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High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Maria Elizabeth Cushing Fowler Hersey

1 Oct 1834 – 14 Feb 1916 · about 82 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Maria Elizabeth Cushing Fowler Hersey lived from 1 Oct 1834 to 14 Feb 1916, a span of about 82 years.

Born a Cushing Fowler, 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 14relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Andrew Cushing1801–1888also hereLucy Hersey Cushing1803–1885also here
Maria Elizabeth Cushing Fowler Herseym.John D. Fowler1823–1865also here
John Sumner Fowler1860–1921also here

SiblingsLucy Jacob Cushing1829–1918 · Andrew Chauncey Cushing1830–1896 · Matilda Sumner Cushing1832–1891 · Joanna Alden Cushing Gates1836–1921 · Rachel Hersey Cushing1839–1872 · Joshua Hersey Cushing1841–1895 · Joshua Hersey Cushing1841–1895 · Wendell Cushing1843–1843 · Infant daughter Cushing1845–1845 · Mary W Cushing Whiting1846–1926

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 birth 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
6, 1872, Sarah E. Loud of Wey. iii. Matilda Sumner, Sept. 23, 1832. iv. Maria Elizabeth, Oct. 1, 1834. m. (1) John D. Fowler, who d. 20 Apr. 1865, and (2) Aug. 10, 1876, Webster Hersey. v. Joanna Alden, Dec. 20, 1837. m. Dec. 31, 1857, John D. Gates, vi. Rachel Hersey, March 20, 1839, d. unm. 5 Jan. 1872, aet. 33d yr. vii. Joshua Hersey, Sept. 19, 1841. Resides at Melbourne,

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

The inscription

Aged 81 yrs 4 mos

Died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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