Cunningham was born in Monroe County , Tennessee to Abner Cunningham and Celia Stephens .
George I. Cunningham was the forty - fourth mayor of Charleston , South Carolina , serving two terms from 1873 to 1877 .
mayor was born in Monroe County , Tennessee to Abner Cunningham and Celia Stephens .
George I. Cunningham was the forty - fourth mayor of Charleston , South Carolina , serving two terms from 1873 to 1877 .