I had been told by family members that my 3rd Great Grandmother was Arreve Waggonner. I had not found any confirmation of this until a couple of weeks ago. I found an online family tree on Ancestry that had Arreve Waggonner Cunningham married to William Thompson. I did the research and finally found the documentation to verify the connections! I quite a bit of genealogy happy dancing when I found those records! I found her marriage certificate to John W Cunningham and the 1860 Census record with them on it, then I found the marriage license of Arriva Cunningham to William A Thompson followed by the 1880 census with them as a married couple with their children!!
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| Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 about Arriva Cunningham Name: Arriva Cunningham Spouse: Wm A Thompson Marriage Date: 10 Nov 1865 Marriage County: Lincoln Marriage State: Tennessee Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. |
1880 United States Federal Census about W. A. Thomson Name: W. A. Thomson Home in 1880: Caldwell, Texas Age: 40 Estimated birth year: abt 1840 Birthplace: Tennessee Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse’s name: Areve Thomson Father’s birthplace: North Carolina Mother’s birthplace: North Carolina Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Farming Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Cannot read/write: Blind: Deaf and dumb: Otherwise disabled: Idiotic or insane: View image Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: , Caldwell, Texas; Roll 1294; Family History Film: 1255294; Page: 265D; Enumeration District: 29; . Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. |
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| Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 about John W Cunningham Name: John W Cunningham Spouse: Revy Waggoner Marriage Date: 24 Nov 1859 Marriage County: Lincoln Marriage State: Tennessee Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. |
1860 United States Federal Census about John A W Cunningham Name: John A W Cunningham Age in 1860: 18 Birth Year: abt 1842 Birthplace: Tennessee Home in 1860: District 5, Lincoln, Tennessee Gender: Male Post Office: Bells Store Value of real estate: View image Household Members: Name Age John A W Cunningham 18 Arrepha Cunningham 15 Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: District 5, Lincoln, Tennessee; Roll M653_1261; Page: 56; Image: 115; Family History Library Film: 805261. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. |