Surnames mentioned: Cunningham, Weaver, Smith, Everhart, Snyder, Coochis, Landis, Hush, Clark, Rush From: Memoirs of the Miamia Valley, Vol. III, 1919. pages 152, 153, 154 Harry H. Cunningham. Nearly a century has rolled around since the first settlement of the Cunningham family in Ohio, and during that time its members have been leading citizens and prosperous agriculturists of Butler county. Of the men who worthily represent this name today, one who has made a success of his operations is Harry H. Cunningham, of Wayne township. Mr. Cunningham was born in this township, January 2, 1880, a son of Andrew and Sarah Jane (Weaver) Cunningham. The founder of the family in the United States was the great-grandfather of Harry H. Cunningham, Samuel F. Cunningham, who was born in Ireland in 1770, and came from Conway, Ireland, to America about the year 1795, locating at Trenton, N. J. He was there married in 1800 to Mary Smith, and took up his residence near Trenton, N. J. In 1820 he came to Trenton, Butler county, Ohio, where he passed the rest of his life in farming. He was the father of six children: James; Robert, who went to Illinois; George, wh! o settled at Pittsburg, Pa.; and three daughters. James Cunningham, the grandfather of Harry, went, in about 1860, to Illinois, where he passed the rest of his life as an agriculturist and died in 1891 at the age of eighty-eight years. July 28, 1829, he married Ruth Smith, who was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1801, and died in Wayne township, Butler county, in 1854. She was a daughter of James Smith, born in 1763 in Cumberland county, Pa., who settled at the mouth of Four Mile creek, in St. Clair township, Butler county, and died in 1834. James and Ruth (Smith) Cunningham were the parents of six children: William, born in 1830; Elizabeth, born in 1831; Isabella, born in 1833; James, born in 1834; Andrew, born in 1836; and David K., born in 1838. Andrew Cunningham, the father of Harry H., was born near Seven Mile, on the banks of Cotton Run creek, Butler county, October 3, 1836. He was married May 6, 1860, to Sarah Jane Weaver, who was born near Jacksonboro, Ohio, in 1! 842. Following their union they settled in Wayne township, where they passed the remainder of their lives, Mrs. Cunningham passing away in 1884 and her husband in 1914, and both being buried at Elk creek. They were the parents of the following children: Mary M., Martin W., Esther, Sarah E., John A., William J., Harry H. and Edith. The history of the Weaver family in America is a long and honorable one. The direct immigrant ancestor of Harry H. Cunningham on his mother's side was Frederick Weaver, who came from Germany and in 1730, lived in Lower Sancon township, Northampton county, Va. He was a member of the Lutheran congregation and the Weavers in direct descent from him were of the Lutheran faith, up to and including the grandfather of Harry H. Cunningham. Frederick Weaver had five children: Jacob; George; Michael, the ancestor of Mr. Cunningham; and two daughters, one of whom married Arnold Everhart. Eight of the grandchildren of Frederick Weaver fought as soldiers of the Revolution, and most of them were in the service under Gen. Geor! ge Washington. The record of one of these patriots, Jacob Weaver, is as follows: Jacob Weaver, Northampton county, Pa., ensign 3d Pennsylvania Battalion, April 22, 1776; taken prisoner at Fort Washington, November, 16, 1776; exchanged December 12, 1776; was retained as captain of company to rank of independent company, January 13, 1777; annexed to the 10th Pennsylvania, November 7, 1777; retired in January, 1781. About 1750 Michael Weaver married Catherine Snyder, a native of the same county, and they had six children: John; Henry; Michael; Philip, the great-grandfather of Harry H. Cunningham; a daughter who married Thomas Coochis and settled at Darrtown, Ohio, in 1805; and a daughter who married Mr. Landis, and whose descendants are still found numerously in Butler county. Philip Weaver, the great-grandfather of Harry H. Cunningham, was born in Northampton county, Pa., in 1765, and died in 1835. He was married August 11,1787, to Catherine Hush, who was born in 1767, in No! rthumberland county, Pa., and died in 1845, in Butler county. They wer e the parents of four children, Henry, Michael, Catherine and John, all born in Pennsylvania, and all dying in Butler county, Ohio, and were buried in Elk Creek cemetery, which has been used as a burial place by this family for over a century and is still the resting place of the younger descendants. The order of births and deaths follow: Henry and Michael were born in Lancaster, Lancaster county, Pa., the former born in 1789, and died in 1875. The latter was born in 1792, and died in 1813. Catherine was born in 1795, about ten miles north of Doylestown, Bucks county, Pa., and died in Butler county in 1865. Catherine Weaver married Samuel Snyder, of Madison township, Butler county, Ohio. Philip Weaver, Mr. Cunningham's great-grandfather, was a drummer boy during the Revolutionary war, under General Washington, when he was but twelve years of age. By the close of the struggle, however, he was able to bear arms, and subsequently received a pension for the services which ! he rendered as a soldier of the line. In 1808 Philip Weaver and his family migrated from eastern Northampton county, Pa., over the Alleghany mountains in the old-fashioned way, by wagon to Pittsburg. There the family and household goods were placed on one raft and the livestock on another and thus the little party and its worldly effects traveled down the Ohio river to Cincinnati. They then followed the Miami river as far north as Hamilton, and in 1809 settled on a farm in Wayne township. Henry Weaver, of the above family, served in the War of 1812. After the surrender of Hull the whole country was in a state of commotion and the necessary troops to keep up the defenses of the western frontier were drafted, among the men thus chosen for service being Henry Weaver. His time was originally set for sixty days, but he was out only twenty-six days, under General Winchester, at Fort Defiance, when he was relieved. John Weaver, the grandfather of Harry H. Cunningham, was bor! n ten miles north of Doylestown, Bucks county, Pa., and ten miles sout h of the Weaver homestead, located in Lower Sancon township, Northampton county, Pa., in 1799, and died in Butler county, in 1880. He was married October 14, 1824, to Esther Clark, who was born near Trenton, N. J., in 1805, and died in 1873. They became the parents of five sons and five daughters: Jacob, born in 1825, who died in infancy; Catherine, born in 1826; Elizabeth, born in 1829; Mary Ann, born in 1831; Henry, born in 1833; Philip, born in 1835; John C., born in 1837; Martin, born in 1840; Sarah Jane, born in 1842; and Eliza Ellen. Of these children, Sarah Jane Weaver married Andrew Cunningham, and their eight children were as follows: Mary Ann, born in 1861, who is deceased; Martin W., born in 1863; Esther, born in 1867, who is deceased; Sarah E., born in 1870; John A., born in 1873; William J., born in 1876; Harry H., born in 1880; and Edith, born in 1882. Harry H. Cunningham received a common school education in Wayne township and worked on the home farm, being! identified therewith until 1916, when he came to his present property in Wayne township. This is a tract of seventy-eight acres, which he has put under a high state of cultivation and in the management and operation of which Mr. Cunningham has shown himself a capable and industrious agriculturist. The manner in which he has conducted his business transactions has created a favorable impression upon his associates and his standing is correspondingly high in commercial circles. With the members of his family he, holds membership in the Presbyterian church and has always faithfully discharged the obligations and responsibilities of citizenship, and during the war period was a generous contributor to all activities. Mr. Cunningham married Eleanor May, daughter of William Rush, of Henry county, Ohio, November 18, 1909, and to this union there have come two children: Fay, born October 22, 1910, who died in infancy; and Floyd, born in Henry county, Ohio, February 4, 1913.' Gary King Batavia IL Researching in Knox, Licking, Perry Counties, OHIO: Butcher, Crotinger, Davis, McClurg, Wheatcraft, Cooperrider, Beckenbaugh, Neighbarger, Catt, Wilkin In Butler Co., Ohio: Stahlheber, Kippenberger, Beiser, Pater, King In Clermont Co., Ohio: King, Bartlett, Hall, Aylward. In Botetourt Co. Virginia: King, Bean, Dooley, Mayo, Fouts/Foutz/Fout In McLean Co., Illinois: Crotinger, Mickens, Bierbower, Jones, Buck. In Kane Co. Illinois: Gustafson, Maier, Butcher, Keifer, Lindgren Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at http://www.raogk.org/ -----Original Message----- From: rbsdws <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:57:47 -0600 Subject: Lookups Hello, I would like to see if you might be able to find anything on James & Ruth (Smith) Cunningham. She is buried in the Jackskonburg Cem. Butler Co., OH with a daughter named Elizabeth. Ruth was born Feb. 15, 1801, they were married July 28, 1829 also in Jacksonburg. Thank you, Richard B. Smith [email protected]

I have taken digital photographs of all the visible tombstones in the Jacksonburg Cemetery in Wayne township (winter 2005). I have not found a way to post all the photgraphs on the web to date. I have pictures of Ruth Smith Cunningham and Elizabeth Cunningham's tombstones that can be emailed to those who have an interest. I have taken digital phtographs of tombstones throughout Butler County . I have taken pictures but not necessarily transcribed all the visible old tombstones at; Clawson Cemetery, Liberty Township section 8 Baker burial ground, Liberty Township Section31 Ayers Whitehead burial ground, Liberty Township Section 1 Woodmansee Sugar Valley burial ground, Liberty Township Section 3 Springhill Cemetery, Liberty Township Section 20 No stones visible of the Hunt cemetery Liberty Township, Section 20 or section 14 Smiley burials on the Elks Club Golf Course, Liberty Township Section 10 Gregory Burials, Lemon Township Section 35 Amanda Cemetery, Lemon Township Section 26- all photos online at www.rootsweb.com/~ohmidcem/ Pleasant Hill/ North Monroe Cemetery oldest stones only, Lemon Twp Section 18 Samuel's Cemetery, Hanover Township section 28 When I get Liberty Township under control I hope the Township will post the tombstone information online. It would be nice to get all of the old tombstones in Butler County photographed before more of the stones are buried and the graveyards/ cemeteries are lost. Please contact me if you have an interest in a Liberty Township tombstone photograph or other tombstones in the area. Caroline Huppi, Liberty Township [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 7:55 AM Subject: [OHBUTLER-L] Memoirs of the Miami Valley - CUNNINGHAM > Surnames mentioned: Cunningham, Weaver, Smith, Everhart, Snyder, Coochis, Landis, Hush, Clark, Rush > > From: Memoirs of the Miamia Valley, Vol. III, 1919. pages 152, 153, 154 > > Harry H. Cunningham. Nearly a century has rolled around since the first settlement of the Cunningham family in Ohio, and during that time its members have been leading citizens and prosperous agriculturists of Butler county. Of the men who worthily represent this name today, one who has made a success of his operations is Harry H. Cunningham, of Wayne township. Mr. Cunningham was born in this township, January 2, 1880, a son of Andrew and Sarah Jane (Weaver) Cunningham. The founder of the family in the United States was the great-grandfather of Harry H. Cunningham, Samuel F. Cunningham, who was born in Ireland in 1770, and came from Conway, Ireland, to America about the year 1795, locating at Trenton, N. J. He was there married in 1800 to Mary Smith, and took up his residence near Trenton, N. J. In 1820 he came to Trenton, Butler county, Ohio, where he passed the rest of his life in farming. He was the father of six children: James; Robert, who went to Illinois; George, wh! > o settled at Pittsburg, Pa.; and three daughters. James Cunningham, the grandfather of Harry, went, in about 1860, to Illinois, where he passed the rest of his life as an agriculturist and died in 1891 at the age of eighty-eight years. July 28, 1829, he married Ruth Smith, who was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1801, and died in Wayne township, Butler county, in 1854. She was a daughter of James Smith, born in 1763 in Cumberland county, Pa., who settled at the mouth of Four Mile creek, in St. Clair township, Butler county, and died in 1834. James and Ruth (Smith) Cunningham were the parents of six children: William, born in 1830; Elizabeth, born in 1831; Isabella, born in 1833; James, born in 1834; Andrew, born in 1836; and David K., born in 1838. Andrew Cunningham, the father of Harry H., was born near Seven Mile, on the banks of Cotton Run creek, Butler county, October 3, 1836. He was married May 6, 1860, to Sarah Jane Weaver, who was born near Jacksonboro, Ohio, in 1! > 842. Following their union they settled in Wayne township, where they > passed the remainder of their lives, Mrs. Cunningham passing away in 1884 and her husband in 1914, and both being buried at Elk creek. They were the parents of the following children: Mary M., Martin W., Esther, Sarah E., John A., William J., Harry H. and Edith. The history of the Weaver family in America is a long and honorable one. The direct immigrant ancestor of Harry H. Cunningham on his mother's side was Frederick Weaver, who came from Germany and in 1730, lived in Lower Sancon township, Northampton county, Va. He was a member of the Lutheran congregation and the Weavers in direct descent from him were of the Lutheran faith, up to and including the grandfather of Harry H. Cunningham. Frederick Weaver had five children: Jacob; George; Michael, the ancestor of Mr. Cunningham; and two daughters, one of whom married Arnold Everhart. Eight of the grandchildren of Frederick Weaver fought as soldiers of the Revolution, and most of them were in the service under Gen. Geor! > ge Washington. The record of one of these patriots, Jacob Weaver, is as follows: Jacob Weaver, Northampton county, Pa., ensign 3d Pennsylvania Battalion, April 22, 1776; taken prisoner at Fort Washington, November, 16, 1776; exchanged December 12, 1776; was retained as captain of company to rank of independent company, January 13, 1777; annexed to the 10th Pennsylvania, November 7, 1777; retired in January, 1781. About 1750 Michael Weaver married Catherine Snyder, a native of the same county, and they had six children: John; Henry; Michael; Philip, the great-grandfather of Harry H. Cunningham; a daughter who married Thomas Coochis and settled at Darrtown, Ohio, in 1805; and a daughter who married Mr. Landis, and whose descendants are still found numerously in Butler county. Philip Weaver, the great-grandfather of Harry H. Cunningham, was born in Northampton county, Pa., in 1765, and died in 1835. He was married August 11,1787, to Catherine Hush, who was born in 1767, in No! > rthumberland county, Pa., and died in 1845, in Butler county. They wer > e the parents of four children, Henry, Michael, Catherine and John, all born in Pennsylvania, and all dying in Butler county, Ohio, and were buried in Elk Creek cemetery, which has been used as a burial place by this family for over a century and is still the resting place of the younger descendants. The order of births and deaths follow: Henry and Michael were born in Lancaster, Lancaster county, Pa., the former born in 1789, and died in 1875. The latter was born in 1792, and died in 1813. Catherine was born in 1795, about ten miles north of Doylestown, Bucks county, Pa., and died in Butler county in 1865. Catherine Weaver married Samuel Snyder, of Madison township, Butler county, Ohio. Philip Weaver, Mr. Cunningham's great-grandfather, was a drummer boy during the Revolutionary war, under General Washington, when he was but twelve years of age. By the close of the struggle, however, he was able to bear arms, and subsequently received a pension for the services which ! > he rendered as a soldier of the line. In 1808 Philip Weaver and his family migrated from eastern Northampton county, Pa., over the Alleghany mountains in the old-fashioned way, by wagon to Pittsburg. There the family and household goods were placed on one raft and the livestock on another and thus the little party and its worldly effects traveled down the Ohio river to Cincinnati. They then followed the Miami river as far north as Hamilton, and in 1809 settled on a farm in Wayne township. Henry Weaver, of the above family, served in the War of 1812. After the surrender of Hull the whole country was in a state of commotion and the necessary troops to keep up the defenses of the western frontier were drafted, among the men thus chosen for service being Henry Weaver. His time was originally set for sixty days, but he was out only twenty-six days, under General Winchester, at Fort Defiance, when he was relieved. John Weaver, the grandfather of Harry H. Cunningham, was bor! > n ten miles north of Doylestown, Bucks county, Pa., and ten miles sout > h of the Weaver homestead, located in Lower Sancon township, Northampton county, Pa., in 1799, and died in Butler county, in 1880. He was married October 14, 1824, to Esther Clark, who was born near Trenton, N. J., in 1805, and died in 1873. They became the parents of five sons and five daughters: Jacob, born in 1825, who died in infancy; Catherine, born in 1826; Elizabeth, born in 1829; Mary Ann, born in 1831; Henry, born in 1833; Philip, born in 1835; John C., born in 1837; Martin, born in 1840; Sarah Jane, born in 1842; and Eliza Ellen. Of these children, Sarah Jane Weaver married Andrew Cunningham, and their eight children were as follows: Mary Ann, born in 1861, who is deceased; Martin W., born in 1863; Esther, born in 1867, who is deceased; Sarah E., born in 1870; John A., born in 1873; William J., born in 1876; Harry H., born in 1880; and Edith, born in 1882. Harry H. Cunningham received a common school education in Wayne township and worked on the home farm, being! > identified therewith until 1916, when he came to his present property in Wayne township. This is a tract of seventy-eight acres, which he has put under a high state of cultivation and in the management and operation of which Mr. Cunningham has shown himself a capable and industrious agriculturist. The manner in which he has conducted his business transactions has created a favorable impression upon his associates and his standing is correspondingly high in commercial circles. With the members of his family he, holds membership in the Presbyterian church and has always faithfully discharged the obligations and responsibilities of citizenship, and during the war period was a generous contributor to all activities. Mr. Cunningham married Eleanor May, daughter of William Rush, of Henry county, Ohio, November 18, 1909, and to this union there have come two children: Fay, born October 22, 1910, who died in infancy; and Floyd, born in Henry county, Ohio, February 4, 1913.' > > > Gary King > Batavia IL > Researching in Knox, Licking, Perry Counties, OHIO: Butcher, Crotinger, Davis, McClurg, Wheatcraft, Cooperrider, Beckenbaugh, Neighbarger, Catt, Wilkin > In Butler Co., Ohio: Stahlheber, Kippenberger, Beiser, Pater, King > In Clermont Co., Ohio: King, Bartlett, Hall, Aylward. > In Botetourt Co. Virginia: King, Bean, Dooley, Mayo, Fouts/Foutz/Fout > In McLean Co., Illinois: Crotinger, Mickens, Bierbower, Jones, Buck. > In Kane Co. Illinois: Gustafson, Maier, Butcher, Keifer, Lindgren > Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at http://www.raogk.org/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: rbsdws <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:57:47 -0600 > Subject: Lookups > > > Hello, > > I would like to see if you might be able to find anything on James & Ruth (Smith) Cunningham. She is buried in the Jackskonburg Cem. Butler Co., OH with a daughter named Elizabeth. Ruth was born Feb. 15, 1801, they were married July 28, 1829 also in Jacksonburg. > > Thank you, > Richard B. Smith > [email protected] > > > > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== > To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE: Send a message to: > [email protected] or [email protected] > Put SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE (whichever you want to do) >