High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Charles Lawrence Davis

9 Feb 1848 – 1 Feb 1919 · about 71 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Charles Lawrence Davis lived from 9 Feb 1848 to 1 Feb 1919, a span of about 71 years.

Theirs is one of 14 markers bearing the name Davis in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

Family as recorded on Find a Grave

Charles H. Davis1809–1865Mary Ann Hunt Davis1813–1869
Charles Lawrence Davism.Sarah Adeline Fearing Davis1853–1946 (m. 1874)also here

SiblingsMargaret Ann Davis1834–1853 · Mary Proctor Davis Studley1838–1915 · Emily H. Davis Dawes1839–1913 · Pvt Walter Rockwell Davis1844–1862 · Walter Rockwell Davis1844–1862 · Eva Irving Davis1853–1853 · Minnie Davis1854–1855

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

Matched exact birth date, found in the Damon family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
Apr. 11, 1845, d. 1 Dec. 1868. Charles Lawrence (Charles H.= Mary Ann Hunt), b. at Ea. Ab'n, Feb. 9, 1848. m. in Hing. Dec. 24, 1874, Sarah A. Fearing, dau. of Ebenezer C. and Sarah C. (Torrey) Fearing. She was b. in Hing. Dec. 12, 1853. " Boot-maker." Resides on Main St., So. Hing. Ch., b. in Hing., — i. Waiter Fearing, March 10, 1877. ii. Carl Henry, Oct. 31, 1885. Note.

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 Charles'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.