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Charles Milton Cunningham, who was born in New Orleans where his parents were then residing, founded the still published newspaper, ''The Natchitoches Times,'' which he edited until 1930, six years before his death.<ref name=ftmaker>{{cite web|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/index.html|title=Charles Milton Cunningham|publisher=familytreemaker.genealogy.com|accessdate=February 11, 2021}}</ref> In 1915, following the death of [[Leopold Caspari]], Charles Cunningham was elected as the state senator for Natchitoches Parish. He resigned the seat after seven years in 1922.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana Senate, 1880-Present|publisher=senate.la.gov|accessdate=February 11, 2021}}</ref>

Charles Milton Cunningham, who was born in New Orleans where his parents were then residing, founded the still published newspaper, ''The Natchitoches Times,'' which he edited until 1930, six years before his death.<ref name=ftmaker>{{cite web|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/index.html|title=Charles Milton Cunningham|publisher=familytreemaker.genealogy.com|accessdate=February 11, 2021}}</ref> In 1915, following the death of [[Leopold Caspari]], Charles Cunningham was elected as the state senator for Natchitoches Parish. He resigned the seat after seven years in 1922.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana Senate, 1880-Present|publisher=senate.la.gov|accessdate=February 11, 2021}}</ref>

In 1927, W. Peyton Cunningham married Mildred Rosalind Hill (1901-1982), the daughter of Samuel Hyams Hill and the former Marie Atala Prudhomme. Prior to the marriage, she worked for the People's Bank in Natchitoches. Peyton Cunningham's uncle, William Tharp Cunningham (1871-1952), a former state House member and a judge in Natchitoches, helped to put his nephew through law school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0185.html|title=William Tharp Cunningham|publisher=genealogy.com|accessdate=October 5, 2014}}</ref>

In 1927, W. Peyton Cunningham married Mildred Rosalind Hill (1901-1982), the daughter of Samuel Hyams Hill and the former Marie Atala Prudhomme. Prior to the marriage, she worked for the People's Bank in Natchitoches. Peyton Cunningham's uncle, William Tharp Cunningham (1871-1952), a former state House member and a judge in Natchitoches, helped to put his nephew through law school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0185.html|title=William Tharp Cunningham|publisher=genealogy.com|accessdate=October 5, 2014; material no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>

The Cunninghams had one daughter, Lallah Hill Cunningham Methvin (1929-2012), who was the mother of five children by the [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] attorney [[DeWitt T. Methvin, Jr.]], from whom she was divorced.<ref name=lallahh>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=121114950|title=Lallah Hill Cunningham Methvin|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 11, 2021}}</ref> Peyton and Mildred Cunningham had three sons, William Peyton Cunningham, Jr., a retired judge, John Hill Cunningham, and Joseph Payne Cunningham, Sr.<ref name=wpcsr>{{cite web |url=http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0094.html|title=William Peyton Cunningham, Sr.|publisher=genealogy.com|accessdate=October 1, 2014; information no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>

The Cunninghams had one daughter, Lallah Hill Cunningham Methvin (1929-2012), who was the mother of five children by the [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] attorney [[DeWitt T. Methvin, Jr.]], from whom she was divorced.<ref name=lallahh>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=121114950|title=Lallah Hill Cunningham Methvin|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 11, 2021}}</ref> Peyton and Mildred Cunningham had three sons, William Peyton Cunningham, Jr., a retired judge, John Hill Cunningham, and Joseph Payne Cunningham, Sr.<ref name=wpcsr>{{cite web |url=http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0094.html|title=William Peyton Cunningham, Sr.|publisher=genealogy.com|accessdate=October 1, 2014; information no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>