George Washington Cunningham

Abt 1846 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	George Washington Cunningham  [1]
  Born	Abt 1846	Indiana, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I1676	Full
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	James Cunningham,   b. Abt 1812, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Aft 1870  (Age ~ 59 years)
  Mother	Martha Hayden,   b. Abt 1812, Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 30 Dec 1874  (Age ~ 62 years)
  Married	13 Apr 1835	Elkhart County, Indiana, USA   [3]
  	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.
  Family ID	F657	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  James Cunningham and Martha Hayden, census, 1860 Elkhart County, Indiana 1860 U.S. census, Elkhart County, Indiana, population schedule, Elkhard township, Goshen (post office), p. 189 (penned), p. 367 (penned), dwelling 1768, family 1768, James Cunningham household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 18 February 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 256.

  
  

• Notes

  1880 Osborne Co KS census? BP's of parents not correct. Other data possible: 1880 United States Census Mount Ayr, Osborne, Kansas 5 CONT Source: FHL Film 1254392; National Archives Film T9-0392; Page 326B CUNNINGHAM George W., head, m, 40, IN KY KY Luzena, wife, 38 NC NC NC Sarah A., dau, 20, IN IN NC William J., son, 17, IN IN NC Joseph G., son, 16, IN IN NC Ellen, au, 13, IN IN NC George W., son, 10, MO IN NC Lydia, day, 8, MO IN NC Daniel M., son, 4, MO IN NC ?1870 Dubuque Co Iowa, Taylor Twp G. CUNNINGHAM, b IND, farmhand in the family of George RAN? RAW? RAM?

  
  

• Sources

  [S135] DeBoard - Misc Letters written by the DeBoard family (Roley), (Letters written by members of the DeBoard and Roush families, 1878-1915; in the possession of Roley DeBoard [address and e-mail for private use]; the letters passed from Snoden S. Deboard to his son, Louis DeBoard, then to Louis's son Roley DeBoard, grandson of Snoden S. DeBoard; Roley DeBoard sent the author color copies of the letters in the late 1990's; the copies remain in the author's possession (2007).). [S210] Indiana, Elkhart - 1850 U.S. Census, Indiana, Elkhart County, Elkhart township, Elkhart County, Indiana, pg 180 (penned), Dwelling 1222, Family 1261, James Cunningham household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3). [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].