Betsy Cunningham

Abt 1837 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Betsy Cunningham  [1]
  Born	Abt 1837	Indiana, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I1777	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   [2]
  	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

  
  

• Sources

  [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].