Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Elijiah R. Cunningham    
       Also known as: Eli R. Cunningham 1,2,3
                Born: Sep-  -1826           2,4
                Died: 1907                  4
              Buried:                      in Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV  5
              Census: 1900                 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV   (see note 1)
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Tempest Modesitt   6,3  
       Also known as: Temperance Modesitt 3
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Mary Jane Cunningham      
                Born: Sep-  -1850          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  7,2
                Died: bef Sep 1925          8
              Census: 1900                 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: Nathan Reed  b. Apr- 6-1848  d. Aug-29-1925  
             Married: Dec-23-1888          in Doddridge Co, WV  7
           M Child 2: Wilson Benjamin Cunningham      
                Born: Jun- 5-1851          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  9,4 (see note 2)
                Died: Sep-22-1933          in Ritchie Co, WV  9,4
              Buried:                      in Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV  9,10
              Census: 1900                 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV  
                Wife: Harriet Ellen Minear  b. Sep-30-1857  d. May-28-1941  
           F Child 3: Rosa A. Cunningham      
                Born: Jun- 1-1857          at Burnt House, Ritchie Co, WV  11,4,12
                Died: Mar-22-1939          in Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV  11,4
              Buried:                      in Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV  11,5
             Resided:                      in Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV  11
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV  
             Resided: 1890                 in Doddridge Co, WV  12
             Husband: John Freeman Lewis  b. Feb- 9-1844  d. Apr-27-1921  
             Married: Oct-23-1890          in Doddridge Co, WV  13

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District) 
(3) Death record of son. 
(4) Headstone (year only) 
(5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(6) Death record of daughter. 
(7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(8) Death record of husband. 
(9) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(10) Findagrave.com. 
(11) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(12) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(13) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as John F. Lewis, 46, b. Tyler Co, res. Gilmer Co; and Rosa A. Cunningham, 27, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge 
Co.  Married Oct 23 1890.  NOTE:  Bride's age is at variance with the 1900 Census of Gilmer County, which states her 
birth date as Jun 1858, and with her death record, which specifies birth date Jun 1 1857.  Headstone reads 
1857. 

Event Notes
Note (1) in household with dau Mary Jane & son-in-law Nathan Reed
Note (2) Birth date given as June 1852 in 1900 Census.







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