ChildrenWilliam S , 21761 (1878-1878)
SpouseERASTUS KNIGHT10956 , 5042
Birth18 Nov 1776, Chesterfield, CT11801
Death14 Feb 1846, CT, age: 6911800
ResidenceCT11800
Erastus, son of Joshua Knight, was born at Chesterfield, [CT] November 18, 1776, died February 14 1846. He married (first) April 6, 1802, Polly Little of Williamsburd, MA. She died May 10 1808. aged twenty-eight years, six onths. He married (second) November 30 1809, Lucy Smith, who died January 17 1829, aged fifty-one years. He married (third) Maay 28 a829 Throdosia Cushman who died March 4, 1833, aged for-six. He married (fourth) Electa Bullard of Williamsburg. She lost her life in the Williamsburg flood, May 16 1874, aged eight years. He lived in Horthampton and Chesterfied, wither he moved in 1818. Children listed…11802
Family ID3158
Marriage182811597
Other spouses: HENRY PIERCE
SpouseHENRY PIERCE11810 , 5044
Birth17772820
Death1862, age: 852820
BurialNorth Cemetery, Peru, Berkshire Co MA11806
Henry, 1777-1862; married 1802, Eunice Wight- man, died 1812. Married 1814, Minerva, wid- ,owof Amos Dresser. Married 3d, Betsey Pearce, died 1863.11811 Son of Shadrach Pierce and Anna A Bridges Pierce. Married Eunice Wifhtman Peirce and Minerva Cushman Peirce.11806
Family ID3503
Marr MemoIntentions Peru, MA
Other spouses: AMOS DRESSER
SpouseSOPHIA MOSELY11810 , 1325
She of Westfield, MA. Daughter of Daniel and Ann (Abbott) Moseley.11822 Te American Pomeroy Historic Genealogical Association, in the book, The History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family, published 1912, 1922, vol 2, p333 shows Sophia as daughter of Sophia Pomeroy and Pliny Moseley and that she had a sister, Sybil, b. 14 Sep 1792.11823
Family ID806
Marr Memoby Rev. Joel Hawes
Birth Memoor 11 Nov
Death Memo29 Nov 1842 at Peru, MA
FlagsGen #6
(Caleb, Allerton, Allerton, Elkanah, Thomas, Robert). Daughter of Caleb and Bathsheba (Spaulding) Cushman.
Brainard Taylor Worthington, Centralia, Wis., and belonging to G.A. R. Post No. 22, was born Jan. 23 1838, in Peru, Bershire Co. Mass. He is the son of David and Mary (Cushman) Worthington, both of whom were born in the old Bay State. Both were representatives of Mass families who were prominent in the early history of the State. The son was 14 years old when he became a resident of Centraolia, whither he came wit his brother, Ralph Cushman
RAINARD TAYLOR WORTHING- TON, Centralia, Wis., and belonging to G. A. R. Post No. 22, was born Jan. 23, 1838, in Peru, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. He is the son of David and Mary (Cushman) Worthington, both of whom were born in the old Bay State. Both were representatives of Massachusetts families who were prominent in the early history of the State. The son was 14 years old when he be- came a resident of Centralia, whither he came
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with his brother, Ralph Cushman Worthington. He had been previously a student in the common schools and at Hinsdale Academy in his native county, and after arrival in Wisconsin, he again attended school at Centralia. After a winter passed in study, he obtained an opportunity to learn the business of a carpenter and joiner, in which trade he was occupied until he enlisted. May 18, 1861, he enrolled in Company D, 5th Wisconsin Infantry, at Centralia, for three years. He received honorable discharge July 25, 1864, at Baltimore, Md. The regiment was in rendezvous at Camp Randall, Madison, and Mr. Worthington went to Baltimore to camp. The organization was assigned to the brigade of Gen. Rufus King of Wisconsin (see sketch) and, a few months later, was reassigned to the command of General Hancock. He was in the skirmish at Young's Point and in the charge at Lee's Mills. He was in the purvsuit of the rebels to Williamsburg, and took part in the only battle in which McClellan recognized, as did Napoleon, the services of a particular regiment. (See sketch of John Leyvkom.) Up to five in the afternoon of May 5, 1862, Hooker had been engaged with Magruder in the fort of that name and at the hour menvtioned, the rebel force came down upon the brigade of Hancock in reserve. Companies D and I were on the- skirmish line and were ordered in by the commander. The brigade made a charge and drove the rebels, which terminated the action at Williamsburg. On the skirmish line Mr. Worthington was wounded by a round musket ball. (The old fashioned cartridge of the Revolution—consisting of a round ball and three buckvshot.) This missile remained in his left thigh 25 years. In the spring of 1885 it was cut out, without benefiting him, however, as it had been there too long and his entire nervous system is permanently affected, the sciatic nerve being diseased. He was sent from the field hospital to Fortress Monroe, where he remained a week, and thence to Camden Street hospital at Baltimore, where he remained until he received his final discharge. He returned to Centralia and, soon after, went to the oil regions of Pennsylvania and engaged in. drilling wells for a time, and, returning to Grand Rapids in the spring of 1878, he went to Colorado and remained two years, returning in the spring of 1880 to Centralia, proceeding later in the same season to Fargo, Dak., and came back to Wisconsin in the following fall. He repeated the trip the following year in the same manner and then located permanently at Centralia and is pursuing his business as a builder in which he has been prominent in Grand Rapids and Centralia. He is the Commander of Post 22 and has held the positions of Officer of the Day and Senvior Vice-Commander. He was Aid on the Staff of General Lucius Fairchild, Grand Commander of the Department of Wisconsin in 1887. He has served as Under-Sheriff of Wood county one year. He was married to Mary E. White of Glen's Falls, Warren Co., New York, Dec. 14, 1868 ; they have buried a son, Henry Cushman, who died at Colorado Springs of congestion, aged ten and a half years, and was brought to Grand Rapids for interment as a patriotic citizen in the rebellion. August 8,11830
Brainard Taylor Worthington, Centralia, Wis., and belonging to G.A. R. Post No. 22, was born Jan. 23 1838, in Peru, Bershire Co. Mass. He is the son of David and Mary (Cushman) Worthington, both of whom were born in the old Bay State. Both were representatives of Mass families who were prominent in the early history of the State. The son was 14 years old when he became a resident of Centraolia, whither he came wit his brother, Ralph Cushman
RAINARD TAYLOR WORTHING- TON, Centralia, Wis., and belonging to G. A. R. Post No. 22, was born Jan. 23, 1838, in Peru, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. He is the son of David and Mary (Cushman) Worthington, both of whom were born in the old Bay State. Both were representatives of Massachusetts families who were prominent in the early history of the State. The son was 14 years old when he be- came a resident of Centralia, whither he came
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with his brother, Ralph Cushman Worthington. He had been previously a student in the common schools and at Hinsdale Academy in his native county, and after arrival in Wisconsin, he again attended school at Centralia. After a winter passed in study, he obtained an opportunity to learn the business of a carpenter and joiner, in which trade he was occupied until he enlisted. May 18, 1861, he enrolled in Company D, 5th Wisconsin Infantry, at Centralia, for three years. He received honorable discharge July 25, 1864, at Baltimore, Md. The regiment was in rendezvous at Camp Randall, Madison, and Mr. Worthington went to Baltimore to camp. The organization was assigned to the brigade of Gen. Rufus King of Wisconsin (see sketch) and, a few months later, was reassigned to the command of General Hancock. He was in the skirmish at Young's Point and in the charge at Lee's Mills. He was in the purvsuit of the rebels to Williamsburg, and took part in the only battle in which McClellan recognized, as did Napoleon, the services of a particular regiment. (See sketch of John Leyvkom.) Up to five in the afternoon of May 5, 1862, Hooker had been engaged with Magruder in the fort of that name and at the hour menvtioned, the rebel force came down upon the brigade of Hancock in reserve. Companies D and I were on the- skirmish line and were ordered in by the commander. The brigade made a charge and drove the rebels, which terminated the action at Williamsburg. On the skirmish line Mr. Worthington was wounded by a round musket ball. (The old fashioned cartridge of the Revolution—consisting of a round ball and three buckvshot.) This missile remained in his left thigh 25 years. In the spring of 1885 it was cut out, without benefiting him, however, as it had been there too long and his entire nervous system is permanently affected, the sciatic nerve being diseased. He was sent from the field hospital to Fortress Monroe, where he remained a week, and thence to Camden Street hospital at Baltimore, where he remained until he received his final discharge. He returned to Centralia and, soon after, went to the oil regions of Pennsylvania and engaged in. drilling wells for a time, and, returning to Grand Rapids in the spring of 1878, he went to Colorado and remained two years, returning in the spring of 1880 to Centralia, proceeding later in the same season to Fargo, Dak., and came back to Wisconsin in the following fall. He repeated the trip the following year in the same manner and then located permanently at Centralia and is pursuing his business as a builder in which he has been prominent in Grand Rapids and Centralia. He is the Commander of Post 22 and has held the positions of Officer of the Day and Senvior Vice-Commander. He was Aid on the Staff of General Lucius Fairchild, Grand Commander of the Department of Wisconsin in 1887. He has served as Under-Sheriff of Wood county one year. He was married to Mary E. White of Glen's Falls, Warren Co., New York, Dec. 14, 1868 ; they have buried a son, Henry Cushman, who died at Colorado Springs of congestion, aged ten and a half years, and was brought to Grand Rapids for interment as a patriotic citizen in the rebellion. August 8,11830