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Born Mar. 22, 1852 in Perry Co (Magnet), IN. |
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Died: Dec. 13, 1943 in St. Louis, MO. |
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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a death notice for William Henry Cunningham, but it contains no new information. The death notices appear in the newspaper on 12/14/1943 (pg. 7B) and 12/15/1943 (4C). |
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Photograph taken in Mississippi Co, MO around 1890. |
An excerpt from an email from Betty Cunningham after a conversation she had with Charles Paul Cunningham not long before he died:
Name: William Henry Cunningham
Born 1852 in Magnet Indiana Died 1943
His father was in the Union Army. Mother died when he was 4. He was a cooper by trade (made barrels) he also floated his wares (along with his brother) down the Mississippi to New Orleans
The other information Charles read from a newspaper after Wm Henry died.
Wm Henry was married three times, remarried after each wife died. His first wife was Susan Figgins , they had a son, John. She died shortly after they were married of typhoid fever.
Then he married Marietta William Harp who had a daughter, Anne Everland. Together they had three children, Charles Henry, Lara and Gus
His third marriage was to Augusta McNeely. They met in Cape County, MO in a town called Fruitland.
William married Augusta McNeely, daughter of George Wesley McNeely and Mary Mitchell, on 30 Sep 1900 in Cape Gir. County, MO. (Augusta McNeely was born on 16 Oct 1874 in Cape Gir. County, MO and died on 22 Dec 1963 in Chaffee, MO.)
Together the had Ester, Paul and Miriam.
William Henry was a circuit rider preacher (1884). He was ordained a Methodist Minister in 1886 in the St. Louis Conference. After retiring he still served as a supply preacher. He loved hunting, fishing and bird lore. He lived to be in his 90's and left a great heritage. In his old age he loved spending time with his children and grandchildren.
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| Born: 03/22/1852 in Perry Co, IN |
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| Died: 12/13/1943 in St. Louis, MO |
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| Born: 10/16/1874 in Jackson, MO |
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| Died: 12/22/1963 in Cape Girardeau, MO |
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| Parents: George W McNeely |
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| Source No. 1: Min, StL AC 1944:59-60 |
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| Source No. 2: MO-E AC MC 1964:180-81 |
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| Add. Child: Names of ch. given in his Memoir (1944:59-60. |
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* Mo = Mother, FA = Father, SO = Son, DA = Daughter
Holland N. McTyeire - first president of the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust.
John Christian Keener
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