"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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MARION CUNNINGHAM, one of the most energetic and successful young farmers in
Morgan County, was born in Jefferson Township August 3, 1850. His parents
were William N. and Nancy (Lankford) Cunningham, natives of Kentucky and
Virginia respectively, who were married in Morgan County in an early day,
and were well known among the earliest and most prominent settlers. Our
subject was the second son in a family of four children, and was reared in
Morgan County, obtaining in the district schools the rudiments of a good
education. On the 22d day of September, 1870, he was married to Miss Nancy
Teverbaugh, daughter of William Teverbaugh, an influential and respected
citizen of Martin County, Ind. For about one year after his marriage, he
farmed in Morgan County, going thence to Daviess County, Ind., where he
farmed for two years, at the end of which time he returned to Morgan County,
and continued farming until early in 1881, when his father gave him the
splendid, well-improved farm of 297 acres, one mile south of Martinsville,
where he at present resides. In connection with his farming interests, he
is also extensively engaged in the stock business and his energy and
industry rank him among the successful farmers of the county.
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