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Mary Eliza Babbitt Cushman was born in 1794 to Erasmus and Mary (Saunders) Babbitt in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. In 1815, she married Elkanah Cushman of Boston. With Elkanah, she had six children, three of whom survived into adulthood, including the celebrated actress Charlotte Cushman. After her husband's death in 1841, Mary moved to England with her daughter Charlotte where she died in 1865 and was subsequently buried.

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Mary Eliza Babbitt Cushman was born in 1794 to Erasmus and Mary (Saunders) Babbitt in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. In 1815, she married Elkanah Cushman of Boston. With Elkanah, she had six children, three of whom survived into adulthood, including the celebrated actress Charlotte Cushman. After her husband's death in 1841, Mary moved to England with her daughter Charlotte where she died in 1865 and was subsequently buried.

Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Glover Memorials and Genealogies
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Anna Glover
Publisher Location: 
Boston
Publisher Name: 
David Clapp & Son
Year: 
1867
Start Page: 
146
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=ygeSH-4i9VAC&lpg=PA146&ots=P-qRTuuBQB&dq=mary%20eliza%20babbitt%20cushman&pg=PA146#v=onepage&q=mary%20eliza%20babbitt%20cushman&f=false
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Glover Memorials and Genealogies
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Anna Glover
Publisher Location: 
Boston, MA
Publisher Name: 
David Clapp & Son
Year: 
1867
Start Page: 
146
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=ygeSH-4i9VAC&lpg=PA146&ots=P-qRTuuBQB&dq=mary%20eliza%20babbitt%20cushman&pg=PA146#v=onepage&q=mary%20eliza%20babbitt%20cushman&f=false
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Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
The Babbitt Family History
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
William Bradford Browne
Publisher Location: 
Taunton, MA
Publisher Name: 
C.A Hack & Son
Year: 
1912
Start Page: 
205
Citation Notes: 
https://ia802707.us.archive.org/16/items/babbittfamilyhis00brow/babbittfamilyhis00brow.pdf