Near Woodstock in Champaign County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Warren Sibley Cushman
1845-1926
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 1, 2015
1. Warren Sibley Cushman 1845- 1926 Marker
close up, showing text, Side A
Warren Cushman was a respected painter, sculptor, photographer, musician, and inventor. He created the towering Cushman monument in Woodstock’s Rush Township cemetery and is believed to have shown his painting “Spanish Dancing Girls” at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Warren was born to Franklin and Susan (Gifford) Cushman on January 17, 1845 in Woodstock and had three siblings, Julius, Charles and Lucy.
Erected 2014 by The Cushman Family, The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 33-11.)
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Location. 40° 10.317′ N, 83° 32.198′ W. Marker is near Woodstock, Ohio, in Champaign County. It can be reached from Urbana Woodstock Road (County Route 2) 0.4 miles west of Main Street (Ohio Route 559), on the right when traveling west. Marker is in Woodstock Cemetery, straight back the lane from the gate. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 500 West Bennett Street, Woodstock OH 43084, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Till Plains. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cushman Monument
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 1, 2015
2. Warren Sibley Cushman 1845- 1926 Marker
close up, showing text, Side B
More about this marker. West Bennett Street becomes Urbana Woodstock Road at the site of an underpass on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (now removed).
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 1, 2015
3. Warren Sibley Cushman 1845- 1926 Marker
full view of marker, Side A, the "Cushman Monument" can be seen next to the marker
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 1, 2015
4. Warren Sibley Cushman 1845- 1926 Marker
full view of marker, side B, looking back south towards the abandoned railroad grade
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 1, 2015
5. Warren Sibley Cushman 1845- 1926 Marker
marker can be seen at a distance
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 1, 2015
6. Warren Sibley Cushman 1845- 1926 Marker
the Cushman Monument
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 1, 2015
7. Warren Sibley Cushman 1845- 1926 Marker
Woodstock Cemetery gate, at the point where West Bennett Street becomes Urbana- Woodstock Pike
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 1, 2015
8. Warren Sibley Cushman 1845- 1926 Marker
west side of the Cushman Monument, the Artist's brother- Julius. This sculpture is nearly identical to Cushman's "Soldier" statue which formerly stood in front of Memorial Hall in Bellefontaine, Ohio.
Logan County Historical Society Archives
9. Warren Sibley Cushman 1845- 1926 Marker
Memorial Hall in Bellefontaine, Ohio. The two statues, a Soldier and a Sailor, by Warren Cushman, stood as a Civil War Memorial for many years. They have been destroyed.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2015, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,295 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on July 3, 2015, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
