4 Isaac M., b. 15 July 1820, d. 5 Mch. 1841.

5 Francis Cushman, b. 17 Oct. 1822, m. Louisa Prince 29 Dec. 1849; lives in Paris, Me.

6 Cephas Cushman, b. 8 June 1825, m. Annette Dutton 1 Jan. 1851; lives in Bethel, Me.

7 Elizabeth, b. 31 July 1827, m. Cirenas King 20 Oct. 1848; lives in Bos

ton.

8 Cynthia, b. 17 Apl. 1830.

9 Dianthia, b. 21 May 1834.

633 XI SOLOMON,7 (1656) b. 22 June 1796, m. Harriet Adams at Rumford, Me., 4 July 1821. She was b. in Bethel, Me., 30 Aug. 1800. Lives in Munson, Me. Had 4 chil. 634 XII MARY,7 b. 6 May 1799, m. Jonathan G. Hawkes 24 Feb. 1822. Lives in Minot. Has 5 chil., as follows:

1 Edward G., b. 18 Mch., 1823.

2 Orrington W., b. 17 Nov. 1824, m. Anna A. K. Hall June 1850. 3 S. Uberto, b. 10 Nov. 1826.

4 Harriet C., b. 20 Nov. 1828, m. Dr. Robert Carr, Nov. 1849.

5 Francis C., b. 17 July 1834.

BENJAMIN, [217] of Burlington, N. Y., had chil. 635 I JOSEPH,7 (1659) b. 4 June 1777, m. 27 Jan. 1803 to Abigail, dau. of Jacob Dailey. She was b. 18 Mch. 1780, d. 5 July 1840.

636 II ASAHEL,7 (1667) b. 2 July 1779, m. June 1803 to Sally, dau. Jacob Dailey. She d. Nov. 1805. He m. 2d Mary, dau. David Webb of Otsego, N. Y., 18 Jan. 1808. She was b. 17 Mch. 1782. He d. 18 Apl. 1841. Had 5 chil.

III DAN, d. in infancy.

By his 2d wf., Elizabeth Cummings, he had:

637 IV ALMOND,7 (1672) b. 30 May 1789, m. Sally, dau. Reuben Hinman of Burlington, N. Y., Jan. 1814. She was b. 31 May 1796, and d. 3 Jan. 1839. He resided in Burlington, N. Y. Had 4 chil. He was a volunteer soldier in the war of 1812, and was at the battle at Queenstown.

Note. All the chil. of Benjamin were b. in Connecticut.

CALEB, [218] of Hebron, Me., had chil.

638 I BAZELEEL,7 (1676) b. 13 Sept. 1785 in Hebron, Me., then called Shepardsfield, an unincorporated plantation forty miles north of Portland, at that time a wilderness containing but two or three families, where his father in 1780, with his own

hand felled the first tree to make room for a temporary log cabin. This region, rough and mountainous, gave shelter to multitudes of wild beasts and birds of prey which furnished the principal relief from the monotony of border life. The howling of wolves and the screeching of owls would, to modern ears, have "made night hideous." Poor as the people were, common schools were their almost first achievement. An academy was opened there in 1804.

The subject of this notice commenced the business of teaching at the age of sixteen. In 1802 he was, during six months, at Rochester Academy, Mass., presided over by Rev. Calvin Chaddock; continued to instruct the "District school as it was," in the towns of Minot, Hebron, Nobleboro and Waldoboro, till 1808, when on the basis of a self-preparation he was admitted Sophomore at Dartmouth College, in the forlorn hope of obtaining a degree, with forty-five dollars only in his possession. To meet his expenses, he improved every college vacation in teaching successively in the towns of Paris, Hebron, Fryeburg and Bridgton. Graduated in 1811, and immediately took charge of Bridgton Academy, in which a preparatory course of instruction was imparted to many young men who have become somewhat distinguished.

Leaving Bridgton in 1815, he assumed the superintendence of Portland Academy, where, during 26 successive years, commenced the fair career of numerous pupils, who have since graced most of the departments of science, literature and art.

He m. 1st Lydia Jane Rust, dau. of Henry Rust and Sarah Archer, his wf., 4 Feb. 1816, who became the mother of his first four chil. She d. 14 Apl. 1827, and he m. 2d Emma Motley, 13 Sept. 1830. She was the adopted dau. of Thomas Motley of Portland. By her he had three sons.

During his long career as Preceptor of several Academies, he has frequently been called upon to give public addresses. In 1813, on the occasion of the public examination at Fryeburg Academy, he gave an address, the subject of which was, "History in its lessons to Republics ;" and repeated the same on a similar occasion, the same year, at Hebron Academy. In 1814 he delivered an address at Paris, Me., before a Benevolent Society, on

"The uses and abuses and social influences of Charities." In 1815 he gave an address at Bridgton Academy, on "The duties of the young on leaving school." 1

Resigning his place in Portland Academy in 1841, he was appointed by President Harrison to the office of Surveyor for the District of Portland and Falmouth, from which he had the honor of being removed by President Tyler, in 1844; was re-appointed to the same office by Gen. Taylor, in 1849, and again removed by President Pierce, in 1853.

At the time of the removal of "Master Cushman" from the office of Surveyor, by President Tyler, there was one general burst of indignation and regret from men of all parties and all classes. As an index of the public feeling in Portland, we give the following extracts from the Portland Argus of 11 Oct. 1844: "BAZELEEL CUSHMAN. The news of this gentleman's recent removal from the office of Surveyor of this port, was received by our citizens, without distinction of party, with universal surprise and regret. He has always been moderate and unobtrusive in politics, and is as little objectionable to his political opponents as any other man in the State. We know we speak the sentiments of nineteen-twentieths of the democracy of the city, when we say he would have been the last whig they would have removed from office, if indeed they would have removed him at all No man has more sincere personal friends than he; and no man enjoys a larger share of the honest sympathies of our most worthy and upright citizens.

"We go for filling the offices in the gift of the government, with political friends, generally. But there are exceptions to all general rules. Whatever party succeeds, some few of its opponents are always left in office. Mr. Cushman's case was a peculiar one. He is unobtrusive and inoffensive in regard to his own. opinions. He has spent THIRTY-FOUR YEARS of his life in the useful and honorable employment of school-master. He taught eight years in Waldoboro, Lincoln county, and Bridgton in this county, and TWENTY-SIX years in the Academy in this place. This city and county are full of men in the professions and in various kinds of education at his hands.

"When Mr. Cushman was appointed to the office of Surveyor, everybody was pleased.

We regret that we are not able to give any extracts from these addresses, for we think they must have been interesting and useful.

"Next to their parents, the men of New England love and respect their good teachers, who took an active interest in their progress to knowledge and manhood, and carefully and faithfully watched over and instructed them, in their school-boy days. Would it not be well for those whose position and circumstances make it proper, to see to it that the President be put in possession. of the facts respecting the character and circumstances of their old instructor, and the opinions and feelings of the community here, in regard both to his appointment and removal?

"Mr. Cushman is fifty-eight years old, and has discharged the duties of his late office faithfully and to the satisfaction of all."

The Portland Advertiser also remarked in referecce to his removal from office :

"Mr. Bazeleel Cushman is a gentleman who is universally respected and beloved by men of all parties, and against whose removal there exists as strong reasons as can be urged in any other case in the United States."

Such testimonials of a man's character and reputation, made under such circumstances, show most unmistakably his true merits and worth,

In 1845, at the first meeting of the Board of Directors of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad Company, he was appointed Clerk of the Board, which office he holds, by successive elections, to this time.

In 1827 he became a member of Dr. Nichols' (Unitarian) chh. in Portland, Me., and in 1848 was chosen Deacon of the same, which office he yet holds. His first wf. was a member of the same chh., and his second wf. was a member of the Episcopal chh. before marriage.

In all the relations of life, he has ever sustained a most irreproachable and pure character. Hence he has always had the highest reputation for integrity, benevolence, and a long list of Christian virtues. Engaged, as he has been, for nearly a third of a century, in the most important and responsible avocation of a teacher of youth, no great opportunities have been presented for popular notoriety. And his extreme modesty has kept him aloof from those associations of men which call the attention of the community, or bring public approbation. But the good seed which he has planted in the minds and hearts of many young

men who nave been his pupils, has produced fruit "a hundred fold." And many who are now occupying the highest positions in the several professions, in politics or in literature, can date to his teaching no inconsiderable part of their future success in life. Hence it is that his "still small voice," as a teacher of the young, has done more, than many who sit on thrones, to benefit the world and to prepare men for usefulness here and happiness hereafter.

As a Christian citizen, and as a true, industrious and worthy man, he now, in the declining years of life, has the entire respect, confidence and love of all that knew him.

We subjoin a fac-simile of his autograph, written in his 70th year, and we regret that we are not allowed to place, in an enduring form, on our pages, the portrait of one so deserving of a conspicuous place in the history of our race.

6. Grushmane

Note. The author is indebted to Bazeleel Cushman, Esq., of Portland, Me., for more assistance, in preparing this work, than from any other one; especially in collecting and arranging the Cushmans in the State of Maine. His untiring and successful labors, in this behalf, entitle him to our thanks and to the gratitude of every descendant of Robert Cushman, the Pilgrim.

639 II OLIVE,7 b. 29 May 1787, d. 10 Jan. 1848, m. Amos Bartlett. Lived in Harmony, Me. Had 6 chil., as follows:

1 Lupira S., b. 8 May 1813, m. Henry Butler 4 May 1842.

2 Frederick W., b. 12 Feb. 1815, m Mary E. Wyman 7 June 1844.

3 Eveline R., b. 13 Apl. 1817. m. Dr. I. W. Tobie of Boston, 7 Oct. 1841. 4 Caleb, b. 10 May 1819, d. Jan. 1823.

5 Daniel, b. 3 Apl. 1822, unm.

6 Olive Jane, b. 7 May 1826, m. Jacob Tuck, 25 Oct. 1849.

640 III JESSE,7 b. 8 June 1789, d. 12 Feb. 1816, unm. 641 IV CALEB,7 (1683) b. 26 Apl. 1791, m. Betsy Bumpus 9 May 1813. Lives in Norway, Me. Had 7 chil.

642 V HULDAH,7 b. 26 Apl. 1793, m. Samuel Benson 1821, d. in 1833 He d. in 1843. She had 3 chil., as follows: Mary, b. Nov. 1821; Augusta C., b. 1826; Florilla Jane, b. 1831.