Boschong Subscribers, We have posted before about Isaac Bushong and his two wives Cevilla/Sevilla Wendel/Windle and Sarah Ann Mort. There has always been a mystery about Cecelia who married Charles F. Cuffley and went by the last name of Hockman. There are one of two scenarios with her but in either Isaac Bushong was her father. Scenario Number One: Shortly after her birth and the death of her mother, Cevilla/Sevilla Bushong, Cecelia was placed with her Aunt and Uncle Elizabeth V. Mort and William D. Hockman. Elizabeth was the sister of Sarah Ann Mort who was living in 1860 in Isaac Bushong's household. They were daughters of Abraham Mort and wife Catharine Ann. By age 11 Cecilia was living with Branson Williams and his wife next door to Isaac Bushong and Sarah Ann Mort. Scenario Number Two: While living in the household of Isaac and Cevilla Bushong, Sarah Ann Mort became pregnant by Isaac Bushong thus her sister Elizabeth V. Hockman stepped in a took Cecilia to raise her niece from babyhood thus her name adopted as Hockman. Family stories support the first scenario. Shenandoah County Virginia Marriages Married at the home of Abraham Mort, 8 October 1857 by H. B. Winston William D. Hockman, age 24, Single, s/o John and Catharine Hockman Elizabeth V. Mort, age 21, Single, d/o Abraham and Catharine Ann Mort ----------------- CECILIA BUSHONG Born: June 1860, Toms Brook, Shenandoah County, Virginia Married: 8 April 1880 in Frederick County, Virginia to Charles F. Cuffley Died: Before 1920 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland ------ 1860 Federal Census: Virginia Toms Brook Township, Shenandoah County Enumerated 25 November 1860 Page 286 Lines 11-16, HH 1953/1951 Isaac Bushong 38/Male/Farmer/VA Sevilla Bushong 39/Female/VA Calvin Bushong 16/Male/VA George Bushong 13/Male/VA Mary Bushong 8/Female/VA SARAH MORT 22/Female/VA Note: Sevilla Bushong died between June 1860 and before December 1861 probably the results of childbirth to Cecelia and Isaac married Sarah Mort 18 December 1861 who was living in the household in 1860. Sarah might have been there to take care of Sevilla during her pregnancy. Cecelia later married Charles F. Cuffley. It is very strange but we have never found where Isaac or Cevilla are buried. ----------- 1870 Federal Census: Virginia Johnston Township, Shenandoah County Enumerated 5 September 1870 Page 697B Lines 5-9, HH 242/222 Branson Williams 38/Male/White/Corder&Fuller/$1000-$100/VA Rebecca Williams 28/Female/White/KeepsHouse/VA Mary C. Williams 6/Female/White/VA Margaret E. Williams 3/Female/White/VA CECILIA HOCKMAN 11/Female/White/VA NEXT DOOR 1870 Federal Census: Virginia Johnston Township, PO Edinburg, Shenandoah County Enumerated 3 September 1870 Page 697A, Lines 38-40 and Page 697B, Lines 1-4 HH 241/221 Isaac Bushong 51/Male/White/Farmer/$3000-$234/VA Sarah A. Bushong 32/Female/White/KeepsHouse/VA {Sarah Ann Mort} Calvin Bushong 26/Male/White/VA Jackson T. Bushong 8/Male/White/AttendedSchool/VA Charles A. Bushong 6/Male/White/VA William E. Bushong 5/Male/White/VA Sophia F. Bushong 3/Female/White/VA ------ Frederick County Virginia Marriages Marriage Date: 8 April 1880 Groom's Name: Charles Cuffley Age 22, Single, Born England, s/o James and Sophia Cuffley Bride's Name: Celia Hockman Age 21, Single, Born Shenandoah County, VA No parents given ------------ 1880 Federal Census: Virginia Opequon, Frederick County Page 289B Charles Cuffley Head/22/Male/White/Married/Laborer/England/England/England Sela Cuffley Wife/21/Female/White/KeepsHouse/VA/VA/VA {Cecilia} ------------- 1900 Federal Census: Maryland Baltimore City, 3rd Precinct, Ward 19, ED 243, Baltimore County Enumerated 12 June 1900 Page 17A, Sheet 17 Lines 26-36, HH 48/309/327 Caton Avenue Charles F. Cuffley Head/W/M/May1859/41/Md20yrs/Laborer/Img1876NA/RentsHm/England/England/England Cecilia K. Cuffley Wife/W/F/June1860/40/9children9living/VA/VA/VA James C. Cuffley Son/W/M/Nov1880/19/Single/SteamFitter/MD/Eng/VA Grace C. Cuffley Dau/W/F/Dec1881/18/Single/HatMaker/MD/Eng/VA Annie S. Cuffley Son/W/M/March1883/17/BoxMaker/MD/Eng/VA Mary F. Cuffley Dau/W/F/Dec1884/15/MD/Eng/VA Charles E. Cuffley Son/W/M/Oct1886/13/AttendedSchool/MD/Eng/VA John N. Cuffley Son/W/M/June1888/11/AttendedSchool/MD/Eng/VA William A. Cuffley Son/W/M/March1891/9/AttendedSchool/MD/Eng/VA Raymond O. Cuffley Son/W/M/Aug1893/6/AttendedSchool/MD/Eng/VA Dewey L. Cuffley Son/W/M/May1898/2/MD/Eng/VA ------------ In Judy Stickley's book "Someone You Knew" is an the following obit for Fannie (Mort) Cline. Bushong, Sarah nee Mort is a surviving sister of Fannie Cline, Vienna, d 8-21-1903; husband Frederick Cline survives; nee Mort; 6 small children; sisters & brothers: Mrs. W. D. HOCKMAN (Canterburg), SARAH BUSHONG (Clearbrook), Henry Mort (Kernstown), David Mort (OH), Mrs. James Bushong (Luray), Sophia Hickerson (Luray). -------------- The Shenandoah Herald Woodstock, Virginia Friday, 8 April 1910 Page 3 Column 4 MRS. SARAH A. BUSHONG Mrs. Sarah A. Bushong, wife of the late Isaac Bushong, died at her home at Millersville, Maryland, Friday, 1st April. Her maiden name was Sarah A. Mort, her parents having lived in this county, near Lebanon Church. Many years ago she moved with her husband and family from Tom's Brook to Baltimore, later to Frederick County, Virginia., thence to Millersville, Maryland. Two of her sons, Charles of Meadeville, Pennsylvania and William of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania entered the ministry of the Reformed church there , with her following children survive: MRS. CECILIA CUFFLEY, Thomas and John H. of Baltimore; Mrs. Sophia Clark, Clinton and Bess of Millersville, Maryland. Her remains were brought up to Harrisville on Saturday afternoon and were interred in St. John's cemetery on Sunday at 10:30 A.M. Rev. A. H. Smith, a college mate of Charles and William, preaching the sermon from Isaiah 64:6. "We all do fade as a leaf." Her age was 71 years 8 months and 30 days. --------------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong