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Humphrey Almy Gifford Jr.

Lot Title

I. Francis
Location in Cemetery
Section: a     Lot: 58     Grave: 1

Date of death

May-12-1907

Date of birth

Sep-14-1828

Age

78 yrs   7 mths   28 dys

Verse (Legibility: G - GOOD)

Unspecified

Veteran Information

No War Periods Served
Veteran: No

Relatives

Son of Humphrey A. Gifford Sr. (1794-1865) and Phebe Davis (1799-1880) Married Alice Peckham Francis on September 29, 1851; father of Isabella and William L. R. Gifford

Stone Shape

SQ - SQUARE TOP

Stone Decoration

N - NONE

Stone Condition

G - GOOD

Stone Material

G - GRANITE

State of Stone

U - OK - STANDING UPRIGHT

Other Information

Merchant/store clerk and assistant postmaster in New Bedford; died of prostatitis. Stone cleaned in 2021 Humphrey Gifford Jr was born at Horseneck Beach in Westport in 1828, the third of Humphrey and Phebe Gifford's seven sons. He married Alice Francis in 1851 in Westport. Their daughter Isabella was born in 1852 followed by their son William in 1863. Humphrey and Alice moved their family to Walnut Street in New Bedford where they lived for more than 40 years. Humphrey’s occupation was listed as a dry goods clerk in the 1860 census and he was later listed as the Assistant Postmaster in New Bedford. His wife of more than 50 years, the daughter of Sophia Little and Issac Francis, died in 1903 of brain disease. Humphrey died in 1907 of prostate cancer. Their daughter Belle, who never married, lived with her parents until their deaths. She died in 1931and is buried next to her parents in Linden Grove cemetery. These granite stones were covered with moss and lichen and were cleaned with dramatic results. 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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