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Captain David Cushwa

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Death: March 08, 1849 (71)
Clear Spring, Washington County, Maryland, United States
Place of Burial: Clear Spring, Washington County, Maryland, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Cushwa, Sr. and Catharine Elizabeth Cushwa
Husband of Catherine Ann Cushwa
Father of Benjamin Cushwa; James Resley Cushwa; Captain John B. Cushwa; George Cushwa; Elizabeth Cushwa and 6 others
Brother of Catherine Cushwa; Catharine Hammond; John Cushwa, Jr.; John Cushwa, Jr.; Jacob Gushwa, Sr. and 11 others

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About Captain David Cushwa

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Capt. David Cushwa commanded a military unit of Washington Co., Maryland sharpshooters in the War of 1812. He was crippled by a fall from his horse while defending Baltimore in 1814.

Children:

  • Benjamin
  • John
  • George
  • Elizabeth
  • John David
  • William Ellison
  • Marianna
  • Catharine
  • James Resley

notes

apparent relative of his wife through the Bowman family

comments

Date and place of birth have also been (erroneously?) reported to be August 10, 1777 at Clear Spring, Washington County, Maryland <unattested, conflicts with his Find A Grave memorial>.

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Captain David Cushwa's Timeline

1777
August 10, 1777
Birth of Captain David Cushwa
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
1801
April 12, 1801
Birth of Benjamin Cushwa
1802
1802
Birth of Captain John B. Cushwa
Clear Spring, Washington County, Maryland, United States
1802
Birth of Captain John B. Cushwa
1810
October 22, 1810
Birth of William Ellison Cushwa
Washington County, Maryland, United States
1819
1819
Birth of James Resley Cushwa
1849
March 8, 1849
Age 71
Death of Captain David Cushwa
Clear Spring, Washington County, Maryland, United States
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Birth of George Cushwa
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Birth of William Ellison Cushwa
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