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1816 - 1854 (38 years)
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Name |
William Cunningham |
Birth |
10 Sep 1816 |
Warren County, Tennessee [1, 2] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
27 Sep 1854 |
Warren County, Tennessee [2, 3] |
Probate |
6 Nov 1854 |
Warren County, Tennessee [4] |
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Burial |
Cunningham-Gribble Cemetery, Rock Island, Warren County, Tennessee [2, 3] |
Person ID |
I15057 |
The Hennessee Family |
Last Modified |
1 Mar 2015 |
Father |
Captain John Cunningham, II, b. 13 Sep 1782, Commonwealth of Virginia d. 12 Oct 1858, Warren County, Tennessee (Age 76 years) |
Mother |
Sarah Jane "Sallie" Swindle, b. 25 Oct 1795, (Hyde County) North Carolina d. Aft 1880, (Warren County) Tennessee (Age 85 years) |
Marriage |
6 May 1813 |
White County, Tennessee [5] |
Residence (Family) |
1850 |
Warren County, Tennessee [6] |
Family ID |
F1143 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Ann Neal, b. 0___ 1819, (Warren County) Tennessee d. 0___ 1858, Warren County, Tennessee (Age ~ 39 years) |
Marriage |
(~1838) |
(Warren County, Tennessee) [5] |
Children |
| 1. Sarah E(lizabeth) Cunningham, b. 29 Sep 1840, (Warren County, Tennessee) d. 22 Apr 1924, Warren County, Tennessee (Age 83 years) |
| 2. George Washington Cunningham, b. 1841, (Warren County) Tennessee d. 20 May 1862, McLennan County, Texas (Age 21 years) |
| 3. Laminda Cunningham, b. 24 Jan 1848, (Warren County) Tennessee d. 18 Nov 1864, Warren County, Tennessee (Age 16 years) |
| 4. Samantha Cunningham, b. 7 Mar 1850, Warren County, Tennessee d. 27 Oct 1898, Warren County, Tennessee (Age 48 years) |
| 5. Franklin Pierce Cunningham, b. 27 Mar 1852, Rock Island, Warren County, Tennessee d. 14 Feb 1917, San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas (Age 64 years) |
| 6. James Monroe Cunningham, b. 19 Jun 1854, (Warren County, Tennessee) d. 15 Mar 1920, Warren County, Tennessee (Age 65 years) |
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Family ID |
F6478 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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Notes |
- In 1854 William reprimanded Burdine Smith, Sr. for having an affair with a young girl. Smith, in fear and for revenge, dropped a large rock on William Cunningham's head as William sat under The Bluff. As a result of the traumatic head injury, the swelling brain fluid and severe headaches; William took his own life in Sept 1854.
Warren County, Tennessee Cemetery Book 4, page 202.
CUNNINGHAM, WILLIAM 10 SEPT 1816-27 SEPT 1854 (Son of John and Sarah Jane (Swindle) Cunningham, husband of Ann Neal, father of Sarah Elizabeth, George Washington, Laminda, Samantha, Franklin Pierce & James Monroe Cunningham. [2]
- *For more information on this family, contact, Mac Cunningham at who writes, Saturday, December 03, 2011 4:35:23 PM;
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM - (1816-1854) William was known as a family-oriented-man plus an astute, gentleman-farmer in the Rock Island community. What is remarkable about William's life-story is that he spoke for what he believed to be right, honorable, just and noble yet suffered the ultimate sacrifice. (See source document, SECRET IDENTITY, by Mary Carol Rucker Estes)
At his untimely death in 1854, just days after celebrating his 38th birthday, William's seven children ranged in age from only 3 months (James Monroe Cunningham) to age 14 (Sarah Elizabeth Cunningham). William is to be remembered for his courage of conviction, his devotion to family and his life's work on earth.
William Cunningham buried in the Cunningham-Gribble Cemetery in Rock Island Warren Tennessee. Rock Island State Park - Near the Twin Falls
GPS: 35° 48' 29" -85° 38' 08"
See web-link <http://www.midtncemetery.com/ricgcem.html> and read Warren County, Tennessee Cemetery Book 4, page 202.
CUNNINGHAM, WILLIAM 10 SEPT 1816-27 SEPT 1854 (Son of John and Sarah Jane (Swindle) Cunningham, husband of Ann Neal, father of Sarah Elizabeth, George Washington, Laminda, Samantha, Franklin Pierce & James Monroe Cunningham.
In 1854 William reprimanded Burdine Smith, Sr. for having an affair with a young girl. Smith, in fear and for revenge, dropped a large rock on William Cunningham’s head as William sat under The Bluff. As a result of the traumatic head injury, the swelling brain fluid and severe headaches;
William took his own life in Sept 1854.
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Sources |
- [S14] 1860 Warren Co.,TN Census, abstracted by Arlene Greathouse, annotated by the, p. 109-a (Reliability: 3).
- [S5473] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=cunningham&GSfn=william&GSby=1816&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1854&GSdyrel=in&.
- [S283] "Warren County,Tennessee Cemetery Book 1 - Annotated, Cemeteries A-F" by, p. 202 (Reliability: 3).
- [S24] "Warren County, Tennessee, Will Books 1-3 (1827-1858)", Abstracted and, p. 145.
- [S3154] Almetia Dunn Cunningham, personal records, Route 3, Box 123, Viola Road,.
- [S6915] "United States Census, 1850," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6S-QC8 : acc.
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