Louisa
Cunningham
formerly Hunt aka Ijams
Born in Virginia, USA
Daughter of [father unknown] and Rhoda (Unknown) Hunt
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Robert William Cunningham
— married
23 Feb 1833 in Austin, Texas
Wife of
Basil Gaither Ijams Sr.
— married
8 May 1838 in Colorado Co. Texas
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Ellen (Cunningham) Clapp, Margaret Jennie (Ijams) Cone, Nancy Anna Ijams, William H. Ijams and Basil Gaither Ijams
Died
at age 60
in Colorado, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Oct 2015
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Biography
Louisa was born Nov 30, 1811 in Virginia, USA.
- Marriage: Feb 23, 1833. Robert W Cunningham, Alamo Defender
- Child: Mary (Cunningham) Clapp born 1834 in Austin Colony.
Robert William Cunningham was killed in the Battle of the Alamo, March 6, 1836. Louisa and daughter inherited the land bounty which was awarded to Robert's heirs by the Republic of Texas.[1]
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| Widow request for Land Bounty. |
Louisa had a total of 2 children.
She died July 14, 1872 in Columbus, Colorado County, Texas.
She is buried in Ijams Cemetery, Colorado County Texas, USA [4]
Sources
- ↑ https://s3.glo.texas.gov/ncu/SCANDOCS/archives_webfiles/arcmaps/webfiles/landgrants/PDFs/1/0/6/0/1060784.pdf
- ↑ Marriage Records of Colorado County, 1837-1886. "I" Surnames Nesbitt Memorial Museum, Columbus Texas.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Web: Colorado County, Texas, Marriage Index, 1837-1886 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013; Original data: Marriage Records of Colorado County, 1837-1886. Nesbitt Memorial Library.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55267654/louisa-c-ijams: accessed 12 July 2023), memorial page for Louisa C Hunt Ijams (30 Nov 1811–14 Jul 1872), Find A Grave: Memorial #55267654, citing Ijams Cemetery, Glidden, Colorado County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Mary Hogan Moore (contributor 47310411).
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