Olivia NEEDHAM

1803 - 28 Oct 1865

  • BIRTH: 1803, Fenner, Madison, NY
  • DEATH: 28 Oct 1865, Cazenovia, Madison, NY
  • BURIAL: Needham Cemetery, Fenner, Madison, NY
Father: John NEEDHAM
Mother: Betsy CUSHING



                                      _William NEEDHAM ______+
                  _John NEEDHAM _____|
                 |                   |_Mehittable BLANCHARD _+
 _John NEEDHAM __|
|                |                    _David SHATTUCK _______+
|                |_Phebe SHATTUCK ___|
|                                    |_Dorothy VARNUM _______+
|
|--Olivia NEEDHAM 
|
|                                     _Hezekiah CUSHING _____+
|                 _Thomas CUSHING ___|
|                |                   |_Lydia JONES __________+
|_Betsy CUSHING _|
                 |                    _Benjamin TURNER ______+
                 |_Elizabeth TURNER _|
                                     |_Mercy TURNER _________+


[58] (Note that Fenner, NY is in modern-day Madison County, which was created
21 March 1806 from Chenango County.)

"History of Chenango and Madison Counties, NY...1784-1880"
James H. Smith
D. Mason & Co, Syracuse, NY 1880, pp. 694-699
"Olivia lived on the homestead till the death of her father, when she removed
to Cazenovia, and died there unmarried."

"Names and Sketches of the Pioneer Settlers of Madison Co, NY"
William H. Tuttle (1882-1956)
Heart of the Lakes Publishing, Interlaken, NY, 1984, p. 71

Buried at Needham Cemetery, Town of Fenner, Madison County, NY; see:
"Cemetery Inscriptions of Madison County, NY", Vol 1
Mary K. Meyer and Joyce C. Scott
Willow Bend Books, Westminster, Maryland, 1997
ISBN: 1-58549-706-1
Updated at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyccazen/Cemeteries/Fenner/NeedhamCem.html
"Needham, Olivia, died October 28, 1865, age 62 years"

Newpaper clipping file from:
Madison County Historical Society
Oneida, NY:
"Birth 1803, Death: Oct 28, 1865, Cazenovia, NY;
Paper: OD (Oneida Daily Dispatch?) Year: 1865 Date: Nov 18 p.3 col 2"

1860 US Federal Census
Cazenovia, Madison, NY

Needham Lineage and Genealogical Notes
Previously unpublished; 1962
Hawley Vincent Needham, Kathryne Lowe Needham Shepherd

Needham Family Genealogical Notes
Unpublished work; 1998
Virginia Joy Chism Nichols
Record #36; Virginia claims DOB in 1802.


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