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"Let INDEPENDENCE be our boast," As well in cash and science,

And AGRICULTURE's honored host

Be its chief reliance!

(CHORUS.) Oh there are gold mines teeming, boys,
Gold mines teeming;

There are gold mines teeming, boys,

They only want the working.

The inscription on the prize Goblet was as follows: "Awarded to Chas. T. Cushman, by the M. and R. A. Society, for a song dedicated to the Plow, Loom and Anvil. Composed for the Fair. 1850."

In 1851 he received a premium of a Silver Cup, for a "Prize Ode," sung to the air "Hail, smiling morn," at the dedication of Temperance Hall, Columbus, Ga., Jan. 8, 1851. The inscription on the cup was as follows: "S. of T.1 to Dr. C. T. Cushman, for Temperance Ode. 1851"

At a Railroad Celebration at Savannah, Ga., in 1853, he wrote and sung a "Festival Song," which was received with great eclat.

Such is a brief sketch of the life of Dr. Charles T. Cushman. It shows "what manner of a man" he is. As facts, not encomiums are the objects of this work, we shall only say, in conclusion, that as a dental surgeon, as a writer, and as a citizen, he is held in deservedly high estimation by the community in which he resides. His works praise him. Who can wish for more?

We give a fac-simile of his autograph, written at the age of 33.

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SALMON, [961] of Westmoreland, N. Y., had chil. 2148 I GEORGE WASHINGTON COWDEN,8 (2887) b. 21 May 1818, m. 1st Almira Green, 7 Jan. 1838. She d. and he m. 2d Electa Dodge, Sept. 1840, by whom he had 2 chil.

2149 II WILLIAM ELEAZAR,8 b. 2 May 1828, m. at Seneca, N. Y., Healy, Dec. 1849, d. 28 Feb. 1850, without chil. at Westmoreland, N. Y.

CHARLES, [962] of Winslow, Me., had chil.

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GEORGE WEBSTER, b. 9 Mch. 1838.

2154 V HOWARD SIDNEY,8 b. 6 July 1841.

CHARLES, DEA., [966] of Bennington, Vt., had chil. 2155 I JOHN,8 (2962) b. at Hartford, Washington county, N. Y., 3 Dec. 1795, m. 1st Eliza Ann Carey, dau. Halsey and Phebe Carey of Chatham, Conn., 4 Mch. 1823. By her he had 4 chil. She was b. at Chatham, Conn., 27 Sept. 1803, and d. at Greenwich, N. Y., 10 June 1831. He m. 2d Sophronia, dau. Moses Hurd of Bennington, Vt., widow of George Thatcher of that place, 24 Jan. 1834, and had by her 7 chil. He went to Bennington in 1801; thence to Greenwich, N. Y., in 1817. Learned the hatter's trade at that place, and carried on that business there fifteen years. Removed to Bennington, Vt., in 1832, since which he has been engaged in the hat mercantile business. He was a member of the Dutch Reform Church at Greenwich, N. Y., from 1828 until 1834, when he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church at Bennington, Vt., and has been a member thereof since that time. Has been Steward of the Church for ten years past, and is so now. Has been Justice of the Peace in Bennington, Vt., for eleven years past, and is so still.

2156 II AMANDA,8 b. at Hartford, N. Y., 16 Feb. 1798, m. at Bennington, Vt., in 1816, to Harmon Blackmer. He 'was b. at Rupert, Vt., 11 Aug. 1793, and is now in the grocery business at Cleveland, Ohio. She d. at Cleveland 10 Dec. 1847. Had 10 chil.

2157 III MARIA,8 b. 27 Jan. 1800 in Hartford, N. Y., m. John Hicks of Bennington, Vt., 21 June 1820. He was b. at Bennington 22 June 1797. Is a harness maker by trade, and is an industrious and much esteemed man. Has been for many years a Justice of the Peace and Jail Commissioner at Bennington, Vt., and for two years Postmaster at Bennington Center. Had 4 chil.

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