When Thankful Philura Cushman was born on 8 April 1807, in Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Simeon Merritt Cushman, was 40 and her mother, Zibah Moore, was 38. She married Daniel Higgins on 5 December 1824, in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Americanized form of Jewish Kushman .
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