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Lydia Cook <I>Cushing</I> (Houghton) White

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Lydia Cook Cushing (Houghton) White

Birth
Paris, Oneida County, New York, USA
Death
2 Jan 1886 (aged 87)
Fredonia, Chautauqua County, New York, USA
Burial
Fredonia, Chautauqua County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.443275, Longitude: -79.3265
Plot
D/11
Memorial ID
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Born 1798 in Paris, NY, the 3rd child of Zattu and Rachel (Buckingham) Cushing. First marriage to Daniel Stearns Houghton (1788–1825), the son of Simon and Martha (Stearns) Houghton. Married May 16, 1813, and had 4 children:
Lawrence Stearns Houghton (1815-1865)
Martha Rachel Houghton Wheeler (1816-1908)
DeWitt Houghton (1818-1820)
Henrietta Elizabeth Houghton Risley (1821-1897)

After Daniel Houghton died in 1825, Lydia married Dr Squire White (1785-1857) in Fredonia, NY, in 1826, and had 3 children:
Ellen Douglas White Quittin (1827–1887)
George Hinckley White (1829–1906)
Mary Sturgis White (1832–1841)
(From Cemetery Records and RootsWeb)
Born 1798 in Paris, NY, the 3rd child of Zattu and Rachel (Buckingham) Cushing. First marriage to Daniel Stearns Houghton (1788–1825), the son of Simon and Martha (Stearns) Houghton. Married May 16, 1813, and had 4 children:
Lawrence Stearns Houghton (1815-1865)
Martha Rachel Houghton Wheeler (1816-1908)
DeWitt Houghton (1818-1820)
Henrietta Elizabeth Houghton Risley (1821-1897)

After Daniel Houghton died in 1825, Lydia married Dr Squire White (1785-1857) in Fredonia, NY, in 1826, and had 3 children:
Ellen Douglas White Quittin (1827–1887)
George Hinckley White (1829–1906)
Mary Sturgis White (1832–1841)
(From Cemetery Records and RootsWeb)

Gravesite Details

Monument for Dr. Squire White is in Fredonia's Pioneer Cemetery (Plot 1273A). Lydia's name is included as a cenotaph. Plot map shows actual burial in plot D/11 of Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredonia.



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