Reverend
Cushing
Eells
Born in Connecticut, United States
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Myra (Fairbanks) Eells
— married
5 Mar 1838 in Massachusetts, United States
Father of
Edwin Eells and Myron Eells
Died
at age 83
in Washington, United States [uncertain]
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Biography
| Cushing Eells was involved in the westward expansion of the USA. Westward Ho! Join: Trails and Wagon Trains Project Discuss: wagon_trains_and_trails |
Wagon Train Details
"Wagon Trains", large groups of covered wagons that travelled together for safety and protection, were a common way for pioneers to travel as they migrated west. These are the known details of the wagon train this person travelled on:
| Wagon Trail: | The Oregon Trail |
| Departure Date: | March 6, 1838 |
| Train Name: | The Mission Party of 1838 |
| Trail Master: | |
| Point of Origin: | Independence, Missouri |
| Point of Muster: | |
| Destination: | Oregon City, Oregon |
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Cushing Eells was the son of Joseph Eells and Elizabeth Warner.
He married Myra Fairbanks. They had two sons.
In 1838, Reverend and Mrs. Eells joined William Henry Gray on The Mission Party of 1838 from Missouri to Oregon Territory.
They went to live among the Spokane people, building the Tshimakain Mission in what is now Ford, Washington.
Reverend Eells would later found a seminary that eventually became Whitman College (named after fellow missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman).
Cushing and Myra's personal papers are now kept at Washington State University, in the Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections Section of the Washington State University Library.
Burial: Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA, Plot: Lot 414
Sources
- Guide to the Cushing and Myra Fairbanks Eells Papers 1838-1938, Washington State University
- Find-a-Grave Memorial ID#4372, maintained by Find-a-Grave
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