High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Oliver Wendell Cushing

17 Aug 1829 – 29 Dec 1856 · about 27 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Oliver Wendell Cushing lived from 17 Aug 1829 to 29 Dec 1856, a span of about 27 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

Oliver Cushing1804–1857also hereElizabeth Lisle Hammond Cushing1804–1886also here
Oliver Wendell Cushing
Arthur Warren Cushing1855–1857also here

SiblingsElizabeth L. Cushing Hersey1831–1866 · William Cushing1836–1906

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

  • MarriedHarriet N. Curtis (Dec. 18, 1850)

Matched exact birth date on a child line in the Cushing family genealogy, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
i. Oliver Wendell, Aug. 17, 1829. m. Dec. 18, 1850, Harriet N. Curtis, and d. 29 Dec. 1856, aet. 27 yrs

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

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

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