This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EZB.2ACE/1197.3.1 Message Board Post: 6-28-2005 Here is the other obit you wanted--so glad you were able to come up with an exact date of death--otherwise it would have been impossible to find!! Tulsa World Newspaper, Thursday, October 7, 1937, page 8 "PIONEER TULSAN TAKEN BY DEATH--S. J. CUNNINGHAM, FARMER AND VETERINARIAN, CAME TO CITY IN 1894" Mr. Samuel J. Cunningham, a 72-year old pioneer veterinarian, died of a heart ailment Wednesday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. J. G. Harlow, living northwest of Tulsa. Born in Canada, Mr. Cunningham moved with his parents to Minneapolis, MN when he was 11 years old. In 1888, he married Miss Louise Walker of Black Earth, Wisconsin and together they came to Tulsa in 1894 to make their home. Cunningham practiced as a veterinarian for many years and was one of the first in the Indian Territory. He later turned to farming. One of his hay meadows occupied the site where the University of Tulsa now stands. He retired about 10 years ago, relatives said. He is survived by the widow, Louise, now visiting at Portland, Oregon; 4 daughters, Mrs. Harlow, Mrs. May Owens and Miss Velma Cunningham, all of Portland, and Mrs. Nellie Wallace of 1203 N. Wheeling Ave., Tulsa; 1 son, Roy J. Cunningham of Portland, Oregon; a brother, Jim Cunningham of Great Falls, Montana; 2 sisters, Mrs. Vina Jay of Oakland, California and Mrs. Emma McFadden of Neche, North Dakota; 11 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. ----------------------------------------------