This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cunnea Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wg.2ADE/1386 Message Board Post: Cunnea, James (deceased), who was associated with the earlier banking history of Morris, was born in Ireland, January 6, 1810, a son of Patrick and Isabella (Brown) Cunnea. Although the family came to the United States in 1846, it was not until 1866 that they located at Morris. Here James Cunnea with his father conducted a loan office, and in 1872 bought the First National Bank of Seneca, Ill., and removing it to Morris changed the name to that of the First National Bank of Morris. Mr. Cunnea was a Democrat in political faith. He married in Ireland, March 4, 1834, Ann Glackin, and they had twelve children, eight of whom grew to maturity, namely: Thomas, John, James, George A., Isabella, Maria, Catherine and Anna. Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois, 1914, page 799