Robert C. Cunningham
Robert C. Cunningham, Retired Farmer.
Mr. Cunningham was born in Butler County, Ohio, May 16, 1798. He was taken to Greene County, Ohio, by his parents about 1800, where he passed his boyhood days. Sept. 4, 1817, he married Miss Margaret A. Berryhill, of Greene County. They settled in Greene County, remained two years or until September, 1819, when they came to Shelby County, made improvements, and settled on the S. E. quarter of section 7, Green Township, on which he has since resided, having lived on the one farm sixty-two years. His companion died Aug. 3, 1878, aged 81 years, 3 mos. and 4 days. He is still living, and enjoying good health for one of his years. They reared a family of ten children, viz., James, Elizabeth, Sarah, John, Margaret A., Martha, Mary, Ellen, Nancy, and Andrew. Four of the number are now dead, viz., Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, and Andrew. Andrew Cunningham served about six months in the war of 1861. Ellen is still at home, taking care of her aged father in his feeble days.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883