HINGHAM CEMETERY, HINGHAM MA., 10APR 2012 PT2

The Hingham Cemetery contains the graves of some prominent figures in
the history of Massachusetts. One is Benjamin Lincoln, the Revolutionary War
general who accepted Lord Cornwallis' sword at the British surrender at
Yorktown.His grave is located directly behind the church but I wasn't aware
of it being there that day so I didn't get a picture of it.


There were however two other monuments I happened to take photos of
while I walking through the cemetery.

"John Davis Long
Born in Buckfield, Maine
October 27 1838

Died in Hingham, Massachusetts
Died August 28 1915

Governor of Massachusetts
     1880-1881-1882

Member of Congress
       1882-1888

      Secretary of 
The United States Navy
     1897-1902"

John Davis Long was Secretary of the Navy during the Spanish-American
War when America became a maritime power.

The second monument is this one of  John Albion Andrews, also governor
of Massachusetts from 1861 to 1866 during the Civil War. Gov. Andrews
was a strong Abolitionist, working with among others Frederick Douglass,
and gave the authorization for two regiments of volunteer African American
infantry, the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiments.

HINGHAM CEMETERY, HINGHAM MA., 10APR 2012

Hingham Cemetery is located at 40 Water St in Hingham, Ma. on a hill near
Hingham Center. It was established in 1672 and is behind the Old Ship Church.
The cemetery grounds is itself hilly and has a tiered landscape. I have some
ancestors buried here. I have to say this is one of the most beautiful cemeteries
in Plymouth County.

HIGH STREET CEMETERY, HINGHAM MA, 20FEB 2012 PT2

The third item of interest (to me, at least) at the High Street Cemetery is a
five sided monument directly across from the Whiting Chapel. On each
side there are one or more plaques of two types. One type is round and
contains the names of members of the Murdock family; the other type
rectangular with quotations, mostly from popular 19th century poems.
I did a Google search for their sources and I've put those I found
in parentheses after the quotes

The first two sides that I photographed had mo family name markers but
had two of the rectangular plaques each, one of which was set at an angle
across the monument. I think it was that odd position that caught my
attention. I'm displaying the sides in the order in which I took the pictures

Side 1

     The plaques read:
Top:

 "I wonder if ever a song was sung
But the singer's heart sang sweeter?
I wonder if ever a rhyme was rung
that the thoughts surassed the meter?
I wonder if ever the sculptor wrought,
till the cold stone echoed his ardent thought
or if ever a painter, with light and shade,
the dream of his inmost heart betrayed."
                                   ("I Wonder"-Anonymous)

Bottom:
"The inner side of every cloud
is bright and shining;
I therefore turn my clouds about,
and always wear them insde out
to show the lining."
                                         (James Whitcomb Riley)

Side 2

Top:
"I wonder if ever a rose was found
and there might not be a fairer!
Or if ever a glittering gem was ground
that we dreamed not of a rarer!
Ah! Never on earth do we find the best
that it waits for us in a land of rest 
and a perfect thing we shall never behold
till we pass the portals of shining gold."
                                         ("I Wonder"-Anonymous)

Bottom:
"Say not "welcome" when I come,
say not "farewell" when I go;
for I come not when I come
and I go not when I go;
for a welcome ne'er I give you,
and a farewell would never say."
                                          ("Always With You"- Shirley de Forrest)

Side 3

Name:
Walter A. Murdock
          Born
     May 8, 1869
          Died
     Aug.25, 1902

The Quotes:
Top:



"Nature is as true to herself in
all future ages as in the past"

"The Bible has been and will be
the educator of the world"

"Our Lord's Prayer is our guide.
If my amendment is accepted.
as we (ought)forgive."
A.L.M.

Bottom:
"The wind has a thousand eyes
and the heart but one;
yet the light of the whole world dies
when love is done."
                            (Haven't found the origin of this yet)

I couldn't find any sources for the quotes on the top plaque were
taken by writings or speeches by a member of the Murdock
family which would explain the initials "A.L.M."

It wasn't until I was preparing this post that I realized I had lost the picture
of the fourth side somehow. You can see on the far right edge of the side
3 photo that there are three of the round name plaques on the missing side
so I suspect that was the front side of the monument.

The fifth side has a missing diagonal plate. You can see the holes drilled
in the monument where it was fastened to the stone:

Side 5

The name:
Albert W. Murdock
           Born
    Nov.15 1855
           Died
    May 27 1903

Bottom:
"Oh, when I am safe in my sylvan home,
I tread on the pride of Greece and Rome.
And when I am stretched beneath the pines,
where the evening star so holy shines.
I laugh at the lore and the pride of man,
at the Sophist Schools and the learned clan;
for what are they all, in their high conceit,
when Man in the bush with God may meet."
                         (Good-bye, Proud World!" -Ralph Waldo Emerson)

One of these days I hope to make it back to the High Street Cemetery and
see what was on that fourth side.

HIGH STREET CEMETERY, HINGHAM MA, 20FEB 2012 PT1

This is the first of two posts about High Street Cemetery in Hingham, Ma.
which I visited on 20Feb 2012. It's situated on a hill at the corner of
High Street and Main Street (Rte 228) across the street from the South
Shore Baptist Church.

 

 

Looking down the hill to the Main St exit and church.

  The cemetery has three features that standout. The first is the memorial to the
Grose and related families that stands at the summit of the hill:

  
The next is a beautiful chapel nearby built in 1905 by Albert T. Whiting in
memory of his parents and wife. It dominates the view of the older portion
of the cemetery:

The third feature, while not as imposing as the first two, still caught my fancy
and I'll post about that next,