Dear Betsy Gilson: Here is Annie Elizabeth Taylor Cunningham's obituary, from the Carrollton (Mo.) Democrat, 28 January 1916, p. 3 (cited in *Mark Twain's Letters, Volume 1: 1853-1866* (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988), p. 62 n. 2: Death of Mrs. Cunningham Mrs. Charles Cunningham died at her home on North Jefferson street, Sunday morning, Jan. 23, at 11 o'clock, of pneumonia, aged 76 years and 14 days. Annie Elizabeth Taylor was born in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, January 9, 1840. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins Taylor, who came to Iowa from Kentucky. Her father was prominent in Iowa, when it was a territory, also after it became a state. Later he was in Washington as a newspaper man. She was educated at Lindenwood College in St. Charles and after graduating taught school for several years. March 17, 1868, she married Chas. A. Cunningham, at Highland, Kansas. They came to Carroll county and lived on a farm near Bogard. In 1869 they came to Carrollton to live; in 1904 they again moved to the country about one mile north of this city; in 1910 he sold his farm and they moved into their present home on North Jefferson street. In her youth Mrs. Cunningham joined the Presbyterian church and has been in all these years faithful to her Master. For forty years Mr. Cunningham as been in poor health and for over twenty years has not been able to take any part in the social life of the city. Through it all she has been cheerful and in her own home was a charming conversationalist. Owing to her quiet way of living she has not made many new friends but her old ones speak of her in the highest terms. She leaves one sister, Mrs. Mary Jane Martin of New Mexico and her husband to mourn her death, as well as a large number of friends. Mrs. Cunninghame has been ill with the griped for several weeks, later pneumonia followed and death came quickly. The funeral services were held at the home Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. G. L. Bush, assisted by Rev. E. I. Gilmore. Burial at Oak Hill. I hope this is of some use. For Christmas comments, see also *Mark Twain's Letters, Volume 2: 1867-1868,* p. 350; *Volume 3: 1869*, p. 9 n. 2; and *Volume 4: 1870-1871*, p. 521. Yours sincerely, Vic Fischer Mark Twain Project