Background
Cunningham, Joseph Oscar was born on December 12, 1830 in Lancaster, New York, United States. Son of Hiram Way and Eunice (Brown) Cunningham.
Cunningham, Joseph Oscar was born on December 12, 1830 in Lancaster, New York, United States. Son of Hiram Way and Eunice (Brown) Cunningham.
Student Baldwin Institute, Berea, O., and Oberlin College. Bachelor of Laws, Union Law School, Cleveland, 1859.
Member firm Cunningham & Flynn, publications Urbana Union, 1853-1858. Admitted to Illinois bar, 1856, and to Supreme Court of the United States, 1880. Retired from law practice, 1905.
Donor of Cunningham Children’s Home, Urbana, 1895.
Judge County Court of Champaign Company, Illinois, 1861-1865. Trustee, University of Illinois, 1867-1873, McKendree College, Lebanon, Illinois, 1897-1898.
Member firm Cunningham & Flynn, publications Urbana Union, 1853-1858. Member of General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, 1896, 1900.
Married Mary M. McConoughey, October 13, 1853.