High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Olive Gould Cushing Tower

12 May 1816 – 26 Dec 1907 · about 91 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Olive Gould Cushing Tower lived from 12 May 1816 to 26 Dec 1907, a span of about 91 years.

Born a Cushing, and known here by the name Tower. Theirs is one of 75 markers bearing the name Tower in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 5relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Olive Gould Cushing Towerm.Moses Binney Tower1814–1898also here
Mary Binney Tower Malcolm1839–1911also hereLydia Cushing Hall1841–1933also hereMoses Spencer Tower1848–1900also hereFlorence Estelle Tower1856–1952also 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, 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
Nov. 1886. 94. iv. David, b. at Freeport, Me., Nov. 30, 1813. v. Olive Goold, b. at Hull, May 12, 1816. m. June 10, 1838, Moses B. Tower, vi. Emily, b. at Hull, July 27, 1818. m. Jan. 19, 18*45, Edward Wilder of Hing. vii. Eliza Jones, b. at Hull, Jan. 30, 1821. 63. William 6 (Benjamin 6 Solomon 4 Matthew 8 Daniel 2 Mat- thew1), b. in Hing. Aug. 24, 1754. m. Dec. 3, 1778,

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

Born in Hull, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.

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