Women / Persons ~ P10939

Mrs. Cunningham

Alternate Names:

Mrs. Edward Cunningham

Gender: Female

Life Dates:

Types:

Frontierswoman
Pioneer
Prisoner or captive

Note: An incident fighting Native Americans in her house, endured her children being murdered, being captive. Simon Girty paid her ransom. . Feat compared to Mrs. Clendennin.

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Biographies (2 Total)

Mrs. Cunningham Author: Elizabeth Fries Lummis Ellet . Collection Title: [The] Pioneer Women of the West. 1852
Mrs. Cunningham Author: John Frost . Collection Title: Heroic Women of the West: Comprising Thrilling Examples of Courage, Fortitude, Devotedness, and Self-Sacrifice, among the Pioneer Mothers of the Western Country. 1854