CUNNINGHAM, James Davidson

1847 - 1917  (70 years)

• Name	CUNNINGHAM, James Davidson
  Birth	16 Jan 1847	Marion County, Tennessee   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Feb 1917	Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I209	Pickel_Bartlett
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2007

  
  

  Family	MOORE, Mary Josephine,   b. 26 Aug 1856, DeKalb County, Alabama d. 27 Nov 1945, Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1881  [2]
  Residence	13 Jun 1900	Ball Play, Cherokee, Alabama   [3]
  	Farmer
  Residence	19 Apr 1910	Justice Precinct No. 5, Hill County, Texas   [4]
  	Farmer
  Children	1. CUNNINGHAM, Edna Alma,   b. 24 Aug 1889, Alabama, United States d. 12 Sep 1979, Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States (Age 90 years)   2. CUNNINGHAM, Leona Belle,   b. Mar 1892, Alabama, United States d. Yes, date unknown   3. CUNNINGHAM, Hilary Herbert Sr.,   b. Sep 1893, Alabama, United States d. Yes, date unknown   4. CUNNINGHAM, Roy Edwin,   b. Nov 1896, Alabama, United States d. Yes, date unknown   5. CUNNINGHAM, Willard Linton,   b. Mar 1898, Alabama, United States d. Yes, date unknown   6. CUNNINGHAM, Lutie Delma,   b. Abt 1901, Alabama, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F74	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2022

  
  

• Photos

  Cunningham Family of Malakoff, Texas Standing left to right: Leona Belle, Roy Edwin, Willard Linton, Lutie Delma, Hilary Herbert, and Edna. Seated: James Davidson Cunningham and Mary Josephine Moore Cunningham

  
  

• Notes

  The Cunningham family In memory of Hilary Herbert "Herb" Cunningham, Jr. 12/2/1934 - 1/15/2006. Herb was a friend and contributor to Looking Back. We shared many memories of Malakoff together. I mourn his passing. The Cunningham family moved to Malakoff in 1905. Family members were: James Davidson Cunningham - father of the family. Mary Josephine "Molly" (Moore) Cunningham - mother of the family. Leona Belle (Cunningham) - worked for the post office in Malakoff. Married Lee Roy Anderson. They had one son, Roy Drennon Anderson. She lived to be 100 years old. Roy Edwin Cunningham - worked for the Cotton Belt Railroad as a fireman on freight trains and a conductor on passenger trains. He served in the US Navy during WWII. Roy married Lucille Lena Hoffman. They lived in Tyler for the remainder of their lives. He was extremely active in the Masonic Lodge and she in the Eastern Star. Willard Linton Cunningham - worked the Cunningham family farm until WWII when he enlisted in the Seabees and served in the South Pacific. After WWII, he returned to civilian life and served as the foreman for the carpenters working maintenance at Ft. Chaffee located near Ft. Smith, Arkansas. He served as choir director at the First Methodist Church of Ft. Smith for most of the remainder of his life. Lutie Delma (Cunningham) Anderson - cared for her mother and worked at Kirby's store in Malakoff until after her mother's death. She then moved to Tyler. Lutie married Reverend Willard Moultry Anderson, a Methodist minister, who died at an early age. They had two children, Willard Moultry Anderson, Jr., and Charles Sylvester Anderson, who both graduated from Malakoff High School. Hilary Herbert Cunningham, Sr. - was on the first Malakoff High School basketball team. He worked at Kirby's store until he met and married Bettie Byars (Stallcup) Cunningham. He lived and farmed the remainder of his life in the North Texas area. He was an active lay leader in the Methodist Church and a civic leader serving on two school boards. They had one child, Hilary Herbert Cunningham, Jr. Edna (Cunningham) Broyles - worked for the Malakoff telephone company for 55 years. She and Roby I. Broyles eloped. Roby Broyles died a few years later when a tree that he was chopping down fell on him. They had one daughter, Vanice (Broyles) Oster/James. Vanice graduated from Malakoff High School, and she then went to work on the staff of Senator W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel. Edna Broyles is remembered by a great many because of her extended service as the telephone operator in Malakoff.

  
  

• Sources

  [S96] Descendents of James Davidson Cunningham. [S73] 1920 Federal Census, Huntsville, Walker, TX ED 38 Page 11A Dwelling 199. [S73] 1920 Federal Census, Ball Play, Cherokee, AL ED 123 Page 8 Dwelling 131. [S74] Ancestry.com, Justice Precinct #5, Hill, TX ED 168 Page 3A Dwelling 40.