High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Matilda Sumner Cushing

23 Sep 1832 – 1891 · about 59 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Matilda Sumner Cushing lived from 23 Sep 1832 to 1891, a span of about 59 years.

Theirs is one of 214 markers bearing the name Cushing in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 12relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Andrew Cushing1801–1888also hereLucy Hersey Cushing1803–1885also here
Matilda Sumner Cushing

SiblingsLucy Jacob Cushing1829–1918 · Andrew Chauncey Cushing1830–1896 · Maria Elizabeth Cushing Fowler Hersey1834–1916 · Joanna Alden Cushing Gates1836–1921 · Rachel Hersey Cushing1839–1872 · Joshua Hersey Cushing1841–1895 · Joshua Hersey Cushing1841–1895 · Wendell Cushing1843–1843 · Infant daughter Cushing1845–1845 · Mary W Cushing Whiting1846–1926

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

A 1893 History of Hingham entry, likely this person uncertain match

The 1893 genealogies repeat many names; this is matched exact birth date on a child line in the Cushing family genealogy and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.

The entry, as printed
iii. Matilda Sumner, Sept. 23, 1832

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of Matilda's life to recover, and some of what is shown above is matched, not certain. A correction or a family memory is a gift; submit a source, correction, or memory.