4 Generations of Cunningham's. Taken April 1942. From left: Eugene Jesse - age 25, William Henry - age 90, John Eugene - age 7 months, Charles Henry - age 55.
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William Henry, baby Charles Ray Eugene Cunningham, Augustus (Guss) and Paul. The pictures were taken at the WH Cunningham home in Campbell, Dunklin Co., Missouri and was taken in 1920.
Eugene, Harrell, Frank, Charles, Uncle Charlie & Aunt Lou. Chaffee Missouri. taken 1932
This one has also been made into a post card and is faded. On the back it says "Dad's (Augustus Cunningham) baby sister Marriam Cunningham.
She died at age 14 in early 1920."
Charles Ray Eugene Cunningham always said 14 was an unlucky number in his family. Guss's mother died when he was 14, (That would put
Marietta's death at about 1898) Guss died when Charles Ray Eugene Cunningham was 14, Charles Ray Eugene Cunningham's brother Jack
died at the age of 14, and "Marriam" died at the age of 14. I'm not sure that's entirely accurate, because when I do the math, Gus died when my Charles Ray was 13.
The back of this picture (post card) reads, "Charlie Cunningham, second from left."
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Mike Condren <mcondren@cbu.edu>
Fri 7/8/2011 9:04 PM
Charles,
After a little research in Joe Collias' Frisco Power, I found that it was Baldwin 4-6-0 built in 1903 for the Frisco subsidiary Oklahoma City & Western which extended the Frisco west from OKC to Quanah, TX. If you look on the side of the boiler at the front, you will see the round builder's plate indicating Baldwin as the builder. There were several classes of 700 series 4-6-0s. This class was 763-774.
Mike
Charles Ray Eugene Cunningham wrote on the back of this picture "Frank, Harrell, Charles Paul, and Eugene. It is stamped "Campbell Studio, Campbell Mo."
Charles Ray Eugene Cunningham actually had 2 middle names, and he told the story of how he came about his second middle name: Uncle Charlie and family came to see Gus's new baby Charles Ray, and Eugene started crying and said he wanted the baby to be named after him. So Gus added "Eugene" to my dad's name - thus,
"Charles Ray Eugene Cunningham."
This is a portion of a real estate map from around 1910; I recall this hanging in the old Bank of Chaffee building when I was a kid. Jerry Stroup, retired Frisco conductor and current webmaster of the Chaffee Historical Society, was kind enough to provide a copy to me.
Note that this is listed as a yard for the St. Louis, Memphis & Southeastern and Chicago and Eastern Illinois. North is roughly to the left. Most everything here jives with later Sanborn maps that I have. The only items that I don't think ever existed was the restaurant to the north (left) of the passenger depot, and the large machine shop to the north (left) of the roundhouse. Also, the area that would appear to be locomotive storage (tracks between the roundhouse and "Car Repair Shop" was in later years filled by buildings (division stores and loading dock, milling shop, lockers, foreman's office, etc.).
Magnet, Indiana.
Founded in 1848 as Rono, this small river town took the name Magnet in 1898. The town at one time contained a booming slaughterhouse, which explains the name of nearby Buzzard Roost overlook. Vultures gathered on the point to feed on remains left by the slaughterhouse.
When pioneers started to settle the banks of the Ohio River, one of the first in the Magnet area was Dodson, who operated a wood yard. The settlement was known as Dodson Landing. When Dodson left, Jesse Martin took over the wood yard operation; therefore the area was referred to as Martin Landing. In 1848 the residents had to decide on a name for the village. To honor Jesse Martin they chose the name Rono, the name of Martin's dog.[3] The settlement was known as Rono until 1899 when the United States Postal Department changed the name to Magnet.[4] The Magnet post office closed in 1992.
On August 21, 1865, the steamboat, USS Argosy (Number 3) was returning Union soldiers of the 70th Ohio Infantry home via the Ohio River. The steamer was forced aground by a storm. Her boilers exploded and caused ten fatalities. They were buried in a mass grave one half mile from Magnet (then called Rono). Ten grave makers were raised at the site.
The railroad depot at Chaffee, Missouri used by the St. Louis - San Francisco Railway Company. Shortly after its establishment the town was made the division point (River Division) of the Frisco road and the repair shops removed to this point from Cape Girardeau. The depot was constructed in 1907 and featured a unique gun turret roof.
Bicentennial Sec. B. THE DAILY STANDARD, Sikeston, MO. July 4th, 1976 (picture from 1909)
Bicentennial Sec. B. THE DAILY STANDARD, Sikeston, MO. July 4th, 1976 (picture from 1909)
Harrell, Frank, Charles Henry, Edith Lou, and Eugene.
Charles Ray Cunningham identified on the back of this photo the following:
Andy Hadden (Aunt Lora's husband), Augustus, William Henry, Jack and Charles Ray.
Map of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (Frisco) as of 1918, with trackage rights in purple and then-proposed lines dotted.
Frisco Railroad F-Unit Cab Ride by Bill Wirtel
1:56 Missouri Pacific freight5:49 Frisco freight in siding6:38 Passenger train7:05 Crystal City7:10 PPG factory7:42 pedestrian bridge8:15 Highway 61 on right9:12 Meramec River bridge9:43 Lindenwood Yard10:15 Union Station11:16 Tower Grove station11:44 Scullen Steel11:54 Fyler Ave. bridge12:11 Southeast Junction
Unidentified photo - from John E. Cunningham.
Gusta Cunningham, Paul Cunningham, “Pat” Helen
Cunningham - August 17, 1953
The Round House of the Frisco Railroad, which no longer exists, is shown under construction in Chaffee in this photo provided by the Chaffee Historical Museum.
Donated to the Chaffee Historical Society.
I have in my possession a Chaffee Red Devils pennant that hung in the study hall on the 3rd floor of old Chaffee High. This pennant hung there from the late 1920's until a fire in the 1930's and all articles from the study hall were removed.
In the late 1960's I found the pennant stored in my grandmothers attic. I have had it in a cedar chest since then, and only shared it with my children and grandchildren. The Cunningham family has been a continual member of the Chaffee community since 1911.
Please display as you see fit, because it really belongs to everyone that passed through the "Halls of Ole Chaffee High".
Steve Cunningham, Class of 1962
Chaffee High School 1919
Charlene, John, Joe, Sara Louise, Eugene Jesse Cunningham
The Cunningham Monument located at the Cunningham (or Trigg Furnace) Cemetery, Trigg County, Kentucky - Courtesy of www.triggcunninghamfamily.com
Cunningham Family Website Trigg County, Kentucky, Cadiz, KY
A Website devoted to the descendants of William Cunningham of Scotland, and the Cunningham Families and descendants of Trigg County, Kentucky. 26th Annual Cunningham Reunion was held on June 16, 2018
www.triggcunninghamfamily.com
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