Abner Webster Cunningham SrAge: 95 years1839–1934
- Name
- Abner Webster Cunningham Sr
- Given names
- Abner Webster
- Surname
- Cunningham
- Name suffix
- Sr
 Birth | August 24, 1839 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 6 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 17 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Marriage | Nancy Caroline Megee — View this family about 1860 (Age 20 years) |
 Census | June 27, 1860 (Age 20 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | James T Cunningham 1861 (Age 21 years) Address: Birth date/place based on 1870 Census |
| Birth of a son #2 | Abner Webster Cunningham Jr July 29, 1863 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 21 years)Note: 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 |
| Birth of a son #3 | Aaron Washington Cunningham October 1, 1866 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 27 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 27 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a son #4 | Solomon M Cunningham August 1, 1868 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | William J Cunningham October 8, 1869 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 29 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 |
| Census | July 5, 1870 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Labethe Cunningham about 1873 (Age 33 years) Note: Birth date/place based on 1880 Census |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Clementine Retta Cunningham August 19, 1875 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | John Wesley Cunningham May 3, 1878 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 38 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 7, 1880 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a son #9 | Robert L Cunningham February 1882 (Age 42 years) Note: Birth date/place based on 1900 Census |
| Birth of a son #10 | Dee Michie Cunningham March 1885 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 58 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 1, 1900 (Age 60 years) |
| Census | April 26, 1910 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 76 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 77 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 78 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/ |
| Census | January 5, 1920 (Age 80 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 90 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 9, 1930 (Age 90 years) |
| Death of a wife | Nancy Caroline Megee May 2, 1930 (Age 90 years) |
 Death | December 26, 1934 (Age 95 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Elmwood Cemetery |
| Family with Nancy Caroline Megee |
| himself |
Abner Webster Cunningham Sr Birth: August 24, 1839 — Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States Death: December 26, 1934 — Bowie, Montague, Texas, United States |
| wife |
Nancy Caroline Megee Birth: November 21, 1841 46 41 — Marshall, Mississippi, United States Death: May 2, 1930 — Bowie, Montague, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: about 1860 — |
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2 years son |
James T Cunningham Birth: 1861 21 19 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
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3 years son |
Abner Webster Cunningham Jr Birth: July 29, 1863 23 21 — Arkansas, United States Death: January 18, 1963 — Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, United States |
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3 years son |
Aaron Washington Cunningham Birth: October 1, 1866 27 24 — Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, United States Death: November 27, 1945 — Decatur, Wise, Texas, United States |
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22 months son |
Solomon M Cunningham Birth: August 1, 1868 28 26 — Baxter, Arkansas, United States Death: January 14, 1955 — Sapulpa, Creek, Oklahoma, United States |
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14 months son |
William J Cunningham Birth: October 8, 1869 30 27 — Baxter, Arkansas, United States Death: September 4, 1952 — Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Labethe Cunningham Birth: about 1873 33 31 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
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3 years daughter |
Clementine Retta Cunningham Birth: August 19, 1875 35 33 — Arkansas, United States Death: November 21, 1971 — Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, United States |
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3 years son |
John Wesley Cunningham Birth: May 3, 1878 38 36 — Texas, United States Death: July 14, 1968 — Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States |
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4 years son |
Robert L Cunningham Birth: February 1882 42 40 — Texas, United States Death: |
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3 years son |
Dee Michie Cunningham Birth: March 1885 45 43 — Texas, United States Death: April 18, 1968 — North Richland Hills, Tarrant, Texas, United States |
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Abner Webster Cunningham Sr - Household
Whiteville, Marion, Arkansas, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Abner Webster Cunningham Sr - Household
Whiteville, Marion, Arkansas, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Abner Webster Cunningham Sr - Household
Kaufman, Texas
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Abner Webster Cunningham Sr - Household
Ed 46, Montague, Texas, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Abner Webster Cunningham Sr - Household
Bowie, Montague, Texas, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Abner Webster Cunningham Sr - Household
Bowie, Montague, Texas, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Dee Michie Cunningham - Household
Bowie, Montague, Texas, United States
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