An Illustrated History of Central Oregon, Western Historical Publishing Company,
Spokane, WA. 1905, page 249.

WILLIAM H. CUSHING is a native son of Wasco county and has showed himself one in
which the qualities of worth and substantiality together with wisdom and
geniality are happily blended. He was educated in the public schools, of The
Dalles and during the hours when not at his books was helping his father in the
latter's store. This life continued until the lad had reached fourteen when the
father sold his town property and repaired to the country, purchasing land where
our subject now resides, three miles east from town. Since then, Mr. Cushing has
devoted himself to farming and now is handling his father's farm and one of his
own, which adjoins his father's land. He has a choice place of eighty acres and
another of two hundred and forty acres and is one of the thrifty farmers of
Wasco county.      

William H. Cushing was born in The Dalles, on June 4, 1862, the son of Milo and
Mary (Piggott) Cushing, natives of Lockport, New York, and Ireland,
respectively. They both now dwell on the farm near our subject. The father
descends from a prominent family which has always been influential in American
politics even before the time of the Declaration of Independence.      

On November 30, 1884, Mr. Cushing married Miss Josephine, the daughter of Thomas
and Mary (Gates) Knebel, and a native of Iowa. Her father came from Germany, his
native country, to the United States when six years old. The family settled in
Iowa and in 1868, he came to Oregon, settling near Eugene. Later he came to
Wasco county and died on his farm, near that of our subject. The mother now
lives in The Dalles. Mr. Cushing has two brothers who are mentioned in this
work. Mrs. Cushing has two brothers, Joseph and Daniel, and five sisters, Mrs.
Theresa Anlauf, Mrs. Thomas Denton, Mrs. Odelia Harvey, Mrs. Ida Jackel, and
Mrs. Kate Nowak. The following named children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Cushing, Frank, Katie, Olive, Benie, Esther, Sybil, and Morris. Mr. Cushing is a
member of the M.W.A. and is a well informed Democrat. He has often been to the
conventions and is now on the school board, having served five consecutive
terms. He has also been road supervisor for two terms. Both Mr. and Mrs. Gushing
are members of the Roman Catholic church. They are well respected people and
have shown a progressive spirit in their careers.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2005 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. 
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.