High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Rachel Hersey Cushing
20 Mar 1839 – 5 Jan 1872 · about 33 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Rachel Hersey Cushing lived from 20 Mar 1839 to 5 Jan 1872, a span of about 33 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
SiblingsLucy Jacob Cushing1829–1918 · Andrew Chauncey Cushing1830–1896 · Matilda Sumner Cushing1832–1891 · Maria Elizabeth Cushing Fowler Hersey1834–1916 · Joanna Alden Cushing Gates1836–1921 · 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.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact death date, found in the Cushing family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
Dec. 20, 1837. m. Dec. 31, 1857, John D. Gates, vi. Rachel Hersey, March 20, 1839, d. unm. 5 Jan. 1872, aet. 33d yr. vii. Joshua Hersey, Sept. 19, 1841. Resides at Melbourne, Australia. viii. Wendell, Oct. 17, 1843, d. 9 Dec. 1843. ix. A dau., June 17, 1845, d. 18 June, 1845. x. Mary Wendell, Aug. 18, 1846. ra. Sept. 10, 1871, Amasa J. Whiting. VOL. ii. — 12 178 Cushing.
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born 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 Rachel'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.