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Paul L. Cunningham

Birth	:	10 Aug 1846 Meaford, Grey County, Ontario, Canada
Death	:	21 Sep 1930 Bay View, Island County, Washington, USA
Burial	:	Liberal Cemetery, Liberal, Seward County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.0555992, -100.9475021
Description	:	THE THIRD CONSTABLE IN THE VILLAGE OF OSCEOLA Paul Cunningham was born in Meaford, Ontario, Canada, August 10, 1846, as was his wife, Mary Seaman, born October 9, 1844. They were Married March 9, 1868 in Canada. Paul Cunningham traveled by boat through Georgian Bay and Lake Huron to Ohio, where he joined a wagon train going to Nebraska in 1868-1869. After arriving near Osceola, he received free land from the government of the United States. Mrs. Cunningham joined him in 1870, early in the year. They put up a tent made of linen sheets, woven on a loom in Canada. Later... Read More	THE THIRD CONSTABLE IN THE VILLAGE OF OSCEOLA Paul Cunningham was born in Meaford, Ontario, Canada, August 10, 1846, as was his wife, Mary Seaman, born October 9, 1844. They were Married March 9, 1868 in Canada. Paul Cunningham traveled by boat through Georgian Bay and Lake Huron to Ohio, where he joined a wagon train going to Nebraska in 1868-1869. After arriving near Osceola, he received free land from the government of the United States. Mrs. Cunningham joined him in 1870, early in the year. They put up a tent made of linen sheets, woven on a loom in Canada. Later a dugout was made in a hill, with a lean-to of willow poles for framework and covered with sod slabs for the roof and walls. The dugout was their bedroom, and the lean-to was their kitchen, which had a small cast iron stove to cook on and to keep their home warm. They spent the winter of 1870 there. Mr. Cunningham got typhoid fever and was in bed for weeks, sometimes delirious. Mrs. Cunningham lost a baby and was also ill. They ran out of food, so Mrs. Cunningham peeled the bark off the willow poles, boiled it and made a tea, which they drank. She melted snow to get water, as a blizzard raged outside part of this time. It was near Thanksgiving Day when Mr. Cunningham started to get well. Upon looking out the door of their lean-to, he saw that their cow had died, and only a little donkey was left, and he was weak from lack of food. Their nearest neighbors, who were cousins, lived over three miles away, but they decided to go there and get some food. Mr. Cunningham put Mrs. Cunningham and their 1 1/2 year old daughter on the donkey's back. He was so weak he could hardly stand, let alone walk. He put his arms around the donkey's neck and lay down in the snow, and told the donkey to go, pulling him along on the snow and carrying his wife and daughter on the donkey's back. They finally reached their cousin's sod house, and for supper had baked squash and cornmeal gruel, made with fresh cows milk, but they had no salt. Mr. Cunningham often said it was the best Thanksgiving meal he ever had. The next year Grandfather Cunningham built a sod house, and my father, Lemuel Seaman Cunningham, was born in that house in 1876. Grandfather told me of a time they were out of food and a cyclone came through the country. After the storm had passed and they went outside, hundreds of 8 to 10 inch trout were flopping around the ground. They had all they could eat, and smoked and dried the rest to eat later. Another time a storm brought hundreds of frogs that hopped all over their land. They left Osceola in 1900, moving to Wheatland, Wyoming because of grandmother's health, as they needed a higher altitude, due to her having tuberculosis. However, after three years there she continued to fail in health, so they moved to the Pacific coast, near Bay View on Whidby Island. Here her health improved and she became an arrested case of TB. She lived until 1925, dying at the age of 81. Grandfather lived to be 84 years old. They are buried in Bay View Cemetery on Whidby Island, about 30 miles north of Seattle. ~ Cora Cunningham

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Where is Paul L. Cunningham's memorial?
Paul L. Cunningham's memorial is located at: Liberal Cemetery, Liberal, Seward County, USA.
When did Paul L. Cunningham death?
Paul L. Cunningham death on 21 Sep 1930 in Bay View, Island County, Washington, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Paul L. Cunningham's memorial?
Latitude: 37.0555992
Longitude: -100.9475021

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Mary Eliza Seaman Cunningham

(1844 - 1925)

Siblings

Mary Abigail Cunningham McLean

(1861 - 1935)

Spencer S. Cunningham

(1864 - 1951)

Children

Fanny Ann “Annie” Cunningham Metcalf

(1869 - 1960)

Lemuel Seaman Cunningham

(1876 - 1955)

Stephen Cunningham

(1884 - 1918)

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