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THE CUNNINGHAM FAMILY.
James Cunningham was born in Lancaster County in 1857, and removed in 1784 to Rostraver township, where he had purchased a considerable tract of land, He married Mary Robinson, of this township. Their children were:
1. Robert, born April 15, 1790.
2. Mary, married James Elliot.
3. Alexander.
4. James.
5. John.
6. William.
7. Nancy, died unmarried.
He served in the navy in the Revolutionary war, and died in 1841. He had a distillery on his farm, where the populace often met in the "Whiskey Insurrection of 1784" to discuss their grievances. Robert Cunningham married Brittie Bennett in 1818. He served in the war of 1812 in Capt. James Markle’s company, and was shot through the body, but lived to be eighty-four years of age, and died Aug. 20, 1873. His children were:
1. John Bennett, born Jan. 1, 1820.
2. Mary, married John V. Hurst.
3. Harriet, died young.
4. Nancy.
5. Harriet (second), died young.
6. Lavina.
7. Elvira.
8. William H.
9. Minerva.
10. James Elliott.
The family is of Scotch-Irish origin, and settled in Lancaster County on arrival in America in 1725.
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