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William Cunningham

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William Cunningham

Birth
Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Death
7 Aug 1851 (aged 60–61)
Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
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William died of congestive fever at age 61. Listed as buried in Division 3, Lot 193. He was the son of David and Mary(Steele)Cunningham Jr. He married Eleanor/Ellen Doak Dec 28, 1812 Augusta County Virginia. Their children were: Jane Eliza, David Alexander, Mary Margaret, William Rufus, Martha Ann, Hugh Doak, Sarah Frances, Ellen Rosanna, Dorcas Maria, John Rankin, Isabelle, and Margery Emma Cunningham.

William and Ellen(Doak)Cunningham appear to have moved to Adams Co., Ohio from Augusta Co., Va. sometime between 1820 & 1828. They probably came with Ellen's sisters and their husbands, Samuel Cunningham, James Finley, and John Larew, who all moved to Adams Co.,Ohio also by 1832. Rosannah Doak (another sister) and her husband Levi Smith had already moved to Adams Co. before 1820. William and the family were on the 1830 census in Scott Twp., Adams Co.Ohio, Liberty Twp.; Adams Co. in 1840 and Sprigg Twp.; Adams Co. in 1850. William was a farmer. William and Ellen moved to Tippecanoe Co., Indiana with their children sometime after the 1850 census was taken.
William died of congestive fever at age 61. Listed as buried in Division 3, Lot 193. He was the son of David and Mary(Steele)Cunningham Jr. He married Eleanor/Ellen Doak Dec 28, 1812 Augusta County Virginia. Their children were: Jane Eliza, David Alexander, Mary Margaret, William Rufus, Martha Ann, Hugh Doak, Sarah Frances, Ellen Rosanna, Dorcas Maria, John Rankin, Isabelle, and Margery Emma Cunningham.

William and Ellen(Doak)Cunningham appear to have moved to Adams Co., Ohio from Augusta Co., Va. sometime between 1820 & 1828. They probably came with Ellen's sisters and their husbands, Samuel Cunningham, James Finley, and John Larew, who all moved to Adams Co.,Ohio also by 1832. Rosannah Doak (another sister) and her husband Levi Smith had already moved to Adams Co. before 1820. William and the family were on the 1830 census in Scott Twp., Adams Co.Ohio, Liberty Twp.; Adams Co. in 1840 and Sprigg Twp.; Adams Co. in 1850. William was a farmer. William and Ellen moved to Tippecanoe Co., Indiana with their children sometime after the 1850 census was taken.

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