Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Joseph Peter Cunningham    
                Born: Jan-  -1852           1
              Census: 1900                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  2
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Mary Elizabeth Ayers   3  
       Also known as: Elizabeth Ayers 
             Married: ca 1873               4,1
                Born: Mar-  -1853           1
              Census: 1900                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Rosa E. Cunningham      
                Born: Aug-  -1876          in Ritchie Co, WV  5
                Died: Oct- 8-1937          in Weston, Lewis Co, WV  6
              Buried:                      in Rock Grove Baptist Cemetery, Rt 33/119, Pickle Street, Lewis Co, WV  6
              Census: 1900                 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV  
             Husband: Abner Mason Stutler  b. Apr- 7-1864  d. Mar-19-1959  
             Married: Oct-14-1894          in Gilmer Co, WV  4
           M Child 2: William Preston Cunningham      
                Born: Oct- 4-1880           7 (see note 1)
                Died: Aug- 6-1955          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  8
              Buried:                      in Shinnston Memorial (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV  8
             Resided:                      in Meadowbrook, Harrison Co, WV  8
              Census: 1920, 1930           in Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1902                 at Racy, Ritchie Co, WV  7
              Census: 1900                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      coal miner  8,9
                Wife: Dora Bell Watson  b. Sep-  -1884  
             Married: Feb- 1-1902          at League, Ritchie Co, WV  10
           F Child 3: Mary Alice Cunningham   11   
       Also known as: Alice Cunningham 12,13,14
                Born: Jul-26-1889           11
                Died: Apr-10-1927          in Meadowbrook, Harrison Co, WV  11
              Buried:                      in Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV  8,11 (see note 2)
              Census: 1900                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: William Nute McNemar  b. Jul-15-1886  d. Apr-15-1934  
             Married: Feb-23-1913          in Ritchie Co, WV  15

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District) 
(2) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District) 
(3) Death record of son. 
(4) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District). 
(6) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(7) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(9) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(10) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as W. P. Cunningham, 21, b. Ritchie Co, res. at Racy W.Va; 
and Dora Bell Watson, 18, b. Ritchie Co, res. at League W.Va.  Married Feb 1 1902 at League, W.Va. MR p. 
155. 
(11) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(12) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(13) Marriage record of daughter. 
(14) Marriage record of son. 
(15) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
William N. McNemar, age 25; and Alice Cunningham, age 24.  Parents not identified.  Married Feb 23 
1913. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given as Ritchie County in marriage record, but Gilmer County in
death record.
Note (2) Harrison County death record states burial in Shinnston Cemetery, while death
certificate filed at West Virginia archives shows it as Smith Cemetery.







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