John Cunningham
John was born on April 9th, 1780 in
Fort Amos
. John's father was
John Cunningham
and his mother was
Catherine Shuman
. His paternal grandparents were
Joseph Cunningham
and
Elizabeth Harris
; his maternal grandparents were
John Shuman
and
Elizabeth Smith
. He had five brothers and a sister, named
James
,
Robert
,
David
,
Ezekiel
,
Joshua
and
Elizabeth
. He was the third youngest of the seven children. He died at the age of 85 on February 2nd, 1866.
General Notes
Lived on Little Paw Paw Creek, now Marion County, West Virginia
Ancestor Pedigree Chart
Joseph Cunningham
*
- b.1568 in Scotland d.1637 in Scotland
David Cunningham
- b.1607 in Scotland d.1691 in Scotland
Nancy Blessington
- b.1570 in Ireland
Alexander Cunningham
- b.1663 in Ireland d.1749 in Scotland
Rachel Bruce
- b. in Scotland
Joseph Cunningham
- b.1720 in Ireland d.1801 in Virginia
Rebecca Burns
- b. in Scotland
John Cunningham
- b.1745 in County Mayo,Ireland d.15 Jan 1799 in Indian Creek,Monongalia County,VA
Elizabeth Harris
- b.1721 in County Mayo,Ireland d.1799
John Cunningham
- b.09 Apr 1780 in Fort Amos d.02 Feb 1866
----------------Shuman
- b. in Germany
John Shuman
- b. in from Philadelphia,Pa and poss. d. in poss Monongalia Co. WV
Unknown
Catherine Shuman
- b.1749 in Germany,or Philadelphia,PA d.21 Apr 1821 in Monogalia County,West Virginia
Elizabeth Smith
- b. in Germany
*
There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
John's family with Sarah King
John and
Sarah
were married in a religious ceremony on February 26th, 1802 in
Monogalia County,West Virginia
. They had a son named
David
.
Children
David Cunningham
David was born on December 24th, 1803. He died at the age of 77 on February 11th, 1881. He was buried in
Rymer Cemetery,west of Mannington,W.VA.
.
Source/Citation
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