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

Hosea Cushing1765–1836also hereCelia Wilder Cushing1766–1846also here
Hon. Laban Cushingm.Alice Ferguson Cushing1802–1891 (m. 1829)also here
Laban Furgerson Cushing1830–1902Edward Sargent Cushing1832–1909also hereWilliam Bradford Cushing1836–1862Alice Clarence Cushing1841–1845also 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

  • ParentsHosea Cushing
  • TradeHatter

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.