Husband: Jacob CUNNIUS
aka: Jack COONEST / CONNESS
Birthdate: Abt 1827
Birthplace: Alabama
Death date: Dec 10, 1863
Place of death: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Father: Tarleton CUNNIUS
Mother: Kathryn NICHOLAS

Marriage date: Sept 11, 1841
Marriage place: Conway Co., Arkansas

Wife: Sarah Ann "Sally" HOLDER
aka: Sally HOLDEN
Birthdate: Abt 1824
Birthplace: Kentucky
Death date: Abt April 1864
Place of death: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Mary J. CUNNIUS
Sex: F
Birthdate: Between 1842-1844
Birthplace: Conway Co., Arkansas
Death date: Abt 1872
Place of death: Springfield, Missouri
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: None

Child No. 2: Benjamin Franklin COONIS
Sex: M
Birthdate: Jan 30, 1846
Birthplace: Conway Co., Arkansas
Death date: Sept 24, 1933
Place of death: Bolivar, Polk Co., Missouri
Marriage date: Oct 29, 1866
Marriage place: Greene Co., Missouri
Spouses' names: Sarah Ann PENTER

Child No. 3: Frances F. (Jane) CUNNIUS
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abt 1848
Birthplace: Conway Co., Arkansas
Death date: Abt 1870
Place of death: Arkansas ??
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: unknown

Child No. 4: John CONNESS
Sex: M
Birthdate: November 30, 1852
Birthplace: Brush or Bear Creek, Searcy Co., Arkansas
Death date: December 16, 1931
Place of death: Granby, Newton Co., Missouri
Marriage date: July 4, 1873
Marriage place: unknown
Spouses' names: Susannah ARNALL

Child No. 5: Nancy Evaline CONNESS
Sex:
Birthdate: July 20, 1852
Birthplace: Searcy Co., Arkansas
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: Aug 13, 1873
Marriage place: Sagamon Co., Illinois
Spouses' names: Edward H. LEWIS

Child No. 6: Jasper Newton CONNESS
Sex: M
Birthdate: January 13, 1860
Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas
Death date: November 16, 1947
Place of death: Missouri
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: Arkansas
Spouses' names: Delcinia DOSS

Child No. 7: Alexander M. CONNESS
Sex: M
Birthdate: Abt 1863
Birthplace: Searcy Co., Arkansas
Death date: Abt June 1864
Place of death: Fayetteville, Washington Co., Arkansas
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: None

Child No. 8: Martha P. CONNESS
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abt 1863
Birthplace: Searcy Co., Arkansas
Death date: Abt June 1864
Place of death: Fayetteville, Washington Co., Arkansas
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: None
 
 
Documentation:
* 1850 census Welborn Twnshp., Conway Co., Arkansas dated 1 Oct 1850 Roll M432_25 census pg 230A HH6
* 1860 census Tomahawk Twnshp., Searcy Co., Arkansas dated 25 July 1860 M653_50 census pg 62 HH274
* Civil War pension documents, application for Widow's Pension dated March 17, 1864. Minor Pension application and affidavits 1902 thru 1911. Written affidavits by Benjamin F. Coonis and marriage and death certificates on Benjamin F. Coonis.

Notes:
* Jacob enlisted in the Civil War Aug 1863 as a private in Co. "H" 1st Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry.
* The correct spelling of the last name was Cunnius. Benjamin spelled it Coonis and since the minor children had been orphaned in 1864 they thought the spelling was Conness, and went by that spelling.