Mary Cushman

1794 - 1870  (75 years)

• Headstones		Mary (Cushman) Kirk (1794-1870)
  		John Mannen and Mary Kirk They are buried together, Mary's name on the left side here and John's on the right.

  
  

• Name	Mary Cushman  [1, 2]
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	26 Jul 1794
  	Birth and death dates are from her gravestone, on which she is "Mary Kirk."
  Gender	Female
  Census	1850	Mason Co., Kentucky
  aged 56, born in Kentucky
  Census	1860	Mason Co., Kentucky
  aged 66, born in Virginia (seems to be an error, a ditto brought down from above)
  Died	8 Jan 1870
  	date is from her gravestone only. I can find no death record.
  Buried	Bethesda Cemetery, Bracken Co., Kentucky
  Notes	There are several reasons why I believe her last name is Cushman. 1. The coincidence of the gravesite with known genealogical record: a. The name Mary Kirk shares his gravestone, on which her birth and death dates are given. b. According to Anna Cushman (Frazee) Ball, Mary, 4th child of David and Dorcas (Morris) Cushman, M. (1) ______ Mannen; m. (2) Richard Kirk. In Kirk genealogies she is named as "Mary Mannen." In Cushman genealogies she is "Mary Cushman" and given no husband. No dates are given for Mary, but in Burt two dates given for her siblings (1796, 1798) jibe very well with her's on the gravestone. There is no record of her first marriage to a Mannen in Mason or Bracken Co. Her second marriage is recorded in Mason County. 2. The name persists in the family: a. Her brother, Thomas Cushman, named his youngest daughter (b. 1837) "Mary Mannen Cushman." A "Thomas Cushman" stood for her at her second marriage, presumably her brother. b. "Cushman" is the name of one of Leslie Mannen's sons (it was abbreviated to "Cush"). 3. And she and her son John lived right next to each other: a. In the 1860 census, John and Minerva Mannen are living in the house next door to Mary Kirk (aged 66),who also lives with Maria, aged 29. This is not surprising. Next to them, however, are families only related via the Cushmans: Joseph Frazee (aged 65), his wife Eliza (aged 58), and son David. This is Joseph and his third wife Eliza Sanford. Joseph's second wife was Ann Cushman, Mary's sister. [2]
  Person ID	I13470	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	David Cushman           b. 3 Oct 1764           d. 13 Dec 1839, Mason Co., Kentucky  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Dorcas Morris           b. 15 Aug 1765, Pennsylvania           d. 13 Mar 1854, Mason Co., Kentucky  (Age 88 years)
  Married	22 Jun 1788
  Family ID	F6855	|  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 1	Mannen           d. Bef 1834
  Children	+ 1. John Mannen           b. 7 Apr 1814, Kentucky           d. 25 Aug 1879, Bracken Co., Kentucky  (Age 65 years)
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2010
  Family ID	F968	|  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 2	Richard Kirk           b. 19 Aug 1774, Frederick Co., Maryland           d. 16 Jan 1856, Mason Co., Kentucky  (Age 81 years)
  Married	27 Jan 1834	Mason Co., Kentucky   [3]
  	Thomas Cushman was bondsman
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2018
  Family ID	F4345	|  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Married - 27 Jan 1834 - Mason Co., Kentucky  Census - 1850 - Mason Co., Kentucky  Census - 1860 - Mason Co., Kentucky  Buried - - Bethesda Cemetery, Bracken Co., Kentucky   = Link to Google Earth
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• Reference

  "Mary Cushman". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?tng_extras=1&personID=I13470&tree=1sttree (accessed September 18, 2019).