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54. Hannah Cunningham (Married Ervin Donnell (53) on 12 December 1818 in Guilford County according to North Carolina Marriage Bonds 1741- 1868, Record # 01 121. Bondsman: Joseph Donnell, Witness: Jno. Hanner, Bond # 000054902)

Born: 1801 of John Cunningham Jr. (107) & Mary Mitchell (108).

Died: 2 April, 1844 in the 43rd year of her age. (Her grave site is 5E-6E/5D-6D in the old section of the Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery: source; Buffalo Presbyterian Church and Cemetery Greensboro, North Carolina, compiled by Raymond Dufau Donnel, 1996, p. 21). (Hannah's gravesite was verified during a visit to the cemetery on 29 September 2005 by Susan Snyder (#2) and her cousins Sandra Henson and Mary Lu Finch.)

[Her siblings included:

James Cunningham (Married; Mary B. Patrick of Rockingham Co., N.C.) Born: 1787 of John Cunningham Jr. (107) & Margaret Donnell. Died: 1821.;

Isabella Cunningham (Married: Mr. Sims) Born: ? of John Cunningham Jr. (107) & Margaret Donnell. Died: ? ;

John Cunningham Born: 1795 of John Cunningham Jr. (107) & Margaret Donnell. Died: 1817. He is buried at Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery. This was verified in a visit to his gravesite by Susan Snyder (#2) on 29 September 2005) His tombstone reads: "Sacred to the memory of John Cunningham Who departed his life July the 14th 1817 aged 22 years.;

Mitchell Cunningham Born: 1799. Died: 1842. ;

Joseph Cunningham (Married: Abigail Peoples (ancestory.com says Abigail Peeples on 5 March, 1833) Born:? Died: ? (located 2 miles south of Doggett’s Mill, Greensboro, N.C.);

Polly Cunningham (Married: William Pritchett, 17 July (according to LDS) 1823) Born: 1805 Died: 1877.;

William Cunningham (died single) Born: ? Died: ?;

Andrew Cunningham (Married: Elizabeth Whittington, on 19 February 1849 in Guilford County, North Carolina) Born: ? Died: ? (Lived in Greensboro, N.C.);

Elizabeth Cunningham (Married: Christopher Brown, 1835) Born: ? Died: ? ;

Nancy Cunningham (died single) Born: 1817. Died: 1828.] (Much of the information about Hannah’s siblings in black above, by Russell Leach's (#3) genealogical research, has been verified by Susan Snyder (#2). Reference source is History of Buffalo Presbyterian Church And Her People, Greensboro, N. C. by Rev. S. M. Rankin, 1934, p. 23-24.]

 

Miscellaneous:

Ervin and Hanna had four sons: Daniel, Robert H., W. Milton, and Irvin Cunningham (27).

Left: Hannah’s tombstone at Buffalo Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. This photograph was taken on 30 September 2005. GPS: 36° 06.5.93 minutes N, 79° 46.782 minutes W. Below is the engraving on the stone:

IN
MEMORY OF
HANNAH DONNELL
CONSORT OF
ERVIN DONNELL,
DIED APRIL 2, 1844.
IN THE 43rd YEAR
OF HER AGE.
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