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They had no children, but adopted a boy and girl, names Leavitt and Nellie.
Military: Leavitt enlisted in Company G., 53rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, 12 August 1862. He was in the battles of Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, and in the fight at Cold Harbor, and on 22 June 1864, was taken prisoner with some 1500 others. He was then taken to Richmond, Virginia and put in Libbie prison for a few days. Later, when being transported to Andersonville, he made his escape, and after three weeks of adventurous travel arrived at Fayetteville, West Virginia, where a company of Union soldiers was stationed, from whence he proceeded to his home in Ulysses, Pennsylvania. After regaining his health he re-enlisted in January 1865, and in the following spring was in the advance the day before General Lee surrendered, 9 April 1865.
Sources:
1. The Genealogy of the Cushing Family (An account of the Ancestors and Descendants of Matthew Cushing, who came to America in 1638) by James Cushing, The Perrault Printing Co - Montreal, 1905. First Edition, 1877, by Lemuel Cushing, D1881 (Finished by his family) Pg 501.
2. FamilySearch™ Ancestral File v4.19
Father: Leavitt Wilson CUSHING b: 12 Apr 1806 in Worcester, Otsego, New York
Mother: Jane Eldridge GOODRICH b: 30 Sep 1808 in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut
Marriage 1 Susan Elizabeth BASSETT b: 4 Jul 1835 in Candor, Tioga, New York
Married: 25 Jan 1874 in Lewisville,Potter County,Pennsylvania
Children
Leavitt CUSHING b: Abt 1875
Nellie CUSHING b: 24 Aug 1877 in Marshlands, Tioga, Pennsylvania
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