Sketches from the History of the Cushing Family
Which Relate to Laban and Nancy Whitney Cushing to Their Ancestors and Descendants

Written and compiled by Effie A. W. Rideout, Historian

Privately Printed 1928



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Contents


The Story of Laban and Nancy Whitney Cushing 
Names of the Children and Grandchildren of Laban and Nancy Whitney Cushing 
Lines of Ancestry
     Laban Cushing from Emigrant Ancestor Matthew Cushing
     Laban Cushing from Samuel Lincoln
     Abraham Lincoln from Samuel Lincoln
     Nancy Whitney from Emigrant Ancestor John Whitney

Sketch of Military History of the Ancestors and Descendants of Laban and Nancy Whitney Cushing 
The Cushings in England and Their Emigration 
Some Facts about the Whitney Ancestry 
Connection between Thomas Parkman Cushing and Laban Cushing's Family
Gifts of the Cushing Family to Cushing Academy 
The Name of Joseph, and Stories of Two of Them 
Brief Sketches of the Lives of the Children of Laban and Nancy Whitney Cushing 
The Cushing Family Reunions 
A Story about a Descendant of Colonel David Cushing