Melissa
May
Cunningham
formerly Simmons
Born in Grant City, Worth, Missouri, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Kimberland Simmons
and Octavia (Willhite) Simmons
Sister of
Katy Elizabeth (Simmons) Hannah, Mahala Jane (Simmons) Buell, Elmer Willhite Simmons, Simeon Joel Simmons, Myrtle (Simmons) Cunningham, Irven Simmons, Roscoe Simmons, Roy Eugene Simmons and Golda Carolina (Simmons) Stewart
Wife of
Oliver Crayton Cunningham
— married
13 Apr 1898 in Allen, Kansas, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Roberta Faye (Cunningham) Gifford, Mary Vivian (Cunningham) Heilman, Hazel Octava (Cunningham) McCollough, Kenneth Crayton Cunningham, Oscar Herman Cunningham, Lotus May (Cunningham) Reinhardt, Homer Miles Cunningham, Louise Genevieve (Cunningham) Harding, Doris Elizabeth (Cunningham) Bell and Myra Jean (Cunningham) Franklin
Died
at age 81
in Leanna, Allen, Kansas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Jun 2015
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Biography
Melissa was born in 1879. She is the daughter of John Simmons and Octavia Willhite. She passed away in 1961.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6NV-4PV : accessed 13 June 2015), Melisse May Simmons in household of John Simmons, Fletchall, Worth, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district 283, sheet 397B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0741; FHL microfilm 1,254,741.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2Z9-CMK : accessed 21 May 2017), Mae Cunningham in household of O C Cunningham, Big Creek, Neosho, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 193, sheet 9B, family 134, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 451; FHL microfilm 1,374,464.
- "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFXJ-GFL : accessed 17 May 2017), Melissa M Cunningham in household of Oliver C Cunningham, Big Creek, Neosho, Kansas, United States; citing ED 204, sheet 1A, line 11, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 542; FHL microfilm 1,820,542.
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7QP-BKB : accessed 17 May 2017), May Cunningham in household of Oliver C Cunningham, Big Creek, Neosho, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 3B, line 78, family 69, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 713; FHL microfilm 2,340,448.
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRKR-PLX : accessed 17 May 2017), M May Cunningham in household of O C Cunningham, Big Creek Township, Neosho, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67-1, sheet 2B, line 70, family 46, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1249.
- Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q293-6282 : 10 February 2016), Crayton Cunningham and May Simmons, 13 Apr 1898; citing Marriage, Allen, Kansas, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,412,149.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #24912609
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melissa 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 Melissa:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melissa 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 Melissa:
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~6.25%
David Stienmier
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
Rebecca Ruddell :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member rebeccalruddell
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~1.56%
Sarah Vaughn :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal SAR176e150d, Ancestry member sarahmariev1824
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