Chatham County GaArchives Biographies.....Cunningham, Henry Cumming 1842 - living 1913
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Author: William Harden
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   CAPT. HENRY CUMMING CUNNINGHAM. A man of distinctive culture and forceful
individuality, Capt. Henry Gumming Cunningham is an able and influential member
of the Savannah bar, and a citizen of prominence. He was born April 5, 1842, in
Savannah, a son of Dr. Alexander and Anna Frances (Mayhew) Cunningham, and in
the city schools acquired his first knowledge of books.

   In 1858 he entered South Carolina College, now the University of South
Carolina, and was there graduated with the class of 1861. Immediately after
receiving his diploma, he entered the Confederate army as a private, and one
year later, upon competitive examination, was appointed first lieutenant of
artillery, and assigned to ordnance duty upon the staff of Gen. William B.
Talliaferro, who was stationed in Savannah. Later Captain Cunningham was in
service at Charleston, South Carolina, being with the army at the evacuation of
that city. Subsequently, while holding a similar position upon the staff of Gen.
Stephen Elliott, he participated in the battles at Averysboro and Bentonville,
and in other engagements of the Carolina campaign, at the close of the conflict
being paroled at Greensboro.

   After the war Captain Cunningham returned to Savannah, and entered the
service of the Central of Georgia Railway Company, first as a clerk, and later
becoming treasurer of the company. Studying law in the meantime, the captain was
admitted to the bar in 1872, and for four years was associated in the practice
of his profession with Charles N. West. From 1876 until 1881, he maintained an
individual practice, in the latter year forming a partnership with Gen. A. R.
Lawton and A. R. Lawton, Jr., the firm of Lawton & Cunningham was established,
and has been continued under this name ever since, a period of more than thirty
years. Upon the withdrawal of General Lawton from the firm, Captain Cunningham
became senior member of the firm, which is one of the leading law firms of
Georgia. This firm is general counsel for the Central of Georgia Railway
Company, and has an extensive and lucrative patronage.

   From 1880 until 1887 Captain Cunningham was corporation attorney of Savannah,
and he is now one of the members of the board of managers of the Georgia
Historical Society. He is senior warden of the Christ church, Episcopal, and
occupies an honored place among Savannah's most distinguished citizens.

   Captain Cunningham married first, December 19,1867, Miss Virginia Waldburg
Wayne, a daughter of Dr. Richard Wayne, of Savannah. She died, leaving four
children, of whom three are living, namely: Thomas Mayhew Cunningham; Mrs.
Virginia C. Cleveland; and C. Wayne Cunningham. The captain was subsequently
married to Miss Nora Lawton, a daughter of Gen. A. R. Lawton, and they have one
daughter, Miss Sarah A. Cunningham.


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A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME I
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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