Born in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Adna Cushing
and Sarah (Leavitt) Cushing
Sister of
Sarah (Cushing) Graham, Mary Ann (Cushing) Cloyd, Adna Cushing, Isaac Chauncey Cushing and Abigail Leavitt (Cushing) Brown
Wife of
Alexander Winning
— married
4 Nov 1837 (to 15 Feb 1849) in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Wife of
Joseph Cobb
— married
8 Mar 1855 in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 67
in Neptune City, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Feb 2022
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Biography
Leah was born in 1815. She is the daughter of Adna Cushing and Sarah Leavitt.[1]
She married first Alexander Winning 4 Nov 1837.[2]
She married second 8 Mar 1855 to Joseph Cobb.[3]
She died in 1882.
Sources
- ↑ History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893) Vol II, p.171
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-6Q3G : 10 November 2020), Leah Ferrin Cushing in entry for Alexander Winning, 5 Nov 1837; citing Marriage, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHCY-FYL : 28 July 2021), Leah F. Cushing Winning in entry for Joseph Cobb, 1855.
See also:
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121073285/leah-f-cobb : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for Mrs Leah F Cushing Cobb (1815–25 Sep 1882), Find A Grave: Memorial #121073285, citing Laurel Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Bill Bourbeau (contributor 47387362)
Notes
- Lincoln/s History of Hingham refers incorrectly to Leah's first husband as Unknown Jenkins.
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