High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Hon. Laban Cushing
30 Sep 1803 – 21 Nov 1877 · about 74 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Hon. Laban Cushing lived from 30 Sep 1803 to 21 Nov 1877, a span of about 74 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: Hosea › David › Abel › Theophilus › Daniel › Mat.
Matched exact birth date in their own Cushing family entry (no. 80), corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
80. Laban7 (Hosea8 David5 Abel4 Theophilus8 Daniel2 Mat- thew *), b. in Hing. Sept. 30, 1803. m. 1829, Alice Furgerson. Laban d. 21 Nov. 1877, aet. 74 yrs. "Hatter." Representative
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 80. 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 Laban'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.