Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . t hishealth, which had been impaired by over-exertion,failed completely, and he died of brain fever. CUSHMAN, Charlotte Saunders, actress, Boston, Mass., 23 July, 1816; d. there, 18 Feb.,1876. She was a descendant in the eighth genera-tion from Robert Cushman. Her father rose frompoverty to be a successful West India merchant,but lost his fortune, and died, leaving his familyin straitened circumstances. Charlotte was a re-markably bright, sportive child, excelling herschoolmates and developing a voice of remark-able compass and richness, with
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . t hishealth, which had been impaired by over-exertion,failed completely, and he died of brain fever. CUSHMAN, Charlotte Saunders, actress, Boston, Mass., 23 July, 1816; d. there, 18 Feb.,1876. She was a descendant in the eighth genera-tion from Robert Cushman. Her father rose frompoverty to be a successful West India merchant,but lost his fortune, and died, leaving his familyin straitened circumstances. Charlotte was a re-markably bright, sportive child, excelling herschoolmates and developing a voice of remark-able compass and richness, with a full contraltoregister. Two friends of her father, one of themJohn Mackey, in whose piano factory Jonas Check-ering was then foreman, provided her with the bestmusical instruction. She sang in choirs, and aidedin the support of the family from the age of Mrs. Joseph Wood visited Boston in 1834,Gapt. Mackey introduced Miss Cushman, who sangwith her in two of her concerts. Through influence she became»an articled pupil. to James G. Maeder, that ladys musical director,and under his instruction made \i-r first, ap-pearance in opera In the Tremont theatre asthe Countess Almaviva in the u Marriage of Figa-ro with great success, and her second as LucyBertram in GuyMannerinff. Shewent with his com-pany to New Or-leans, where hervoice, which hadbeen strained bythe soprano partsassigned to her,suddenly the coun-sel of James , managerof the principaltheatre of New Or-leans, she was ad-vised by him andby Barton, the tra-gedian, to becomean actress, andgiven the part ofLady Macbeth tostudy, in which she made her appearance withcomplete success in 1835. Going to New York,she declined a trial at the Park theatre, to enterinto a three years engagement with Thomas Ham-blin, of the Bowery theatre, where she appeared fora season in leading tragic roles. Miss Cushmanbrought her mother, who had supported the familyby keeping a boarding-house, to Ne
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