J. W. (Joseph W.) Cushing (c.1855-1927) was born in South Reading (now Wakefield), Massachusetts, and died in Wakefield, Massachusetts. He corresponded with Mary Baker Eddy in 1883 and 1884, and at that time, he was working as a house painter in Lynn, Massachusetts. Cushing painted the house and fence at 443 (previously 439) Boston Street, Lynn, a rental property owned by Eddy until June 1884.

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