Brief Life History of Benjamin Thomas
When Benjamin Thomas Cunningham was born on 14 May 1857, in Monroe, Missouri, United States, his father, Andrew J Cunningham, was 37 and his mother, Sarah Wyatt Duncan, was 34. He married Elizabeth B. Stewart on 27 November 1879, in Monroe, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Holliday, Monroe, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Marion Township, Monroe, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. He died on 11 March 1937, in Madison, Monroe, Missouri, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Holliday, Monroe, Missouri, United States.
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- B T Cunningham, "United States Census, 1930"
- B F Cunningham, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Ben Thomas Cunningham, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the province of Cunningham in Ayrshire, first recorded in 1153 in the form Cunegan, a Celtic name of uncertain origin. The spellings in -ham, first recorded in 1180, and in -ynghame, first recorded in 1227, represent a gradual assimilation to the English placename element -ingham.
Irish: surname adopted from Gaelic Ó Cuinneagáin ‘descendant of Cuinneagán’, a personal name from a double diminutive of the Old Irish personal name Conn meaning ‘leader, chief’. This name is also adopted for Ó Connacháin, a variant of Ó Connagáin ‘descendant of Connagán’, from a diminutive of the personal name Conn.
History: A family of this name (see 1 above) can be traced back to Wernebald de Cunynghame, who was granted the manor of Cunningham by Hugh de Morville in the early 12th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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