Sarah Gardner Hersey

4 Mar 1799 – 6 Oct 1888 · about 89 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Sarah Gardner Hersey lived from 4 Mar 1799 to 6 Oct 1888, a span of about 89 years.

Born a Gardner, 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 3relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave

Sarah Gardner Herseym.John Hersey1786–1863also here

William Bambridge Hersey1819–1898George Canning Hersey1833–1862also here

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

The inscription

AE 89 yrs. 7 mos.Wife of John Hersey.

Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA.

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