Major Nahum Forrest McKusick, (USA)

Civil War Veteran

Affiliation: Union

Mustered in: Dec. 12, 1863

Promoted to Musician: Dec. 29th, 1863

Promoted to principle musician: March 1, 1864

Regts.: 18th Maine Volunteers and 1st Maine Heavy Artillery

Mustered out: Sept. 11, 1865

• Father: Zebediah McKusick b. Jun 1762, d. 28 Feb 1847
• Mother: Charlotte Agnes Tarbox b. 20 Mar 1767, d. 3 Dec 1846
• Charts: Descendants of Matthew and Mary Bettis McKusick

Nahum Forest McKusick; 1802-1883

    His body was interred at Old Dover Cemetery, Dover-Foxcroft, ME.1 He was innkeeper of the Laconia House at Limerick and later became a farmer at Dover-Foxcroft. He was the Chief Musician (piper) of the 18th Maine Volunteers and later was in the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery. He carried the grade of Major as early as 1848, apparently in the militia. He and his 2nd wife, Mary Jane, moved to Dover-Foxcroft in 1851. 

Nahum was born in July 1802 at Limerick, ME.2 He married Sarah (Sally) Gordon on 20 May 1827. He married Mary Jane Tarbox on 16 June 1842 at Maine. He married Harriet (Hattie) Hart Lane on 24 October 1865 at Dover-Foxcroft, ME. Nahum died on 12 April 1883 at Dover-Foxcroft, ME, at age 80

Family 1

Sarah (Sally) Gordon b. c 1799, d. 8 Jun 1841. Marriage:He married Sarah (Sally) Gordon on 20 May 1827.

Children

• Isabella G. McKusick+ b. 19 Mar 1828, d. 5 Mar 1905
• Charles Henry McKusick b. Sep 1829, d. 25 Feb 1858
• George Jewett McKusick b. Feb 1831, d. 13 Jul 1856
• Mary Anne McKusick+ b. Apr 1832
• Emmaline Adams McKusick+ b. 30 Nov 1834, d. 8 Oct 1908
• Sarah Elizabeth McKusick b. 1835, d. 1838
• Amasa Augustus McKusick+ b. 31 Mar 1837, d. 27 May 1890
• Charlotte Agnes McKusick+ b. 9 Jan 1840, d. 2 Jun 1914

Family 2

Mary Jane Tarbox b. 1821, d. 13 Oct 1863 Marriage* He married Mary Jane Tarbox on 16 June 1842 at Maine.

Children

• Howard M. McKusick b. 10 Mar 1843, d. 4 Jul 1927
• Leroy Plummer Chase McKusick+ b. 13 Apr 1844, d. 3 May 1917
• Frank Clarence McKusick b. Nov 1847, d. 1862
• Llewellyn Elwood McKusick+ b. Dec 1849, d. 15 Feb 1927
• Elmer Forrest McKusick+ b. May 1852
• Fred Ernest McKusick+ b. 8 Apr 1853, d. 26 Feb 1932
• Carrie Evelyn McKusick+ b. Jan 1858, d. 26 Feb 1932
• George Henry McKusick b. Mar 1861, d. 30 Aug 1861
• Abbie Farnham McKusick b. 1863, d. 1863

Family 3

Harriet (Hattie) Hart Lane b. 2 Apr 1834, d. 29 Mar 1893 Marriage* He married Harriet (Hattie) Hart Lane on 24 October 1865 at Dover-Foxcroft, ME.

Source: The McKusick Family Genealogy

Link:http://www.mckusick.org/p1.htm#i28

Written as recorded;

• Principal Musician Nahum McKusick, Foxcroft, appointed March 1, 1865, from Musician Co. E; mustered out September 11, 1865; Died at Foxcroft, Me., April 12, 1883
• Nahum McKusick, 43, Foxcroft, s, ; mustered Dec. 12, 1863; promoted Musician Dec. 29, 1863; Principal Musician March 1, 1864, and transferred. See Field and Staff

Source:The First Maine Heavy Artillery, 1861-1865: A History of Its Part and Place n the War for the Union ...; By Horace H. Shaw, Charles J. House; Portland, Oregon; 1903; pg. 224 and 300

Link: https://books.google.com/books?id=G50dAQAAMAAJ&q=Nahum+McKusick+mus...