High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Mary Souther Lapham Cushing
8 Nov 1804 – 1 Feb 1885 · about 81 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Mary Souther Lapham Cushing lived from 8 Nov 1804 to 1 Feb 1885, a span of about 81 years.
Born a Lapham, 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 Cushing family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
Mary Souther Lapham, dau. of Michael and Sarah (Cushing) Lapham of Scit. She was b. at Scit. Nov. 8, 1804, and d. in Hing. 1 Feb. 1885, aet. 80 yrs. " Farmer." Resides on So. Pleasant St. Ch., all b. in Hing., — David, Aug. 14, 1826. Alonzo, Dec. 15, 1827. Mary Jane, March 26, 1829, d. 14 Jan. 1830. Mary Jane, Oct. 17, 1830, d. 3 Dec. foil. Sarah Jane, Nov. 5, 1832. m. Jan.
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
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