High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Samuel Cushing Souther

8 Jul 1824 – 18 Feb 1915 · about 91 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Samuel Cushing Souther lived from 8 Jul 1824 to 18 Feb 1915, a span of about 91 years.

Theirs is one of 19 markers bearing the name Souther in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

Family as recorded on Find a Grave

Rebecca Tower Souther1794–1864
Samuel Cushing Southerm.Sarah Jane Tower Souther1834–1916 (m. 1851)also here
Nathan Tower Souther1852–1917Eleanor Souther1853–1854also hereEleanor Souther Burton1856–1908Samuel Cushing Souther Jr1857–1929Dodavah Lester Souther1859–1863also hereArthur Wilbur Souther1861–1863also hereSarah Jane Souther1862–1863also hereLester Wilbur Souther1865–1943also hereArthur Elmer Souther1867–1867also hereHenry Spaulding Souther1868–1947also hereLucy Jane Souther Lincoln1873–1958also here

SiblingsMartin Souther1822–1878

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

Matched exact birth date on a child line in the Souther family genealogy, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
v. Samuel Cushing, July 8, 1824

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

The inscription

Front:All for JesusChildrenEleanor1853 - 1854Dodavah1859 - 1863Arthur W.1861 - 1863Sarah J.1862 - 1863Arthur1867 - 1867SOUTHERRight Side:Harold W.Lincoln1903 - 1965his wifeEleanor C.1904 - [1980]Donald Reed Griffing1951 - 1978Left Side:Samuel C. Souther1824 - 1915his wifeSarah J. Tower1834 - 1916Back:L. Wilbur1865 - 1943his wifeElizabeth Parker1856 - 1940____ChildrenElmer A.1889 - 1890Samuel C.1898 - 1898Lester W.1887 - 1971his wifeHelen Reed1887 - 19711868 Henry 1947his wife1872 Margaret 1950SOUTHER

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 Samuel'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.