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Here lies buried 



ye Body of M ri Sybil 



Beal, y c wife of M r 



Obadiah Beal. She 



Died May 4, 1760. 



Aged 25 years. 



Here lye the 



remains of M rs Anna 



Beal, wife of Cap 1 



Ebenezer Beal, 



who Departed this 



life Sept 5 (25?) 



176S, in ye 35th 



year of her age. 



Here lies the 



remains of M r 



Thomas Humprey 



who Died Sept. 



ro, 1770. Aged 



83 years. 



COHASSET CENTRAL CEMETERY. 



This conveniently located burial-place, situated at the corner 

 of North Main Street and Joy Place, in Cohasset, did not include 

 more than half the ground it does now when the town was legally 

 known as the Second Precinct of Hinghara. The row of antique 

 tombs toward the street was then the front boundary line ; and 

 just below the knoll on the opposite side was the rear line. Be- 

 fore the middle of the present century the land lying between the 

 range of tombs and North Main Street, upon which had been a 

 small dwelling, with its adjoining garden, and a schoolhouse, was 

 added to the cemetery grounds. But even with this increase of 

 territory the demand for burial-lots was found to exceed the 

 supply. Accordingly an association was formed in May, 1867, 

 and on the 3d of September following a piece of land containing 

 one and three-eighths acres, adjoining the cemetery in the rear, 

 was purchased and added thereto, so that the area of the inclosed 

 ground at the present time is about four acres. 



Concerning the early history of the original site but little can 

 be said, for it undoubtedly dates back to the commencement of 

 the last century, when the locality was settled by the sons of the 

 first planters in Hingham, and the burials as well as the transac- 

 tions of that period are nearly all involved in obscurity. As 

 seen from our modern standpoint, this early occupied ground looks 

 rough and untidy. Its tombs show evidences of neglect as well as 

 of decay, and many of its memorials are moss-covered and unin- 

 telligible. With a comparatively trifling expenditure of time and 

 money, however, this ancient landmark would be a source of 



