Originally of Hingham, Massachusetts:[1]
- Caleb Cushing (1800–1879): U.S. congressman and Attorney General
- John Perkins Cushing (1787–1862): China trade merchant, investor
- Thomas Cushing (1725–1788): statesman, revolutionary
- William Cushing (1732–1810): U.S. Supreme Court justice
- Harvey Williams Cushing (1869–1939): an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer, and draftsman. A pioneer of brain surgery, he was the first exclusive neurosurgeon and the first person to describe Cushing's disease. He wrote a biography of William Osler in three volumes.
- William Harvey Cushing (1903–1926) (died in an automobile accident while a student at Yale University [2])
- Mary Benedict "Minnie" Cushing (1906–1978), who married Vincent Astor and later James Whitney Fosburgh;[3]
- Betsey Cushing (1908–1998), who married James Roosevelt and later John Hay Whitney;[4]
- Henry Kirke Cushing, who married Marjorie Estabrook in 1936.[5]
- Barbara "Babe" Cushing (1915–1978), the socialite wife of Stanley Grafton Mortimer and later William S. Paley.[6]
Descendant by marriage:
- Albert Cushing Read (1887–1967): was an aviator and Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. He and his crew made the first transatlantic flight in the NC-4, a Curtiss NC flying boat (1919).
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See Also[]
- Cushing in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
- Cushing in Massachusetts - Boston Brahmin
References[]
- ^ History of the Town of Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Solomon Lincoln, Jr., Caleb Gill, Jr. and Farmer and Brown, Hingham, Mass., 1827
- ^ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78105369/william-harvey-cushing
- ^ "Mary Fosburgh, 72. One of Cushing Sisters and a Leader in Arts. Raised Funds During War". The New York Times. November 8, 1978. https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/06/archives/mary-fosburgh-72-one-of-cushing-sisters-and-a-leader-in-arts-raised.html. Retrieved March 21, 2010. "Mary Gushing Fosburgh, the eldest of the socially prominent Cushing sisters and widow of the painter James Whitney Fosburgh, died Saturday at her home in Manhattan after a long illness. She was 72 years old and lived at 32 East 64th Street."
- ^ Nemy, Enid (March 26, 1998). "Betsey Cushing Whitney Is Dead at 89". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/26/nyregion/betsey-cushing-whitney-is-dead-at-89.html?pagewanted=1. Retrieved March 21, 2010. "Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney, the widow of John Hay (Jock) Whitney, the first wife of James Roosevelt and the last of the three glamorous Cushing sisters of Boston, died yesterday at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y. She was 89."
- ^ "NUPTIALS PLANNED BY MISS ESTABROOK; Her Marriage to Henry Kirke Cushing Will Take Place in Marion, Mass., Church. CEREMONY TO BE MAY 30 Mrs. James Roosevelt, Sister of the Bridegroom-Elect, Will Be Matron of Honor.". The New York Times. April 15, 1936. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1936/04/15/85305181.pdf. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
- ^ Nemy, Enid (July 7, 1978). "Barbara Cushing Paley Dies at 63; Style Pace-Setter in Three Decades; Symbol of Taste". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/07/archives/barbara-cushing-paley-dies-at-63-style-pacesetter-in-three-decades.html. Retrieved March 21, 2010. "Barbara Cushing Paley, the wife of William S. Paley, the chairman of the board of the Columbia Broadcasting System, died of cancer at their apartment in New York City yesterday after a long illness. She was 63 years old."