| 1802. THEOPHILUS CUSHING |
| Sex: M
Birth: 28 June 1802 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Death: 4 October 1882 in Winterport, Waldo, Maine Lineage: Theophilus Cushing (Nehemiah Cushing12, Theophilus Cushing11, Theophilus Cushing10, Theophilus Cushing9, Daniel Cushing8, Matthew Cushing7, Peter Cushing6, Thomas Cushing5, John Cushing4, William Cushing3, Thomas Cushing2, William Cushing1) Theophilus was a civil engineer, and at one time a teacher in the public school of Hingham, and after his removal to Maine a lumber merchant. He was employed in 1834, by the Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company by the Mexican Government. Returning from Texas in 1835, he removed to Maine and engaged largely in the lumbering business; was the pioneer in Eastern Maine of the manufacture and exportation of sugar box shooks to the West Indies. Many of the shooks were sent from his mill at Saint John, New Brunswick, which in partnership with his brother Andre, as Andre Cushing & Co., he built in 1851 on Union Point, opposite the St. John River falls. He served several sessions as a member of the Legislature of Maine, as Representative of his town in the House of Representatives, and as Senator from the County of Waldo. He was a prominent and earnest advocate of temperance and anti-slavery causes in their early and unpopular days. In 1871 he caused to be erected a beautiful granite monument dedicated to the Soldiers and Sailors of the War of the Rebellion who had enlisted from the town of Winterport, and presented it as a free gift to the town. From: "Anita Haviland" To: "wr cushing" Subject: Re: cushing geneology Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 14:28:35 -0500 From Bill (W.A. Haviland) re Theophilus Cushing: A correction: Theophilus did not emigrate to New Brunswick as stated. In 1835 he moved his family from Massachusetts to Maine, where, in 1841, he established a steam powered sawmill. This was in Winterport, where he lived until his death in 1882. His house still stands, and I have pictures of it. Theophilus had extensive timber holdings in northern Maine, but the only way to get logs out was via the the Saint John River. For this reason he sent his youunger brother Andre to Saint John, New Brunswick (in 1851) to establish a new mill at Union Point. In 1853, George Byron Cushing joined his uncle in Saint John, becomming a full partner. Both Andre's and George Byron's houses still stand in Saint John (Andre's is now a Thai restaurant) and I have pictures of both. Frankfort - 1850 Index & Census House-Family Nos. Page 502-596Cushing, Theophilus 48 Lumber Dealer $10,000 Mass. Lucinda L. 41 " Theophilus H. 23 Merchant " Lucinda C. 21 " George B. 19 Merchant " Brenda T. 13 Maine William C. 11 Charles B. 8 Clark, Mary 22 1880 U.S. Census: Winterport, Waldo, Maine Theophilus CUSHING Self M Male W 77 MA Retired Merchant MA MA Lucinda CUSHING Wife M Female W 70 MA Keeping House MA MA Brenda TAYLOR Dau M Female W 44 ME MA MA Carrie C. TAYLOR Dau S Female W 12 ME At Home NY ME Lucinda CUSHING Dau S Female W 20 ME At Home ME ME Father: Nehemiah Cushing b: 1 June 1777 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Mother: Deborah Briggs b: 1781 in Milton, Massachusetts Marriage 1: Lucinda Lapham b: about 1809 in South Scituate, Massachusetts d: 4 August 1884 Winterport, Maine; daughter of Charles Lapham Married: 13 May 1827
Sources: 1. The Genealogy of the Cushing Family (An account of the Ancestors and Descendants of Matthew Cushing, who came to America in 1638) by James Cushing, The Perrault Printing Co - Montreal, 1905. First Edition, 1877, by Lemuel Cushing, D1881 (Finished by his family). 2. 1880 U.S. Census: Winterport, Waldo, Maine |