Background
Cunningham, Donnell Lafayette was born on April 21, 1866 in Gaylesville, Alabama, United States. Son of Ebenezer and Martha (Clayton) Cunningham.
Cunningham, Donnell Lafayette was born on April 21, 1866 in Gaylesville, Alabama, United States. Son of Ebenezer and Martha (Clayton) Cunningham.
Education high school, Gaylesville: studied law in office of Honorary John L. Burnett, of Gadsden.
Admitted to Alabama bar, 1887. Practiced in Alabama until 1893. Removed to Colorado and entered mining and stock brokerage business, at Cripple Creek.
Lost entire property by fire, 1896.
Went to Flagstaff, Arizona. And began as common laborer.
Reëntered law practice at Williams, Arizona, 1899. City attorney, Williams, 1900.
Removed to Tombstone, 1902.
District attorney, Cochise County, 1903-1904. Delegate Arizona Constitutional Convention, 1910. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona, 1911-1920 (chief justice, 1919, 20).
Resumed practice at Willcox, Arizona.
Formerly with legal department Industrial communications of Arizona.
Married Mistress.