Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameBenjamin J. CUNNINGHAM
Birth Date1850
Death Date1934 Age: 84
FatherWiley Hamilton CUNNINGHAM (1830-1863)
MotherSarah BRAKEBILL (1829-1920)
Notes for Benjamin J. CUNNINGHAM
Father Pvt Wiley Hamilton Cunningham
Birth: Apr. 8, 1828
Blount County
Tennessee, USA
Death: Jul. 11, 1863
Marion County
Indiana, USA
Civil War Service Records
about Wiley H. Cunningham
Name: Wiley H. Cunningham
COMPANY: K
UNIT: 3 (Lillard's) Tennessee Mounted Infantry.
Rank - Induction: Private
Rank - Discharge: Private
Allegiance: Confederate
Notes: Cunningham, W. H.
Roster of Prison shows he died of Lung Infection at Morton Confederate Prison
Roll M598-101 shows that Whiley H Cunningham 3rd Middle Tennessee Company K was sent to Fort Delaware for Exchange on June 22, 1863
Roll Shows Whiley H Cunningham Captured at Champion Hill May 17, 1863
'.... shortly after the Confederate Conscription Act was passed, Wiley Hamilton Cunningham and Samuel Flanagin were working together near their homes when Confederate soldiers rode up and told them they had to go into the army. Sam pointed toward his house and asked if he could go say good bye to his wife. He was given permission to do so. He ran up to his house, entered the front door, grabbed his gun and ran out the back door and up the small mountain in the rear. The soldiers never found him. ....'
Charlie Cunningham was told the story by his grandmother - Sarah Brakebill Cunningham, Wiley Cunningham's widow.

Family links:
Spouse:
Sarah Brakebill Cunningham (1829 - 1920)*

Children:
Benjamin J. Cunningham (1850 - 1934)*
James B Cunningham (1851 - 1854)*
Oliver Perry Cunningham (1853 - 1914)*
Lavinia Cunningham Thomas (1857 - 1890)*
Ann E Cunningham Flannagin (1859 - 1937)*
William Harvey Cunningham (1861 - 1931)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Crown Hill Cemetery
Indianapolis
Marion County
Indiana, USA
Plot: 32-285


Created by: Jim Smaltz
Record added: Aug 25, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 29319920

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