Notes for: William Cunningham MCINDOO
Is this an assumption? Yes, but it is an assumption with some fairly good strengths.
We know from the Wisconsin, U.S., Marriage Records for William C McIndoo and the Minnesota, U.S., Territorial and State Censuses, 1875 for John McIndoo that his father was John Milton McIndoo and his mother was Elizabeth Caroline Cunningham.
The Minnesota, U.S., Territorial and State Censuses, 1875 indicates he was 9 years old at the time of the census. This agrees with the 1880 US Census for Crescent, Iroquois, Illinois which indicates that William C McIndoo is 14 years old.
On 30 October 1889 William C McIndoo married Eliza A Lake at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Poynette, in Columbia County, Wisconsin.
We have the Wisconsin, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1801-1928 showing the birth of daughter Mary McIndoo on 14 February 1891 in the town of Tomahawk, Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
From the obituary of William’s daughter Rachel (McIndoo) Moore we know of another sister Virginia (McIndoo) King, actually a half-sister.
On 12 December 1909 William C McIndoo married Mettie Morin (Stovall) Shirley, the widow of John Efferson Shirley in the city of Lexington, Cleveland County, Oklahoma. Mr. McIndoo is mentioned as a contractor and builder.
On 17 September 1912 in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas Virginia Iona McIndoo is born to William and Mettie.
This birth is what places William in that area near the time of his death.
The information provided on the Find-A-Grave Memorial # 249012606 matches the name, the age, the name of parents, his occupation, and with the birth information of Virginia it matches the location.
The Find-A-Grave Memorial # 249012606 was created January 2023 by Judy Wild so perhaps she has more information from the death certificate.
Is this an assumption? Yes, but I am confident that this is the gravesite of William Cunningham McIndoo first son of John Milton McIndoo, Sr. and Elizabeth Caroline Cunningham.