Sex: M
Birth: 12 Apr 1851 in New York
Death: in Conneaut, Astubula, Ohio
Benjamin F. Cushing was a Real Estate and Insurance businessman in Conneaut, Ohio. He also was an oil producer in Kendall, Pennsylvania.
An alternate birthdate of 20 May 1851 for Benjamin is likely an error, and probably a Christening date instead.
1880 US Census: Kendall, Mckean, Pennsylvania
Benjamin CUSHING Self M Male W 29 NY Oil Producer MA MA
Lelia CUSHING Wife M Female W 22 OH Keeping House OH OH
Edna CUSHING Dau S Female W 3M OH OH OH
Mary ROINE Other S Female W 18 NY Servant IRE IRE
Father: Sherman Cushing b: 23 Apr 1810 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Mother: Almira Monroe b: 1 Oct 1817 in Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Marriage 1: Lelia Guthrie b: 1 Jul 1858 in Conneaut, Astubula, Ohio
Married: 31 Jul 1878
Children:
1. Edna Cushing b: 7 Mar 1880 in Ohio; d: 14 Nov 1887
2. Lena Cushing b: 24 May 1884 married 24 May 1913 to Raymond H. Christensen b: Abt 1889 in Conneaut, Astubula, Ohio. They had three sons named Granville, Christie and Raymond.
Granville Christensen, Lena Cushing Christensen, Christie Christensen
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3. Granville G. Cushing b: 12 Oct 1886; d: 15 Oct 1918 in Mansfield, Ohio.
Granville Cushing, Lena's brother
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Sources:
1. The Genealogy of the Cushing Family 1905 - 1969, by Allston T. Cushing, Kansas City Missouri, 1969, Pg 42
2. 1880 US Census: Kendall, Mckean, Pennsylvania
3. FamilySearch™ Pedigree Resource File