Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

1867 - 1948 (81 years)

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Name	Marion Peter CUNNINGHAM
Born	1 Apr 1867	Ritchie Co, WV [1, 2, 3]
Gender	Male
Census	1870, 1880	Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV
Residence	1890	Ritchie Co, WV [4]
Census	1900	Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV
Residence	1908	Cantwell, Ritchie Co, WV [3]
Census	1940	Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV
Occupation	farmer [5]
Died	25 Apr 1948	Cantwell, Ritchie Co, WV [1, 2]
Buried	IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV [1]
Person ID	I104207	Doddridge County Roots
Last Modified	3 Apr 2018

Father	Benjamin Franklin CUNNINGHAM, b. 12 Nov 1840, d. 28 Feb 1910, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV (Age 69 years)
Mother	Louvenia Ann MULLENAX, b. 14 Jun 1842, Pendleton Co, (W)VA , d. 16 Mar 1882, Ritchie Co, WV (Age 39 years)
Family ID	F43431	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1	Kesiah E. "Kitty" PHILLIPS, b. 10 Oct 1869, Ritchie Co, WV , d. 3 Apr 1892, Cokeleys, Ritchie Co, WV (Age 22 years)
Married	23 Mar 1890	Ritchie Co, WV [6]
Family ID	F51432	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 2 Mary Jane JOHNSON, b. 30 Apr 1875, Ritchie Co, WV , d. 26 May 1906, Ritchie Co, WV (Age 31 years)

Married 28 Apr 1893 Ritchie Co, WV [7]

Notes

1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 11 1900:
Peter M. Cunningham, 33, b. Apr 1867, teamster, married 6 yrs; wife Mary J, 25, b. Apr 1875, married 7 yrs, mother of 4 children (all still living); dau Ethel, 6, b. Jan 1894; son Charles (initial N or W), 4, b. Aug 1895; son Benjamin F, 3, b. Jan 1897; son Thomas E, 1, b. Dec 1898.

Children

	1. Ethel CUNNINGHAM, b. Jan 1894
+	2. Charles Wesley CUNNINGHAM, b. 28 Aug 1895, Ritchie Co, WV , d. 3 Mar 1972 (Age 76 years)
	3. Benjamin Franklin CUNNINGHAM, b. Jan 1897, d. 31 May 1906, Cantwell, Ritchie Co, WV (Age ~ 9 years)
+	4. Thomas Edward CUNNINGHAM, b. 1 Dec 1898, Ritchie Co, WV , d. Sep 1975 (Age 76 years)
	5. Vesta CUNNINGHAM, b. 25 Aug 1905, d. 28 Jun 1906 (Age 0 years)

Family ID F51431 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 3 Sarah Margaret "Sadie" SINNETT, b. 29 Feb 1880, Ritchie Co, WV , d. 30 Apr 1965, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV (Age 85 years)

Married 21 Jun 1908 Ritchie Co, WV [3]

Children

+	1. Marion Peter CUNNINGHAM, Jr., b. 23 Jan 1915, Ritchie Co, WV , d. 6 Nov 1969, Ritchie Co, WV (Age 54 years)
+	2. Kenneth Owen "Jake" CUNNINGHAM, b. 3 Oct 1916, Cantwell, Ritchie Co, WV , d. 1 Jan 2000 (Age 83 years)

Family ID F43433 Group Sheet | Family Chart

[S934] Findagrave.com.
[S638] Headstone (year only).
[S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537049&Type=Marriage.
[S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 71, Line 21 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11539870&Type=Marriage.
[S2641] 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV.
[S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 71, Line 21 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11539870&Type=Marriage.
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.
[S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 80, Line 46 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11541271&Type=Marriage.
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.