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Cunningham, John Daniel

lawyer, jurist, was born March 28, 1840, in Oak Bowery, Ala. In 1868 he was appointed judge of a state court of unlimited jurisdiction in Montgomery county, Ala. He became one of the leading fruit planters in Georgia.

CUNNINGHAM, WILLIAM LITTLE- TON, clergyman, educator, author, was born Feb. 26, 1869, near Mulberry Grove , Ill. He received his education at the Mc- Kendree university of Lebanon, Ill.; the Terre Haute Business college; and the Vandalia School of Stenography. For several years he was an instructor in stenography; has taught school; and was editor of the College Journal. He is a successful clergyman, and fills a pastorate at St. Elmo, Ill. He is the author of a work of fiction, and has contributed extensively to current periodicals.

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