High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Sarah Elizabeth Corbett Cushing
8 Aug 1840 – 18 Jul 1925 · about 85 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Sarah Elizabeth Corbett Cushing lived from 8 Aug 1840 to 18 Jul 1925, a span of about 85 years.
Born a Corbett, and known here by the name Cushing. Theirs is one of 214 markers bearing the name Cushing 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 Cobb family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
Their dau. Edith, was b. Jan. 28, 1863. This fam. has removed to Maiden, v. Sarah Elizabeth, Aug. 8, 1840. m. Sept. 26, 1861, Sidney Gushing, vi. Waldo Flint, Jan. 4, 1843. (See " Hingham in the Civil War.") vii. Henry Dexter, Aug. 11, 1845. John, resides on Main, corner of Friend St. His w. was Mary Ann O'Brien. Hing. rec's furnish the foil, relating to their Ch.,— i. Mary
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.
A photograph of the marker survives; see it on Find a Grave ↗.
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