High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Dwight Thornton Townsend

5 Mar 1891 – 3 Aug 1968 · about 77 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Dwight Thornton Townsend lived from 5 Mar 1891 to 3 Aug 1968, a span of about 77 years.

Theirs is one of 2 markers bearing the name Townsend in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

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Dwight Thornton Townsendm.Bessie Gladys McKenna Townsend1892–1976 (m. 1913)also here

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Born and died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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