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Submitted: 9/7/08 • Approved: 6/1/21 • Last Updated: 6/4/21 • R53027-G53026-S3
Sol
QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT
Company E 1 Battalion Arkansas Cavalry
Civil War Confederate
April 26, 1836 - August 6, 1917
*Obituary
Fayetteville Daily Democrat
Wednesday, August 8, 1917
CUNNINGHAM, Solomon Tuttle - Solomon Tuttle Cunningham was born on the 26th of April, 1836 at a home nearby where he had lived and died in Mt. Comfort, surrounded by friends and loved ones.
William Cunningham with Solomon Tuttle, grandfather of the deceased, Hezekiah Appleby and the McCurdy’s were among the earliest settlers of the Mount Comfort neighborhood, coming to Washington County about the year 1831.
Early in the year 1861, responding to the call of his state Solomon Cunningham enlisted in the Confederate Service and was a true and faithful soldier to the close of the war. His life occupation was that of farming.
Mr. Cunningham died on Monday, August 6, 1917, and was survived by his widow, one daughter, Mrs. W. R. Cannon, and by one son C. Cunningham.
Emily
1847 - 1919
*Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans, Washington County, Arkansas 2009
Compiled by William W Degge
Contributed on 9/7/08 by ashaw444
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