Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Cushing, Martin D V S 1852 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bios Album, 1890

MARTIN CUSHING, D. V. S. The subject of this notice is a prominent man in his 
profession and occupies a conveniently arranged establishment at No. 108 
Exchange Street, Joliet, in which he has conducted a successful practice for 
the last six years. His wide experience and his strict attention to the duties 
of his chosen calling have rendered him more than ordinarily expert and he 
avails himself of all the means at his command to inform himself in regard to 
the various matters connected therewith. He has gathered around him the 
various appliances required for a successful business and personally, as well 
as in business circles, is highly spoken of in business community. The subject 
of this sketch, a native of Utica, N. Y., was born September 7, 1852, and is 
the son of James and Margaret (McQuade) Cushing, the former of whom was born 
in County Queens, Ireland, and the latter in the city of Paisley, Scotland. 
James Cushing when a young man, emigrated to America and settled in Utica, N. 
Y., where he was married. In the spring of 1854, resolving upon seeking the 
farther west he came with his little family to this State and settled in 
Joliet. James Cushing died November 9, 1884. The widow still resides in 
Joliet. Dr. Cushing acquired a practical education in the city schools of 
Joliet and when approaching manhood was variously engaged until commencing the 
studies of veterinary surgery. In due time he entered upon a course of 
lectures at the Columbia Veterinary College, in New York City, and 
subsequently spent two years in the American College, in New York City, 
graduating from the latter in 1885, with a thorough knowledge of the methods 
of proceedure in ordinary practice. He at once located at Joliet and has now 
all the business which he can attend to both in the city and country. In 
connection with this he established a livery business in partnership with his 
brother James, in the city of Joliet, in 1889, putting up a fine stone 
building which is conveniently arranged for hospital and operating purposes 
located at No. 108, Exchange Street. Dr. Cushing has distinguished himself as 
a liberal and public-spirited citizen, and after filling other positions of 
trust and responsibility, was in 1889 elected a member of the City Council on 
the Democratic ticket. 

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890

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