J.M. Cunningham 1812-1873
The name of Cunningham comes from the union of two Saxon words, “Koenig,” meaning King, and “Hanie,” meaning home, or literally, Kings Home. The name can be traced back to early British history and historic events as early as 1059. John M. Cunningham was the son of Robert Cunningham, son of Joseph Cunningham and Mary Simerson Cunningham. Continue reading
Sally S. Binkley 1818-1906
Mrs. Sallie S. Binkley was born in Davidson County, Tennessee, on November 22, 1818. Her father was Henry T. Lee, who, coming from Virginia when a boy, settled 2.5 miles from Nashville, Tennessee. She grew to womanhood and married in Tennessee. Her husband was Jacob J. Binkley, to whom she was united in April, 1839. The couple reached Marion, Illinois to live in May, 1852. Continue reading
Manheim Cantor was born July 27, 1848, in Prussia, Germany. His father, Nathan Cantor, who brought up his son to the mercantile business, never came to America, but died in Germany in 1882. Continue reading
Henry Brown was born in 1858 in northern Illinois. He married his wife Victoria Winters on October 17, 1878 in Peoria County, Illinois. Continue reading
