[5] While he was Attorney General, he was the prosecutor in the trial of Emma Cunningham for the murder of Dr. Harvey Burdell, a prosperous dentist in New York City in 1857.
[6] Afterwards he removed to New York City and practiced law there in partnership with Daniel E. Sickles, a former U.S. Representative who served as the United States Minister to Spain after Cushing's death.
[2] Mary's sister, Elizabeth Cornelia Woodcock, was married to Cushing's law partner, Benjamin G.
[9] Together, Stephen and Mary were the parents of:[10] According to Cushing's Williams obituary, "there were few more popular orators in western New York, and as an after-dinner speaker he probably had no equal.
Of a genial and enthusiastic nature few men ever enjoyed a wider degree of personal popularity.