High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Angelina Hersey Tower Cushing

9 Feb 1818 – 25 Jul 1901 · about 83 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Angelina Hersey Tower Cushing lived from 9 Feb 1818 to 25 Jul 1901, a span of about 83 years.

Born a Tower, 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

Joshua Tower1790–1845also hereAnna Hersey Tower1788–1876also here
Angelina Hersey Tower Cushingm.Henry Cushing1798–1864 (m. 1839)also here

SiblingsJoshua Tower1812–1884 · Edwin Tower1821–1910 · Mary Jane Tower Whitcomb1824–1901 · Anna Hersey Tower1827–1907

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave. A ✓ marks a tie the 1893 History of Hingham independently confirms.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

  • MarriedHenry Cushing (May 2, 1839)

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

The entry, as printed
iii. Angelina Hersey, Feb. 9, 1818. in. May 2, 1839, Henry Cushing, widr.

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

The inscription

Wife of Henry Cushing.

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 Angelina'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.