Cunningham, Nelson

CUNNINGHAM

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Date: 7/5/2021 at 12:08:27

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.692

CUNNINGHAM, NELSON, farmer and stock dealer, Union Township, Sec. 22; P. O. Sandyville; he owns a splendid farm of ninety-five acres adjoining the town of Sandyville; he was born in Upper Canada Sept. 5, 1828; his parents moved to Noble county, Ind., in 1840, and to this county in 1856; he was educated in common schools, and raised on the farm; he is a man full of energy and enterprise; he enlisted August 13, 1862, in Co. D, 34th Iowa Infantry, and served to the close of the war, when he received an honorable discharge; was in the battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Vicksburg, Fort Gaines, Ft. Blakely, and numerous skirmishes, in which the regiment was engaged; was in active duty at all times during his term of service; married Oct. 19, 1853, to Miss Almira Keeney, a native of Licking county, Ohio; they have two children: Alva K. and Milda - both living.