Dorcas Morris b. 15 Aug 1765 Pennsylvania d. 13 Mar 1854 Mason Co., Kentucky: Genealogy at Pitard.net

1765 - 1854 (88 years)

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Name Dorcas Morris [1, 2, 3]

Birth 15 Aug 1765 Pennsylvania [4]

Gender Female

Census 1850 Mason Co., Kentucky [5]

"Darcas," aged 85, born in Pennsylvania

1850 U.S. Census, Mason Co., Kentucky

Ln	Hhold	Given	Surname	BirthDate	BirthPlace	Age	Gender	Occupation	Comments
Image									Transcript
29	459	Joseph	Frazee	1794	Kentucky	56	Male	Farmer
30	459	Ann	Frazee	1799	Kentucky	51	Female
31	459	Anderson	Frazee	1827	Kentucky	23	Male	Student
32	459	Samuel	Frazee	1831	Kentucky	19	Male
33	459	Joseph	Frazee	1836	Kentucky	14	Male
34	459	John	Frazee	1838	Kentucky	12	Male
35	459	David	Frazee	1841	Kentucky	9	Male
36	459	Dorcas	Cushman	1765	Pennsylvania	85	Female

NARA Pub: M432 Roll: 212 Page: 166A Enumerated: 12 Sept. 1850 Transcript ID is dbid=8054&iid=4192502_00675

Death 13 Mar 1854 Mason Co., Kentucky

Origins

Patriarch & Matriarch

John Morris, I
d. Yes, date unknown (Grandfather)

Maria Hannah Downing
d. Yes, date unknown (Mother)

Person ID I13474

Last Modified 23 Nov 2024

Father	John L. Morris, II b. Abt 1737, Wales d. 1797, Georges Creek, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania (Age 60 years) Other Partners: └─Eleanor d. Yes, date unknow
Mother	Maria Hannah Downing d. Yes, date unknown
Family Charts	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Spouse / Partner David Cushman
b. 3 Oct 1764
d. 13 Dec 1839, Mason Co., Kentucky (Age 75 years)

Marriage 22 Jun 1788 [6, 7]

Children 2 sons and 3 daughters

+	1. Mary Cushman b. 26 Jul 1794 d. 18 Jan 1870 (Age 75 years) └─ James Mannen (Age < 40 years) m. Abt 1812; └─ Richard Kirk (Age 81 years) m. 27 Jan 1834
+	2. Thomas Cushman b. 16 Oct 1796, Kentucky d. 26 Jan 1851 (Age 54 years) └─ Mary Kilgore (Age 78 years) m. 22 Dec 1825
+	3. Ann Cushman b. 12 Oct 1798, Mason Co., Kentucky d. 11 Aug 1851 (Age 52 years) └─ Joseph Holliday m. 30 Nov 1818; └─ Joseph Frazee (Age 75 years) m. 21 Apr 1834
>	4. Joseph Cushman d. Yes, date unknown └─ Sallie Hess
+	5. Eliza Cushman b. Abt 1803 d. 1860 (Age 57 years) └─ Rudolph Black, Jr. (Age 79 years) m. 24 Mar 1825

Family Charts Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 20 Jun 2025

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	Birth - 15 Aug 1765 - Pennsylvania
	Census - 1850 - Mason Co., Kentucky
	Death - 13 Mar 1854 - Mason Co., Kentucky

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Reference Pitard, D. "Dorcas Morris". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I13474&tree=1sttree (accessed June 20, 2025).

Sources

[S395] Burt, Alvah Walford, Cushman Genealogy and General History: Including the Descendants of the Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and Monongalia County, Virginia Families, 216, 221.
[S652] Cushman, James Thomas, and Theodore Parker Adams, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 10-16.
[S655] Ball, Anna Cushman Frazee, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 514.
[S656] Mertz, Anne Morris, Morris Migration: A Saga of Forbears and Descendants, 56.
[S955] 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules [database with images], https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65F-3CH.
[S22] Hamilton, Frances Frazee, Ancestral lines of the Doniphan, Frazee and Hamilton Families , 219.
[S395] Burt, Alvah Walford, Cushman Genealogy and General History: Including the Descendants of the Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and Monongalia County, Virginia Families, 216.

Died	Bef 1834

Family	Ann Cushman b. 12 Oct 1798, Mason Co., Kentucky
Married	30 Nov 1818	Mason Co., Kentucky

Died	Yes, date unknown

Father	David Cushman b. 3 Oct 1764
Mother	Dorcas Morris b. 15 Aug 1765, Pennsylvania
Married	22 Jun 1788

Family	Sallie Hess

Dorcas Morris

John Morris, I

Maria Hannah Downing

John L. Morris, II

Eleanor

Maria Hannah Downing

David Cushman

Mary Cushman

James Mannen

Richard Kirk

Thomas Cushman

Mary Kilgore

Ann Cushman

Joseph Holliday

Joseph Frazee

Joseph Cushman

Sallie Hess

Eliza Cushman

Rudolph Black, Jr.