Name of father: Mathew
Thadeus Cunningham of
Shelbyville,
Bedford Co. TN.
He was a Justice of the Peace, and
was son of Mathew
Cunningham and Elizabeth
Gilbredth of Shelbyville,
Tn
Name of mother: Nancy
Galaspy McGill, daughter of James
McGill and Sally Parker
of Thompson?s Creek, Tn
Remarks: Mathew Cunningham
was a Colonel of the
Revolutionary War.
James McGill was in the War of the
Revolution and was
of Scotch Irish descent. He first
settled in Pennsylvania
near Philadelphia.
Education: at Flat Creek
Seminary, TN. Teachers: Professor
Jarald: Prairie Grove,
AR. Teacher: Professor Reed
Occupation: Taught school
in TX and AR
Military service: 19th Inf.
Brigade
Political party: a Jeffersonial
Democrat all the time
Church connection: Cumberland
Presbyterian
Wife & date of marriage:
First wife was Rebecca
Jane Rollins and her parents
were
Moses Rollins &
Naomi A. Crawford of Washington Co. AR
Second wife was Francis
Emaline Shoffren and she was
daughter of Newton
M. Soffren and Mary Homer of
Madison Co. AR
Comments: The Rollins
lived in TN and the Crawfords
in Lincoln Co., Middle TN
Children:
Nancy Naoma Cunningham
married Andrew Jackson Wilson
& live at Prairie Grove,
AR
Mary Caswell Cunningham
married John F. Bruuk & live
at Prairie Grove,
Ar
Susan Jane Cunningham
married Aspen Brewster on Dec 4
Newton Caswell Cunningham
married Hattie Cook, Rhea
Post Office, Washington
Co. AR
William Moses Thadeus
Cunningham married Bell Henson
& live at Prairie
Grove, AR
Robert Earl Cunningham
married Lutie Baird & live at
Prairie Grove, Ar
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