Claiming to be his first wife to whom he was married 21 years ago, a woman giving her name as Nannie Cunningham issued a warrant Monday against Will Cunningham, negro barber, charging him with bigamy.
The warrant charges Cunningham with marrying Minnie Franklin without obtaining a divorce from his first wife, Nannie Cunningham.
Cunningham’s first wife claims she has been living in Rock Hill and only recently discovered that Cunningham was in Charlotte. Friends of the barber said, however, that she has known for years he was married again, the two having parted prior to his second marriage.
Cunningham has lived in Charlotte for many years and is favorably known here among both white people and negroes. He has been a barber for Henry Warren for years and has generally been recognized as a negro who commanded the respect of both races. He will be tried before Recorder Jones Tuesday.
From The Charlotte News, June 27, 1921
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