William H. Cunningham b. Feb 1848 Indiana, USA d. Yes, date unknown: Our Family History

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Name	William H. Cunningham [1]
Born	Feb 1848	Indiana, USA [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Census	9 Jun 1880	Lee township, Franklin County, Iowa, USA [3]
	1. Cunningham, W. H., white, male, 32, married, farmer, Indiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania 2. _____, Elisabeth, white, female, 19, wife, married, keeping house, Michigan, New York, Ohio 3. _____, Mary E., white, female, 3. daughter, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan 4. _____, Maud F., white, female, 1, daughter, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan
Census (State)	1885	Lincoln township, Wright County, Iowa, USA [4]
	1. Cunningham, William,township 92, range 24, section 16, SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4, 36, male, married, farmer, born in Indiana, father and mother natives of the U.S., subject to military service, registered to vote 2. _____, Lydia, 26, female, married, born Michigan 3. _____, Mary, 7, female, born Hardin County, Iowa 4. _____, Maud F., 5, female, born Hardin County, Iowa 5. _____, Robert H., [0?], male, born Franklin County, Iowa 6. _____, Gertrude, 3, female, Hardin County, Iowa
Census (State)	1895	Woodbury County, Iowa, USA [5]
	1. Cunningham, William, 47, male, born Indiana 2. _____, Annie, 35, female, married, born Illinois 3. _____, May, 17, female, single, born Hardin County, Iowa 4. _____, Robie, 12, male, single, born Wright County, Iowa
Census	4 Jun 1900	Danbury, Liston township, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA [2]
	1. Cunningham, Wm H., head, white, male, February 1848, 52, married 8 years, Indiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, janitor, can read and write, owns home free of mortgage 2. _____, Annie, wife, white, female, March 1860, 40, married 8 years, 6 children 5 living, Illinois, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, can read and write 3. _____, Robert H., son, white, male,April 1883, 17, single, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, day laborer, out of work 1 month, can read and write 4. _____, Alonzo, son, white, male, December 1893, 6, single, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, at school, 9 months 5. _____, Mertie, daughter, white, female,February 1896, 4, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois 6. _____, Hattie, daughter, white, female, August 1898, 1, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois 7. Sellingham, Lucha, step daughter, white, female, November 1883, 16, Iowa, New York, Illinois, can read and write 8. _____, Mary, step daughter, white, female, January 1885, 15, Iowa, New York, Illinois, at school, attended 5 months, can read and write
Census	16 Apr 1910	Liston township, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA [6]
	1. Cunningham, William, head, female, white, 61, second marriage, married 18 years, Indiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, laborer, day, can read and write, renting house 2. _____, Anna, wife, female, white, 50, second marriage, married 18 years, [6?] children 5 living, Illinois, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, wash woman, family, can read and write 3. _____, Myrtle A., daughter, female, white, 14, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, can read and write, attending school 4. _____, Hattie, daughter, female, white, 11, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, can read and write, attending school
Parents	William's 1891 marriage record names his parents as "James Cunningham" and "Martha Hayden." [7]
Died	Yes, date unknown
Person ID	I1798	Full
Last Modified	15 Feb 2021

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 [8]
	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

Family 1 Elizabeth "Libby" Ives, b. Abt 1859, Illinois, USA

Married Before 1878 [5]

Age of daughter May indicates that William married before about 1878.

Children

	1. May Etta Cunningham, b. 28 Sep 1877, Iowa Falls, Hardin County, Iowa, USA , d. 26 Jan 1960, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA (Age 82 years)
	2. Maud F. Cunningham, b. 21 Apr 1879, Hardin County, Iowa, USA , d. 16 Nov 1948, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA (Age 69 years)
+	3. Robert H. Cunningham, b. Apr 1883, Iowa, USA , d. 6 Jul 1934, Marion, LaMoure County, North Dakota, USA (Age ~ 51 years)
+	4. Gertrude Cunningham, b. 28 Mar 1882, Hardin County, Iowa, USA , d. 21 Jan 1955, Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, USA (Age 72 years)

Last Modified 6 Feb 2021

Family ID F2259 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Anna Keller, b. Mar 1860, Illinois, USA

Married 9 Sep 1891 Hardin County, Iowa, USA [7]

Children

	1. Alonzo "Lonnie" Cunningham, b. Dec 1893, d. 21 Mar 1910, Danbury, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA (Age ~ 16 years)
	2. Myrtle "Mertie" Cunningham, b. Feb 1896, Iowa, USA
	3. Hattie Cunningham, b. Aug 1898, Iowa, USA

Last Modified 19 Feb 2015

Family ID F2256 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.

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).
[S4752] 1900 U.S. census, Woodbury County, Iowa, population schedule, Liston township, Danbury (town), enumeration district (ED) 156, sheet 3A, p. 107 (stamped, recto), dwelling 43, family 43, Wm H. Cunningham household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 19 February 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 466.
[S4776] 1880 U. S. census, Franklin County, Iowa, population schedule, Lee township, enumeration district (ED) 86, p. 3 (penned), p. 511 (stamped, recto), dwelling 6, family 6, W. H Cunningham household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 5 March 2015 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 340.
[S4759] 1885 Iowa State Census, Wright County, population schedule, Lincoln township, p. 286 [stamped, top right], line 1, dwelling 36, family 6, William Cunningham household; "Iowa State Censsus, 1885," digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org : downloaded 19 February 2015); citing original, Iowa State Historical Society, Des Moines. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12692-22601-32?cc=1803643.
[S4758] 1895 Woodbury County, Iowa, state census, population schedule, [no township stated], p. 2, dwelling no. 15, family no. 15, for William Cunningham; "Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925," digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org : downloaded 19 February 2015; State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-16947-53590-56?cc=1803957.
[S4760] 1910 U.S. census, Woodbury County, Iowa, population schedule, Liston township, enumeration district (ED) 169, sheets 1B-2A (penned), pp. 141b-142a (stamped), dwelling 20, family 20, William Cunningham household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 February 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 429. .
[S4751] "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 19 February 2015), William Cuningham [Cunningham]-Anna Sellinghan, Hardin County, Iowa, 9 September 1891; citing Hardin County Clerk of District Court, Eldora; FHL film no. 1,034,940. [URL: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJFK-PF9].
[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].