High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Elijah Whiton
6 Mar 1799 – 10 Feb 1871 · about 72 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Elijah Whiton lived from 6 Mar 1799 to 10 Feb 1871, a span of about 72 years.
Theirs is one of 11 markers bearing the name Whiton in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
SiblingsElizabeth Whiton1806–1883 · Charlotte Whiton1808–1813 · Alvan "Alvin" Whiton1811–1882
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact death date, found in the Whiton family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
Stodder, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Saunders) Stodder of Scit. She was b. Apr. 23, 1812. Elijah d. 10 Feb. 1871, aet. 72d yr. He was for sev. yrs. in business at Groton, Mass., but subsequently returned to Hing. and engaged in the manuf. of wooden-ware. Resided at the corner of Main and Friend Sts. Ch.,— i. Charles, b. at Groton, Nov. 9, 1824. m. Nov. 7, 1847, Sarah Jane, dau.
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born and died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
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The stone is still there.