High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Eliza M Bates Wilder
6 Feb 1833 – 25 Feb 1896 · about 63 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Eliza M Bates Wilder lived from 6 Feb 1833 to 25 Feb 1896, a span of about 63 years.
Born a Bates, and known here by the name Wilder. Theirs is one of 41 markers bearing the name Wilder in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
SiblingsAmos Binney Bates1836–1911 · Urban S. Bates1847–1926
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact birth date, found in the Bates family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
Hing. Nov. 28, 1814. " Farmer." Resides on High St. Ch., all b. in Hing., — i. Eliza M., Feb. 6, 1833. m. Feb. 28, 1856, William C. Wilder. ii. Amos Binxey, June 20, 1836. m. June 27, 1861, Sarah B., dau. of Seth B. Gushing. Resides at Wey. iii. Mary Annie, March 8, 1840. m. Feb. 13,1867, John D. Parker of Salem. Their child Emma Maria was b. in Hing. May 25, 1869. iv.
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
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The stone is still there.