Early Life and Times of Boone County, Indiana, published May 1877, republished 1974

SAMUEL CUNNINGHAM This good old man was born in North Carolina, Bedford
County, in the year 1802; came to Union County, and lived there until 1848, when he
came to Jackson Township; settled near Jamestown, where he lived until his death,
which occurred in September, 1886. His wife died very suddenly, at Jamestown, April,
1886 -- just a few months previous to his death. This venerable couple were well and
favorably known throughout the county for their true worth. Mr. Cunningham was in
person a large man, and must have been in his best days a very strong man, fully six feet
high and well made in every respect, light hair and fair complexion. I saw him a few
weeks before his death, and a short time after his wife's death. With a full heart, and eyes
full of tears, he told me about her death; said it would not be long before he, too, would
go. The following are his children's names: Mariah, George, Hannah, John, William,
James, Samuel, Nancy, Francis M. and Mary L. There are but four of them living -- two
sons and two daughters.

CUNNINGHAM