1828. BENJAMIN CUSHING
Sex: M
Birth: 3 April 1828
Death: 1882

Benjamin was accidentally killed by an explosion of giant powder. Benjamin had a total of eight children, six of whom were dead as of 1905.

Father: Benjamin Boylston Cushing b: 6 June 1794 in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mother: Elizabeth Ford b: 17 August 1802 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada

Marriage 1: Henrietta R. Holstead. Henrietta was from New York.

Children:
1. Benjamin Cushing
2. Ida Cushing
3. William B. Cushing b: 2 September 1838
Note: William was married but had no children. William was also in the Civil War (22nd Regiment).
4. Francis L. Cushing b: 12 September 1843 d: 23 December 1855
5. Charles E. Cushing b: 11 November 1845
6. George Wallace Cushing b: 25 October 1850
7. Walter Cushing b: 10 August 1856 d: 1950

Sources:
1. The Genealogy of the Cushing Family (An account of the Ancestors and Descendants of Matthew Cushing, who came to America in 1638) by James Cushing, The Perrault Printing Co - Montreal, 1905. First Edition, 1877, by Lemuel Cushing, D1881 (Finished by his family).
2. The Genealogy of the Cushing Family 1905 - 1969, by Allston T. Cushing, Kansas City Missouri 1969.
3. "The Town of Hingham in the Civil War 1861-1865" by Fearing Burr and George Lincoln, published in 1876