Birth Dateabt 1825
MemoThis date is only a guess for rough chronological placement.
Research
birth year may have been 1831
1870 census with wife “Sallie” in Washington DC
says he was born in IL, 1825; says Sallie born 1833, IL>
Children listed: Bessie, Henry, Sallie.
possibly had a son, Henry Howard CUSHING Jr., 1864-1937 (died in Manhattan); mother noted as “Sarah BELL”
H. H. Jr. applied for SAR membership in 1900 through the Ohio SAR branch; listed his mother as Sarah Percival BELL (indexed as “PELL”)
H. H. Sr.’s parents noted as George CUSHING and Catherine GRAUPNER.
possible findagrave: MEMORIAL# 37350605
that says his 4 children were: H. H. Jr. b.1864
Harry D. b.1865
Bessie B. 1867-1887
Margaret M. b.1869
Spouses
Birth Dateabt 1826
MemoThis date is only a guess for rough chronological placement.
Research
possible marriage record from Cook Co., IL:
Henry H. CUSHING and Sally P. BELL, 28-AUG-1862. data may have originally come from Chicago Evening Journal and Chicago Tribune.
Also appears in Illinois Statewide Marriage Index with License No. FINK [sic]