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Surnames: CUSHION,JOHNSON, NORWOOD,PEELBES
Classification: Query
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DOES ANYONE RECOGNIZE ANY OF MY CUSHIONS?
My grandmother was Odie Lee CUSHION:
My Father's Side:
MY PARENTS MARRIAGE INFO: Their certificate came from Monroe, Co. and were
married at my father's mother's house in Atmore, Al July 25, 1964 by Rev'
W.A. JOHNSON who was a relative of my grandmother - Odie Lee CUSHION (or
soundex).
My father: Ronnie Earl NORWOOD b.1941 Atmore, Al d.1991 Polk Co. Fl
His parents:
Lester Hibard NORWOOD b. June 12, 1903 Canoe, Al d. March 10,1965 Canoe
Escambia Co., Al burried in Canaan Freewill Cemetery Canoe, Escambia Co., Al
He m.abt.1925 to Odie Lee CUSHONb.abt 1905-Al d.1984 Atmore, Al and they had
the following children Buddy, Jewel, Dorothy, Alice and my father Ronnie.
Odie Lee NORWOOD married after Lester H. NORWOOD and had one more child: My
aunt Carolynn who was the youngest. Only Alice and Carolynn are living.
Odie lived most of her life in Atmore, Alabama.
Odie's parents:
Warren W. CUSHONb. 1886 ? d.1951 Canoe, Ann CUSHON (maiden name unknown)
Lester's parents:
Mose Evans NORWOOD b.1879 Al d.1952 Canoe, Escambia Co., Al m. Susan Abbie
PEEBLES b.1881 Al d. 1951 Canoe, Escambia Co., Al
(1900 Escambia Co. AL census Pg 290
Precinct 7 Canoe
168/170 Norwood, Moses head WM May 1879 21 yrs md 3yrs AL AL AL
Wife: Susan A NORWOOD WF Feb 1881 19 yrs AL AL AL
Their neighbors were McGowans, Peebles, Hall, Baker, Mix, Grelley and Pate.)
Odie's Parents:
Annie J. CUSHON - Don't know who her parents where- assume she was a JOHNSON. b. 1886?
d. 1950 burried
in Canaan Freewill Cemetery, Canoe, Escambia, Al
m. Warren W. CUSHON b. ? 1886 d. 1951 Canaan Freewill Cemetery, Canoe,
Escambia, Al
Warren's mother: Mary CUSHON b. 1850 ? d. 1919 Canaan Freewill Cemetery,
Canoe, Escambia, Al.
On the 1900 census of Escambia Co. , FL
His father was Louis CUSHION b. Jan 1843 in FL His father was born in New York and mother
in AL.
Warren's mother was Mary A. CUSHION b.Aug 1845 in AL Her father was from Ga and
mother from AL
Warren's birth date was March 1882 in FL
He had one sister at home Mattie CUSHION b.Feb 1884 in FL
Mary Cushion (I don’t know who this CUSHION is, but assume that she is related to mine,
since she lived close by)
May 12, 1876 - Apr 25, 1932
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