| 1842. LEMUEL CUSHING |
| Sex: M
Birth: 18 February 1842 in Chatham, Quebec, Canada Death: 1 March 1881 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Lineage Note: Lemuel Cushing (Lemuel Cushing13, Job Cushing12, Job Cushing11, Job Cushing10, Matthew Cushing9, Daniel Cushing8, Matthew Cushing7, Peter Cushing6, Thomas Cushing5, John Cushing4, William Cushing3, Thomas Cushing2, William Cushing1) Education: B.A.,1863, B.C.L.,1865, M.A.,1867, L.L.D.,1879 McGill University. Lemuel studied at McGill University, Montreal. He was admitted to the Bar of the Province of Quebec, in Montreal, November 1865. In his profession as a lawyer he achieved considerable distinction, and the regret felt at his early death is testified by the resolutions unanimously passed by his confreres of the Bar. In politics he was a Liberal and at one time represented the County of Argenteuil, Quebec, in the Dominion Parliaments. He took a keen interest in all athletic sports; was President of the Montreal Lacrosse Club, and one of the original members of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association. He also took an active part in Church and religious work, particularly of the Young Men's Christian Association of which he was at one time President. He published in 1877 the first Genealogy of the Cushing Family. Father: Lemuel Cushing b: 29 April 1806 in Three Rivers, Quebec, Canada Mother: Catherine Hutchins b: 13 April 1816 in Lachute, Quebec, Canada Marriage 1: Ellen Myra MacDougall Married: 8 April 1869 Children 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). |