Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William Cunningham and Polly Weimer




Husband William Cunningham 1 2 3 4

           Born: 15 May 1805 - ? Lawrence Co, PA 3 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Jun 1878 - Venango Co, PA 1 5
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 6


         Father: Benjamin Cunningham (1770-1843) 2 3 7 8
         Mother: Margaret Morton (      -      ) 7 8 9


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Margaret White (      -      ) 3 5 - 23 Nov 1826 3 5

   Other Spouse: [Unk] Kline (      -Aft 1878) 4



Wife Polly Weimer 3 5

            AKA: [Unk] Werner,4 Margaret Wymer 1
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


Children
1 M William B. Cunningham 3 5

           Born: 1846
     Christened: 
           Died: 1905 - Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 5
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 6
         Spouse: Mary Walsmith (      -Aft 1913) 3 5


2 M Henry Lewis Cunningham 1 3 5 10

           Born: 12 May 1848 - East Brook, Washington Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Jun 1902 - Venango Co, PA 5 10
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 11
         Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Hovis (1849-1926) 1 5 10
           Marr: 1878 1 5


3 F Margaret Cunningham 3 5

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1919
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Frank T. Miller (      -Aft 1919) 3



General Notes: Husband - William Cunningham


He lived in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, until his removal to Venango County in 1858. Here he spent the rest of his life. He purchased the Walter farm in Clinton Township, about two miles north of Clintonville, and followed agricultural pursuits on that place. He was married three times and was the father of seven children.


General Notes: Wife - Polly Weimer


She was killed in a "runaway accident".

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Sources


1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1005.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 964.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 327.

4 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 825.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 965.

6 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 31.

7 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 129.

8 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 470.

9 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 742.

10 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 29.

11 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 43.


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