Richard Cundiff, the grandfather of the Cundiff family of Montgomery County, was killed at the battle of Point Pleasant, 1774. His sons, Louis and William, settled in Missouri, the former in 1818, and the latter in 1819. Louis married Elizabeth Towers, by whom he had-Polls’, Elizabeth, Richmond, James, Louis, Sally, and Levisa. William married Sally Maddox, by whom he had-Joseph, James, John, William, Polly, Jane, Sally, Maria, and Elizabeth A.