William Lee CunninghamAge: 78 years1862–1940
- Name
- William Lee Cunningham
- Given names
- William Lee
- Surname
- Cunningham
 Birth | September 11, 1862 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 4 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 4 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 6 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 15 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Mary W Clark — View this family 1887 (Age 24 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Infant Son Cunningham January 10, 1888 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a son | Infant Son Cunningham January 10, 1888 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Bessie Lee Cunningham March 3, 1889 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Beulah May Cunningham December 4, 1891 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 19, 1900 (Age 37 years) |
| Census | April 29, 1910 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Bessie Lee Cunningham June 11, 1913 (Age 50 years) |
| Marriage of a child | George Curtis McClary — Beulah May Cunningham — View this family February 22, 1916 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 53 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 54 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 55 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a wife | Mary W Clark October 27, 1926 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 67 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 15, 1930 (Age 67 years) |
 Death | November 12, 1940 (Age 78 years) Cause of death: Suicide |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Peninsula Cemetery |
| Family with Mary W Clark |
| himself |
William Lee Cunningham Birth: September 11, 1862 — Missouri, United States Death: November 12, 1940 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Mary W Clark Birth: 1867 44 34 — Missouri, United States Death: October 27, 1926 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: 1887 — Missouri, United States |
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1 year son |
Infant Son Cunningham Birth: January 10, 1888 25 21 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: January 10, 1888 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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14 months daughter |
Bessie Lee Cunningham Birth: March 3, 1889 26 22 Death: June 11, 1913 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Beulah May Cunningham Birth: December 4, 1891 29 24 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: November 10, 1982 |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Lee Cunningham - Household
Cooper, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Lee Cunningham - Household
Cooper, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - William Lee Cunningham - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
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