Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Cunningham, Thomas June 7, 1829 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Cunningham, Thomas, Mohawk, was born in New York city June 7, 1829, and has 
been a resident of Mohawk since 1834, then called Bennett's Corners.  He has 
been engaged in the mercantile business all his life up to 1889, when he was 
appointed postmaster of Mohawk by President Harrison.  He is a Mason, a member 
of Utica Commandery, and an elder in the Reformed church.  He is also a member 
of the Oneida Historical Society and the American Numismatic and 
Archaeological Society of New York.  He was married in 1856 to Miss Celestia 
E. Chase, of Mohawk.  They have had five children;  four are living, three 
daughters and one son:  Mrs. M.J. Wightman, Margaret A., Katharine C., and 
Andrew D., the latter of whom is a civil engineer.  He is a graduate from the 
United States Naval School at Annapolis, Md., and the Troy Polytechnic.  Mr. 
Cunningham is quite an antiquarian and has a valuable collection.


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source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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