High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
John D. Gates
3 Aug 1828 – 30 Jan 1887 · about 59 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
John D. Gates lived from 3 Aug 1828 to 30 Jan 1887, a span of about 59 years.
Theirs is one of 6 markers bearing the name Gates in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact birth date, found in the Gates family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
Reuben 4 Dan- iel 8 Stephen 2 Stephen 1 an early settler of Hing.), b. at Leominster, Mass., Aug. 3, 1828, m. in Hing. Dec. 31, 1857, Joanna A. dishing, dau. of Andrew and Lucy (Hersey) Cushing. She was b. in Hing. Dec. 20, 1837. John d. 30 Jan. 1887, aet. 58 yrs. "Dry goods dealer." Resided on Lincoln St. Ch., all but one b. in Hing., — i. Elizabeth Richmond, Oct. 6, 1859.
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
A photograph of the marker survives; see it on Find a Grave ↗.
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The stone is still there.