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SPOUSE:
Florence Foster Cunningham
on 15 June 1892
in Gibson County, TN


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CHILDREN:
Carl William Cunningham [1893-1931]
Joe Cunningham [1895-1895]
Earl Rush Cunningham [1896-1967]

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PARENTS:
Benjamin Franklin Cunningham (1831 - 1885)
Sarah Francis Clark Cunningham (1837 - 1917)

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SIBLINGS:

John James Cunningham [1857-1934]
William Price Cunningham [1857-1858]
Joseph Hopkins Cunningham [1859-1910]
D. Wallace Cunningham [1863-1922]
Robert Booth Cunningham [1865-1942]
Fannie Elizabeth Cunningham [1867-1918]
Ernest Cunningham [1869-1944]
Emma Cunningham [1871-1943]
Mary Jane Cunningham [1873-1949]
Amanda Cunningham [1875-1885]
Sarah Ellen Cunningham [1877-1877]
Thomas Cunningham [1878-1878]
Hattie Cunningham Rowlett [1879-1911]

I don't have a GEDCOM entry for him; but an additional child is suggested by Rick Clark to be:
Jesse Cunningham [1879-1880]


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CAUSE OF DEATH:
Cerebral atherosclerosis


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George Swinbourne Cunningham was married to Florence Foster Cunningham [c. 1874 - c. 1897] on June 15, 1892 in Gibson County, TN. I started a memorial for her; but I have not been successful at finding her burial site yet. If anyone has a clue, please share it.

George and Fanny had three boys: Carl, Joe and Earl. Joe had probably already died before my grandfather Earl Rush Cunningham was even born. According to my mother, Great Grandmother Fanny lived for only a few days after my grandfather Earl was born. After her death my great grandfather George could not handle the grief and decided to move to Colorado without the children. So my grandfather Earl was raised by two old maid aunts, Mary Jane and Emma. Mom couldn't remember for sure where Carl was raised or by whom, but it was also probably with these same two aunts.

Mom said that Emma protected Pappaw but Mary Jane would break his glasses whenever she became angry with him. So life with the two aunts was not always easy. Great Grandpa George wasn't to be found until after my grandparents Earl and Lucy were married. One day Mammaw opened the door and a familiar stranger stood there. He started to introduce himself but Lucy said "I know who you are. You're Pa Cunningham, aren't you?" Earl and Lucy's son Carl was the spitting image of Pa Cunningham. So Lucy recognized him right away.

Pa Cunningham arrived that day to ask Earl to take him to the Masonic home to live out the rest of his days. Lucy insisted that Pa Cunningham live with them though. So the the cabin out back was Pa Cunningham's new home. Pa lived with them for some time but he eventually told Lucy and Earl that he felt he needed to go to the Masonic home. Lucy insisted that he stay but Pa stated that he felt he was losing his mind and would never forgive himself if he hurt one of the kids. Pa used a walking stick with a heavy tip on it and he was afraid that one day he might strike one of the kids and hurt them. So Pa moved to the Masonic home and stayed there until his death.

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09 Aug 2010
by Carol Anne Girault Bartholomew, excerpt taken from an email sent 08 Aug 2010 to Debi Burrow concerning Earl Rush Cunningham, son of George Swinbourne Cunningham

"From conversations with Mam-maw while I was growing up, she said that his [Earl's] father, "Pa" ,came to stay periodically in the little house directly behind 312 Hedge (called "Pa's house" ) I recalled he was always described to me by Mam-maw as a sorta "free spirit", a wild-catter with the Oil boom and mined for gold during the Gold Rush; he loved to travel.


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OBITUARY
GEORGE S. CUNNINGHAM

In the presence of a large group of friends gathered at the Marshall & Marshall funeral home Sunday afternoon to pay a last tribute of respect to George S. Cunningham, Spanish-American war veteran, whose death last Thursday at the veterans hospital at Knoxville, Iowa, was related in Friday's Mirror, Sam H. Allred, representing the American Legion, presented the son of deceased, Earl R. Cunningham, with the American Flag which had covered his father's casket, the presentation being a beautiful and impressive ceremony.

Interment was in Ridge Park cemetery at 3 o'clock, the Hillsboro Masonic lodge using the beautiful burial ceremony of the order, and the assembled friends reverently following each feature of the program, at the close of which Rev. Stanley, a member of the order, pronounced the benediction.

Of special interest in connection with the service was the fact that Lois Reagan, close friend of deceased's son and a fellow worker in the Mirror office, was acting master and conducted the burial service.

Pallbearers were Kenzie R. Black, M.B. Hill, Charlie Blansett, Frank Breeding, M.C. Vaughan and D.B. Walker.

Besides local relatives and friends attending, were Mr. Cunningham's brother, R.B. Cunningham; his sisters, Misses Emma and Mary Cunningham, and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie James of Ferris.


from newspaper clipping, apparently taken from the Mirror newspaper in Hillsboro, Hill Co., TX




WEBLINKS FOR GEORGE

RIDGE PARK CEMETERY - Internment Listings

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TRANSFER:

Memorial management transferred to Debi Burrow on:
01 Aug 2010

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