Mary
Emma
Cunningham
Born in Hawkins Chapel, Young county Tx
Daughter of Christopher Columbus Cunningham
and Nancy T. Wear
Sister of
Mansye Armenia (Cunningham) Barrett, Lila Brooks (Cunningham) Carpenter, Iva Mae Cunningham, Vivia Mae Cunningham and Buford Leon Cunningham
Wife of
Benjamin Franklin Barrett
— married
20 Aug 1910 in Graham TX
Descendants 
Mother of
Singleton Brooks Barrett, Singleton Barrett, Billie Glen Barrett and Benjamin Franklin Barrett Jr
Died
at age 66
in Olney, Young, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Jul 2017
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Biography
Mary was born in 1892. She passed away in 1959.
About Cunningham, *Mary Emma Family legend says she was supposed to be an Indian named "Morning Swan". She and her siblings were taken away and put into a Methodist orphanage in Ft. Worth. Every orphan was given the name Cunningham (the name of the man who ran the orphanage)They were all given English names and adopted out to white families.
- UPDATE***
My cousin Kathryn Towson says her father Singleton Jr. calls this story completely false. See her bio for the complete email.
She is listed as Emma Cunningham, "orphan" in the Masonic Home, in the 1910 census for Forest Hill, Tarrant Co., TX, age 16, born TX, both parents born U.S.
Sources
- www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13427632
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
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