High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Mary Parish Lyon Vail

25 Dec 1848 – 23 May 1921 · about 73 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Mary Parish Lyon Vail lived from 25 Dec 1848 to 23 May 1921, a span of about 73 years.

Born a Lyon, and known here by the name Vail. Theirs is one of 3 markers bearing the name Vail in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 3relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Mary Parish Lyon Vailm.Anthony Compton Vail1846–1911also here
Caroline Lyon Cutler1878–1960also hereRalph Lyons Vail1885–1935also 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 Jordan family genealogy (read as a lead) and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.

The entry, as printed
Boston. (See " Hingham in the Civil War.") ii. William Pitt, July 11, 1844. 3. iii. John Nye, Dec. 25, 1848. iv. James Martin, Aug. 9, 1858. 3. John N. (Earl S. = Maria Bassett), b. in Hing. Dec. 25, 1848. m. Nov. 30, 1871, Martha Lincoln, dau. of Benjamin S. and Mary (Anderson) Lincoln. She was b. in Hing. May 3, 1852. " Shoe- maker." Resides on Fort Hill St. Kelsey — Kenerson

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

Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA. Died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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