Polk County, Missouri Biographies - James CUNNYNGHAM History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade & Barton Counties, Missouri Published by Goodspeed, 1889, Page 637 Polk County Biography Section Cunnyngham, James H. W., hardware merchant at Morrisville, Mo., is the son of Thomas W., and Disa (Wilson) Cunnyngham, and was born September 13, 1843 in McMinn Co., Tennessee. He was reared on the farm, receiving a common school education, and in 1862 he enlisted in Co. F, Twenty-sixth Enrolled Mo., Militia, U.S. Service and upon the organization was appointed Sergeant Major of his regiment. He served in all about two years, and after peace was declared he engaged in farming. November 15, 1863 he married Miss Ruyle, a native of Polk Co., Mo., born July 3, 1844, and the daughter of Gideon Ruyle. To this union were born four children: Thomas B., (deceased), Albert G., died at the age of twenty years; Disa L., who is the only one no living; and Salley M., also deceased. Both Mr. and Mrs. Cunnyngham are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and in political views, he is a Democrat. Having farmed until 1883, he and S.B. Elzey built the Morrisville Mill, which he helped run a year. In 1885 he and the Lemmon Bros. opened a hardware store, which they continued until 1887, when Mr. Cunnyngham purchased their interest, and has run it ever since. He has been quite successful as a business man, having made the most of his property by his own efforts. Besides his mercantile interest he is also engaged in agricultural pursuits and has 209 acres of land. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Kay Griffin Snow ====================================================================