FOUNDERS OF FORT NO. 4, CHARLESTOWN, NH
From:	Farns10th@aol.com - Janice Farnsworth

Surname: CUSHING
Source:    History of Charlestown, NH Fort No.4 by Rev. Saunderson

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Edmund L. Cushing Chief Justice of the Superior Court for N.H. was the son of Edmund and
Molly Cushing of Lunenburg, MA. Grad Harvard in l827.  He was admitted to the bar in l834.
In l840 he settled at Charlestown, NH. He was b. at Lunenburg, MA l807 and m. Apr l, l835 
(1) Laura Elizabeth Lovell dau of Vryling and Laura (Hubbard) Lovell. She b. at Charlestown
Mar 25, 18l0.  Their issue:
          1. Catherine Lovell Cushing b. l836 m. l864 Francis Mathews Green son of
              Mathews Green and wife, Margaret A. (Gilchrist) Green.  One child, 
              Catherine Laura Green b. l865.  She d. l866. Francis Green was a Lieut.
              in command in the U.S. Navy headquarters Washington, D.C.
         2. Edmund Henry Cushing b. l838 d. l869 In the U.S. service War of the
             Rebellion and rec'd apptmnt of Secr. to Admiral Foote which he held
             until the death of Adm. Foote  The was made paymaster in the Navy.
             which office he held til his death, dying of Yellow Fever and was
             buried at sea.  A stone ded. to his memory lies in Charlestown Village
             Cemetary.
        3.  Rebecca Salsbury Cushing b.  l843 m. Livingston Stone in l875.
        4.  Mary Stearns Cushing b. l85l
Chief Justice Edmund L. Cushing m. (2) in l858 Martha Robbins Gilchrist dau of Capt. James
Gilchrist.

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George Russell Cushing (a different family from the above Cushing) was b. at Hingham, MA l844
m. l869 Helen Keziah Jones dau of John Stillman Jones and wife, Rebecca M. (Loveland) Jones.
She b. l846.  Their issue:
        1. Helen Russell Cushing b. l870
        2. George William Cushing b. l873
        3. Alice Leona Cushing b. l874.

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