Our Lineage
Every generation of our family has been shaped by a strong sense of heritage. The journey of the united Reed and Cunningham lines has been an extraordinary one. Through every decade, our ancestors focused on building a foundation of resilience, love, and lasting ties.
What began with our shared matriarch in Ohio has grown into a beautiful, ever-expanding family tree. We are incredibly proud of where we come from, and even more excited to see our legacy continue to grow.
Our Family Lineage
Every family has a story, and ours spans over 170 years of recorded history. This chronological timeline traces the united Reed and Cunningham family from our earliest known roots in the 1840s through the present day.
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A chronological history of our ancestors, descendants, and joined branches.
1840s — 1860s
1849: Richard Cunningham is born on Dec 17 in Kentucky. Cunningham
1854: Charles Edward Reed Sr. is born in Ohio. Reed
1859: Mary Finley, our shared matriarch, is born in Ohio. Shared Matriarch
The 1870s
1872: Wiley N Dolby is born in Ohio. Cunningham
1874: Mary Finley & Charles Edward Reed Sr. are married on Aug 4. Reed
1876: Charles Edward Reed Jr. is born on May 14. Reed
1876: Sophia Rose Woods is born on Jan 4. Reed
1876: Charles Edward Reed Sr. passes away at age 22. Reed
1877: Mary Finley & Richard Cunningham are married on Dec 29. Cunningham
1878: Martha Mattie Cunningham is born in October. Cunningham
The 1880s
1881: Joseph Alexander Cunningham is born on Mar 2. Cunningham
1881: Blanch Radliff is born. Cunningham
1882: George Finley Cunningham is born in May. Cunningham
1882: Fred Robbins is born on Oct 7. Cunningham
1886: Lulu Belle Cunningham is born in January. Cunningham
1887: Myrtle May Cunningham is born in July. Cunningham
1888: William Harrison Cunningham is born on Dec 17. Cunningham
1889: Florence Stewart is born. Cunningham
1889: Flora Stewart is born. Cunningham
The 1890s
1890: John Edmond Cunningham is born in January. Cunningham
1891: Bessie D Smith is born on Jan 1. Cunningham
1892: Ira Cunningham is born on Mar 5. Cunningham
1893: Charles Edward Reed Jr. & Sophia Rose Woods are married on Sep 26. Reed
1893: Myrtle Ada Pettiford is born on Mar 15. Cunningham
1894: Landis W Cunningham is born in October. Cunningham
1894: John E Reed is born on Feb 7. Reed
1895: Virgil Reed is born on Dec 18. Reed
1895: Mary Elizabeth Burton is born on Jan 6. Cunningham
1897: Eva Marie Cunningham is born in April. Cunningham
1899: James Alonzo Avery is born on Dec 4. Cunningham
The 1900s
1901: Clarence M Cunningham is born on Dec 22. Cunningham
1901: Edith Fern Reed is born. Reed
1901: Hazel Reed is born on May 22. Reed
1904: Cecil Reed is born. Reed
1905: Russell G. Reed Sr. is born. Reed
1907: Wiley N Dolby & Martha Mattie Cunningham are married on Aug 14. Cunningham
1907: George Finley Cunningham & Florence Stewart are married on Dec 26. Cunningham
1907: Raymond Earl Reed is born. Reed
1907: Ruby Pearl Reed is born on Apr 28. Reed
1907: Virgil Reed passes away on Dec 16. Reed
1908: Richard W Dolby is born on Nov 29. Cunningham
1908: Geraldine Minerva Bassett is born on Feb 22. Reed
1909: Myrtle May Cunningham & Fred Robbins are married on Feb 17. Cunningham
1909: Georgiana Boswell is born. Reed
The 1910s
1910: Mary M Dolby is born. Cunningham
1910: Alma Kathaleen Cunningham is born on Jul 18. Cunningham
1911: Myrtle May Cunningham passes away on Apr 21. Cunningham
1911: Margarette Dolby is born. Cunningham
1912: William Harrison Cunningham & Myrtle Ada Pettiford are married on Oct 17. Cunningham
1912: Wilbur Radliffe Cunningham is born on Jun 4. Cunningham
1912: Richard S Cunningham is born. Cunningham
1913: Lulu Belle Cunningham passes away on Feb 24. Cunningham
1913: Theodore Dolby is born. Cunningham
1913: Winifred Davidson is born. Cunningham
1913: Mildred Reed is born. Reed
1914: Ollie Bell Allensworth is born. Reed
1915: Alta Ineatia Dolby is born on Feb 28. Cunningham
1915: William Monroe Cunningham is born. Cunningham
1915: Magnolia Smith is born. Cunningham
1915: John Oliver Cunningham is born on Jul 28. Cunningham
1915: George Howard is born. Reed
1916: Ira Cunningham & Bessie D Smith are married on Jul 29. Cunningham
1916: Robert A Cunningham is born. Cunningham
1916: George Emmett Cunningham is born on Oct 27. Cunningham
1916: Donald Franklyn Cunningham Sr is born on Jun 16. Cunningham
1916: Edna Berniece Reed is born on Jul 31. Reed
1916: Edna Berniece Reed passes away on Aug 20. Reed
1917: Elizabeth Dolby is born. Cunningham
1917: Lewis George Cunningham is born on Aug 2. Cunningham
1917: Beulah B. Hicks is born on Dec 24. Cunningham
1917: Mary Delight Cunningham is born on Oct 31. Cunningham
1918: Senna G Cunningham is born. Cunningham
1919: Lulu May Cunningham is born on Mar 24. Cunningham
1919: Ira Ulyssis Cunningham is born on Mar 18. Cunningham
1919: Virginia Lee Cunningham is born. Cunningham
1919: Edith Louise Hayes is born. Cunningham
1919: Stella Marie Cunningham is born on Mar 14. Cunningham
1920s — 1940s
1920: Allen Cunningham is born on Jan 18. Cunningham
1923: Eva Marie Cunningham & James Alonzo Avery are married on Jun 11. Cunningham
1925: Clarence M Cunningham & Mary Elizabeth Burton are married on Mar 13. Cunningham
1926: Wiley N Dolby passes away on Jul 11. Cunningham
1926: Raymond Earl Reed passes away. Reed
1926: Dewitt Atkins Jr is born. Reed
1927: Ruby Pearl Reed & Geraldine Minerva Bassett are married on Sep 24. Reed
1927: Ira Cunningham passes away. Cunningham
1928: Russell G. Reed Sr. & Georgiana Boswell are married on Jul 28. Reed
1928: Norman Reed is born on Jul 4. Reed
1928: Richard Joseph Williams Sr. is born on Nov 25. Reed
1928: Florence Stewart passes away. Cunningham
1928: Flora Stewart passes away. Cunningham
1929: Lucille Johnson marries Richard W Dolby on Oct 7. Cunningham
1929: Jeanette Reed is born. Reed
1929: Mary Celia Bow is born on Apr 9. Reed
1929: James Curtis Reed is born on Aug 1. Reed
1930: Grace Cunningham is born. Cunningham
1931: Odessa Byrd is born. Reed
1931: Phyllis Reed is born on Jun 3. Reed
1932: Cecil Reed & Ollie Bell Allensworth are married on Sep 25. Reed
1932: Russell E. Reed Jr. is born. Reed
1932: Shirley Cunningham is born on Jun 8. Cunningham
1932: Wilbur Calvin Cunningham is born on Jul 26. Cunningham
1932: Richard Cunningham passes away on Dec 24. Cunningham
1933: Raymond Reed is born. Reed
1933: Kent Melvin Fowler is born on Mar 13. Reed
1934: Katherine Reed is born. Reed
1935: John Edmond Cunningham & Bessie D Smith are married on Apr 11. Cunningham
1935: Roy S. Reed is born. Reed
1935: Barbara Cunningham is born. Cunningham
1936: Marva J Reed is born. Reed
1936: Robert Reed is born on Oct 4. Reed
1937: Donald Franklyn Cunningham Sr & Beulah B. Hicks are married on Nov 20. Cunningham
1937: Charles Reed is born. Reed
1939: Clarence Davis is born. Reed
1940: Mildred Reed & George Howard are married on Jul 30. Reed
1940: John Allen Reed is born on Feb 18. Reed
1940: Kenneth Eugene Cunningham is born on Jul 4. Cunningham
1941: Blanch Radliff passes away on Mar 10. Cunningham
1941: Donna Reed is born on Nov 12. Reed
1941: Donald F Cunningham Jr is born on May 17. Cunningham
1942: George Emmett Cunningham & Edith Louise Hayes are married on Nov 8. Cunningham
1943: France Edward Holmes Sr. is born on Apr 15. Reed
1943: Larry Reed is born on Nov 6. Reed
1944: Charles Edward Reed Jr. passes away on Jan 8. Reed
1944: Fredric L Cunningham is born. Cunningham
1945: Mary Finley passes away on Mar 17. Shared Matriarch
1945: Linda Reed is born on Sep 17. Reed
1946: Alan W Cunningham is born. Cunningham
1947: Jeanette Reed & Dewitt Atkins Jr are married on Oct 18. Reed
1948: Russell E. Reed Jr. & Odessa Byrd are married on Aug 24. Reed
1949: James Curtis Reed & Mary Celia Bow are married on Jul 30. Reed
1949: Gloria Atkins is born. Reed
1949: Frederick Reed Sr. is born on Sep 6. Reed
1949: Kathy Ethington is born on Aug 8. Reed
1949: Cathy Elaine Reed is born on Sep 13. Reed
1949: David Cunningham is born in Aug. Cunningham
1949: Sophia Rose Woods passes away on Apr 3. Reed
1949: Cathy Elaine Reed passes away on Oct 1. Reed
1950s — 1970s
1950: Phyllis Reed & Richard Joseph Williams Sr. are married on Feb 11. Reed
1950: Mary Frances Drake is born on Mar 27. Reed
1950: Nolan Lamont Reed is born on May 9. Reed
1950: Kenneth Williams is born on Jul 17. Reed
1950: Darilyn M Collins is born. Cunningham
1950: John Allen Reed passes away on Jul 4. Reed
1951: Marlene Atkins is born. Reed
1951: Curtis Dewaine Reed is born on Sep 4. Reed
1951: Sheila Williams is born on Dec 21. Reed
1951: Dora Cunningham is born on Mar 18. Cunningham
1952: William Monroe Cunningham & Magnolia Smith are married on Dec 15. Cunningham
1952: Sharon Williams is born on Feb 15. Reed
1952: Ronnie D Peterson is born on Jul 31. Reed
1952: Eva Marie Cunningham passes away on May 19. Cunningham
1953: Katherine Reed & Kent Melvin Fowler are married on Aug 26. Reed
1953: Lovella Ellerson is born on Apr 1. Reed
1953: Glen Reed Sr is born on Jul 29. Reed
1953: John Edmond Cunningham passes away on Aug 3. Cunningham
1954: Deborah Williams is born on Jan 1. Reed
1954: David Wayne Fowler is born on Aug 10. Reed
1954: Gerald Eugene Reed is born on Sep 9. Reed
1954: Vanessa Reed is born on Sep 27. Reed
1954: William Harrison Cunningham passes away in Jan. Cunningham
1955: Roxana Womble is born on Aug 25. Reed
1955: George Finley Cunningham passes away. Cunningham
1956: Gary A. Fowler is born. Reed
1956: Richard Williams Jr. is born on Jul 25. Reed
1956: Gloria Cecila Reed is born on Nov 30. Reed
1956: Martha Mattie Cunningham passes away. Cunningham
1958: Valerie Ann Reed is born on Dec 9. Reed
1959: Robert A Cunningham passes away in Jan. Cunningham
1960: Lisa Beth Cunningham is born on Feb 11. Cunningham
1960: Tyrone Williams is born on Apr 1. Reed
1961: Gary Reed is born. Reed
1961: Gregory Maurice Graham is born on Apr 12. Reed
1961: David L Long is born on Apr 27. Reed
1961: Myrtle Ada Pettiford passes away. Cunningham
1962: Jacqueline K Fowler is born. Reed
1962: Myron Williams is born on Jan 22. Reed
1962: Nancy Colleen Reed is born on May 2. Reed
1962: Odessa Byrd passes away. Reed
1964: Lawrence K. Ewell is born on Dec 23. Reed
1965: Terrie Holmes is born on Feb 14. Reed
1965: Michael Anthony Foster is born on Mar 11. Reed
1965: Shelly Reed is born on Mar 15. Reed
1966: Vickie Holmes is born on May 9. Reed
1966: Michael Ray Foster Sr. is born on Sep 11. Reed
1967: Laura Holmes is born on Nov 23. Reed
1968: Terrence E Williams is born in May. Reed
1968: Lawrence Reed is born on Nov 25. Reed
1969: John Oliver Cunningham passes away on May 16. Cunningham
1969: Otha B Harris Jr. is born on Jul 14. Reed
1970: Lisa Renee Reed is born on Jun 13. Reed
1970: Vonyea Janine Carter is born on Jul 13. Reed
1970: Sirena Sharese Miller is born on Nov 23. Reed
1971: Theodore Dolby passes away in May. Cunningham
1972: Candace DeVonne Brown is born on Jun 5. Reed
1972: Monique Renee Reed is born on Jun 29. Reed
1973: Dana Holmes is born on Aug 5. Reed
1973: David Wayne Fowler passes away on Aug 27. Reed
1973: Wilbur Radliffe Cunningham passes away on Oct 18. Cunningham
1973: Curtis Tyrone Reed is born on Dec 10. Reed
1974: Jermaine Eugene Hamilton Sr. is born on Dec 18. Reed
1975: Margarette Dolby passes away on Jun 21. Cunningham
1975: Mildred Reed passes away on Oct 25. Reed
1976: Lakeesa Meira Reed is born on Feb 18. Reed
1976: Dorian Scott Bow is born in Jun. Reed
1976: Emily S Elsom is born. Cunningham
1977: Kevin Lamont Reed is born on Mar 14. Reed
1977: Andrew Lethair Green is born on Jun 3. Reed
1977: Donnette Kimberly Bow is born in Oct. Reed
1977: Leslie Jenette Cunningham is born on Oct 28. Cunningham
1978: Frederick Reed Jr. is born. Reed
1978: Joi Khalilah Cunningham is born on May 22. Cunningham
1978: Kevin Cunningham is born on Sep 5. Cunningham
1978: Germar Eugene Reed is born on Sep 25. Reed
1979: Kuiyana Miller is born on May 5. Reed
1979: Gerald Eugene Reed & Roxana Womble are married on Jul 14. Reed
1979: Charles Maurice Reed Sr. is born on Oct 8. Reed
1979: Cecil Reed passes away on Nov 8. Reed
1980s — 1990s
1980: Shaneesha La Donna Reed is born on Oct 11. Reed
1981: Ruby Pearl Reed passes away on Jun 25. Reed
1981: Angelinia Sutton is born in Jun. Reed
1981: Donielle Latrinda Holmes is born on Oct 1. Reed
1982: Hazel Reed passes away on Sep 9. Reed
1982: Darryl De Wayne Reed is born on Oct 23. Reed
1984: Jena Lavon Reed is born on Mar 1. Reed
1984: Donald F Cunningham Jr & Darilyn M Collins are married on Aug 4. Cunningham
1986: France E. Jr. Holmes Jr. is born on Apr 30. Reed
1987: John E Reed passes away on Jan 14. Reed
1987: Shelly Reed marries on May 26. Reed
1987: Michael Ray Foster Jr is born. Reed
1989: Jacqueline K Fowler & David L Long are married on Sep 10. Reed
1989: Clarence M Cunningham passes away on Oct 19. Cunningham
1990: Jason Foster-Fuller is born in Apr. Reed
1990: Ollie Bell Allensworth passes away. Reed
1991: Lewis George Cunningham passes away on Apr 12. Cunningham
1992: Jermaine Eugene Hamilton Jr. is born on Apr 25. Reed
1992: Janae Tykeese Muldrow is born on Nov 26. Reed
1992: Beulah B. Hicks passes away. Cunningham
1993: Christopher Hamilton is born on Mar 21. Reed
1993: Russell E. Reed Jr. passes away on Nov 18. Reed
1994: Alexis Graham is born on Jun 9. Reed
1994: Tajai Armani Reed is born on Sep 27. Reed
1994: Russell G. Reed Sr. passes away. Reed
1994: Dewitt Atkins Jr passes away on Dec 16. Reed
1995: Vonyea Janine Carter marries on Jun 3. Reed
1995: Ira Ulyssis Cunningham passes away on Sep 29. Cunningham
1995: Otha B Harris III is born. Reed
1996: Curtis Tyler Reed is born on Jul 22. Reed
1998: George Emmett Cunningham passes away on Apr 3. Cunningham
1998: Taylor Hamilton is born on Aug 29. Reed
1998: Curtis Tyrone Reed & Candace DeVonne Brown are married on Dec 25. Reed
1999: Mary Celia Bow passes away on Oct 30. Reed
2000s — Present
2000: Geraldine Minerva Bassett passes away on Apr 29. Reed
2000: Mary Delight Cunningham passes away on Nov 3. Cunningham
2000: Kyren Tyrell Reed is born on Nov 21. Reed
2001: Richard W Dolby passes away on Mar 21. Cunningham
2001: Lulu May Cunningham passes away on Mar 24. Cunningham
2001: Alta Ineatia Dolby passes away on Apr 12. Cunningham
2002: Lauren Kelly Ewell is born on Feb 16. Reed
2002: Charles Maurice Reed Jr. is born on Jun 20. Reed
2002: Jeanette Reed passes away on Aug 25. Reed
2002: Kathy Ethington passes away on Oct 20. Reed
2003: Donald Franklyn Cunningham Sr passes away on Aug 15. Cunningham
2004: Richard Joseph Williams Sr. passes away on Jul 31. Reed
2004: Kevin Cunningham & Emily S Elsom are married on Aug 6. Cunningham
2005: France Edward Holmes Sr. passes away on Mar 25. Reed
2005: Donielle Latrinda Holmes & Mark Smith are married. Reed
2006: David L Long passes away on Jan 26. Reed
2006: Mary M Dolby passes away on Mar 27. Cunningham
2006: Delant'e Reed is born on Aug 16. Reed
2007: Lawrence Reed passes away on Feb 24. Reed
2007: Robert Reed passes away on Mar 6. Reed
2007: Charles Reed passes away on Mar 6. Reed
2007: Elizabeth Dolby passes away on Aug 8. Cunningham
2009: Lawrence K. Ewell passes away on Apr 27. Reed
2010: Laneya Reed is born on Nov 9. Reed
2011: Jenae Matlock is born on May 2. Reed
2011: Shelly Reed passes away on Dec 4. Reed
2012: Kent Melvin Fowler passes away on Apr 16. Reed
2015: Winifred Davidson passes away. Cunningham
2015: Germar Eugene Reed & Angelinia Sutton are married on Dec 5. Reed
2016: Frederick Reed Sr. passes away on Oct 12. Reed
2017: Kenneth Aldridge passes away on Nov 26. Reed
2018: Charlotte Quinn Albuma Reed is born on Jan 10. Reed
2018: Larry Reed passes away on Jul 15. Reed
2019: Vanessa Reed passes away on Jan 20. Reed
2020: Cameron Bryce Reed is born on Dec 20. Reed
2021: Roy S. Reed passes away on Apr 7. Reed
2021: Kevin Reed Jr. is born. Reed
2023: Alina Celia Reed is born on Apr 29. Reed
2023: Myron Williams passes away on Nov 20. Reed
2025: Jermaine Eugene Hamilton Sr. passes away on May 11. Reed
2025: Brooklyn Reed is born on Aug 14. Reed
2025: Valerie Ann Reed passes away on Sep 25. Reed