High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Edwin Barker Whitcomb

24 Apr 1827 – 1 Sep 1893 · about 66 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Edwin Barker Whitcomb lived from 24 Apr 1827 to 1 Sep 1893, a span of about 66 years.

Theirs is one of 6 markers bearing the name Whitcomb in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 3relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Edwin Barker Whitcombm.Mary Jane Tower Whitcomb1824–1901also here
Anna L Whitcomb1851–1926also hereArthur W Whitcomb1856–1942also here

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 on a child line in the Whitcomb family genealogy and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.

The entry, as printed
iv. Edwin Barker, Apr. 24, 1827

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

Born in Cohasset, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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