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Descendants of Thomas Cushman
Generation No. 1
1. THOMAS4 CUSHMAN (ROBERT (ROBERT3, THOMAS2 COUCHMAN, THOMAS (OR COUCHMAN)1 CUSHMAN)1 was born February 08, 1607/08 in Canterbury, Kent Co., ENGLAND1, and died December 10, 1691 in Plymouth Co., MA1. He married MARY ALLERTON1 1635 in Plymouth Co., MA1, daughter of ISAAC ALLERTON and MARY NORRIS. She was born June 16, 1616 in Leyden, HOLLAND1, and died December 08, 1699 in Plymouth Co., MA1. Notes for THOMAS CUSHMAN: The Division of Cattle, 1627 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On 22 May 1627, the Division of Cattle was recorded in the Plymouth Colony Records. This is a very important document because it names all the members of each household, including the names of women and children--making it in essense a complete census of 1627 Plymouth. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1627. At a publique court held the 22th of May it was concluded by the whole Companie, that the cattell wch were the Companies, to wit, the Cowes & the Goates should be equall devided to all the psonts of the same company & soe kept untill the expiration of ten yeares after the date above written & that every one should well and sufficiently pvid for there owne pt under penalty of forfeiting the same. That the old stock with halfe th increase should remaine for comon use to be devided at thend of the said terme or otherwise as ocation falleth out, & the other halfe to be their owne for ever. Uppon wch agreement they were equally devided by lotts soe as the burthen of keeping the males then beeing should be borne for common use by those to whose lot the best Cowes should fall & so the lotts fell as followeth. thirteene psonts being pportioned to one lot.
1 The first lot fell to ffrancis Cooke & his Companie Joyned to him his wife Hester Cooke To this lot fell the least of the 4 black Heyfers Came in the Jacob, and two shee goats. 3 John Cooke 4 Jacob Cooke 5 Jane Cooke 6 Hester Cooke 7 Mary Cooke 8 Moses Simonson 9 Phillip Delanoy 10 Experience Michaell 11 John ffance 12 Joshua Pratt 13 Phinihas Pratt
2 The second lot fel to Mr Isaac Allerton & his Companie ioyned to him his wife ffeare Allerton. To this lot fell the Greate Black cow came in the Ann to which they must keepe the lesser of the two steers, and two shee goats. 3 Bartholomew Allerton 4 Remember Allerton 5 Mary Allerton 6 Sarah Allerton 7 Godber Godberson 8 Sarah Godberson 9 Samuel Godberson 10 Marra Priest 11 Sarah Priest 12 Edward Bumpasse 13 John Crackstone
3 The third lot fell to Capt Standish & his companie Joyned to him his wife To this lot fell the Red Cow wch belongeth to the poore of the Colonye to wch they must keepe her Calfe of this yeare being a Bull for the Companie. Also to this lott Came too she goats. 2 Barbara Standish 3 Charles Standish 4 Allexander Standish 5 John Standish 6 Edward Winslow 7 Susanna Winslow 8 Edward Winslow 9 John Winslow 10 Resolved White 11 Perigrine White 12 Abraham Peirce 13 Thomas Clarke
4 The fourth lot fell to John Howland & his company Joyned to him his wife To this lot fell one of the 4 heyfers Came in the Jacob Called Raghorne. 2 Elizabeth Howland 3 John Howland Junor 4 Desire Howland 5 William Wright 6 Thomas Morton Juror 7 John Alden 8 Priscilla Alden 9 Elizabeth Alden 10 Clemont Briggs 11 Edward Dolton [Doty] 12 Edward Holdman 13 Joh. Alden
5 The fift lot fell to Mr Willm Brewster & his companie Joyned to him To this lot ffell one of the fower Heyfers Came in the Jacob Caled the Blind Heyfer & two shee goats. 2 Love Brewster 3 Wrestling Brewster 4 Richard More 5 Henri Samson 6 Johnathan Brewster 7 Lucrecia Brewster 8 Willm Brewster 9 Mary Brewster 10 Thomas Prince 11 Pacience Prince 12 Rebecka Prince 13 Humillyty Cooper
6 The sixt lott fell to John Shaw & his companie Joyned To this lot fell the lesser of the black Cowes Came at first in the Ann wth which they must keepe the bigest of the 2 steers. Also to this lot was two shee goats. 1 to him 2 John Adams 3 Eliner Adams 4 James Adams 5 John Winslow 6 Mary Winslow 7 Willm Basset 8 Elizabeth Bassett 9 Willyam Basset Junor 10 Elyzabeth Basset Junor 11 ffrancis Sprage 12 Anna Sprage 13 Mercye Sprage
7 The seaventh lott fell to Steven Hopkins & his companie Joyned to him his wife To this lott fell A Black weining Calfe to wch was aded the Calfe of this yeare to come of the black Cow, wch fell to John Shaw & his Companie, wch pveing a bull they were to keepe it ungelt 5 years for common use & after to make there best of it. Nothing belongeth of thes too, for ye copanye of ye first stock: but only halfe ye Increase. To this lott ther fell two shee goats: which goats they possess on the like terms which others doe their cattell. 2 Elizabeth Hopkins 3 Gyles Hopkins 4 Caleb Hopkins 5 Deborah Hopkins 6 Nickolas Snow 7 Constance Snow 8 William Pallmer 9 ffrances Pallmer 10 Willm Pallmer Jnor 11 John Billington Senor 12 Hellen Billington 13 ffrancis Billington
8 The eaight lott fell to Samuell ffuller & his company Joyned to him his wife To this lott fell A Red Heyfer Came of the Cow wch belongeth to the poore of the Colony & so is of that Consideration. (vizt) thes psonts nominated, to have halfe the Increase, the other halfe, with the ould stock, to remain for the use of the poore. To this lott also two shee goats. 2 Bridget ffuller 3 Samuell ffuller Junior 4 Peeter Browne 5 Martha Browne 6 Mary Browne 7 John fford 8 Martha fford 9 Anthony Anable 10 Jane Anable 11 Sarah Anable 12 Hanah Anable 13 Damaris Hopkins
9 The ninth lot fell to Richard Warren & his companie Joyned wth him his wife To this lot fell one of the 4 black Heyfers that came in the Jacob caled the smooth horned Heyfer and two shee goats. 2 Elizabeth Warren 3 Nathaniell Warren 4 Joseph Warren 5 Mary Warren 6 Anna Warren 7 Sara Warren 8 Elizabeth Warren 9 Abigail Warren 10 John Billington 11 George Sowle 12 Mary Sowle 13 Zakariah Sowle
10 The tenth lot fell to ffrancis Eaton & those Joyned wth him his wife To this lott ffell an heyfer of the last yeare called the white belyd heyfer & two shee goats. 2 Christian Eaton 3 Samuell Eaton 4 Rahell Eaton 5 Stephen Tracie 6 Triphosa Tracie 7 Sarah Tracie 8 Rebecka Tracie 9 Ralph Wallen 10 Joyce Wallen 11 Sarah Morton 12 Robert Bartlet 13 Tho: Prence.
11 The eleventh lott ffell to the Governor Mr William Bradford and those with him, to wit, his wife To this lott fell An heyfer of the last yeare wch was of the Greate white back cow that was brought over in the Ann, & two shee goats. 2 Alles Bradford and 3 William Bradford, Junior 4 Mercy Bradford 5 Joseph Rogers 6 Thomas Cushman 7 William Latham 8 Manases Kempton 9 Julian Kempton 10 Nathaniel Morton 11 John Morton 12 Ephraim Morton 13 Patience Morton
12 The twelveth lott fell to John Jene & his companie joyned to him his wife To this lott fell the greate white backt cow wch was brought over with the first in the Ann, to wch cow the keepeing of the bull was joyned for thes psonts to pvide for. heere also two shee goats. 2 Sarah Jene 3 Samuell Jene 4 Abigaill Jene 5 Sara Jene 6 Robert Hickes 7 Margret Hickes 8 Samuell Hickes 9 Ephraim Hickes 10 Lidya Hickes 11 Phebe Hickes 12 Stephen Deane 13 Edward Banges
1627, May the 22. It was farther agreed at the same Court: That if anie of the cattell should by acsident miscarie or be lost or Hurt: that the same should be taken knowledg of by Indifferent men: and Judged whether the losse came by the neglegence or default of those betrusted and if they were found faulty, that then such should be forced to make satisfaction for the companies, as also their partners dammage. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Will of William Bradford
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The last Will and Testament Nunckupative of Mr William Bradford senir: Deceased May the Ninth 1657 and exhibited to the court held att Plymouth June 3d 1657 Mr William Bradford senir: being weake in body but in prfect memory haveing Defered the forming of his Will in hopes of haveing the healp of Mr Thomas Prence therin; feeling himselfe very weake and drawing on to the conclusion of his mortall life spake as followeth; I could have Desired abler then myselfe in the Desposing of that I have; how my estate is none knowes better then youerselfe, said hee to Lieftenant Southworth; I have Desposed to John and William alreddy theire proportions of land which they are possessed of; My Will is that my son Josepth bee made in some sort equall to his brethern out of my estate; My further Will is that my Deare & loveing wife Allice Bradford shalbee the sole Exequitrix of my estate; and for her future maintainance my Will is that my Stocke in the Kennebecke Trad be reserved for her Comfortable Subsistence as farr as it will extend and soe further in any such way as may bee Judged best for her; I further request and appoint my welbeloved Christian ffrinds Mr Thomas Prence Captaine Thomas Willett and Lieftenant Thomas Southworth to be the Suppervissors for the Desposing of my estate according to the prmises Confiding much in theire faithfulnes I comend unto youer Wisdome and Descretions some smale bookes written by my owne hand to bee Improved as you shall see meet; In speciall I Comend to you a little booke with a blacke cover wherin there is a word to Plymouth a word to Boston and a word to New England with sundry usefull verses; These pticulars were expressed by the said William Bradford Govr the 9th of May 1657 in the prsence of us Thomas Cushman Thomas Southworth Nathaniell Morton; whoe were Deposed before the court held att Plymouth the 3d of June 1657 to the truth of the abovesaid Will that it is the last Will and Testament of the abovesaid Mr William Bradford senir. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
More About THOMAS CUSHMAN: Fact 1: December 11, 1691, Alternative Death Date1 More About MARY ALLERTON: Fact 1: Was the last person living who sailed on the Mayflower1 Fact 2: December 28, 1699, Alternative Deathdate1
Children of THOMAS CUSHMAN and MARY ALLERTON are:
Generation No. 2
2. ELKANAH5 CUSHMAN (THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS2 COUCHMAN, THOMAS (OR COUCHMAN)1 CUSHMAN)1 was born June 01, 1651 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA1, and died September 04, 1727 in Plympton, Plymouth Co., MA1. He married (1) ELIZABETH COLE1 February 16, 1675/76 in Plymouth, MA1. She was born in Plymouth, MA1, and died January 04, 1680/81 in Plymouth, MA1. He married (2) MARTHA COOKE1 March 02, 1682/83 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA1, daughter of JACOB COOKE and DAMARIS HOPKINS. She was born March 16, 1659/60 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA1, and died September 17, 1722 in Plympton, Plymouth Co., MA1. Notes for MARTHA COOKE: Family came over on the Mayflower. She is a descendant of Francis Cooke. She is also a descendant of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower.
Children of ELKANAH CUSHMAN and ELIZABETH COLE are:
Children of ELKANAH CUSHMAN and MARTHA COOKE are:
Generation No. 3
3. ELKANAH6 CUSHMAN (ELKANAH5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS2 COUCHMAN, THOMAS (OR COUCHMAN)1 CUSHMAN)1 was born September 15, 1678 in Plympton, MA1, and died January 09, 1713/14 in Plympton, MA1. He married HESTER BARNES February 23, 1701/02 in Plympton, MA.
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4. ALLERTON6 CUSHMAN (ELKANAH5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS2 COUCHMAN, THOMAS (OR COUCHMAN)1 CUSHMAN)1 was born November 21, 1683 in Plympton, Plymouth Co., MA1, and died January 09, 1730/31 in Plympton, Plymouth Co., MA1. He married (1) MARY BUCK1 January 11, 1710/11 in Plympton, Plymouth Co., MA1, daughter of EPHRIAM BUCK and SARAH BROOKS. She was born October 28, 1691 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA1, and died December 15, 1725 in Plympton, Plymouth Co., MA1. He married (2) ELIZABETH SAMPSON1 September 15, 17261. She was born WFT Est. 1682-17091, and died WFT Est. 1732-17971. More About MARY BUCK: Fact 1: Abt. 1688, Alternative Birthdate1 Fact 2: Alternative Birthsite: Plympton, Plymouth, MA1
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Generation No. 4
5. ELKANAH7 CUSHMAN (ELKANAH6, ELKANAH5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS2 COUCHMAN, THOMAS (OR COUCHMAN)1 CUSHMAN) was born in Plympton, MA. He married LYDIA BRADFORD.
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6. ALLERTON7 CUSHMAN (ALLERTON6, ELKANAH5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS2 COUCHMAN, THOMAS (OR COUCHMAN)1 CUSHMAN)1 was born December 16, 1712 in Plympton, Plymouth Co., MA1, and died January 1777 in Lebanon, CT1. He married (1) ALETHEA SOULE1 January 30, 1734/351, daughter of JOSEPH SOULE and MARY PETERSON. She was born WFT Est. 1696-17231, and died WFT Est. 1750-18111. He married (2) DEBORAH LYON1 November 28, 1748 in Windham, Woodstock Co., CT1, daughter of CALEB LYON and MARGARET LYON. She was born June 18, 1729 in Woodstock, CT1, and died December 01, 1751 in Woodstock, CT1. More About ALLERTON CUSHMAN: Fact 1: Alternative Death Site: Coventry, Tolland, CT1 More About DEBORAH LYON: Fact 1: January 23, 1728/29, Alternative Birthdate1 Fact 2: Alternative Deathsite: Plympton, Plymouth, MA1
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Generation No. 5
7. ELKANAH8 CUSHMAN (ELKANAH7, ELKANAH6, ELKANAH5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS2 COUCHMAN, THOMAS (OR COUCHMAN)1 CUSHMAN) was born November 13, 1741 in Plympton, MA. He married MARY LOTHROP.
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8. CALEB8 CUSHMAN (ALLERTON7, ALLERTON6, ELKANAH5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS2 COUCHMAN, THOMAS (OR COUCHMAN)1 CUSHMAN)1 was born October 21, 1749 in Woodstock, Conneticut1, and died January 03, 1809 in Goshen, Hampshire Co., MA1. He married BATHSHEBA SPAULDING1 1774 in Goshen, Hampshire Co., MA1. She was born September 25, 1756 in Goshen, Hampshire Co., MA1, and died January 17, 1805 in Goshen, Hampshire Co., MA1. Notes for CALEB CUSHMAN: Caleb Cushman (1749-1809) served Rev War, 1775, in a list of minute men under Captain Webster, from Goshen, Mass., where he died. He was born in Woodstock, Conn. ====================================================== Incorporated: 1781 Parent Town: Chesterfield (renamed from Chesterfield Gore).
Vital Records Available in the Walter E. Corbin Collection, comp. by Walter E. and Lottie S. Corbin, available from the New England Historic and Genealogical Society: Reel 7: Enfield, Florence, Goshen, Granby
Local Histories Hiram Barnard, History of the Town of Goshen, Hampshire County. . . 1761 to 1881 (1881).
Churches and Religious History The Congregational Church was gathered Dec. 21, 1780 as the Church in Chesterfield Gore. First minister: Rev. Samuel Whitman, installed 1788, dismissed 1818. Deacons included Oliver Taylor, Artemas Stone, Thomas Brown and Justin Parsons. Original records were held by the church in 1970. "Copy of the Records of the Congregational Church in Goshen, December 21, 1780 to 1798. Then Chesterfield Gore." Includes records to 1820. "Goshen Church Records." 1854-1887. "Records of the Congl Church in Goshen, Commencing March 1st, 1888." 1888-1937. "Book of Records for the Congregational Society, Goshen, Sept. 8th, 1829." 1828-1842. "Book of Records for the Congregational Society, Goshen, April 15, 1844. Vol. 2." 1843-1854. "Records of the Congl. Society, Goshen. 1855. Vol. 3." 1854-1873. Society Treasurer's Accounts, 1871-1939.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/8610/goshen.html More About CALEB CUSHMAN: Fact 1: Alternative Birthplace: Woodstock, CT1 Rev. War Service: 1776, MA
Children of CALEB CUSHMAN and BATHSHEBA SPAULDING are:
Generation No. 6
9. ELKANAH9 CUSHMAN (ELKANAH8, ELKANAH7, ELKANAH6, ELKANAH5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS2 COUCHMAN, THOMAS (OR COUCHMAN)1 CUSHMAN) was born June 01, 1769 in Plymouth, MA, and died June 13, 1841 in Boston MA. He married (1) SUSANNAH WENDELL LOTHROP December 26, 1790. She died February 08, 1815. He married (2) MARY ELIZA BABBIT October 18, 1815. She died in Liverpool, England.
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10. CALVIN9 CUSHMAN (CALEB8, ALLERTON7, ALLERTON6, ELKANAH5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS2 COUCHMAN, THOMAS (OR COUCHMAN)1 CUSHMAN)1,2,3,4 was born June 13, 1784 in Goshen, Hampshire Co., MA5, and died August 08, 1841 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi6. He married LAURA BARDWELL7,8,9 November 1809 in Belchertown, MA10, daughter of ELIJAH BARDWELL and SARAH SMITH. She was born July 06, 1782 in Belchertown, MA11,12, and died 1862 in Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Starksville, Mississippi13,14. Notes for CALVIN CUSHMAN: ====================================================== Incorporated: 1781 Parent Town: Chesterfield (renamed from Chesterfield Gore).
Vital Records Available in the Walter E. Corbin Collection, comp. by Walter E. and Lottie S. Corbin, available from the New England Historic and Genealogical Society: Reel 7: Enfield, Florence, Goshen, Granby
Local Histories Hiram Barnard, History of the Town of Goshen, Hampshire County. . . 1761 to 1881 (1881).
Churches and Religious History The Congregational Church was gathered Dec. 21, 1780 as the Church in Chesterfield Gore. First minister: Rev. Samuel Whitman, installed 1788, dismissed 1818. Deacons included Oliver Taylor, Artemas Stone, Thomas Brown and Justin Parsons. Original records were held by the church in 1970. "Copy of the Records of the Congregational Church in Goshen, December 21, 1780 to 1798. Then Chesterfield Gore." Includes records to 1820. "Goshen Church Records." 1854-1887. "Records of the Congl Church in Goshen, Commencing March 1st, 1888." 1888-1937. "Book of Records for the Congregational Society, Goshen, Sept. 8th, 1829." 1828-1842. "Book of Records for the Congregational Society, Goshen, April 15, 1844. Vol. 2." 1843-1854. "Records of the Congl. Society, Goshen. 1855. Vol. 3." 1854-1873. Society Treasurer's Accounts, 1871-1939.
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Calvin lived in Goshen MA till 1818, when he became a Missionary among the Choctaw Indians and lived at Mayhew, Oktibbeha county, Mississippi, till 1833, when that Missionary Station was broken up by the removal of the Choctaw Indians west of the Mississippi. He remained at Mayhew and became a Farmer. A villiage grew up near him by the name of Starkville, which became the shire town of Oktibbeha county. He was a prominent man in the new settlement, - was a Justice of the Peace, Judge of Probate, Elder of the Presbyterian Church and held various other offices. He was much respected and beloved as a useful and true man. He died of the disease of the brain, 8 August 184l. His wife was a member of the Presbyterian church and is now living (1852) at Mayhew, Mississippi at the age of 69. She is listed in the 1860 Census of OK. __________________________ Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1810
Cushman, Calvin State : MA County : Hampshire Co. Location : Goshen Year : 1810 Page # : 250 ______________________________ 1830 CENSUS TOWNES CO., MS Cushman, Calvin Males 5/10 3 15/20 1 40/50 1 Females 10/15 2 40/50 1 Slaves 1 female ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1840 CENSUS OKTIBBEHA CO., MS, STARKVILLE Cushman Jr., Calvin Males 10/15 1 15/20 1 20/30 1 50/60 1 Females 50/60 1 ____________________________________ History The area of Oktibbeha county was originally a part of the lands belonging to the Choctaw Indians. It takes its name from the creek in the northern part of the county which formed part of the boundary between the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations. Oktibbeha, in the Choctaw language, means "icy water." It has been estimated that in 1820 there were between 1,000 and 1,500 Choctaws living within the county's present day boundaries in some five or six settlements. The first whites to settle permanently in Oktibbeha County were Presbyterian missionaries led by Cyrus Kingsbury. They developed Mayhew Mission in 1820 where Ash Creek flows into the "Tibbee" in the northeastern corner of the county. It contained a school for the Indians, a grist mill, a blacksmith shop, and several other buildings. Three years later, Calvin Cushman established a mission at Hebron, about three miles northwest of present-day Starkville. The missionaries improved the Indian trails to the east, converting them into wagon roads which made the area more accessible to traffic along the Tombigbee River. The first public thoroughfare in the county was the Robinson Road, built in the early 1820's with both federal and state funds. It connected Nashville, Tennessee, and Jackson, entering Oktibbeha county at Artesia and extending southeastward to the Noxubee River. The Choctaws surrendered their claims to the area in the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, which was signed on September 27, 1830. In exchange they were given lands in present-day Oklahoma to which most of them moved. White settlers now began pouring into the region, many bringing slaves with them. A number of these newcomers were attracted to the Starkville area by two large springs and the favorable lay of the land. A mill south-west of the site provided clapboards which were used for many of the original buildings. From this, the settlement came to be known as Boardtown. Oktibbeha County was formally organized on December 23, 1833, with the first court meeting at Hebron the following year. By 1835, the county seat had been established at Boardtown, which changed its name to Starkville in honor of General John Stark, a hero of the Revolutionary War. The first courthouse was a one-room log structure with a small rail nearby. The jail had neither doors nor windows. The prisoners were let down into the hold by means of a rope. The Presbyterians established the town's first church in 1835 with the Methodists organizing shortly thereafter. The Baptists began their work in Starkville in 1839. The town got its first bank in 1835. It was called the Starkville Real Estate and Banking Company. A local lawyer, David Ames, began a school in the log court house which had fifty pupils by 1837. During the pre-Civil War years Oktibbeha County developed into an area of small farms with a number of large plantations. The agricultural base of cotton and livestock was supported by slavery. The 1860 census revealed a population of 5,171 whites, 7,631 slaves, 18 free blacks, and 157 Indians. Starkville served as the trade center for the county, but probably had a population of only 150 - most people, even professionals, preferring to live in the country. The Civil War was hard on Oktibbeha County as it was on the rest of Mississippi. Large numbers of its white men volunteered for Confederate service and the farms suffered. Grierson's raiders came through the region in the spring of 1863 and looted Starkville. Another Union raid the following year was turned back just south of West Point by General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Oktibbeha County and Starkville recovered slowly from the devastation of the war years and the abolition of slavery. Whites and blacks worked out their new relationships, both economic and social, within a segregated society. Blacks established their own churches and schools. The 1870's brought the first railroad into Starkville. After several unsuccessful efforts, a branch line of the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio was built from Artesia in 1874. Ten years later Canton, Aberdeen & Nashville came through Starkville with a line that linked Aberdeen to Durant on the Illinois Central. This opened up a new trade territory for Starkville to the northeast. On April 25, 1875, fire swept through downtown Starkville destroying 52 buildings. But, a determined people rebuilt downtown, placing the stores further apart and widening Main Street by twenty feet to its present width. Colonel W.B. Montgomery proved to be one of the area's strongest promoters. During the late 1870's, he imported an exceptional herd of Jersey cattle and thereafter revolutionized the agricultural base from cotton to dairy farming. He was also instrumental in 1878 in securing for Starkville the location of the new state agricultural and mechanical college. Mississippi A&M would develop into Mississippi State University and become the backbone of the local economy. As the university has expanded, so has Starkville. The late 19th century marked the beginning of an exodus from rural areas. By 1900, Starkville's population stood at 2,689, and it has expanded steadily to its present 18,458. Both the university and the community integrated relatively peacefully in the late 1960's. Today Oktibbeha County remains primarily agriculturally-based with emphasis on timber, beef cattle, dairy products, hay, and soybeans. However, it has built a sound industrial base with some twenty-five industries employing over 2,300 people. Higher education and the extensive research programs of Mississippi State University remain its primary industry. Student enrollment is approximately 13,867 with grounds, physical plant, and equipment valued at better than $275,000,000. Part of the rapidly developing Golden Triangle Area, Starkville and Oktibbeha County have enjoyed impressive growth in the past two decades. While proud of their heritage they seek today to provide a diverse economic and cultural base upon which to build confidently for the future. FURTHER READING: Carroll, Thomas Battle. - Historical Sketches of Oktibbeha County (Mississippi). 1931.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New and Complete Gazetteer of the U.S. (1854), p.630 LOWNDES, a county in the E. part of Mississippi, bordering on Alabama, has an area of about 725 square miles. It is intersected by the Tombigbee, which, in passing through the county, receives the Oktibbeha river and Luxapatilla creek. The surface is level or gently undulating, and is mostly occupied with prairies. The soil is a dark-colored, heavy, and highly productive loam, thought to be very durable, and particularly adapted to cotton. Cotton and Indian corn are the staples. In 1850 this county produced 15,127 bales of cotton; 871,864 bushels of corn, and 98,418 of sweet potatoes. It contained 24 churches, 1 newspaper office, 503 pupils attending public schools, and 607 attending academies or other schools. Large steamboats navigate the Tombigbee during more than half of the year. The route of the Mobile and Ohio railroad, now in progress, passes through the county. Capital, Columbus. Population, 19,544, of whom 6551 were free, and 12,993, slaves.[Cushman.ftw] Chapter Last Stand of the Choctaws, Page 8 of the Book: 1820 Calvin Cushman and his wife was listed as a Prominent Missionary of Oktibbeha County Mississippi. His relative, Araunah BARDWELL was listed in Oktibbeha documents with him. Page 9-10 of the Book: About 1823 Calvin CUSHMAN, having moved ten miles southwest of Mayhew, established a sub-mission. The place is about three miles northwest of Starkville; in section 29, township 19, range 14, not far from Cushman Creek and about a half of mile southeast of Dick Lewis residence. Here Cushman built a living-house, cleared some land, erected a church and school. The place born the name of Hebron. A little later multitudes of insects, probably grasshoppers, attached the corn-crop of the Indians of the neighborhood and threatened it with destruction. Some of the wise men of the tribe prophesied that if twin boys should go into the fields and perform certain ceremonies and incantations, all the grasshopppers would disappear. The savages were at a loss to find Indian twins in the vicinity; so they sent a delegation to Calvin Cushman to borrow his twins Horatio and Alonza. Mrs. Cushman was very reluctant to comply with the request; but deeming it uniwse to refuse, she finally permitted the Indians to carry the boys away. When the Indians had taught the boys the incantations, they took them to a corn-field. The Indians remained outside the fence; the boys went inside and performed the ceremonies. Then the Indians took them to another field and to another, until they had visited every cornfield in the community. page 11 The Indian missions, especially the parent mission at Mayhew, exercised a very beneficent influence on the Choctaws. According to Horatio Cushman, son of the missionary, effects of the teaching were soon evident in the Indian houses. These were substantial log cabins, usually with dirt floors, and with two rooms, one of which was dining room and kitchen and the other for the sleeping apartment. Many of the Indians acquired Spinning Wheels, looms, and cards; and each family raised some cotton, carded it, spun the thread, wove the cloth, and made the clothes. And the Indians now became less superstitious. After the coming of the missionaries, the savages killed only one woman convicted of being a witch, though they, like the whites a hundred years before, had long been believers in witchcraft. page 12 Teh white population gradually increased. I do not know the names of some who settled here during the decade ending in 1820. I do know that the missionaries--Kingsbury, Wright, Cushman, Byington, and Bardwell were here; and I know William B. CUSHMAN, brother to the missionary; and Dr. Araunah BARDWELL, brother to the missionary, were in the county. Chapter Removal of the Choctaws, Page 20 of the book: Most were considerably under middle age. Many were members of the hardy and honest pioneer class to which right thinking Americans rejoice in tracing ancestry. Being as yet unable to buy lands of the Government, they bought some claims from Indians, trusting the claims would eventually be validated by the Government. Cushman, the missionary, who had already been here more then ten years, and Elijah BARDWELL, the missionary, paid the Indians a dollar and a quarter an acre, the price charged several years later by the Government for similar lands. And Dr. Araunah Bardwell, also for some time a resident, bought reservations in l831. In 1832 or 1833 the report of the surveyors became public. This described the country; giving not only section and quarter-section lines, but adding comments on topography and fertility; noting timber and streams and lay of hte land. This valuable report is in existence still. Upon its publication, the Government threw the lands open to settlement; and on November 27, 1833, the Land Office began to sell and to record claims at a dollar and quarter an acre. page 21 A second provision of the Treaty of Dancing of Dancing Rabbit was this; the Indians that would migrate should have three years in which to leave for the Indian Territory; a third were to go each year. None, in fact, left Mississippi until fifteen months after the treaty was signed. They were very reluctant to go; many had to be threatened or forced. Indian-like, they made no provision for the long hard journey through what was then wilderness, unbroken except by water courses and occasional clearings, to the far West. They relied upon the Government paid contractors to remove them. The first lot left in the winter of 1831-2. The weather was unusually cold. They were scantily provided for; they endured.. page 22 ...untold suffering; most of the women and children were bare-foot; a lare percentage died enroute to the Territory. The Indians, it seems, were to remove by neighborhoods. Horatio CUSHMAN describes the departure of the Hebron neighborhood. Several days before the date for departure, the Indians began to assemble; they camped around his father's house. A great cry, or public mourning, went up for the land they were leaving. The squaws, wrapped in blankets, gathered in circles and wailed and mourned continuously for several days. The men were silent and sullen. Many of the tribe did not remove within three years. Sometimes trouble arose between an individual and Indian and an individual white man. Chapter Establishment of the County page 29 The first Justices of the Peace were these: for the Mayhaw district, W.N. Valentine and James Copeland; for the Southern district, Calvin CUSHMAN and Josiah Skinner; for the Central district, William Cabaniss and David Ames, and for the Northern, Squire Clark and H.B. Vaughn. page 30 In March 1834, the following were serving as constables; for the Mayhew district, Noah Eaves; for the Southern, Thomas Renfrow; and the Northern, Carmel Hightower. The first circuit court was held at Hebron, near CUSHMAN'S house, in 1834. As the weather was good, the session took place out of doors. There was very little business. A large crowd was in attendance, however,. On the opening day, nearly every white man living in the county was present. page 34 From 1833 to 1837 the Central district developed rapidly. In the Southwestern part, the Peck mill cut much lumber and probaly made good profits for the owner, Bishop. The people of the Boardtown community were building clapboard houses and otherwise preparing to have a real town. In February, 1834, Robert A. Lampkin, the sheriff, and William B. CUSHMAN, brother to the Missionary, sold to Elijah Hogan, as president of the board of the Police, twenty five acres on the ridge near the two springs, as a town site, for $10,000. The board, or Hogan acting for it, divided the purchase into blocks, separated of course by streets. The boundaries of the purchase are as follows: From the intersection of the CUSHMAN and Lampkin streets east to the intersection of Lampkin and Houston (now Jackson), thence north to the crossing of Houston and Stagg (now Jefferson); thence west to the intersection of Stagg and CUSHMAN; thence south to the point of beginning. The most westerly street was CUSHMAN; next, Walker, which ran through the Ward gin site; then, Washington; then, Lafayette; last, Houston. The most northerly street was Stagg; the middle, Main--20 feet narrower than now; the Southern, Lampkin, which ran just back of where Zeno Yeates' residence is today. page 39 In 1836, Calvin CUSHMAN succeeded Elijah Hogan as president of the board of Police. Chapter: Dark Days page 56 Teh Mayhew Presbyterian church gradually grew weaker and weaker. Calvin CUSHMAN and Elijah BARDWELL, the former missionaries, transferred their membership to the newly formed Starkville Presbyterian church. In 1845, the Mayhew church, the first Presbyterian church in the county, ceased to exist.
========================================== PATENTEE NAME SIGNATURE DATE DOCUMENT NR. ACCESSION NR. CERTIFIED DOC. CUSHMAN, CALVIN 02/01/1841 1487 MS0940__.060 CUSHMAN, CALVIN 02/01/1841 1488 MS0940__.061 CUSHMAN, CALVIN 02/01/1841 1489 MS0940__.062 CUSHMAN, CALVIN 02/01/1841 1543 MS0940__.115 CUSHMAN, CALVIN 02/01/1841 2474 MS0950__.495 CUSHMAN, CALVIN 02/01/1841 6925 MS0990__.426 CUSHMAN, CALVIN 02/01/1841 6926 MS0990__.427
CUSHMAN, WILLIAM B 02/27/1841 12748 MS1090__.125 CUSHMAN, WILLIAM B 02/27/1841 18436 MS1190__.384 CUSHMAN, WILLIAM B 08/10/1846 18437 MS1190__.385 CUSHMAN, WILLIAM B 08/10/1846 18438 MS1190__.386 CUSHMAN, WILLIAM B 02/27/1841 23101 MS1280__.310 CUSHMAN, WILLIAM B 02/27/1841 23137 MS1280__.344 CUSHMAN, WILLIAM B 02/27/1841 23138 MS1280__.345 CUSHMAN, WILLIAM B 02/27/1841 6586 MS0990__.137 CUSHMAN, WILLIAM 02/01/1841 1521 MS0940__.094 CUSHMAN, WILLIAM 02/27/1841 22977 MS1280__.195 CUSHMAN, WILLIAM 02/01/1841 6385 MS0980__.465
More About CALVIN CUSHMAN: Missionary: 1820, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi15,16 Twin: Horatio B. Cushman16 Notes for LAURA BARDWELL: Cushman, Laura State : MS County : Oktibbeha Co. Location : Starkville Year : 1860 Page # : 041 Page #041 Oktibbeha Co, MS Starkville 1860 #317/279 Ward, William 50 NC Farming $7000. $24,500. , William JR 19 MS Overseer , Laura 17 MS ,Cushman 14 months MS Cushman, Laura 78 MA
Children of CALVIN CUSHMAN and LAURA BARDWELL are:
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11. MARIA LOUISA10 CUSHMAN (CALVIN9, CALEB8, ALLERTON7, ALLERTON6, ELKANAH5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS2 COUCHMAN, THOMAS (OR COUCHMAN)1 CUSHMAN)19,20,21,22,23 was born Abt. 1810 in Goshen, Hampshire Co., MA24, and died March 01, 1872 in Starksville, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi24. She married JOHN BILLINGTON 1832 in Starksville, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. He was born Abt. 1792 in Pennsylvania, PA, and died May 17, 1865 in Starksville, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. Notes for MARIA LOUISA CUSHMAN: 1850 BILLINGTON JOHN Oktibbeha County MS 279 No Township Listed Federal Population Schedule MS 1850 Federal Census Index MSS5a130734 1837 BILLINGTON JOHN Oktibbeha County MS No Township Listed MS 1837 State Census Index MS1544640 1850 BILLINGTON JOHN Oktibbeha County MS 041 No Township Listed Sl SL MS 1850 Slave Schedule MS4651611 1860 BILLINGTON JOHN Oktibbeha County MS 038 St.Arkville Federal Population Schedule MS 1860 Federal Census Index MS5405827 1840 BILLINGTON JOHN Oktibbeha County MS 12 Federal Population Schedule MS 1840 Federal Census Index MSS4a215652 1841 BILLINGTON JOHN Oktibbeha County MS No Township Listed MS 1841 State Census Index MSS4a215653 1845 BILLINGTON JOHN Oktibbeha County MS No Township Listed MS 1845 State Census Index MSS4a215654 1840 BILLINGTON JOHN Oktibbeha County MS 122 No Township Listed Federal Population Schedule MS 1840 Federal Census Index MSS4a215655 1840 BILLINGTON JOHN Oktibbeha County MS 12 Federal Population Schedule MS 1840 Federal Census Index MSS4a215658 1870 BILLINGTON WILLIAM Oktibbeha County MS 352 St.Arkville P.O. Federal Population Schedule MS 1870 Federal Census Index MS31016643 ================================ 1870 BILLINGTON MARIA L. Oktibbeha County MS #306 Starkville Federal Population Schedule MS 1870 Federal Census Index MS31016642
Member of the Presbyterian Church 1870 CENSUS OKTIBBEHA CO., MS Page 306 #65/62 Billington, Maria L. 55 w f keeping house MS $10,000. $20,000. McMillon, Maltilta 31 w f music teacher MS 600. 1,200. , Maltilta 9 w f MS , James 7 w m MS , Louesa 2 w f MS ********************************** Members of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution; 100 volumes) I found the following lineages from these volumes which include some of the above: Volume 82 [p.126] Mrs. Matilda Mcmillan Alexander. DAR ID Number: 81333 Born in Starkville, Miss. Wife of Charlton Henry Alexander. Descendant of Lieut. Elijah Bardwell and of Caleb Cushman. Daughter of Augustus McMillan (1836-69) and Matilda Ann Billington (1837-72), his wife, m. 1859. Granddaughter of John Billington (1792-1865) and Maria Louise Cushman (d.1872), his 2nd wife. Gr-granddaughter of Calvin Cushman (1784-1841) and Laura Bardwell (1782-1862), his wife, m. 1809. Gr-gr-granddaughter of Caleb Cushman and Bathsheba Spalding (1756-1805),his wife, m. 1774; Elijah Bardwell and Sarah W. Smith, his wife, m. 1809. Elijah Bardwell (1753-1803) was lieutenant, 1782, in Capt. Gideon Stebbins' company, 4th Hampshire County militia. He was born in Belchertown, died in Goshen, Mass. Caleb Cushman (1749-1809) served, 1775, in a list of minute men under Captain Webster, from Goshen, Mass., where he died. He was born in Woodstock, Conn.
Children of MARIA CUSHMAN and JOHN BILLINGTON are:
12. CALVIN LUTHER10 CUSHMAN (CALVIN9, CALEB8, ALLERTON7, ALLERTON6, ELKANAH5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS2 COUCHMAN, THOMAS (OR COUCHMAN)1 CUSHMAN)26,27 was born August 13, 1822 in Starksville, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi28, and died Bet. 1860 - 1870 in Starksville, Oktibbeha Co., MS29. He married MARGARET OWEN29 Bef. 1860 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi29, daughter of ELISHA OWEN and MARGARET UNKNOWN. She was born 1824 in South Carolina29, and died Aft. 1870 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi29. Notes for CALVIN LUTHER CUSHMAN:
New and Complete Gazetteer of the U.S. (1854), p.857 OKTIBBEHA, a river in the N.E. part of Mississippi, rises in Pontotoc co., and flowing south-easterly, enters the Tombigbee in Lowndes co., a few miles above Columbus. New and Complete Gazetteer of the U.S. (1854), p.857 OKTIBBEHA, a county in the E. part of Mississippi, has an area of about 620 square miles. It is watered by the Noxubee river, and the Oktibbeha, from which it derives its name, flows along its N. E. border. The soil is productive. Cotton and Indian corn are the staples. In 1850 this county produced 389,796 bushels of corn; 24,124 of oats; 66,490 of sweet potatoes, and 5479 bales of cotton. It contained 19 churches, and 511 pupils attending public schools. Capital, Starksville. Population, 9171, of whom 4327 were free, and 4844, slaves. _________________________ Calvin Luther was the twin of Horatio. He was a tanner and boot and shoe manufacturer at Starksville, MS, and is in company in business with his brother-in-law, William Ward. He is a member of methodist church. ____________________________ 1850 CENSUS OKTIBBEHA CO., MS. STARKVILLE Cushman, Calvin 27 Constable MS , Sarah 23 AL , John 2 MS Hernden, William 22 overseer AL Cushman, Ralph A. 25 Merchant MS , Mary 21 Al , Laura 1 MS Beckmeyer, Henry 22 Tanner Germany Ward, Mary L. 13 Ms , William G. 10 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Census Index: U.S. Selected States/Counties, 1860 Cushman, Calvin S. State : MS County : Oktibbeha Co. Location : Starkville Year : 1860 Page # : 004 1860 CENSUS STARKVILLE, OKTIBBEHA CO., MS Cushman, Calvin 37 MS Overseer , Margaret 40 SC , John 11 MS , Willie 9 MS ,Henry 5 MS , Oreanna 2 MS Calvin died between 1860 and 1870 Margaret is listed in her brothers Middleton Owens house.
Notes for MARGARET OWEN:
Elisha and Margaret Owens are listed in Starkville, Oktibbeha Co., MS. 1850 census. Margaret was living with her son Middleton and her daughter Margaret in the 1860 census. In the 1870 census Middleton, Henry and their sister Margaret and her two children Henry & Ora Cushman are living in the same household.
1850 Census Starkville, Oktibbeha, MS. 10 Sep 1850 -------------------- House #308, Pg 218 Baily Mahon 70 Farmer SC Nancy 65 SC George H Owen 21 Student 800 R.E. SC Sidny Taylor 16 Student AL ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1850 Census Starkville, Oktibbeha, MS. 10 Sep 1850 ------------------ House #320, PG 278 Elisha Owen 77 Farmer 960 R.E. SC Margaret 74 SC Middleton 32 Farmer SC Margaret 26 SC ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
================================================ 1860 Census Starkville, Oktibbeha Co., MS House 32, Pg 4 Calvin Cushman 37 Overseering 3500 RE 5000 Per Ms Margaret (Owen) 40 SC John 11 MS Willie 9 MS Henry 5 MS Oreanna 2 MS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1860 Census Starkville, Oktibbeha Co., MS ------------------------- House 323, Pg 2 Middleton Owen 42 Farmer 1200 RE 34000 Per SC Margaret 83 SC [mother] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- =================================================== 1870 census Starkville, Oktibbeha Co., MS House 39, Pg 6 Owen, Middleton 51 Farmer 1600 RE 150 SC , Henry 56 House Carpenter SC Cushman, Margaret 46 keeping house SC , Henry 14 Farm hand MS , Orah 12 School MS Glenn, Ollie 23 M Cook MS , Willie 6 MS , Ellen 1 MS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------
Children of CALVIN CUSHMAN and MARGARET OWEN are: 992299, b. May 18, 1855, Starkville, Oktibbeha Co., MS29; d. June 07, 1933, Wesson, Lincoln Co., MS29; m. MARGARET ELIZABETH MOORE30, 1888, Mississippi31; b. March 04, 1869, Mississippi32; d. November 09, 1913, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS32. Notes for HENRY ELISHA CUSHMAN: LOOK UNDER MARGARET'S NOTES FOR MOORE FAMILY INFO. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Census Index: U.S. Selected States/Counties, 1860 Cushman, Calvin S. State : MS County : Oktibbeha Co. Location : Starkville Year : 1860 Page # : 004 1860 CENSUS STARKVILLE, OKTIBBEHA CO., MS Cushman, Calvin 37 MS Overseer , Margaret 40 SC , John 11 MS , Willie 9 MS ,Henry 5 MS , Oreanna 2 MS Calvin died between 1860 and 1870 Margaret is listed in her brothers Middleton Owens house. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1870 census Starkville, Oktibbeha Co., MS House 39, Pg 6 Owen, Middleton 51 Farmer 1600 RE 150 SC , Henry 56 House Carpenter SC Cushman, Margaret 46 keeping house SC , Henry 14 Farm hand MS , Orah 12 School MS Glenn, Ollie 23 M Cook MS , Willie 6 MS , Ellen 1 MS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1880 CENSUS STARKVILLE, OKTIBBEHA CO., MS 2ND July 1880 Pg 19 House # 183 Cushman, Henry 24 MS MS SC Retail grocer Bell, Davis 23 MS SC C Laborer Jackson, Andrew 15 MS AL AL Laborer Earl, Edna 13 MS MS MS Servant Black female ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- No 1890 Census
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1900 CENSUS, BOGUE CHITTO, LINCOLN CO., MS taken Jun 1900 Sheet # 21 Line #45 Cushman, E Henry H W M May 1862 age 38 MS NY SC Married 12 yrs Lumber inspector & Rented home Lizzie W W F Jan 1872 28 MS MS MS 6 born 4 alive Maggie D W F Nov 1889 10 MS MS MS school E Middleton S W M Mar 1892 8 MS MS MS school J Bennett S W M May 1894 6 MS MS MS Ora D W F Dec 1898 1 MS MS MS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 CENSUS BROOKHAVEN, LINCOLN CO., MS House #121 Pg 68 Cushman, Henry 55 City Revenue MS NC NC , Lizzie 43 MS MS MS , Maggie 18 MS MS MS , Middleton 17 MS MS MS , Bennie 13 MS MS MS , Ora 11 MS MS MS , Annie Bell 4 MS MS MS ___________________________________ 1920 CENSUS BROOKHAVEN, LINCOLN CO., MS Cushman, Henry E 65 MS NY SC , Annie 14 MS MS MS ========================================================== More About HENRY ELISHA CUSHMAN: Fact 6: June 08, 1933, Rose Hill Cem, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS32 Notes for MARGARET ELIZABETH MOORE: Information came from death Certificate on birth places. I wouldn't count on it . =================================== --------------------------------------------- 1880 CENSUS STARKVILLE, OKTIBBEHA CO., MS 2ND July 1880 Pg 19 House # 183 Cushman, Henry 24 MS MS SC Retail grocer 4.) Could someone check your records to see if a family of MOORE's lived around Henry in 1880 please? --------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINCOLN COUNTY WAS FORMED IN 1870....BEFORE THAT LAWRENCE WAS THE PROBABLE PLACE TO LOOK FOR THE MOORE'S. 1.) Looking for Emeline HEMPHILL & WM MOORE who was married bef. 1869 because of my Margaret Eliz.'S birth. 2.)Wm & Emeline must have married in Lawrence Co. MS. or OK co. before 1869.
More About MARGARET ELIZABETH MOORE: Fact 6: November 10, 1913, Rose Hill Cem, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS32 iv. OREANNA CUSHMAN32, b. 185832.
13. HORATIO BARDWELL10 CUSHMAN (CALVIN9, CALEB8, ALLERTON7, ALLERTON6, ELKANAH5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS2 COUCHMAN, THOMAS (OR COUCHMAN)1 CUSHMAN)32,33 was born August 13, 1822 in MS Twin34, and died WFT Est. 1867-1913 in Greenville, TX35. He married ELIZABETH EDWARDS35 WFT Est. 1838-186735. She was born WFT Est. 1813-1839 in AL35, and died Abt. 1877 in TX35. Notes for HORATIO BARDWELL CUSHMAN:
He was a school teacher in that county near what is called French Camps and a member of the Methodist church. Twin to Calvin Luther Cushman, Horatio State : MS County : Oktibbeha Co. Location : Starkville Year : 1860 Page # : 096 Oktibbeha Co., MS 1860 Starkville Page #096 #733/626 Cushman, Horatio 37 MS English Teacher $1600 $6500 , Elizabeth 32 AL , Amelia 15 MS , Alvieza 12 MS (Alonzo) , Della 8 MS , Ella 6 MS , Thomas 2 MS From the History of Oktibbeha County Book: Chapter Prosperity page 75 About 1851 Horatio CUSHMAN, son of the missionary, established CUSHMAN Academy seven or eight miles northwest of Starkville, on the Greensboro road. This was both a day and a boarding school. After running it for two or three years, CUSHMAN moved to Starkville. page 81 About 1854, Horatio CUSHMAN, who had abandoned CUSHMAN Academy northwest of Starkville, moved to town and formed a partnership with James Roseman. The partners opened the Starkville Academy in the old Rett Maxwell residence (which stood on the hill above the Borden Milk Condensery--Eds.) They employed several teachers. Miss Doney (from England) had charge of the music department, at a salary of $200.00 a year and free board. I have seen the contract, in which the details of compensation and employment are set forth. After two years Roseman and CUSHMAN had a personal difficulty. They stopped speaking, dissolved partnership, and Roseman returned to the North. Chapter Master and Slave page 100 In the 50's they sent their boys and girls to the schools at Agency, the Watt place, Starkville, and possibly Turkey Creek and Double Springs. Some sent their older children to CUSHMAN'S school in beat 3, and later to CUSHMAN, Rosemond-WEbb school in Starkville. Others employed private tutors, and few like Mrs. Rice took their little ones to the city. Several families sent their older children off to college. Major Thompson sent a son to Tennessee; Mrs. Spencer, also, sent her son, Robert Jr., there.
Children of HORATIO CUSHMAN and ELIZABETH EDWARDS are:
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