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Family: James Cunningham / Martha Hayden (F657)

m. 13 Apr 1835


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  • James CunninghamFather | Male
    James Cunningham

    Born  Abt 1812  Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Aft 1870   
    Buried     
    Married  13 Apr 1835  [1]  Elkhart County, Indiana, USA  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Martha HaydenMother | Female
    Martha Hayden

    Born  Abt 1812  Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  30 Dec 1874   
    Buried     
    Father  Zerah Hayden | F659 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Martha McClure | F659 Group Sheet 

    [male] CunninghamChild 1 | Male
    [male] Cunningham

    Born  Abt 1836  Elkhart County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Before 1850   
    Buried     

    Betsy CunninghamChild 2 | Female
    Betsy Cunningham

    Born  Abt 1837  Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Emeline CunninghamChild 3 | Female
    + Emeline Cunningham

    Born  1838  Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1878  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  John Roush | F1105 
    Married  Between 1861 and 1865  Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Adaline D. CunninghamChild 4 | Female
    + Adaline D. Cunningham

    Born  Abt 1844  Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Between 1893 and 1895  Gove County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Lafayette Stauffer | F2268 
    Married  25 Apr 1861  Cass County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  John W. Blackmer | F2269 
    Married  23 Dec 1865  Kiosciusko County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Malcom D. Burnham | F658 
    Married  23 Apr 1887  Gove County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    George Washington CunninghamChild 5 | Male
    George Washington Cunningham

    Born  Abt 1846  Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    William H. CunninghamChild 6 | Male
    + William H. Cunningham

    Born  Feb 1848  Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Elizabeth "Libby" Ives | F2259 
    Married  Before 1878   
    Spouse  Anna Keller | F2256 
    Married  9 Sep 1891  Hardin County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Sophia CunninghamChild 7 | Female
    + Sophia Cunningham

    Born  Abt 1851  Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  George Boobyer | F1268 
    Married  25 Jun 1876  Warren County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  John Aldrich | F2261 
    Married  1 Nov 1902  Cornelia, Wright County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes  Married:
    • Who is Sarah Cunningham, age 59, in the home of James in the 1870 census? Could it be Martha? The letter from her son indicates Martha's death in 1878. Could they have divorced and James remarried? Could it be an error on the part of the census enumerator?
    • George Hayden's letter to his niece Emeline Cunningham regarding her inheritance (dated 25 June 1878, from Eldora, Hardin County, Iowa), stated that the deceased "Aunt Jane Hammon" had left one-third of her estate to "the heirs of your grandmother." He went on to say "as your mother is now dead, you will be heir to one-sixth of one-fifth. . . . "

      This makes it clear that in 1878 there were 6 living children of Martha (Hayden) Cunningham.

  • Sources 
    1. [S4747] Elkhart County, Indiana, Marriage Book A: 90, James Cunningham-Marthy H. Haden [Hayden] (1835); "Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 17 February 2015); FHL film no. 1845,552. [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXBH-5RM].