Jul-28-2018
Husband: Benjamin Franklin Cunningham
Born: Nov-12-1840 1,2 (see note 1) Died: Feb-28-1910 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Census: 1900 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1897 in Washburn, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Resided: 1882 in Ritchie Co, WV 2 Census: 1870, 1880 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 4,2 Military: 1/Sgt, Co H, 4th W.Va. Cav, Civil War 3 (see note 2) Father: Abraham Cunningham (1806 - ) Mother: Ann Clevenger Other spouse 2 Other spouse 3
Wife: Louvenia Ann Mullenax Married: Apr-14-1864 in Ritchie Co, WV 5
Born: Jun-14-1842 in Pendleton Co, (W)VA 1 Died: Mar-16-1882 in Ritchie Co, WV 1 Buried: in Indian Creek Baptist (aka Washburn) Cemetery, Washburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Census: 1870, 1880 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA (see note 3) Father: Mother:
M Child 1: William Robert Cunningham Born: 1864 6 Died: Jul-29-1938 1,6 Buried: in Log Church Cemetery, Cantwell, Ritchie Co, WV 7,1 Census: 1870 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Margaret Elizabeth Lowther b. 1862 d. Apr-14-1962 Married: Sep-17-1884 in Ritchie Co, WV 8
M Child 2: Marion Peter Cunningham Census name: M. Pete Cunningham Born: Apr- 1-1867 in Ritchie Co, WV 1,6,9 Died: Apr-25-1948 in Cantwell, Ritchie Co, WV 1,6 (see note 4) Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Census: 1940 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1908 in Cantwell, Ritchie Co, WV 9 Census: 1900 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1890 in Ritchie Co, WV 10 Census: 1870, 1880 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: farmer 11 Wife: Kesiah E. "Kitty" Phillips b. Oct-10-1869 d. Apr- 3-1892 Married: Mar-23-1890 in Ritchie Co, WV 12 Wife: Mary Jane Johnson b. Apr-30-1875 d. May-26-1906 Census name: Jane Johnson Married: Apr-28-1893 in Ritchie Co, WV 13 Wife: Sarah Margaret "Sadie" Sinnett b. Feb-29-1880 d. Apr-30-1965 Also known as: Sadie Sinnett 9 Married: Jun-21-1908 in Ritchie Co, WV 9
F Child 3: Mary E. Cunningham Born: Jul-28-1870 in Ritchie Co, WV 1,14,6 Died: 1903 6 Buried: in Wince Chapel Cemetery, Pike, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: William J. Finley b. Dec- -1857 d. 1925 Married: Jul- 3-1888 in Ritchie Co, WV 1
Sources: (1) Findagrave.com. (2) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (3) Historical Military Records, www.fold3.com. (4) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District) (5) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (6) Headstone (year only) (7) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (8) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (9) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537049&Type=Marriage. (10) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 71, Line 21 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11539870&Type=Marriage. (11) 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV. (12) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as M. P. Cunningham, single, 22, b. & res. in Ritchie Co; and Kesiah E. Phillips, single, b. & res. in Ritchie Co. Married Mar 23 1890 in Ritchie County, officiated by A. J. Robinson. MR p. 71, Line 21 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11539870&Type=Marriage. (13) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as M. P. Cunningham, widower, 26, b. & res. in Ritchie Co; and Mary J. Johson, single, b. & res. in Ritchie Co. Married Apr 28 1893 in Ritchie County, officiated by A. J. Robison. MR p. 80, Line 46 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11541271&Type=Marriage. (14) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Nov 1842. Birthplace given as Wood County in one marriage record, but as Harrison County in another. Note (2) Enlisted as a Private on July 25 1863 in West Union for an enlistment of six months. Mustered out as a First Sergeant. NOTE: The state-issued Civil War medal intended for William P. Green was never claimed and remains in storage at the West Virginia State Archives in Charleston. Note (3) 1850 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 20 1850: Absolem Cunningham, 28, farmer, value of real estate $300; Mahala Cunningham, 16; Lavina Mullenax, 8. All born in Virginia. In the next enumerated household: Adam Cunningham, 51, farmer, value of real estate $300; Sarah Cunningham, 62; Sarah A. Cunningham, 16; Robert Mullenax, 7. All born in Virginia. Note (4) Marion Peter Cunningham in the West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973 Name: Marion Peter Cunningham Birth Date: abt 1867 Birth Place: Indian Run, West Virginia Death Date: 25 Apr 1948 Death Place: Cantwell, Ritchie, West Virginia Death Age: 81 years 24 days Occupation: Farmer Race: White Marital Status: Married Gender: Male Father Name: Benjamin Cunningham Father Birth Place: West Virginia Mother Name: Lowenia Mullenux Mother Birth Place: West Virginia FHL Film Number: 839538Name Index