred C.4 Cunningham, David C.3 Cunningham, William2 Cunningham, James1
Cunningham) was born on 03 Dec 1936 in Appleton, Pope County, Arkansas, United States of
America. She died on 30 Oct 2017 in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States of
America. She married Marvin Moody on 08 Oct 1955 in Bartlesville, OK.
Marvin Moody and Eva Jean Mooney had the following children:
i. LEAH9 MOODY.
ii. DENISE MOODY.
iii. ANNA MOODY.
140. LETTSIE ANN8 ENNIS (Lela Mae7 Cunningham, Alfred "Alf" Carter6 Cunningham, John Henry5
Cunningham, Alfred C.4 Cunningham, David C.3 Cunningham, William2 Cunningham, James1
Cunningham) was born on 25 Dec 1938 in Old Hickory, Conway Co, AR. She died on 14 Jun
2020 in Ochelata, Washington Co, OK. She married Johnny Lee Askew on 21 Aug 1956 in
Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. He was born on 21 Jul 1939 in Hughes Latim, Oklahoma. He
died on 05 Aug 2002.
Notes for Lettsie Ann Ennis:
Cousin Paul says she had cancer, refused treatment and died at home.
She owned/operated an insurance agency in Tuxedo.
Johnny Lee Askew and Lettsie Ann Ennis had the following children:
i. LIVING ASKEW.
ii. LIVING ASKEW. She married (1) LIVING GRIMM. She married (2) LIVING TILLEY JR.
Generation 8 (cont.)
iii. LIVING ASKEW.
141. ARTHUR WILLIAM8 ROWLEY (Arthur Burton "Burt"7, Mary Ethel6 Cunningham, Josiah Hutton "Hut"5
Cunningham, Alfred C.4 Cunningham, David C.3 Cunningham, William2 Cunningham, James1
Cunningham) was born on 16 Feb 1933 in Duchesne, Duchesne Co, UT. He died on 25 Dec
2011 in Salt Lake City, UT. He married LIVING LEWIS.
Arthur William Rowley and Living Lewis had the following children:
i. LIVING ROWLEY.
ii. LIVING ROWLEY. She married LIVING BERNS.
					Generation 9
142. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Living Jr., Edward Perry7, Edward Payson6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David
C.3, William2, James1). She married LIVING GORDON.
Living Gordon and Living Cunningham had the following child:
i. LIVING GORDON.
143. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Living Jr, Forrest Truesdell "Trues"7, Edward Payson6, John Henry5, Alfred
C.4, David C.3, William2, James1). She married (1) LIVING WILLIAMS JR.. She married (2) LIVING
HINES.
Living Williams Jr. and Living Cunningham had the following children:
i. LIVING WILLIAMS. She married LIVING SMITH-WHITMORE.
ii. LIVING WILLIAMS. She married LIVING KING.
144. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Living Jr, Forrest Truesdell "Trues"7, Edward Payson6, John Henry5, Alfred
C.4, David C.3, William2, James1). He married LIVING OYLER.
Living Cunningham and Living Oyler had the following children:
152. i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. She married LIVING REGIER.
ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM. He married LIVING KELLY.
145. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Living, Harry Howard7, Edward Payson6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1). She married LIVING BIRD.
Living Bird and Living Cunningham had the following children:
i. LIVING BIRD.
ii. LIVING BIRD.
iii. LIVING BIRD.
iv. LIVING BIRD.
146. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Living, Harry Howard7, Edward Payson6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1). She married LIVING JAMES.
Living James and Living Cunningham had the following children:
i. LIVING JAMES.
ii. LIVING JAMES.
iii. LIVING JAMES.
iv. LIVING JAMES.
v. LIVING JAMES.
147. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Living, Harry Howard7, Edward Payson6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1). He married LIVING CAAL.
Living Cunningham and Living Caal had the following children:
i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
Generation 9 (cont.)
148. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Living, Harry Howard7, Edward Payson6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1). She married LIVING HASKELL.
Living Haskell and Living Cunningham had the following children:
i. LIVING HASKELL.
ii. LIVING HASKELL.
149. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Living, Harry Howard7, Edward Payson6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1). He married LIVING SCHLACHTER.
Living Cunningham and Living Schlachter had the following children:
i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
150. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Living, Harry Howard7, Edward Payson6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1). She married LIVING KUGLER.
Living Kugler and Living Cunningham had the following child:
i. LIVING KUGLER.
151. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Living, Harry Howard7, Edward Payson6, John Henry5, Alfred C.4, David C.3,
William2, James1). He married LIVING DOMIZIANO.
Living Cunningham and Living Domiziano had the following children:
i. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
ii. LIVING CUNNINGHAM.
					Generation 10
152. LIVING CUNNINGHAM (Living, Living Jr, Forrest Truesdell "Trues"7, Edward Payson6, John Henry5,
Alfred C.4, David C.3, William2, James1). She married LIVING REGIER.
Living Regier and Living Cunningham had the following children:
i. LIVING REGIER.
ii. LIVING REGIER.