Indiana Sopris Cushman daughter of founder and former Mayor of Denver, Colorado. Also wife of Samuel Cushman and mother of George.
She arrived 1859 to Denver, and reportedly was the first school teacher, in 1860. Her marriage occurred in Denver Jan 11, 1866. It is noticed as follows in the (RMN) Rocky Mountain News of Jan 12. "Married: by the Rev. D. D. Goodrich, Mr. Samuel Cushman of Central City, and Miss Indiana, daughter of Capt. R. Sopris. A large circle of friends, comprising the wealth, beauty, and fashion of Denver were present as witnesses of the interesting ceremony. The bride, always beautiful, never appeared more lovely than on this occasion. She has long been one of Denver's fair daughters, and her name is associated with the earliest history of the City of the Plains. Mr. Cushman, the happy man, is a gentleman in every way worthy of this paragon of a wife. May the smiles of love and prosperity beam brightly upon the living pair in their future journeyings down the aisles of time."
She arrived 1859 to Denver, and reportedly was the first school teacher, in 1860. Her marriage occurred in Denver Jan 11, 1866. It is noticed as follows in the (RMN) Rocky Mountain News of Jan 12. "Married: by the Rev. D. D. Goodrich, Mr. Samuel Cushman of Central City, and Miss Indiana, daughter of Capt. R. Sopris. A large circle of friends, comprising the wealth, beauty, and fashion of Denver were present as witnesses of the interesting ceremony. The bride, always beautiful, never appeared more lovely than on this occasion. She has long been one of Denver's fair daughters, and her name is associated with the earliest history of the City of the Plains. Mr. Cushman, the happy man, is a gentleman in every way worthy of this paragon of a wife. May the smiles of love and prosperity beam brightly upon the living pair in their future journeyings down the aisles of time."
Indiana Sopris Cushman daughter of founder and former Mayor of Denver, Colorado. Also wife of Samuel Cushman and mother of George.
She arrived 1859 to Denver, and reportedly was the first school teacher, in 1860. Her marriage occurred in Denver Jan 11, 1866. It is noticed as follows in the (RMN) Rocky Mountain News of Jan 12. "Married: by the Rev. D. D. Goodrich, Mr. Samuel Cushman of Central City, and Miss Indiana, daughter of Capt. R. Sopris. A large circle of friends, comprising the wealth, beauty, and fashion of Denver were present as witnesses of the interesting ceremony. The bride, always beautiful, never appeared more lovely than on this occasion. She has long been one of Denver's fair daughters, and her name is associated with the earliest history of the City of the Plains. Mr. Cushman, the happy man, is a gentleman in every way worthy of this paragon of a wife. May the smiles of love and prosperity beam brightly upon the living pair in their future journeyings down the aisles of time."
She arrived 1859 to Denver, and reportedly was the first school teacher, in 1860. Her marriage occurred in Denver Jan 11, 1866. It is noticed as follows in the (RMN) Rocky Mountain News of Jan 12. "Married: by the Rev. D. D. Goodrich, Mr. Samuel Cushman of Central City, and Miss Indiana, daughter of Capt. R. Sopris. A large circle of friends, comprising the wealth, beauty, and fashion of Denver were present as witnesses of the interesting ceremony. The bride, always beautiful, never appeared more lovely than on this occasion. She has long been one of Denver's fair daughters, and her name is associated with the earliest history of the City of the Plains. Mr. Cushman, the happy man, is a gentleman in every way worthy of this paragon of a wife. May the smiles of love and prosperity beam brightly upon the living pair in their future journeyings down the aisles of time."
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