High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

James L. Gardner

21 Aug 1822 – 7 Aug 1896 · about 74 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

James L. Gardner lived from 21 Aug 1822 to 7 Aug 1896, a span of about 74 years.

Theirs is one of 38 markers bearing the name Gardner in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

Family as recorded on Find a Grave

Solomon Gardner1797–1860also hereHarriet Hersey Gardner1801–1895also here
James L. Gardnerm.Mary Davis Cushing Gardnerunknown–1895also here
Mary C. Gardner1850–1852also here

SiblingsLoring Gardner1826–1905

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave. A ✓ marks a tie the 1893 History of Hingham independently confirms.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

  • MarriedMary D. Cushing (Oct. 25, 1846)

Matched exact birth date on a child line in the Gardner family genealogy, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
i. James Lincoln, Aug. 21, 1822. m. Oct. 25, 1846, Mary D. Cushing, dau. of Leonard and Mary C. (Whiting) Cushing. Their dau., Mary Collier, b. Nov. 4, 1850, d. 9 Apr. 1857

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

Born and 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 James'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.