High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Benjamin C Morse
1803 – 9 Oct 1878 · about 75 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Benjamin C Morse lived from 1803 to 9 Oct 1878, a span of about 75 years.
Theirs is one of 8 markers bearing the name Morse in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
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Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
A 1893 History of Hingham entry, likely this person uncertain match
The 1893 genealogies repeat many names; this is matched exact death date, found in the Morse family genealogy (read as a lead), corroborated by a relative's name and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.
The entry, as printed
of Daniel and Rebecca (Tower) Souther. She was b. in Hing. Feb. 22. 1827. Benjamin C. d. 9 Oct. 1878, aet. 76th yr. Ch., prob. all b. in Nova Scotia, — i. Olivia A., 1831. m. Spooner, and d. in Hing. 14 March, 1875, aet. 42 yrs. ii. Eliza J., . m. (1) July 31, 1853, Martin Souther, and (2) Oct. 7, 1879, Samuel Curtis of Wey. iii. Henry G., . m. Lucy A. Peakes, a native
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Nova Scotia, Canada. Died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
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