Cornelius Charles Cusick (1835 - 1904)

Born 2 Aug 1835 in Lewiston, Niagara, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lizzie (Barnes) Cusick — married 19 Jun 1879 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Died 2 Jan 1904 at age 68 in Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York, United States

Biography

Cornelius C. Cusick born in 1835 on the Tuscarora Indian reservation, son of James and Mary Cusick. ^[1]

His grandfather was Nicholas Kaghnatsho, Cusick-363 the interpreter for General Marquis de Lafayette, during the American Revolution. ^[2]

2nd Lt. Cusick enlisted in Co. H, 52nd Regiment New York Infantry on 14 August 1862. He was transferred to Co. D, 132nd Regiment New York Infantry on 10 September 1862. He remained in the 132nd New York Infantry for the remainder of the war and mustered out 29 June 1865. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant on 25 January 1863.

Following the Civil War, 1st Lieutenant Cusick transferred to the U.S. Army, serving in the 22nd, 13th and 31st U.S. Infantry Regiments. He was promoted to Captain (date unknown) and retired on 14 January 1892.

2nd Lt. Cornelius Cusick, 33 yrs old, resided in 1870 at Fortt Rice, Dakota Territory. ^[3]

Cornelius Chas Cusick married on 19 June 1879 at Cuyahoga County, Ohio to Lizzie M. Barnes. ^[4]

C. Chas Cusick, 40 yrs, Lt U.S. Army, wife Lizzie 22 yrs, Charles B., 6 yrs, resided in 1880 in Cleveland, Ohio. ^[5]

Captain Cusick was a member of the Tuscarora Native American tribe.

BURIAL: Old Fort Niagara Cemetery in Porter, Niagara County, New York

Find A Grave: Memorial #42406610 Cornelius Charles Cusick

Sources

1. ↑ The Iroquois in the Civil War: From Battlefield to Reservation By Laurence M. Hauptman [1]
2. ↑ "Army Logic: The Tuscarora Company in the Civil War" by Laurence M. Hauptman in "MAGAZINE OF SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN" Fall 2016 vol 17 no 3 https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/army-logic-tuscarora-company-civil-war
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DRZ3-8JJ?cc=1438024&wc=92KP-4C3%3A518652301%2C518724701%2C518728801 : 8 June 2019), Dakota Territory > Unorganized > Ft. Rice & vicinity > image 1 of 6; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-BJ58-B?cc=1614804&wc=ZT82-L29%3A121351101%2C122914301 : 15 July 2014), Cuyahoga > Marriage records 1878-1879 Vol 22 > image 188 of 323; county courthouses, Ohio.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBL-99Y5?cc=1417683&wc=XWN4-N38%3A1589410656%2C1589410670%2C1589402271%2C1589395700 : 24 December 2015), Ohio > Cuyahoga > Cleveland > ED 50 > image 36 of 44; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)

• Consolidated Military Officer's File of 1st Lieutenant Cornelius C. Cusick, 22nd U.S. Infantry https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7349351

• 1876 - File No. 1007 (Cusick, Cornelius C - Michigan) Record Group 94 Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/142960638

• Warrior in Two Camps : Ely S. Parker, Union General and Seneca Chief by William Howard Armstrong, page 82 https://archive.org/details/warriorintwocamp0000arms/page/82/mode/1up