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Mary S. Pierce Sherman

Lot Title

Pierce
Location in Cemetery
Section: a     Lot: 89     Grave: 8

Date of death

0-0-1924

Date of birth

0-0-1841

Age

0 yrs   0 mths   0 dys

Verse (Legibility: G - GOOD)

Mother

Veteran Information

No War Periods Served
Veteran: No

Relatives

Wife of Jireh Sherman and Wife of Benjamin Higgins Mother of Anna, Harvey, Mary, Reuben, Susan, Belle and Belmont Daughter of Harvey and Sophronia (Chase) Pierce

Stone Shape

M - MONUMENT

Stone Decoration

Unspecified

Stone Condition

G - GOOD

Stone Material

G - GRANITE

State of Stone

U - OK - STANDING UPRIGHT

Other Information

Stone monument cleaned in 2021 Mary Sophronia Pierce lost her mother as an infant and was raised by her father and step mother. She married Jireh Sherman on June 4 1865. Jireh has just returned from three whaling voyages and worked as a teamster. The couple lived on Hunter Street in New Bedford. They had seven children, the youngest four dying as children. Fifteen years after her husband's death, Mary married Benjamin Higgins but he died two years after their marriage. Mary died a long life dying in 1924. Research: L. Oliveira

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Cemetery


LINDEN GROVE


Address

0 Reed Road
Westport
Massachusetts
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Supplementary Information

1,257   Marked Stones in this Cemetery
0   Unmarked Stones (Fieldstones) in this Cemetery

G.R. 2. - Gravestone record, Linden Grove Cemetery, Head of Westport, Vital Records to 1850. The cemetery was originally supervised by the private group, Linden Grove Association, but is now part of Town of Westport property and supervised by the Town Cemetery Director. This cemetery is next to Maple Grove Cemetery. There are three additions to the data for Linden Grove not available for the private cemeteries: photo(s) of each stone, a map of the cemetery showing relative locations of lots and the name of the owner(s) of the lot. There is only one "section" in Linden Grove. The Westport Gravestone Cleaning and Restoration Group has cleaned all the stones in Linden Grove using D/2 Biological Solution for cleaning. Most broken and leaning stones have been restored as of June 2023. Funding has been provided for training of the persons doing the work using CPA funding. CPA funding has also paid for supplies. Information on many of the interred has also been provided by Laura Oliviera, Todd Baptista and Troy Rebello.

Map Details

GPS North: 41.62386
GPS West: 71.05688
(Readings from: entrance)

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