Mr. Cunningham was born in Trigg County on the 23rd of June, 1849 and was the son of James "Tank" Cunningham and Sarah Wimberly Cunningham. In 1864, he was married to Miss Sarah Katherine "Kitty" Cunningham, his cousin and sister of the late Dr. W.C. Cunningham. To that union, four children are yet living--Mrs. John A. (Olive P.) Washer of Kirksey, Calloway County, and Mrs. Dillard (Metoka) Leneave, Mrs. George D. (Pocahontas) Cunningham, and Hodge G. Cunningham, all of Trigg County. Having lost his first wife, he was married a second time in 1894 to Mrs. Eva Jefferson, who also survives him. He is also survived by sisters: Mrs. Nannie Wadlington of Canton, Mrs. C. W. Washer of Kirksey, Mrs. Major Noel of Blue Spring, and Mrs. Maliscie Lancaster of this city, and Mrs. Nicholas Cunningham of Golden Pond. He was a member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.
Perry Cunningham was one of the best citizens of this county; honest and clever in all his dealings, and no man knew him but to like him, and in his death the county, his family and friends have sustained a great loss.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. B.F. Hyde and burial was in the family graveyard. (relocated to Little River Cemetery with impoundment of Lake Barkley in 1960).
Obituary from The Cadiz Record, December 26, 1909
Mr. Cunningham was born in Trigg County on the 23rd of June, 1849 and was the son of James "Tank" Cunningham and Sarah Wimberly Cunningham. In 1864, he was married to Miss Sarah Katherine "Kitty" Cunningham, his cousin and sister of the late Dr. W.C. Cunningham. To that union, four children are yet living--Mrs. John A. (Olive P.) Washer of Kirksey, Calloway County, and Mrs. Dillard (Metoka) Leneave, Mrs. George D. (Pocahontas) Cunningham, and Hodge G. Cunningham, all of Trigg County. Having lost his first wife, he was married a second time in 1894 to Mrs. Eva Jefferson, who also survives him. He is also survived by sisters: Mrs. Nannie Wadlington of Canton, Mrs. C. W. Washer of Kirksey, Mrs. Major Noel of Blue Spring, and Mrs. Maliscie Lancaster of this city, and Mrs. Nicholas Cunningham of Golden Pond. He was a member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.
Perry Cunningham was one of the best citizens of this county; honest and clever in all his dealings, and no man knew him but to like him, and in his death the county, his family and friends have sustained a great loss.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. B.F. Hyde and burial was in the family graveyard. (relocated to Little River Cemetery with impoundment of Lake Barkley in 1960).
Obituary from The Cadiz Record, December 26, 1909
Inscription
A.P.
CUNNINGHAM
BORN
June 23, 1847
DIED
Dec 28, 1909
(there is a long verse I cannot read)
Family Members
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Melissa "Malissa" Cunningham Lancaster
1838–1922
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Mary Polly Cunningham Cunningham
1840–1925
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Mary "Polly" Cunningham Cunningham
1840–1925
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Helen Mar Cunningham Noel
1841–1937
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John K Cunningham
1846–1864
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Nancy J. "Nannie" Cunningham Wadlington
1849–1937
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Elizabeth "Bettie" Cunningham Washer
1852–1932
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Sarah Cunningham
1854–1860
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