"Cyrus Cunningham was born in Vermillion County, Indiana, December 15, 1829, and is the only living child of Thomas and Eliza (Cunningham) Cunningham; three brothers, Nicholas, George and Jared, being deceased. Thomas Cunningham was born in Ross County, Ohio, December 1799; was by trade a trader; moved to Vermillion County, in 1820, of which he was one of the earliest settlers; managed a flat-boat on the Wabash and Mississippi Rivers, until 1840, and died in 1846.
Cyrus left Vermillion County when he was twenty-five years old, and came to his present location. He was married December 17, 1855, to Mary Oliphant, which union was blessed with seven children - Horatio (deceased), Reuben, Walter M., C.V., Marriet, Malinda and James.
Mr. Cunningham's residence is three and one-half miles west of Covington on his farm of over 1,400 acres, well drained, and improved, producing good crops of corn, wheat and hay; he also raises and deals in stock.
Mr. Cunningham having been born just over the line of the county, and having remained in the neighborhood, has had ample opportunity to note the transition of the country from a wilderness to a garden, and recalls many stories of his father's experience with the Indians.
Mr. Cunningham has lived a quiet, unambitious life, and is a high type of the true citizen, and is an industrious and thrifty farmer." - Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana, 1883, page 175
Cyrus left Vermillion County when he was twenty-five years old, and came to his present location. He was married December 17, 1855, to Mary Oliphant, which union was blessed with seven children - Horatio (deceased), Reuben, Walter M., C.V., Marriet, Malinda and James.
Mr. Cunningham's residence is three and one-half miles west of Covington on his farm of over 1,400 acres, well drained, and improved, producing good crops of corn, wheat and hay; he also raises and deals in stock.
Mr. Cunningham having been born just over the line of the county, and having remained in the neighborhood, has had ample opportunity to note the transition of the country from a wilderness to a garden, and recalls many stories of his father's experience with the Indians.
Mr. Cunningham has lived a quiet, unambitious life, and is a high type of the true citizen, and is an industrious and thrifty farmer." - Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana, 1883, page 175
"Cyrus Cunningham was born in Vermillion County, Indiana, December 15, 1829, and is the only living child of Thomas and Eliza (Cunningham) Cunningham; three brothers, Nicholas, George and Jared, being deceased. Thomas Cunningham was born in Ross County, Ohio, December 1799; was by trade a trader; moved to Vermillion County, in 1820, of which he was one of the earliest settlers; managed a flat-boat on the Wabash and Mississippi Rivers, until 1840, and died in 1846.
Cyrus left Vermillion County when he was twenty-five years old, and came to his present location. He was married December 17, 1855, to Mary Oliphant, which union was blessed with seven children - Horatio (deceased), Reuben, Walter M., C.V., Marriet, Malinda and James.
Mr. Cunningham's residence is three and one-half miles west of Covington on his farm of over 1,400 acres, well drained, and improved, producing good crops of corn, wheat and hay; he also raises and deals in stock.
Mr. Cunningham having been born just over the line of the county, and having remained in the neighborhood, has had ample opportunity to note the transition of the country from a wilderness to a garden, and recalls many stories of his father's experience with the Indians.
Mr. Cunningham has lived a quiet, unambitious life, and is a high type of the true citizen, and is an industrious and thrifty farmer." - Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana, 1883, page 175
Cyrus left Vermillion County when he was twenty-five years old, and came to his present location. He was married December 17, 1855, to Mary Oliphant, which union was blessed with seven children - Horatio (deceased), Reuben, Walter M., C.V., Marriet, Malinda and James.
Mr. Cunningham's residence is three and one-half miles west of Covington on his farm of over 1,400 acres, well drained, and improved, producing good crops of corn, wheat and hay; he also raises and deals in stock.
Mr. Cunningham having been born just over the line of the county, and having remained in the neighborhood, has had ample opportunity to note the transition of the country from a wilderness to a garden, and recalls many stories of his father's experience with the Indians.
Mr. Cunningham has lived a quiet, unambitious life, and is a high type of the true citizen, and is an industrious and thrifty farmer." - Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana, 1883, page 175
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