Crawford-Morgan County IL Archives Biographies.....Cunningham, William 1853 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com December 4, 2007, 3:29 am Author: William Henry Perrin (1883) WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, farmer, P. O. Palestine, was born April 3, 1853, in Morgan County, Ill. He is a son of Thomas J. Cunningham, who was born September 11, 1825; his occupation was that of a stockman and farmer. He was married, June 13, 1850, to Miss Christiana A. Crews, born April 15, 1830. Mr. Cunningham was educated in Morgan and Crawford Counties. He is a farmer and stockman, and was joined in matrimony, April 1,1874, to Miss Mary S. Otey, born July, 1855, in this county. She is the mother of two children-Edward, born December 15, 1875, and who passed from earth to heaven July 10, 1877; and Ella, who was born May 10, 1877. Mr. Cunningham is a Republican, but is in favor of a new third party. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Additional Comments: Extracted From: HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS. EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN. ILLUSTRATED CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS, LAKESIDE BUILDING. 1883. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/crawford/bios/cunningh1971nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb