Cunningham, George
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1840 - 1913
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Biography : James Cunningham and Elizabeth Nicholson Cunningham, came to Utah in November 9, 1856
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339217]
Identifier: MSS 2416
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography of James and Elizabeth Nicholson Cunningham. James Cunningham was born in 1801 in Scotland and died in American Fork, Utah, in 1879. Elizabeth Nicholson was born in 1805 in Scotland and died in American Fork, Utah, in 1890. They joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1856 with the Willie handcart company. Included with the narrative is the detailed account of their ordeal in the Willie...
Dates:
approximately 1935
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biographical sketch of George Cunningham
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230327816]
Identifier: MSS SC 3288
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Loveless writes about the live of George Cunningham. Cunningham was born in 1840 in England an later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with his parents. He migrated to Utah in 1856 with the James Willie handcart company. Most of the biography is Cunningham's account of the miseries of the trek in the handcart company, written when he was 30 years old. Cunningham settled in American Fork, Utah, and was a...
Dates:
1870-1930
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections