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History of Early Pioneer Families of Hood River, Oregon. Compiled by Mrs. D.M. Coon

THOMAS J. CUNNING AND FAMILY D.M.C. 1895

Thomas J. Cunning was born November 8, 1838, in Ohio, and was of Scotch-Irish descent. He was raised and educated in his native state and after completing the High School course, learned the miller trade. At the outbreak of the Civil War, in 1861, he enlisted in Co. K. 24th Ohio Infantry, serving until June 1865, when he was honorably discharged at Washington, D.C. He was in the battle of Green Briar, Cheat Mountain, Murfreesboro, Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain, and many minor engagements but was never wound-ed. He was married to Mary Kinsey in October 1865 and their children are Thomas O., of Texas; Mrs. Rose Linthicus of Boise, Idaho; Mrs. Emma Butler of Boise, Idaho; Alton and Arthur, both of Hood River. Mr. Cunning and family moved to Missouri in 1869, where he engaged in the milling business for twenty five years.
He was postmaster at Mount Moriah, in Harrison County for four years. During his entire residence in Missouri he was prominent in politics and educational matters.
Mrs. Cunning died October 4, 1889 at Mount Moriah. On February 24, 1894 Mr. Cunning married Mrs. Agnes Blount Markham, a native of N.Y.
They moved to Hood River in 1895, purchasing a farm in the Barrett district. Later this farm was sold and a substantial residence built on Hood River Heights. Then they moved to Los Angeles where Mr. Cunning died.

Obituary notice from Hood River paper.

"Mrs. Agnes Markham Cunning, widow of the late T.J. Cunning passed away at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chandler Sunday after a weeks illness with pneumonia. Mrs. Cunning was 75 years old. Her first marriage occurred in l860 at Clay Center, Kansas, to Wesley Markham. Following his death she was married to Mr. Cunning in 1894.
She is survived by one son, Claude Markham, and three stepsons, Arthur, Alton and Officer Cunning.