1806. LEMUEL CUSHING
Sex: M
Birth: 29 April 1806 in Three Rivers, Quebec, Canada
Death: 18 May 1878

Lineage Note:
Lemuel Cushing (Job Cushing12, Job Cushing11, Job Cushing10, Matthew Cushing9, Daniel Cushing8, Matthew Cushing7, Peter Cushing6, Thomas Cushing5, John Cushing4, William Cushing3, Thomas Cushing2, William Cushing1)

Lemuel Cushing was one of the pioneers in the settlement of the Ottawa Valley, having removed in early youth to the lumbering district of Chatham, on the Ottawa River, 50 miles above Montreal. Although then (1823) but sixteen years old he opened a store and commenced business for himself with a very small capital. He underwent many severe trials, but possessed of indomitable energy and perseverance and a vigorous constitution he successfully overcame them all and attained to considerable wealth and prominence. He acted as Justice of the Peace and magistrate for over forty years, and for many years filled successively the offices of Councillor and Mayor of the Township and Warden of the County. He was three times owner of the celebrated Caledonia Springs, and in 1859 purchased the property known as Cushing's Island, Portland, Maine.
Military: On the breaking out of the Canadian Rebellion in 1837, he armed a company of volunteers in defense of the British Flag and marched with them to St. Eustache and was instrumental in preventing much pillage and the destruction of the Registry Office of St. Benoit, in which were deposited many valuable papers

Father: Job Cushing b: 1 March 1765 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts
Mother: Sarah (Sally) Rice b: 18 April 1771 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts; d: 4 April 1830

Marriage 1: Catherine Hutchins b: 13 April 1816 in Lachute, Quebec, Canada; d: 11 February 1905
Married: 25 August 1836

Children:
1. Harriet Cushing b: 11 June 1837; d: 13 February 1864
2. Mary Anne Cushing b: 1 September 1838; d: 20 June 1856
3. James Brock Cushing b: 2 October 1839 in Chatham, Quebec, Canada; d: 22 October 1903 in Chatham, Quebec, Canada
4. Lydia Maria Cushing b: 29 November 1840 in Chatham, Quebec, Canada
5. Lemuel Cushing b: 18 February 1842 in Chatham, Quebec, Canada; d: 1 March 1881 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
6. Thomas Cushing b: 15 April 1843 in Chatham, Quebec, Canada
7. Miriam Eastman Cushing b: 9 June 1845 in Chatham, Quebec, Canada
8. Francis Cushing b: 23 January 1847
9. Charles Cushing b: 1 May 1848 in Chatham, Quebec, Canada
10. Elizabeth Ross Cushing b: 1 October 1849; d: 1867
11. Frederick Cushing b: 29 September 1851
12. William Mair Cushing b: 25 October 1853 in Chatham, Quebec, Canada; d: 6 January 1925 in Chatham, Quebec, Canada
13. George Cushing b: 2 April 1857 in Chatham, Quebec, Canada

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).