Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Cunningham and Eliza Jane Taylor




Husband John Cunningham 1 2 3

           Born: 28 Oct 1834 - Blairsville, Indiana Co, PA 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Dec 1893 - Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 3
         Buried:  - Blairsville Cemetery, Blairsville, Indiana Co, PA


         Father: John William Cunningham (1794-1865) 1 2 4 5
         Mother: Rachel Wallace (1798-1870) 1 2 5


       Marriage: 1 Jan 1868 - New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 3



Wife Eliza Jane Taylor 3

            AKA: Eliza Isabella McFarren,1 Eliza I. Taylor 2
           Born: 11 May 1836 - near New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Dec 1899 2
         Buried: 


         Father: William Taylor (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Jane Braden (      -      ) 2




Children
1 M Jesse Edward Braden Cunningham 6 7

           Born: 19 Dec 1868 - Johnstown, Cambria Co, PA 2 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Clyde Beaumont (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 4 Jul 1894 7 8


2 F Mary Taylor Cunningham 2 7

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John C. Silsley (      -      ) 2 7



General Notes: Husband - John Cunningham


He was born in Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Here his early years were passed, and he acquired his education in the common schools of the borough. He was apprenticed to the trade of carpentering, and upon the completion of his apprenticeship went west, spending some time in California, where he worked at his trade. He returned east, locating in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in mercantile business, with which he was closely identified for the remainder of his life. He removed to Mount Pleasant in 1873, located on a farm near the borough limits, and engaged in farming in addition to his mercantile pursuits. He was a loyal supporter of the Republican party, but never sought office. During the greater part of his mature life he was an elder in the Presbyterian church. He was a member of Acacia Lodge No. 355, Free and Accepted Masons, of Blairsville, and was buried with Masonic rites in Blairsville cemetery.

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Sources


1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 359.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 342.

3 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 105.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 591.

5 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 104.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 341.

7 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 106.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 343.


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