Aaron Washington CunninghamAge: 79 years1866–1945
- Name
- Aaron Washington Cunningham
- Given names
- Aaron Washington
- Surname
- Cunningham
 Birth | October 1, 1866 27 24 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 3 months)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 3 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Birth of a brother | Solomon M Cunningham August 1, 1868 (Age 22 months) |
| Birth of a brother | William J Cunningham October 8, 1869 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 2 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 3 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Ritta Ann “Ritter” White after 1870 (Age 3 years) Note: She was last listed in the 1870 Census |
| Birth of a sister | Labethe Cunningham about 1873 (Age 6 years) Note: Birth date/place based on 1880 Census |
| Birth of a sister | Clementine Retta Cunningham August 19, 1875 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John Wesley Cunningham May 3, 1878 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 11 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 13 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Robert L Cunningham February 1882 (Age 15 years) Note: Birth date/place based on 1900 Census |
| Birth of a brother | Dee Michie Cunningham March 1885 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 49 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 50 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 51 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 53 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 63 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 |
| Death of a mother | Nancy Caroline Megee May 2, 1930 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a father | Abner Webster Cunningham Sr December 26, 1934 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
 Death | November 27, 1945 (Age 79 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Elmwood Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Abner Webster Cunningham Sr Birth: August 24, 1839 — Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States Death: December 26, 1934 — Bowie, Montague, Texas, United States |
| mother |
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 elder brother |
James T Cunningham Birth: 1861 21 19 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
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3 years elder brother |
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 himself |
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 younger brother |
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 younger brother |
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 younger sister |
Labethe Cunningham Birth: about 1873 33 31 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
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 younger brother |
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 younger brother |
Robert L Cunningham Birth: February 1882 42 40 — Texas, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
Dee Michie Cunningham Birth: March 1885 45 43 — Texas, United States Death: April 18, 1968 — North Richland Hills, Tarrant, Texas, United States |
Aaron Washington Cunningham has 49 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (49)
Parents Daniel White Megee + Mahala Louisa Dunbar
Parents Daniel White Megee + Martha Jane Hurley
Parents Byram Edward Crownover + Mary Ann “Polly” Megee
Parents William Claude “Bill” Megee + Elizabeth Ann Cole
Parents William Claude “Bill” Megee + Edith “Eddie” Harris
Parents Stephen Jackson Megee + Sarah Crownover
Parents James Riley Reynolds + Martha E “Patsy” Megee
Parents John P Crownover + Martha E “Patsy” Megee
Parents John Martin Megee + Francis Emeline Cunningham
Parents Alfred Earls + Melissa Jane Megee
Parents William Jasper Guinn + Rhoda Adeline Megee
| 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 | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Abner Webster Cunningham Sr - Household
Bowie, Montague, Texas, United States
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