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MELL H. CUSHING, proprietor of the North Star Livery Stable, and a dealer in undertaking goods of Dubuque, is a native of this city, his birth having occurred on the 29th of May 1860. His father, James Cushing, was a native of Massachusetts, and in an early day came to Dubuque, where he is now doing business as President of the Northwestern Vinegar Company. His wife bore the maiden name of Emma Masterman. The family was early founded in America, and the grandfather of our subject, Joshua Cushing, was a native of Massachusetts.

The gentleman whose name heads this record spent his boyhood days in his native city midst play and work, and acquired his education in the public schools. He began his business career in his father's employ in the vinegar works, and at the age of twenty-two became a partner in the enterprise which was then carried on under the firm name of James Cushing & Son. The connection was continued for two years, after which our subject withdrew and embarked in the dairy business on his own account, continuing the same for one year. In 1885 we find him in Lincoln, Neb., where he established vinegar works, conducting the same for two years, when, on account of ill health, he sold out and returned to Dubuque.

In November 1886, Mr. Cushing was once more at home in his native city, and in December he began business as proprietor of a livery stable, which he has profitably conducted up to the present time. His business has steadily increased, and he now keeps on hand seven head of good horses and a number of fine turnouts. As he always tries to please his customers, and is straightforward and honorable in all his dealings, he receives from the public a liberal patronage, which is well deserved. In 1893 he also opened an undertaking establishment, which is well equipped with the best goods found in that line. He employs an expert undertaker and owns a fine hearse.

Mr. Cushing was married on the 8th of May, 1884, the lady of his choice being Miss Belle Nowlin, of Dubuque, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Merrill) Nowlin, one of the early settlers of this county. Three children grace their union, a son and two daughters, Mary E., Mell H. and Martha. The family has a pleasant home at No. 89 Seventeenth Street.

Mr. Cushing exercises his right of franchise in support of the Republican Party, and in the spring of 1891 he was elected on an independent ticket as Alderman of the Third Ward, overcoming the usual Democratic majority of six hundred by a majority of three hundred and eighty-one. This fact certainly indicates his personal popularity and the confidence and high regard reposed in him by his fellow-townsmen. Socially, he is connected with Julien Lodge No. 12, I. O. O. F., and with Apollo Lodge, K. P.