High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Oliver Cushing
15 Jan 1804 – 18 Aug 1857 · about 53 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
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.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
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
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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