High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Arthur Melville Hersey
1851 – 26 Nov 1852 · about 1 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Arthur Melville Hersey was an infant. Born 1851, died 26 Nov 1852, a life of less than two years.
Theirs is one of 56 markers bearing the name Hersey in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
View family network 5relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
SiblingsHenry Reed Hersey1847–1852 · Elizabeth H. M. Hersey Ripley1853–1918
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 Henderson 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
July 14, 1847, d. 22 Sept. 1852. ii. Arthur Melville, b. at New Orleans, June 4, 1851, d. 26 Nov. 1852. in. Elizabeth Henry Melville, b. at New Orleans, Oct. 21, 1853. m. in Hing. Jan. 3, 1871, Ebed L. Ripley, wid1:. 97. Seth S.7 (Seth S.6 John M Jeremiah8 John2 William1), b. in Hing. Nov. 21, 1833. m. first, Jan. 30, 1862, Elizabeth L. Cushing, dau. of Oliver and Elizabeth
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA.
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