High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Harriet A Higgins Cushing
5 Oct 1842 – 13 May 1868 · about 26 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Harriet A Higgins Cushing lived from 5 Oct 1842 to 13 May 1868, a span of about 26 years.
Born a Higgins, 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.
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What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
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The entry, as printed
1864, Harriet A. Higgins, dau. of Joshua L. and Jane (Whitcomb) Higgins. She was b. in Hing. Oct. 5, 1842, and d. 13 May, 1868, aet. 25 yrs. He m. secondly, Oct. 20, 1870, Mehitable F. Cushing, dau. of Loring and Martha (Hersey) Cushing. She was b. in Hing. May 13, 1836. " Trader," and postmaster. Resides on Main St., So. Hing. Ch.. b. in Hing., by w. Mehitable, — i. Harriet
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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