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Susan Ann <I>Sheppard</I> Cussons

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Susan Ann Sheppard Cussons

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
24 Oct 1896 (aged 70–71)
Virginia, USA
Burial
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of John Mosby Sheppard and Mary G.C.Sheppard,sister of Alexander Sheppard and Elizabeth Sheppard,she married Dr.Benjamin Duval.
Wife of John Cussons of Glen Allen,Virginia.
Married in 1864.
First husband was Benjamin Bunbury Allen,married July 1,1845.
Mosby was magistrate and high sheriff in Henrico County and died in 1831.

They had no children. Benjamin died aged 44 on 29th August 1862, cause unknown, as yet. During the Civil War, Susan ran a post office from her home, in Glen Allen, for her neighbors to contact relatives and friends in the Confederate army. Presumably this was how she and Captain John Cussons became acquainted. They married in Richmond on 19th May 1864. Due to the fact that Susan was 13 years John's senior, they had no children.
Daughter of John Mosby Sheppard and Mary G.C.Sheppard,sister of Alexander Sheppard and Elizabeth Sheppard,she married Dr.Benjamin Duval.
Wife of John Cussons of Glen Allen,Virginia.
Married in 1864.
First husband was Benjamin Bunbury Allen,married July 1,1845.
Mosby was magistrate and high sheriff in Henrico County and died in 1831.

They had no children. Benjamin died aged 44 on 29th August 1862, cause unknown, as yet. During the Civil War, Susan ran a post office from her home, in Glen Allen, for her neighbors to contact relatives and friends in the Confederate army. Presumably this was how she and Captain John Cussons became acquainted. They married in Richmond on 19th May 1864. Due to the fact that Susan was 13 years John's senior, they had no children.


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  • Maintained by: George Seitz
  • Originally Created by: PL
  • Added: Oct 10, 2001
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5835989/susan_ann-cussons: accessed ), memorial page for Susan Ann Sheppard Cussons (1825–24 Oct 1896), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5835989, citing Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by George Seitz (contributor 40539541).