High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Caleb Cushing

29 Oct 1822 – 7 Dec 1893 · about 71 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Caleb Cushing lived from 29 Oct 1822 to 7 Dec 1893, a span of about 71 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

Caleb Cushingm.Caroline Stodder Cushing1823–1906also here
Caleb Bennett Cushing1847–1852also hereIsaiah Cushing1850–1907also hereAda Caroline Cushing1852–1870also 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

  • ParentsPyam Cushing
  • MarriedCaroline Stodder (Jan. 22, 1846)
  • TradeFarmer
  • ChildrenCaleb Bennett (b. July 2, 1847), Ada Caroline (b. June 10, 1852)

Line of descent, as the genealogy traces it: Pyam › Robert › Pyam › Theophilus › Daniel › Mat.

Matched exact birth date in their own Cushing family entry (no. 108), corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
108. Caleb 8 (Pyam 7 Robert 6 Pyam 5 Theophilus *-» Daniel 2 Mat. thew l), b. in Hing. Oct. 29, 1822. m. Jan. 22, 1846, Caroline Stodder, dau. of Daniel and Lydia (Wilder) Stodder. She was b. in Hing. 182 Cashing. Sept. 28, 1823. " Farmer." Resides on the paternal homestead, Main St., So. Hing. Ch., b. in Hing., — i. Caleb Bennett, July 2, 1847, d. 19 Sept. 1852. ii. Isaiah, March 2, 1850. m. June 18, 1873, Lydia Maria, dau. of Benjamin and Lydia C. (Fearing) Jones. They have one child, Ada, b. in Hing. Aug. 14, 1878. iii. Ada Caroline, June 10, 1852, d. 14 Apr. 1870.

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 108. 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 Caleb'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.

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