“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


CYRUS CUSHMAN, farmer, Secs. 12, 24, 25 and 26; P. O. Hebron; 
born in Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vt., Jan. 13, 1811; the early part of his 
life was spent, and his schooling attained, in his native State; came to 
Brooklyn, Ohio in 1836, and was in the store of W. A. Barstow; 
afterward Governor of Wisconsin.  Mr. Cushman removed to Jefferson 
Co., Wis., in August, 1837, and was the only white man in the town of 
Sullivan during the winter of 1837 and 1838; he made his claim where 
he now lives in the fall of 1837, but remained on his first location in 
Sullivan till 1840; then having cleared three acres of timber to establish 
his right, he settled, and has since lived on Sec. 25; he built a saw-mill 
near his residence in 1843, and sawed thousands of feet of lumber, 
which he rafted down the Bark and Rock Rivers to Rockford, Ill., and 
other points; he made the returns for the town of Bark River election of 
1838, when only seven votes were cast.  Mr. C. was among the very first 
settlers in his county, and has constantly increased his farming business; 
now owns 920 acres, besides his saw-mill and brickyard.  He married, 
Nov. 20, 1860, Mrs. Cynthia M. Dibble, daughter of Rev. L. F. 
Molthrop, a pioneer preacher of Wisconsin; she is the mother of two 
children by her first marriage - Albert P. and Clark M.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Cushman have six children - Emily A., Luella E., Mary A., Cyrus, 
Clarinda and Lenna E. E.  Mr. Cushman is a Republican in politics.  Is a 
successful breeder of full-blood  and grade Ayrshire cattle; has three full 
bloods and twenty-five or more grades, and has taken many premiums at 
the Jefferson County Fair; he is thought to have brought the first 
Berkshire hog into Wisconsin in 1839.


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