James Cunningham age 76
Handcart Pioneer
1842 Scotland
James Cunningham
Baptized May 5 1842
1856 Handcart Pioneer; Willie Company
4 May 1856 ship Thornton sailed from Liverpool, England to Castle Gardens, N Y.
1856 New York
Ship Thornton arrived New York
16 June 1856
1856 Iowa City, Iowa
26 June 1856
Arrived Iowa City by train
via Albany, Buffalo and Chicago.
4th Handcart Company, Capt. James G Willie
The 95th Company also known as the ill-fated
4th Handcart Company, crossed the plains 1856, with Elder James Gray Willie, Capt.
Rescued from the frozed plains of Wyoming,
arriving Salt Lake Valley, 9 November 1856.
67 deaths enroute.
Children's ages when they walked the plains
Catherine 17
George 15
Elizabeth 12 [Rescued from near frozen death]
Margaret 9
Note:
Eldest son Robert Cunningham, and wife Ann were expecting a child [James C Cunningham] in May 1856. They emigrated 1861.
1860 Census Battle Creek, Utah, Utah
Lake City
Jas Cunningham 60, laborer
Elisth Cunningham 53
Post Office, Pleasant Grove
1870 Census American Fork, Utah
James Cunningham 70, farmer
Elizabeth Cunningham 63
1878 American Fork, Utah
Died
At American Fork, Utah County, May 30, 1878, after a painful illness of three years, James Cunningham, in the 77th year of his age... .
Deseret News 1878-06-05, page 16.
Millennial Star Please copy
GSon James C Cunningham 1856-1942 ViewID
James Gray Willie 1814-1895
4th Handcart Company, 1856
Handcart Pioneer
1842 Scotland
James Cunningham
Baptized May 5 1842
1856 Handcart Pioneer; Willie Company
4 May 1856 ship Thornton sailed from Liverpool, England to Castle Gardens, N Y.
1856 New York
Ship Thornton arrived New York
16 June 1856
1856 Iowa City, Iowa
26 June 1856
Arrived Iowa City by train
via Albany, Buffalo and Chicago.
4th Handcart Company, Capt. James G Willie
The 95th Company also known as the ill-fated
4th Handcart Company, crossed the plains 1856, with Elder James Gray Willie, Capt.
Rescued from the frozed plains of Wyoming,
arriving Salt Lake Valley, 9 November 1856.
67 deaths enroute.
Children's ages when they walked the plains
Catherine 17
George 15
Elizabeth 12 [Rescued from near frozen death]
Margaret 9
Note:
Eldest son Robert Cunningham, and wife Ann were expecting a child [James C Cunningham] in May 1856. They emigrated 1861.
1860 Census Battle Creek, Utah, Utah
Lake City
Jas Cunningham 60, laborer
Elisth Cunningham 53
Post Office, Pleasant Grove
1870 Census American Fork, Utah
James Cunningham 70, farmer
Elizabeth Cunningham 63
1878 American Fork, Utah
Died
At American Fork, Utah County, May 30, 1878, after a painful illness of three years, James Cunningham, in the 77th year of his age... .
Deseret News 1878-06-05, page 16.
Millennial Star Please copy
GSon James C Cunningham 1856-1942 ViewID
James Gray Willie 1814-1895
4th Handcart Company, 1856
James Cunningham age 76
Handcart Pioneer
1842 Scotland
James Cunningham
Baptized May 5 1842
1856 Handcart Pioneer; Willie Company
4 May 1856 ship Thornton sailed from Liverpool, England to Castle Gardens, N Y.
1856 New York
Ship Thornton arrived New York
16 June 1856
1856 Iowa City, Iowa
26 June 1856
Arrived Iowa City by train
via Albany, Buffalo and Chicago.
4th Handcart Company, Capt. James G Willie
The 95th Company also known as the ill-fated
4th Handcart Company, crossed the plains 1856, with Elder James Gray Willie, Capt.
Rescued from the frozed plains of Wyoming,
arriving Salt Lake Valley, 9 November 1856.
67 deaths enroute.
Children's ages when they walked the plains
Catherine 17
George 15
Elizabeth 12 [Rescued from near frozen death]
Margaret 9
Note:
Eldest son Robert Cunningham, and wife Ann were expecting a child [James C Cunningham] in May 1856. They emigrated 1861.
1860 Census Battle Creek, Utah, Utah
Lake City
Jas Cunningham 60, laborer
Elisth Cunningham 53
Post Office, Pleasant Grove
1870 Census American Fork, Utah
James Cunningham 70, farmer
Elizabeth Cunningham 63
1878 American Fork, Utah
Died
At American Fork, Utah County, May 30, 1878, after a painful illness of three years, James Cunningham, in the 77th year of his age... .
Deseret News 1878-06-05, page 16.
Millennial Star Please copy
GSon James C Cunningham 1856-1942 ViewID
James Gray Willie 1814-1895
4th Handcart Company, 1856
Handcart Pioneer
1842 Scotland
James Cunningham
Baptized May 5 1842
1856 Handcart Pioneer; Willie Company
4 May 1856 ship Thornton sailed from Liverpool, England to Castle Gardens, N Y.
1856 New York
Ship Thornton arrived New York
16 June 1856
1856 Iowa City, Iowa
26 June 1856
Arrived Iowa City by train
via Albany, Buffalo and Chicago.
4th Handcart Company, Capt. James G Willie
The 95th Company also known as the ill-fated
4th Handcart Company, crossed the plains 1856, with Elder James Gray Willie, Capt.
Rescued from the frozed plains of Wyoming,
arriving Salt Lake Valley, 9 November 1856.
67 deaths enroute.
Children's ages when they walked the plains
Catherine 17
George 15
Elizabeth 12 [Rescued from near frozen death]
Margaret 9
Note:
Eldest son Robert Cunningham, and wife Ann were expecting a child [James C Cunningham] in May 1856. They emigrated 1861.
1860 Census Battle Creek, Utah, Utah
Lake City
Jas Cunningham 60, laborer
Elisth Cunningham 53
Post Office, Pleasant Grove
1870 Census American Fork, Utah
James Cunningham 70, farmer
Elizabeth Cunningham 63
1878 American Fork, Utah
Died
At American Fork, Utah County, May 30, 1878, after a painful illness of three years, James Cunningham, in the 77th year of his age... .
Deseret News 1878-06-05, page 16.
Millennial Star Please copy
GSon James C Cunningham 1856-1942 ViewID
James Gray Willie 1814-1895
4th Handcart Company, 1856
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