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Rebecca Cusick

8 January 1817–18 October 1865 (Age 48)
Sevier, Tennessee, United States

The Life of Rebecca

When Rebecca Cusick was born on 8 January 1817, in Sevier, Tennessee, United States, her father, Samuel Newell Cusick, was 29 and her mother, Nancy Colville Evans, was 27. She married Calvin A Johnson on 11 March 1834, in Boyd, Knox, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Blount, Tennessee, United States in 1850. She died on 18 October 1865, in Sevier, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Knob Creek Cemetery, Seymour, Sevier, Tennessee, United States.

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Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Calvin A Johnson

1814–1890

Rebecca Cusick

1817–1865

Marriage: 11 March 1834

Harriet Johnson

1835–

Polly Johnson

1836–

Catherine Johnson

1837–

Eliza Jane Johnson

1838–

Elisha Johnson

1839–1914

Nancy Johnson

1841–

Jane Johnson

1845–

Martha Johnson

1846–1926

Sarah M Johnson

1849–

Rachel Johnson

1851–

Samuel Arnold Johnson

1852–1925

William Johnson

1861–

Spouse and Children

Calvin A Johnson

Male1814–1890Male

Rebecca Cusick

Female1817–1865Female

MARRIAGE
11 March 1834
Boyd, Knox, Tennessee, United States

children

(12)

Harriet Johnson

Female1835–Female

Polly Johnson

Female1836–Female

Catherine Johnson

Female1837–Female

Eliza Jane Johnson

Female1838–Female

Elisha Johnson

Male1839–1914Male

+7 More Children

Parents and Siblings

Samuel Newell Cusick

Male1787–1862Male

Nancy Colville Evans

Female1789–1857Female

siblings

(9)

Jane Cusick

Female1810–1855Female

Martha Cusick

Female1812–1854Female

John Cusick

Male1814–1886Male

Rebecca Cusick

Female1817–1865Female

Sally Cusick

Female1818–1884Female

+4 More Children

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

Age 2

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.

1820 · Making States Equal

Age 3

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Age 13

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

Cusick

Rebecca

1 Variant spelling of Irish Cusack , in the British Isles now found predominantly in Scotland.2 Respelling of Czech Kusik, a nickname for a short person or someone with a physical defect, from kusý ‘fragmentary’, ‘unfinished’, ‘truncated’.

Possible Related Names

Cusack

Sources (3)

Rebecca Johnson in household of Calvin Johnson, "United States Census, 1850"
Cusick in entry for Martha Johnson, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963"
Rebecca Cusick in entry for Elijah Johnson, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955"

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