High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Michael Lapham Cushing
4 Sep 1834 – 6 Jul 1902 · about 68 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Michael Lapham Cushing lived from 4 Sep 1834 to 6 Jul 1902, a span of about 68 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
SiblingsSidney Cushing1839–1912 · George Cushing1841–1920
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave. Distances are to relatives whose graves are also recorded here.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact birth date, found in the Cushing family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
Jane, Nov. 5, 1832. m. Jan. 8, 1854, Alfred H. Loring, and d. 21 Apr. 1881. Michael Lapham, Sept. 4, 1834. m. March 2, 1856, Josephine Kimball of So. Scit. Otis, March 22, 1837. m. Jan. 31, 1861, Caroline F. Hersey. Resides at ■So. Wey. Sidney, March 2, 1839. m. Sept. 26, 1861, Sarah E. Corbett. Resides at Boston. George, June 16, 1841. Ferdinand, Nov. 22, 1843. Isabella,
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA.
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