Marriage date: 09/30/1868
Marriage place: Linden, Iowa Co, WI, USA
Wife: Frances Eleanor BEST
Birthdate: 09/30/1853
Birthplace: Michigan or Canada
Death date: 05/04/1900
Place of death: Castana, Monona Co, IA, USA
Father: James BEST
Mother: Emma (unknown)
CHILDREN
Child No. 1: John Henry CUNNINGHAM
Sex: M
Birthdate: 12/11/1870
Birthplace: Calamine, Lafayette Co, WI, USA
Death date: 9/26/1942
Place of death: Waterloo, Douglas Co, NE, USA
Marriage date: 12/04/1892
Marriage place: Mapleton, Monona Co, IA, USA
Spouse's name: Viola Evelyn SCHRECKENGAUST
Child No. 2: Emma Sophia CUNNINGHAM
Sex: F
Birthdate: 08/18/1872
Birthplace: Winthrop, Buchanon Co, IA, USA
Death date: 11/23/1960
Place of death: Denison, Crawford Co, IA, USA
Marriage date: 05/17/1890
Marriage place: Ute, Monona Co, IA, USA
Spouse's name: Charles Preston DOWNING
Child No. 3: James William CUNNINGHAM
Sex: M
Birthdate: 04/03/1874
Birthplace: Winthrop, Buchanon Co, IA, USA
Death date: 12/25/1923
Place of death: Ute, Monona Co, IA, USA
Marriage date: 09/15/1894
Marriage place: Ute, Monona Co, IA, USA
Spouse's name: Olive Anna DOWNING
Child No. 4: Anna Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
Sex: F
Birthdate: 02/05/1877
Birthplace: Belmont, Lafayette Co, WI, USA
Death date: 02/02/1962
Place of death: Denison, Crawford Co, IA, USA
Marriage date: 10/02/1897
Marriage place: Ute, Monona Co, IA, USA
Spouse's name: James William DOWNING
Child No. 5: Mary Ellen "Mamie" CUNNINGHAM
Sex: F
Birthdate: 01/02/1881
Birthplace: WI, USA
Death date: 08/02/1885
Place of death: Danbury, Woodbury Co, IA, USA
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:
Child No. 6: Edward James CUNNINGHAM
Sex: M
Birthdate: 07/07/1884
Birthplace: Mapleton, Monona Co, IA, USA
Death date: 03/19/1945
Place of death: Onawa, Monona Co, IA, USA
Marriage date: 02/25/1905
Marriage place: Castana, Monona Co, IA, USA
Spouse's name: Maud Ernestine KASSING
Child No. 7: Grover C CUNNINGHAM
Sex: M
Birthdate: 05/25/1886
Birthplace: Danbury, Woodbury Co, IA, USA
Death date: 04/10/1887
Place of death: Danbury, Woodbury Co, IA, USA
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:
Child No. 8: Ethel Grace CUNNINGHAM
Sex: F
Birthdate: 04/06/1889
Birthplace: Danbury, Woodbury Co, IA, USA
Death date: 12/06/1949
Place of death: Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Victor SHADDUCK
Child No. 9: Charles Preston CUNNINGHAM
Sex: M
Birthdate: 07/29/1890
Birthplace: Jackson, Dakota Co, NE, USA
Death date: 05/01/1951
Place of death: Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Emma (unknown)
Child No. 10: Wayne Leroy CUNNINGHAM
Sex: M
Birthdate: 11/27/1893
Birthplace: Castana, Monona Co, IA, USA
Death date: 06/30/1979
Place of death: Bellflower, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Blanche Phyllis RIDDLE
Child No. 11: Edith Leona CUNNINGHAM
Sex: F
Birthdate: 10/22/1895
Birthplace: Castana, Monona Co, IA, USA
Death date: 09/1952
Place of death: Omaha, Douglas Co, NE, USA
Marriage date: abt 1920
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Ernest T SELANDER
Child No. 12: Clarence Elmer CUNNINGHAM
Sex: M
Birthdate: 11/09/1899
Birthplace: Castana, Monona Co, IA, USA
Death date: 09/18/1950
Place of death: Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA, USA
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Gladys MADISON
Documentation:
Cunningham Documents: There are six pages to this package of documents citing
birthdates, etc. These documents have been handed down through tthe generations of the
Cunningham family. The copies of these pages are in the posession of Linda Day-Reardon,
Chandler, AZ.
Identified as follows on July 4, 2001.
* FHC Microfilm #1266676 - Wisconsin Marriage Records.
* FHC Microfilm #1436148 - Monona County, IA - Marriage Records.
* FHC Microfiche #6331478, fiche #7 of 38. Unedited pre-1907 Birth Index-Wisconsin.
* Wisconsin Births, 1820-1907.
* FHC Microfilm #1443704 - Monona County Vital Records.
* FHC Microfilm #1436150 - Monona Co, IA - Marriage Records.