Jesse A. Cunningham and Nancy "Nannie" McFarren

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Husband Jesse A. Cunningham ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1831 3
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           Died: Aft 1906
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         Father: John William Cunningham (1794-1865) 1 2 4 5
         Mother: Rachel Wallace (1798-1870) 1 2 5

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Wife Nancy "Nannie" McFarren ^{1 3}

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         Father: Rev. Dr. Samuel McFarren (      -      ) 3
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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Jesse A. Cunningham

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At the opening of the Civil war he was engaged in the mercantile business with his brother Samuel in Blairsville, Pennsylvania. The firm contributed the money to raise a Company that in October, 1861, offered its services to the Government for three years or during the war. It was enlisted as Co. B, 56th Regt. P. V. As First Lieutenant and Captain he participated in all the battles of the Potomac from the battle of Gainesville, Virginia, August, 1862, up to and including the battle of Chancellorsville, June, 1863. On the march to Gettysburg, he gave out and was taken to a hospital at Philadelphia and discharged from the service in November, 1863.

Later in life he resided in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

1 Editor, 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 Editor, 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.