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Right now I don't have the father of this man, John Alexander Cunningham.  Census records reveal a John living in the house with a German family in Uniontown, Fayette Co. in 1850 but I haven't as yet proved this lineage.  Below you will find Census records and the family group sheet.

Adrianne

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Descendants of John Alexander Cunningham
                   
    1     John Alexander Cunningham     b: July 13, 1841 in Pennsylvania, US        
..        +Elizabeth Ann Conner    b: April 02, 1837 in Greene Co, Pennsylvania, US    m: Abt. 1862 in Greene Co, PA   
.........    2     Emma Jane Cunningham     b: June 27, 1863 in Greene Co, PA         d: December 04, 1944 in Carmichaels,                       Cumberland Borough, Greene, Pennsylvania, US
.........    2     Mary Elizabeth Cunningham     b: September 11, 1865 in Green Co, Pennsylvania, US        
.............        +Charles Edwin Connor         m: Abt. 1885   
....................    3     Lena Connor            
....................    3     Cecil Connor            
....................    3     Ruth Connor            
....................    3     Mary Connor            
....................    3     Kathleen Connor            
....................    3     Agnes Connor            
....................    3     William Connor            
.........    2     Clarence E Cunningham     b: October 30, 1869 in Green co, Pennsylvania, US        
.............        +Gertrude Cumrine         m: Abt. 1889   
....................    3     Arleigh Cunningham            
....................    3     Edgar Cunningham            
....................    3     Mary Cunningham            
....................    3     Roy Cunningham            
....................    3     Dorothy Cunningham            
....................    3     Bernice Cunningham            
....................    3     Alice Cunningham            
....................    3     Hilda Cunningham            
.........    2     Walter Cunningham     b: May 09, 1872 in Cumberland, Greene, Pennsylvania, US        
.............        +May Connor         m: Abt. 1892   
....................    3     Clyde Cunningham            
........................        +Unknown Cargo (?)            
....................    3     Margaret Cunningham            
........................        +Paul Connor            
.........    2     Minnie Lee Cunningham     b: June 25, 1874 in Green Co, Pennsylvania, US        
.............        +Joseph Keener         m: Abt. 1894   
.........    2     John Henry Cunningham     b: July 22, 1877 in Green Co, Pennsylvania, US        
.............        +Helen Ruth         m: Abt. 1877   
.........    2     Charles Linn Cunningham     b: June 30, 1879 in Green Co, Pennsylvania, US         d: January 15, 1901 in  Glades                          Cemetery, Cumberland Twp, Greene Co. PA


1790 Fayette County North Union Borough twp

CUNNINGHAM, PATT pg. 110
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1800 Fayette Co.

CD doesn't but 1 in whole county and I know that's not accurate.
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1810 Fayette Co. Union twp.

MARY CUNNINGHAM pg. 101
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM pg. 102
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1820 Fayette Co

CD doesn't but 1 in whole county and I know that's not accurate.
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1830 Fayette Co. Union twp

GEORGE CUNNINGHAM pg. 114
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM pg. 121
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1840 Fayette Co., Union twp

JOHN CUNNINGHAM PG. 338
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM PG. 339
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1850 Fayette Co. Union twp/Borough


GEORGE CUNNINGHAM PG. 208
JOHN CUNNINGHAM PG. 196
JOHN CUNNINGHAM PG. 152
MARY CUNNINGHAM PG. 189
ROBERT CUNNINGHAM PG. 138
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1860 Fayette co., Union twp

JOHN CUNNINGHAM PG. 302 NORTH UNION TWP
MARY CUNNINGHAM PG. 063 BROWNSVILLE
ROBERT CUNNINGHAM PG. 298 NORTH UNION TWP

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In these Census records above are our Possible ancestor!!


1850 Union Twp., Fayette Co., PA, p. 152 House #73

Frederick BYRON, 57 yrs., male, farmer, Value Real Estate$7,000, b.Germany
Susan BYRON, 54 yrs., female, b. PA
Elizabeth ELLIS, 26 yrs., female, b. PA
John CUNNINGHAM, 8 yrs., male, b. PA   (could be my John)
Louisa CUNNINGHAM, 6 yrs., female, b. PA
Jonah DERNE, 27 yrs., male, b, PA
Eliza DERNek, 29 yrs., female, b. PA

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THESE ARE CENSUS RECORDS OF MY FAMILY...CONFIRMED!

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Census Records Cumberland County Greene County Pennsylvania 1880

Household number is #141


Cunningham, John 38 laborer PA MD PA
Elizabeth 41 wife PA MD PA
Emma J. 17 daughter
Mary E. 14 daughter
Clarence E. 10 son- laborer
Walter 8 son
Minnie 6 daughter
John H. 2 son
Charley L. 11/12 June son

Living next door to Elizabeth's Father & Mother (see CONNER)
Griffith Sarah L. 41 keeping house
Lewis F. 18 laborer
George W. 15 laborer
Edgar C. 12
Ollie S. 8
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1900 Cumberland Township, Greene Co. PA.


CUNNINGHAM, John 7/1841 58 m30
Elizabeth 4/1837 63 m30 Children 6 - living 6
Walter son 5/1872 28 s
Minnie Lee dau 6/1873 26 s
John Henry son 6/1876 23
Charles L. son 6/1878 21


House #157, p. 21

John CUNNINGHAM, 28 yrs., male, white, farm laborer,Value Personal Estate:$300, b. PA
Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM, 32 yrs., female, white, b. PA Page 22
Emma Jane CUNNINGHAM, 7 yrs., female, white, b. PA, attended school
Mary E. CUNNINGHAM, 4 yrs., female, white, b. PA, attended school
Clarence CUNNINGHAM, 6/12 yr., male, white, b. PA

Next door to wife's parents
George W. Conner 22 yrs. old


Questions asked in the 1910 Census 

The 1910 census schedules record each person�s name and relationship to the head of household; sex; color or race; age at last birthday; marital status; length of present marriage; if a mother, number of children and number of living children; birthplace and parents� birthplaces; if foreign born, year of immigration and citizenship status; language spoken; occupation; type of industry employed in; whether employer, employee, or self-employed; number of weeks unemployed in 1909 if applicable; ability to read and write; if attended daytime school since 1 September 1909; if home was rented or owned; if owned, whether free or mortgaged; if home was a house or a farm; if a veteran of the Union or Confederate army or navy; if blind in both eyes, and if deaf and dumb. The Indian schedule also recorded the tribe and/or band. 


1910 Census, District 98 Cumberland township (part of) excluding Carmichaels borough and Rices Landing borough All south of Muddy Creek and the north branch of Muddy Creek 

J*hn A Cunningham 
Age: 68 State: PA; Color: W; Birth Place: Pennsylvania, PA, PA, Visit: 0222 ; County: Greene 
Relation: Head of Household ; owns his home, reads but doesn't write
Wife Elisabethan A; 73 Pennsylvania, PA, PA; married 47 yrs., 7 children, 6 living, reads & writes.