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Cushman, Joshua – Cutler, Jervis

Cushman, Joshua

state senator, congressman, was born in Plymouth, Mass. He was a state senator in 1809, 1810, 1819 and 1820, and a member of the assembly in 1811 and 1834. He was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1819 to 1821; and represented Maine in congress from 1821 to 1825, after its separation from Massachusetts. He died in 1834.

Cushman, Pauline

actress, spy, was born June 10, 1833, in New Orleans, La. She was employed by the government as a detective to discover the southern sympathizers and spies in Louisville, and their methods of conveying information and medical supplies across the lines, and frequently also as a scout.

Cushman, Samuel

jurist, congressman, was born in 1783. He was judge of the police court of Portsmouth, N. H.; held several offices of trust in the state, such as councilor from 1833 to 1835, county treasurer from 1823 to 1828, and navy agent at Portsmouth from 1845 to 1849.

He was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1835 to 1839. He died May 20, 1851, in Portsmouth, N. Η.

Cushman, Seth Leonard

banker, was born Aug. 13, 1849, in Taunton, Mass.

For many years he served as a bookkeeper in a large mercantile house. He then entered the banking business, and since-1877 has been president of the Bristol county National bank of Taunton, Mass.

Custer, Mrs. Elizabeth

author, was born in Monroe, Mich., and was the wife of the late Gen. George A. Custer.

She is the author of Boots and Saddles, or Life in Dakota with General Custer; Tenting on the Plains, or General Custer in Kansas and Texas; and Following the Guidon.

Custer, George Armstrong

general, author, was born Dec. 5, 1839, in New Rumley, Ohio. He was a famous general in the federal army during the civil war, who afterwards became noted in campaigns against the Indians, and was killed with his entire command in a battle with the Sioux in the Black Hills.

My Life on the Plains was his only publication. He died June 25, 1876, in Montana. Mrs. Elizabeth Custer, his wife, is a noted author.

Cutbush, James

chemist, educator, author, was born in Pennsylvania. He was professor of chemistry at West Point.

He published the Useful Cabinet, 1808; Philosophy of Experimental Chemistry; and Treatise on Pyrotechnics. He died Dec. 15, 1823, in West Point, N. Y.

Cuthbert, James Hazard

clergyman, author, was born Dec. 13, 1823, in Beaufort, S.

C. He is a baptist clergyman of Washington; and the author of Our Mission as Baptists; and Life of Richard Fuller.

Cuthbert, John A

congressman, was born June 3, 1788, in Savannah, Ga.

He was a representative in congress from his native state from 1818 to 1821; and was appointed in 1822 a commissioner to treat with the Creek and Cherokee Indians. He died Sept. 22, 1881, in Mobile. Ala.

Cutler, Augustus W

lawyer, congressman, was born in 1829, in Morristown, N. J. He was a prosecutor for Morris county; in 1871 was elected to the state senate; and in 1874 was elected a representative from New Jersey to the forty-fourth congress, and was re-elected to the forty-fifth congress.

Cutler, Henry Stephen

musician, was born Oct. 7, 1824, in Boston, Mass. He was organist and choir-master in Trinity church, N. Y., from 1860 to 1868. He compiled The Psalter, with Chants; Trinity Psalter; and Trinity Anthems.

Cutler, Jervis

pioneer, author, was born Sept. 19, 1768, in Edgartown, Mass.

He was a western pioneer who published Topographical Description of the Western Country. He died June 25, 1844, in Evansville, Ind.