Biography
Christopher Cunningham, Private, 59th Tennessee Mounted Infantry, Company G.
Killed in a train wreck carrying soldiers to help bolster and fortify the garrison at Vicksburg.
Son of Claiborne Long Cunningham 1813–1863 and Mary Ann McKinsey 1816–1877, Marriage about 1834 in Blount County, Tennessee
September 1850: Sevier, Sevier, Tennessee; Christopher Cunnngham, Farmer, 37 Tennessee; Mary Cunningham 35 Tennessee; John Cunningham 14 Tennessee; Margaret Cunningham 13 Tennessee; Catharine Cunningham 11 Tennessee; Elizabeth Cunningham 10 Tennessee; Christopher Cunningham 9 Tennessee; Moses Cunningham 7 Tennessee; James Cunningham 2 Tennessee; William 10/12 Tennessee; Cite This Record "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD1-V5C
July 1860: 5th and Other Civil District, Monroe, Tennessee; Claiborne Cunningham, Farmer, 47 Tennessee; Mary A Cunningham 41 South Carolina; Margaret Cunningham 21 Tennessee; Catharine Cunningham 20 Tennessee; Elisabeth Cunningham 19 Tennessee; Christpher Cunningham17 Tennessee; Moses Cunningham 15 Tennessee; James Cunningham 12 Tennessee; David Cunningham 10 Tennessee; Moneroe Cunningham 6 Tennessee; Margaritt Cunningham 86 Tennessee; Cite This Record "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YM-3QW
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Burial: Chunky Creek Confederate Cemetery inm Chunky, Newton County, Mississippi
Find A Grave: Memorial #93013891
Web Page (Link to the Record) http://tngennet.org/monroe/Bible/cunningham/cunningham.htm
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nnessee; Christopher Cunningham, Farmer,./ 37 Tennessee; Mary Cunningham 35 Tennessee; John Cunningham 14 Tennessee; Margaret Cunningham 13 Tennessee; Catharine Cunningham 11 Tennessee; Elizabeth Cunningham 10 Tennessee; Christopher Cunningham 9 Tennessee; Moses Cunningham 7 Tennessee; James Cunningham 2 Tennessee; William 0 Tennessee; Cite This Record "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD1-V5C
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Census records
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