Cushman "Cush" Smith

1800 - 1891  (90 years)

• Name	Cushman "Cush" Smith
  Born	11 Nov 1800	Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	pioneer, story
  Residence	1838	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Occupation	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	W. Methodist
  Residence	1874	Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-112488
  Died	28 Sep 1891	Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I112488	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Captain Thomas Smith,   b. 14 Nov 1767, , Massachusetts ,   d. 15 Apr 1850, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Mary Weaver,   b. 20 Aug 1778, of, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Nov 1845, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F12721	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Asia Wilbee,   b. 11 Jun 1821, Atlantic Ocean ,   d. 23 Mar 1899, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Married	24 Dec 1838	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Elisabeth Smith,   b. 23 Mar 1840, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Stephen Smith,   b. 17 Mar 1843, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Nov 1905  (Age 62 years)   3. Edward Smith,   b. 9 Jul 1843, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jun 1878, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 34 years)   4. Thomas Smith,   b. 11 Nov 1844, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jan 1872, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 27 years)   5. Elizabeth Smith,   b. 1846, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Henry Smith,   b. 1848, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Charlana Smith,   b. 1851, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Feb 1891, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 40 years)   8. Angus Smith,   b. 1853, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Prudence Smith,   b. 1856, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Sarah Smith,   b. 1860, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Amanda Smith,   b. 1865, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Ira Smith,   b. Abt 1865,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F28505	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Cushman Smith, born at the Conestogo on November 11th, 1800, was named after an Uncle of the same name at Lewiston, N. Y. Cushman Smith is the son of Captain Smith who married the girl that he had helped to care for when she was a baby. This was Mary Asia Wilbee, who was born on the Atlantic ocean on June 11th, 1821, when the Wilbee family were on their way to settle on the Pilkington estate. She remained at Captain Smith's until she was two years old, when, her father having married again, she went to the home he then had for her in the township of Pilkington. When she had grown to womanhood Mary Asia was for a time at the home of Alpheus Smith at Cox's Creek, and it was at his brother's home that Cushman Smith again met the girl who, it would seem, was destined to become his wife. Cushman Smith was one of those pioneers who made a clearing on a farm built a house, began to have some comfort in his surroundings, then sold out to commence all over again the toilsome work on another bush farm. Half a dozen farms were mentioned that Cushman Smith lived on. The last one in this neighbourhood was that farm on the east side of the river road and just within the township of Pilkington. The remains of an orchard is all that marks the spot now. Nowadays those who are looking for new farms to settle on go to New Ontario, or to the Great Canadian West, but when the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway had been built through to Lake Huron it was there, where the timber could be shipped by boat or railway that for men accustomed to bush life the prospects were brighter. Therefore, in the year 1874, although at the age of sixty-eight, Cushman Smith removed to a farm in the vicinity of Port Elgin, upon which some of his family still reside. Long after he had left Pilkington, when old men who knew him were asked about him they would say, "no one hereabouts ever made better axe- handles than Cush. Smith; he could beat them all." Cushman Smith died at the home of his son Henry, near Port Elgin, on September 28th, 1891, at the age of nearly eighty five years, while his wife died on March 23rd, 1899. In their family were: Edward, who taught school at West Montrose and died there on June 30th, 1878; Thomas also died at West Montrose, January 6th, 1872; Stephen died at Berlin on November 10th, 1905; Elizabeth went to Petoskey, Michigan; Henry and his sister, Amanda, are living on the farm near Port Elgin; Angus is at Leland, Idaho; Sarah lives on a farm near Southampton; Ira lives at Wolverine, Michigan; and Charlana died at Port Elgin, February 13th, 1891 The Early History of Elora, Ontario, and Vicinity by John R. Connon

  
  

• Sources

  [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 57. [S507] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Galt - First United Presbyterian. Cushman Smith, married Mary Aihy, Both of Woolwich. 24 Dec. 1838, Dumfries. Witnesses Joseph Nichlyn And Margaret Hany.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Nov 1800 - Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1838 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 24 Dec 1838 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - W. Methodist - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1874 - Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 28 Sep 1891 - Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth