High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Ruth Jacob Cushing

29 Sep 1886 – 3 Mar 1888 · about 2 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Ruth Jacob Cushing was a child, who lived from 29 Sep 1886 to 3 Mar 1888, about 2 years.

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

Family as recorded on Find a Grave

David Sherman Cushing1850–1890also hereOlive W. Hatch Davis1854–1913also here
Ruth Jacob Cushing

SiblingsWarren Sherman Cushing1873–1930 · John Russell Cushing1880–1965 · May Agnes Cushing1882–1883 · David Cushing Jr1888–1890

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

Matched exact birth date, found in the Cushing family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
1880. v. May Agnes, b. in Hing. June 22, 1882, d. 2 March, 1883. vi. Ruth Jacob, b. in Hing. Sept. 29, 1886. 115. George P.9 (Pyam M Robert 6 Pyam 5 Theophilus *5 Daniel 2 Matthew1), b. in Hing. Aug. 7, 1848. m. Dec. 18, 1873, Harriet A. Bassett, dau. of George and Harriet A. (Studley) Bassett. She was b. in Hing. Sept. 15, 1848. " Superintendent of Hingham, Hull, and Downer

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

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

A photograph of the marker survives; see it on Find a Grave ↗.

This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of Ruth'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.

The stone is still there.