Samuel Cunningham

SAMUEL CUNNINGHAM.

This good old man was born in North Carolina, Bedford County, in the year 1802; came to Union County, Ind.; lived there until 1848, when he came to Jackson Township; settled near Jamestown, where he lived until his death, which occurred in September, 1886. His wife died very suddenly, at Jamestown, April, 1886 – just a few months previous to his death. This venerable couple were well and favorably known throughout the county for their true worth. Mr. Cunningham was in person a large man, and must have been in his best days a very strong man, fully six feet high and well made in every respect, light hair and fair complexion. I saw him a few weeks before his death, and a short time after his wife’s death. With a full heart, and eyes full of tears, he told me about her death; said it would not be long before he, too, would go. The following are his children’s names: Mariah, George, Hannah, John, William, James, Samuel, Nancy, Francis M. and Mary L. There are but four of them living – two sons and two daughters.

Transcribed by: Julie S. Townsend - June 8, 2007
Source: "Early Life and Times in Boone County, Indiana," Harden & Spahr, Lebanon, Ind., May, 1887, p. 256.