Amasa Cushman (1824 - bef. 1880)

Born 1824 in Dixfield, Oxford, Maine, United States

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Descendants

Died before 1880 before age 56 in Carthage, Franklin, Maine, United States

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Descendant of Isaac Allerton.

Descendant of William Bradford.

Descendant of William Brewster.

Biography

Amasa was the eldest child of Bradford Cushman and Betsey White. They married at Dixfield, Maine and were still living there in 1850, so he was likely born at Dixfield.

Census of Dixfield, Maine 1850

• Bradford Cushman Male 60 Maine
• Betsey Cushman Female 50 Massachusetts
• Amasa Cushman Male 26 Maine
• Jane Anna Cushman Female 19 Maine
• Simeon B Cushman Male 14 Maine
• Betsey D Cushman Female 10 Maine
• Eli Albert Cushman Male 0 Maine

Amasa married Anna Howe, daughter of Jesse Howe, and his brother Simeon m. Anna's sister Elizabeth Howe.

Amasa and his family lived in Carthage Maine and he was living with his wife and children there in 1860 and 1870.

Census of Carthage, Maine 1860

• Amasa Cashman Male 36 Maine
• Anna J Cashman Female 30 Maine
• Albert Cashman Male 11 Maine
• Eunice Cashman Female 8 Maine
• Philena Cashman Female 5 Maine
• Adel Cashman Female 3 Maine

Census of Carthage, Maine 1870

• Amasa Cushman Male 47 Maine
• Anna J Cushman Female 40 Maine
• Albert Cushman Male 20 Maine
• Philena Cushman Female 16 Maine
• Adel Cushman Female 12 Maine
• Walter E Cushman Male 8 Maine
• Willis Cushman Male 1 Maine
• Betsey Cushman Female 74 Massachusetts

His wife and children were present in the 1880 census and there is no further mention of Amasa, who likely died at Carthage between 1870 and 1880.

Census of Carthage, Maine 1880

• Anna J Cushman Self Female 50 Maine, United States
• Walter E Cushman Son Male 19 Maine, United States
• Adell Cushman Daughter Female 22 Maine, United States
• Willis E Cushman Son Male 11 Maine, United States
• Birdy M Cushman Daughter Female 7 Maine, United States
• Eldridge P Holden Son-in-law Male 58 Maine, United States
• Phelena Holden Wife Female 27 Maine, United States
• Eunice Holden Daughter Female 3 Maine, United States

Sources

• *"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JG-291 : 22 December 2020), Bradford Cushman, Weld, Franklin, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F1-NZH : 14 January 2020), Amasa Cushman, 1848.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHR-ZVZ : 11 November 2020), Amasa Cashman, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DN-NHJ : 2 January 2021), Amora Cuchman, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF32-VC7 : 15 August 2017), Walter E Cushman in household of Anna J Cushman, Carthage, Franklin, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district ED 68, sheet 380D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,479.