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

John D. Gatesm.Joanna Alden Cushing Gates1836–1921 (m. 1857)also here
Elizabeth Richmond Gates1859–1956also hereLulie Gates1862–1862also hereCushing Gates1863–1871also hereJohn Alden Gates1868–1868also here

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 ↗.

This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of John's life to recover, and some of what is shown above is matched, not certain. A correction or a family memory is a gift; submit a source, correction, or memory.

The stone is still there.