High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Joshua Jacobs Jr.
6 Feb 1843 – 17 Feb 1913 · about 70 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Joshua Jacobs Jr. lived from 6 Feb 1843 to 17 Feb 1913, a span of about 70 years.
Theirs is one of 19 markers bearing the name Jacobs 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 Humphrey family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
the paternal home- stead, Main St., So. Hing. Child, b. in Hing., by w. Emily, — i. Joshua, Feb. 6, 1843. m. Nov. 23, 1864, Mary B., dau. of Caleb and Louisa (Burrell) Marsh. Removed to Boston. Their s. Harrie W., was b. Aug. 17, 1866. (See " Hingham in the Civil War.") Child, b. in Hing., by w. Lydia, — ii. Laura Reed, Sept. 13, 1855. m. at Boston, Nov. 24, 1886, Elisha
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Chelsea, Suffolk 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 Joshua'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.