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Cushing, William Barker
Life span
11/04/1842—12/17/1874
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Life Summary
Full name
William Barker Cushing
Place of Birth
Delafield, WI
Burial Place
United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, MD
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
9
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
2
Family
Milton Buckingham Cushing (father), Mary Barker Smith Cushing (mother),
Alonzo Hereford Cushing
(brother)
Education
Naval Academy (Annapolis)
Occupation
Military
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Navy
US military (Post-Civil War)
Events
Date
Event
12/12/1860
Midshipman William Barker Cushing writes of "the huge weight of the crisis" on the U.S. Naval Academy
Images
William Barker Cushing
William Barker Cushing, detail
William Barker Cushing, circa 1865
William Barker Cushing, circa 1865, detail
Thu, 05/20/2010 - 12:47pm — osborne