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High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Oliver Cushing

15 Jan 1804 – 18 Aug 1857 · about 53 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Oliver Cushing lived from 15 Jan 1804 to 18 Aug 1857, a span of about 53 years.

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

View family network 4relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Oliver Cushingm.Elizabeth Lisle Hammond Cushing1804–1886 (m. 1828)✓also here
Oliver Wendell Cushing1829–1856✓also hereElizabeth L. Cushing Hersey1831–1866also hereWilliam Cushing1836–1906also here

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave. A ✓ marks a tie the 1893 History of Hingham independently confirms.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

  • ParentsSeth Cushing
  • MarriedElizabeth Lisle Hammond (Oct. 28, 1828)
  • TradePainter
  • ChildrenOliver Wendell (b. Aug. 17, 1829), Elizabeth Lincoln (b. Aug. 12, 1831), William (b. May 24, 1836)

Line of descent, as the genealogy traces it: Seth › Pyam › Theophilus › Daniel › Matthew.

Matched exact birth date in their own Cushing family entry (no. 89), corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
89. Oliver 7 (Seth 6 Pyam 6 Theophilus M Daniel 2 Matthew J), b. in Hing. Jan. 15, 1804. m. Oct. 28, 1828, Elizabeth Lisle Hammond, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Lincoln) Hammond. She was b. in Hing. Jan. 17, 1804, and d. 11 Jan. 1886, aet. 82d yr. He d. 18 Aug. 1857, get. 54th yr. "Painter," and selectman for eighteen yrs. Re- sided on Main St., So. Hing. Ch., b. in Hing, — i. Oliver Wendell, Aug. 17, 1829. m. Dec. 18, 1850, Harriet N. Curtis, and d. 29 Dec. 1856, aet. 27 yrs. ii. Elizabeth Lincoln, Aug. 12, 1831. m. Jan. 30, 1862, Seth S. Hersey, Jr., and d. 12 Jan. 1866, ast. 34 yrs. 109. iii. William, May 24, 1836.

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 89. Read on archive.org ↗

Born and died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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