High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Elizabeth L. Cushing Hersey
1831 – 12 Jan 1866 · about 35 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Elizabeth L. Cushing Hersey lived from 1831 to 12 Jan 1866, a span of about 35 years.
Born a Cushing, and known here by the name Hersey. Theirs is one of 56 markers bearing the name Hersey in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
View family network 7relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
SiblingsOliver Wendell Cushing1829–1856 · William Cushing1836–1906
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 Cushing 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
yrs. ii. Elizabeth Lincoln, Aug. 12, 1831. m. Jan. 30, 1862, Seth S. Hersey, Jr., and d. 12 Jan. 1866, ast. 34 yrs. 109. iii. William, May 24, 1836. 90. Theophilus 7 (Washington 6 Theophilus s-4-3 Daniel 2 Matthew *), b. in Hing. July 21, 1811. m. Nov. 17, 1833, Cynthia C. Jacobs, dau. of Jotham and Grace (Tower) Jacobs. She was b. in Hing. Feb. 24, 1815. Theophilus d.
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
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