Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Cushing, James S 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Cushing, James S., one of the substantial agriculturalists of Grundy County, 
whose efforts intelligently directed have resulted in the accumulation of 
large realty holdings, from which, he reaps gratifying returns, is a man who 
has long resided in Goose Lake Township, but was born at Lemont, Ill., 
November 4, 1857, a son of James and Mary (Handerhan) Cushing, natives of 
Tipperary, Ireland.  These parents came to Chicago when single, and were there 
married.  During the early forties, the father worked on the Illinois and 
Michigan canal, but later bought forty acres in the vicinity of Lemont, paying 
$200 for it.  Four years later, he sold it for $800, and came to what is now 
Goose Lake Township, Grundy County.  Here he bought 120 acres, where he died, 
April 25, 1906.  His first wife died when their son James was born, and later 
he married (second) Bridget McGraw, born at Kingston, Ireland, who died 
December 22, 1906. 

James S. Cushing was the only child of his father.  He grew up amid rural 
surroundings, receiving his education training in the district schools.  He 
remained at home until his marriage, on May 27, 1879, to Nellie Hogan, born at 
Chicago, daughter of Thomas and Ann (McGraw) Hogan, of Tipperary, Ireland.  
Following his marriage, James Cushing bought 160 acres in Felix Township, 
Grundy County, living on this farm for fourteen years.  At this time his 
father transferred his real estate and all other property to him, and in 1895, 
Mr. Cushing moved to his adjoining farm in Goose Lake Township, on which he 
and his father erected a handsome residence and large modern barns.  At 
present Mr. Cushing owns 280 acres in his home place, of which he tills 165, 
the balance being in pasture land.  He raises Durham and Galloway cattle and 
Percheron horses and Duroc-Jersey swine.  In addition to his agricultural 
interests, Mr. Cushing has been an auctioneer since 1884, and his services are 
in demand by those who desire faithful attention to their interests.

Mr. and Mrs. Cushing became the parents of the following children:  Frank, who 
lives at Mazon, Ill., has three children, Francis, James and Cassie; May, who 
is the wife of Michael Terrell, of Wilmington, Ill., and they have Michael, 
James, John, Frank and Agnes; James, who is at home, married Mary Phillips, 
and they have one daughter, Anna V.; Anna, who is the wife of T. I. Naughton, 
of Aurora, Ill., and they have Loretta, Edward and Timothy J.; Elvah, who is 
the wife of John McCabe, of Gardner, and they have one son, John F.; Robert, 
Mathew, Ella, Thomas, George and William, the last six children being at 
home.  There are thirteen grandchildren.  Mr. Cushing belongs to the Catholic 
Church of Wilmington, Ill., and to the Modern Woodmen of America of the same 
place.  He has served as school director and trustee, and is a man of public 
spirit, who is interested in securing good government in every department of 
the township, county, state and nation.

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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