James Alma Cunningham
Birth Date
On 1842 June 14 (Born)
Death Date
On 1919 March 24 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in North Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States
1842 June 14
Mother
Lucinda Rawlins (1819 - 1901)
Father
Andrew Cunningham (1816 - 1868)
Date Details
Occurred On 1842 June 14
Traveled in
Willard Richards Company (1848)
1848 July 3 – October 10 (Age 6)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Andrew Cunningham (Age 31)
Lucinda Rawlins (Age 29)
Andrew Homer Cunningham (Age 2)
Maranda Jane Cunningham (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1848 July 3
Joined Company
Ended On 1848 October 10
Company Arrived
Baptized by N V Jones
1851 July 13 (Age 9)
Served in
British Mission
1863 April 9 – 1866 (Age 20)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Elder
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
John Taylor
Location Served
England
Date Details
Started On 1863 April 9
Set Apart
Ended On 1866
Released
Traveled in
Daniel Thompson Company (1866)
1866 July 24 – September 28 (Age 24)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Returning Missionary
Date Details
Started On 1866 July 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1866 September 28
Company Arrived
Married
Jennett Forsyth
1870 January 1 (Age 27)
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1919 March 24 (Age 76)
Media
James Alma Cunningham (1842 - 1919) Profile
Sources
Person
Salt Lake Telegram
"Jas. A. Cunningham Funeral Tomorrow", Salt Lake Telegram, (25 March 1919), Page 2.
Salt Lake Tribune
"Funeral Services Held in Chapel", Salt Lake Tribune, (26 March 1919), Page 20.
Mission
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 27 June 1863.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 9 April 1863, Vol. A, Page 4, Line 151.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 9 April 1863, Vol. B, Page 4, Line 151.
Pioneer
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1848: Page 18.
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts, 1861-1868
"Captain Daniel Thompson, memoranda book (1), 1866", Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts, 1861-1868, Page 3-17.
"Account book, 1866, 1868", Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts, 1861-1868, (1 May 1866).
"Captain Daniel Thompson, memoranda book (2), 1866", Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts, 1861-1868, Page 3-9.