Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Elijah Cunningham    
                Born: Sep-23-1792          in Culpeper Co, VA  1
                Died: Oct-26-1868          in Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Father: William Cunningham   (1764 - 1862) 
              Mother: Susannah Barbara Handyshel   (1766 - 1843) 
                Wife: Sarah Wigner     
             Married: Jul-25-1815          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1
                Born: May-23-1792          in Philadelphia, PA  1
                Died: Jun- 8-1882          in Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Elizabeth Cunningham      
                Born: Mar-29-1816          in Wood Co, (W)VA  1,2 (see note 1)
                Died: Aug-20-1894          in Wood Co, WV  1,3
              Buried:                      in Beech Grove (Hogue) Cem, Highland-Hebron Rd near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: William I. Pyles  b. Mar-31-1817  d. Mar-29-1892  
         Census name: William I. Piles 
             Married: Mar-30-1837          in Wood Co, (W)VA  1

Sources:
(1) Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, Natl No. 98991, WV No. 1214 (William 
Henry Bever) 
(2) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay Twp) 
(3) Headstone (year only) 
(4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date on headstone is clearly 1810.  But age 55 in 1870 Census would put
birth in about 1815.  Sons of the American Revolution records state Mar 29 1816,
one year after her parents' marriage.







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