High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
James Howland Kimball
4 Apr 1880 – 1 May 1964 · about 84 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
James Howland Kimball lived from 4 Apr 1880 to 1 May 1964, a span of about 84 years.
Theirs is one of 13 markers bearing the name Kimball in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together. They rest in Memorial Field.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave. Distances are to relatives whose graves are also recorded here.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact birth date, found in the Whiton family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
St., near Fountain Square. Ch., b. in Hing., — i. Dexter Brigham, Feb. 26, 1842, d. unm. 24 Apr. 1880, Bet. 38 yrs. ii. Charlotte Lincoln, 1844, d. 27 Feb. 1854, aet. 10 yrs. iii. Mary Lincoln, Aug. 6, 1848. 68. Bel A H.7 (Elijah « David w Matthew 3 James1), b. in Hing. Feb. 14, 1816. m. first, Feb. 22, 1844, Hannah R. Whiton, dau. of Ezra and Emma (Jones) Whiton (53).
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
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The stone is still there. Memorial Field.