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Wilmetta Cunningham Austin

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Wilmetta Cunningham Austin at Getting Word Gathering, June 1997

Dates: 1940–

Family: Fossett (Hemings)

Residence (at time of interview): Chillicothe, OH

Interview Information

19 July 1995, Chillicothe, OH
Interviewees: William Cunningham, Wilmetta Cunningham Austin

Ancestry

  • Elizabeth Hemings 1735–1807
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  • Mary Hemings Bell 1753–post 1834
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  • Joseph Fossett 1780–1858
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  • Ann–Elizabeth Fossett Isaacs 1812–1902
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  • Wilmetta Cunningham Austin 1940–
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