Thomas Scott Cunningham and Matilda Cook

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Husband Thomas Scott Cunningham ^{1 2}

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            AKA: John Cunningham,3 Thomas F. Cunningham 4
           Born: 30 Mar 1790 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 5
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           Died: 28 Mar 1855 - Mercer, Mercer Co, PA
         Buried:  - First Presbyterian Church, Mercer, Mercer Co, PA

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         Father: Alexander Cunningham (      -1806) 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Scott (      -      ) 5 7

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       Marriage: 7 Apr 1824 5

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Wife Matilda Cook ⁵

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            AKA: Matilda Cooke 2
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Children

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1 M Rev. Alexander Cunningham ^{2 5}

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2 F Grace Sarah Cunningham ^{5 9}

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            AKA: Grace M. Cunningham 8
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         Spouse: David Findley (      -Bef 1888) 3 9 10 11

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3 F Elizabeth Cunningham ^{2 3 5}

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           Born: 20 Jan 1819 3
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           Died: Aft 1909
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         Spouse: Rev. William Findley, D.D. (1808-1886) 3 11 12 13

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4 F Dorcas Cunningham ⁵

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5 F Jane Cunningham ⁵

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         Spouse: Samuel Henderson (      -1862) 14

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6 M John Cunningham ^{2 5}

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7 M Thomas O. Cunningham ²

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            AKA: Thomas Scott Cunningham 5
           Born: 9 Jun 1830 - Mercer Co, PA 8
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           Died: Aft 1888
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         Spouse: Esther Wallace (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Scott Cunningham

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He spent his early days in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the Washington College. He studied law in his native town, and was also admitted to the bar at that place. He came to Mercer, Pennsylvania, and was admitted to the bar of the county on November 17, 1813, when in his twenty-fourth year. His subsequent life was spent in Mercer, except when engaged in official life at the State capital. He was a man of fine legal attainments, but he had not the opportunity to develop his powers fully in his chosen calling, for he soon entered political life, and was greatly honored by his constituents. He was a member of both branches of the State Legislature, and served with great ability as speaker of the Senate. While in the Legislature he introduced a bill for the complete abolition of the laws of imprisonment for debt. He received for this humane measure much praise from the poor. His support of the bank measure in the Legislature, in opposition to his (Democratic) party, produced a bitter antagonism, from which he never fully recovered. From 1836 forward he was identified with the Whig party. He twice held the position of postmaster of Mercer - from October 1, 1817, to March 22, 1822, and from January 22, 1844, to January 20, 1845. He was associate judge for a period commencing February 15, 1849.
Gen. Cunningham, as he was familiarly called, was a generous, kind-hearted man, possessing many of the elements of the successful politician and man of the world. He was reared in the Associate Church, but never made a public profession of religion. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Grace S. Findley, in Mercer. [HMC 1888, 258]

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General Notes: Wife - Matilda Cook

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from Washington Co, PA

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 258, 652.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 439.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 681.

4 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 484.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 258.

6 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 224, 483.

7 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 224, 484.

8 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 440.

9 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 807.

10 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 258, 622.

11 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 411.

12 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 258, 662.

13 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 271.

14 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 729.