Children: Elmer W, Norman A, William, Robert S, Lyman, Ira Arthur, Howard Ray, Nellie.
John was a Sergeant in Company D of the 21st Regiment Infantry Volunteers enlisting July 15, 1861 in Millport, MO mustered in February 1, 1862 in Canton, MO under Captain McGonigle and mustered out February 11, 1865.
Record of Service Card,
Civil War, 1861-1865
Box: 19
Reel: s00857
Tombstone indicates his membership in the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Civil War Veterans.
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Obituary
John Henry Cunningham well known resident of this city passed away this morning at 5:10, after a lingering illness which kept him an invalid for over five years.
Deceased was born in Harrison, Ind., on July 14rh 1840 and was 78 years old at the time of his death. He has lived in this city only three years, having removed here from Missouri in 1916.
He was a member of the Methodist church and of the James Marqueas post of Edina, MO.
The surviving relatives are his wife, Mrs. John Cunningham of this city and sons, Arthur and Howard of this city, Robert and Norman of Rutledge, MO. Elmer of Hurdland, Mo. William of Fabius, MO. and Lyman of Hanover, Mont.; one daughter, Mrs. Nellie Killen of Boise Idaho,; one brother, Lafayette of Rutledge, Mo. and one sister, Mrs Matlick of Rutledge. Mo.
The remains will be taken on Santa Fe train No. 17 to Rutledge Mo., Saturday, where interment will be made in Milport cemetery.
Children: Elmer W, Norman A, William, Robert S, Lyman, Ira Arthur, Howard Ray, Nellie.
John was a Sergeant in Company D of the 21st Regiment Infantry Volunteers enlisting July 15, 1861 in Millport, MO mustered in February 1, 1862 in Canton, MO under Captain McGonigle and mustered out February 11, 1865.
Record of Service Card,
Civil War, 1861-1865
Box: 19
Reel: s00857
Tombstone indicates his membership in the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Civil War Veterans.
.....
Obituary
John Henry Cunningham well known resident of this city passed away this morning at 5:10, after a lingering illness which kept him an invalid for over five years.
Deceased was born in Harrison, Ind., on July 14rh 1840 and was 78 years old at the time of his death. He has lived in this city only three years, having removed here from Missouri in 1916.
He was a member of the Methodist church and of the James Marqueas post of Edina, MO.
The surviving relatives are his wife, Mrs. John Cunningham of this city and sons, Arthur and Howard of this city, Robert and Norman of Rutledge, MO. Elmer of Hurdland, Mo. William of Fabius, MO. and Lyman of Hanover, Mont.; one daughter, Mrs. Nellie Killen of Boise Idaho,; one brother, Lafayette of Rutledge, Mo. and one sister, Mrs Matlick of Rutledge. Mo.
The remains will be taken on Santa Fe train No. 17 to Rutledge Mo., Saturday, where interment will be made in Milport cemetery.
Family Members
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Wilford Harry Cunningham
1826–1897
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Elizabeth Cunningham
1827–1841
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Harvey Cunningham
1829–1917
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George Cunningham
1833–1848
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Ann Cunningham Boone
1835–1904
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Lucinda Jane Cunningham Davison
1837–1861
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Robert Morris Cunningham
1843–1862
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Rachel Catherine Cunningham Matlick
1845–1921
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Lafayette Cunningham
1848–1937
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