Education: A.M degree

Seth went to Middlebury some time before 1820, and was engaged as a teacher of the languages and higher mathematics, in Middlebury Academy, in which calling he continued until his death. In consideration ofhis long and valuable services, the Trustees adopted a resolution that his children should be educated at the Academy free of expense. He was very methodicalin all his habits, and was highly respected by all in the community, and by hundreds of students. He was the first classical teacher in Middlebury Academy, which was erected in 1817, and which was the first academy founded west of the Genesee River. It was patronized by the best families in Western New York, and many of its students afterwards attained fame and fortune. The substantial brickbuilding is still standing and is used as a High School as of 1905.

Sources:
1. The Genealogy of the Cushing Family (An account of the Ancestors and Descendants of Matthew Cushing, who came to America in 1638) by James Cushing, The Perrault Printing Co - Montreal, 1905. First Edition, 1877, by Lemuel Cushing, D1881 (Finished by his family) Pg 162.

• Married: Abt 1825 in New York

1. Charles H. Cushing b: 28 Sep 1826 in Wyoming, Wyoming, New York
2. Thomas Seth Cushing b: 3 Jan 1829 in Wyoming, Wyoming, New York
3. Horace Gay Cushing b: 29 Jan 1832 in Wyoming, Wyoming, New York
4. George Wales Cushing b: 8 Feb 1836 in Wyoming, Wyoming, New York