High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Sidney Clayton Jacobs
22 Mar 1872 – 11 Jan 1887 · about 15 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Sidney Clayton Jacobs lived from 22 Mar 1872 to 11 Jan 1887, a span of about 15 years.
Theirs is one of 19 markers bearing the name Jacobs in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
A 1893 History of Hingham entry, likely this person uncertain match
The 1893 genealogies repeat many names; this is matched exact death date, found in the Humphrey family genealogy — read as a lead and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.
The entry, as printed
sides on Main St., So. Hing. Child, b. in Hing., — i. Sidney Clayton, March 22, 1872, il. 11 Jan. 1887, ret. 15th yr. Hosea Stodder, b. in Hing. July, 1817. m. May 23, 1840, Lucy A. Waterman, dau. of Ebenezer and Deborah (Bearce) Waterman. Hosea d. 17 March, 1872, aet. 55th yr. " Edge-tool maker." Resided on High St. Ch., all b. in Hing., — i. Olivk Amelia, Aug. 10, 1841.
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
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 Sidney'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.