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| James USHER
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James USHER
Church Records 1857-1986
• He appeared on the census in 1841 in St. Cuthbert, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, 7 Hill Square. 5 • He was employed. 6 Heraldic artist • He emigrated circa 1842 from , , , Canada. 6 7 went to America about 1842, first settled in Canada whence he removed in 1860 to West Hoboken, New Jersey. • He emigrated in 1860 from West Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey, U.S.A.. 8 Came to West Hoboken from Canada • He appeared on the census in 1860. 1790-1870 New Jersey Census Index • He was employed in 1869 in 31 Pine, h, New Jersey, U.S.A.. 9 • He appeared on the census in 1870. 1790-1870 New Jersey Census Index • Inventory: 1878. <a href="html/jamesusher_inventory.htm">Inventory</a>
James married Harriet BIRKS, daughter of John BIRKS and Unknown.6 (Harriet BIRKS was born in 1831 in , , , England 8 and died before 1892 10.) |
Cause of his death was Pneumonia.
Sources
1
C. M. Usher, A History Of The Usher Family In Scotland (Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1956), Tree Table I;
The book is also available for download in either MS Word 97/2000 format or in Adobe PDF format.
2
"Return of Deaths in West Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey, USA -
Image", vol. BE: Pg 509 Roll #58NJA. age at death 45y 11m 12d.
3
"Return of Deaths in West Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey, USA -
Image", vol. BE: Pg 509 Roll #58NJA. February 28th 1878 James Usher 45y 11m 12d Artist.
4
"Return of Deaths in West Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey, USA -
Image", vol. BE: Pg 509 Roll #58NJA.
5
1841 Census Scotland, Cit. Date: 18 Mar 2006. Piece: SCT1841/685
Place: Edinb.St Andrew-Midlothian
Enumeration District: 5
Civil Parish: St Cuthbert's Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: Roxburgh
Folio: 247 Page: 3
Address: 7 Hill Square
Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
USHER Mary F 40 Independent Outside Census County (1841)
USHER Janet F 14 Midlothian
USHER James M 10 Midlothian
USHER Mary F 6 Midlothian
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6 C. M. Usher, A History Of The Usher Family In Scotland (Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1956), Tree Table I.
7
Cornelius Burnham Harvey, Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey (New York: The New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900), p. 327. Rec. Date: 6 Sep 2001. Cit. Date: 31 Aug 2001; p. 327-328
THOMAS B. USHER of West Hoboken, Secretary of the New Jersey State Board of Taxation since its inception in 1891, is descended from sturdy Scotch ancestry, being connected with the family of which the Very Right Rev. James Usher D.D., Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, was a distinguished member. James Usher, his father, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, came to America about 1842, and first settled in Canada, whence he removed in 1860 to West Hoboken, N. J. He was a genealogist and writer of family history. His large and valuable library, comprising more than three thousand volumes, covered nearly every phase of the history of this country, and was regarded as one of the best and finest in its line in the United States. He died in West Hoboken. His wife, who also died there, was Harriet Birks, daughter of John Birks and a native of England, and their children were James Usher, of the Town of Union, a member of the New Jersey Assembly in 1894 and 1895 and in the latter year the leader of the Democratic minority and the party nominee for Speaker of the House; Thomas B. Usher, the subject of this article; Walter Scott Usher, a Captain of the police force of West Hoboken; and Wallace Bruce Usher, of West Hoboken.
Thomas B. Usher was born in Bonnsville, Hudson County, N. J., on the 30th March, 1861. He received a common school education in West Hoboken, supplemented his literary studies by a business course at Cooper Union, New York, from which he graduated at the age of nineteen, and then became a clerk in the book store of Alexander Denham, of the latter city. Subsequently he entered the employ of Bradley & Smith, brush dealers, of New York, where he remained until 1890, when, having been elected a member of the New Jersey Legislature from West Hoboken, he took his seat in the House of Assembly and served with honor as Chairman of the Committee on Labour and Industries and as a member of the Revision Committee and of the Committee on Towns and Townships. In 1891 he served a second term and held the same positions on those committees. Mr. Usher had long made a serious study of those vital problems which affect the welfare and liberty of the people. His studies and observations were along original lines, principally in the field of moral and municipal reforms, and on entering the Legislature he at once took a prominent part, not only in the measures coming before that body, but also in the introduction of various bills, which soon gained for him a recognized leadership, especially in reform legislation. Among those bills was one separating prisoners confined in the State prisons on a basis according to their moral standing, and, although it was defeated, the measure attracted wide attention and received the support of the better elements of society. He also introduced a bill allowing a will to be probated during the lifetime of the testator, thus eliminating the chances of a legal contest and permitting the testator to see that his or her intentions were carried out. He originated and secured the passage of the bill authorizing the floating of the American flag on public school houses, another providing for the establishment and maintenance of free reading rooms in different cities, and many others of equal note and importance.
On the organization of the New Jersey State Board of Taxation in March, 1891, Mr. Usher was appointed by Governor Leon Abbett the Secretary of that body, and has ever since discharged the duties of the office with credit and ability. To him is due in a large measure the board's constantly increasing usefulness.
Mr. Usher is a Democrat in politics, has served as a member of the Hudson County Democratic Committee, and enjoys the confidence and respect of the entire community. He was married in September, 1882, to Dora Beegen, daughter of William and Mary Beegen and a descendent of old Holland Dutch stock. They reside in West Hoboken, and have two sons : James and Edward, both students at Blair Presbyterial Academy, Blairstown, N. J.
8 Cornelius Burnham Harvey, Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey (New York: The New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900), p. 327. Rec. Date: 6 Sep 2001. Cit. Date: 31 Aug 2001.
9 New York City Directory 1869, Usher James, artist, 31 Pine, h N. J.
10
James Usher, U.S. Civil War Pension File : William B. Stanford, letter from James Usher.
State of New Jersey
S.S.
County of Hudson:
James Usher, of the Town of Union, County of Hudson, State of New Jersey, being first duly sworn deposes and says: I am a half-brother of Wm. B. Stanford, of Blue Rapids, Marshall Co., Kansas, being a younger son of his deceased mother by her second husband the late James Usher of West Hoboken, and a resident in the Usher household both before the said Stanford's enlistment and after his return home. From my parents I learned that the said Stanford, my half-brother, resided just prior to his enlistment at Monticello, Wayne Co., Kentucky; and as the people with whom he lived opposed his entering the army on account of his youth and believing it would displease his father and mother, he ran away and early in 1862 enlisted in the 12th Kentucky Regiment, Infantry troops, commanded by a Colonel Hoskins, and served under the name of Elisha Hill, in Company H under one Captain Worden or Warden, from that year until 1864. He corresponded freely and his letters were the common property of the family here until the death of its heads and the dispersion of its members and marraige [sic] of the same, although now no traces of these letters remain. I remember he wrote my parents about reenlisting at Knoxville, Tenn., and about being entitled to a furlough; and that we expected he would come home to visit us. When we heard nothing further from him and did not see him here as expected, all supposed him killed in battle or wounded. My parents watched the paper every day for news. One evening in the last of May, 1864, while the family were at table actually talking about its absent member, William, he opened the door and presented himself and was joyfully received. He was almost as black as a negro and his clothes were old and full of vermin and he had the itch. I remember he wanted to go back to the Army but my mother insisted that he should stay at home saying he was too young, and that he could not be taken away from her. For several years he remained with us at home. From his lips I have heard repeatedly the story of his war experiences and have no doubt whatever of his entire truth _______. I know that he is the same person who was known as Elisha Hill a private in Co. H. 12th Kentucky Regt of Infantry from the fact that he corresponded with my mother under that name.
James Usher
Sworn and subscribed to before me a Notary Public in and for the county and State aforesaid, this 26th day of October, 1892.
Fred Grobels
Notary Public
New Jersey
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