William Tharp [SEP] place of death
William Tharp
William Tharp (November 27, 1803 – January 9, 1865) was an American farmer and politician from Milford in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware.
Early life and family.
Tharp was born in Farmington, Delaware, the son of James and Eunice Fleming Tharp. His great grandfather had settled near Frankford, Delaware in 1735. His father died in 1829 and he married Mary A. Johnson about
his death. In 1915, following the death of Leopold Caspari, Charles Cunningham was elected to the Louisiana State Senate from Natchitoches Parish. He resigned the seat after seven years in 1922.
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, a former state House member and a judge in Natchitoches