Cunningham, Samuel
BIOGRAPHIES
HISTORY OF GREENE & JERSEY COUNTIES, ILLINOIS - 1885
Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Co.
Page 950
SAMUEL CUNNINGHAM, deceased, was born in Marion county, Ky., Feb. 16, 1818, his parents being Robert and Nancy Cunningham, the former being a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Kentucky. Mr. Cunningham came to Greene county in 1853, and settled on the southwest quarter of section 36, Wrights township, where he lived until his death occurred, March 5, 1880. He was married in Dec., 1850, to Emeline E. Cooper, a daughter of Edmund L. and Mary (Perry) Cooper, whose sketch appears in another chapter of this book. They had nine children born to them - Robert L., born Oct. 1, 1851; Wm. B., born March 4, 1854, died Jan. 18, 1868; Richard, born Dec. 3, 1855, died Oct. 5, 1856; Belle, born March 19, 1864, died Jan. 18, 1868; Mary E., born Nov. 19, 1866, died Feb. 27, 1868; Henry, born Sept. 7, 1856; Geo. W., born Oct. 10, 1859; Lewis, born Jan. 13, 1862; Ann J., born Feb. 28, 1869, died Dec. 19, 1879. Mr. Cunningham was long a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, living a life consistent with his profession, and establishing a name and reputation of which those who succeed him may justly feel proud. At the time of his death he had accumulated considerable property, and was ranked among the wealthy and solid men of the county. Mrs. Cunningham and children own 770 acres of land, all in a high state of cultivation, and continue in the steps of their predecessor as successful operators of the same.
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