Burial-grounds. 



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VIEW IN HINGHAM CENTRE CEMETERY. 



An Act of Incorporation was granted to the proprietors, May 

 21, 1849, by the Legislature, and at the annual meeting, in May, 

 1850, the following officers were chosen, viz. : Luther Stephenson, 

 President ; Thomas Cushing, 2d, Secretary ; Martin Fearing, 

 John Leavitt, Robert Burr, David Whiton, and Hawkes Fearing, 

 Jr., Directors. 



To enlarge and improve the grounds of this cemetery, pur- 

 chases have been made as follows : — 



June 1, 1849. The President and Directors bought from the 

 estates of Robert Burr, Pyam C. Burr, and Justin Ripley, Jr., 

 land to straighten the cemetery line. 



June 2, 1849. The town sold to the President, Directors, and 

 Company of this cemetery a piece of land containing one acre 

 and twenty rods, bounded northerly on land of Robert Burr, 

 Pyam C. Burr, and Justin Ripley, Jr., easterly on Back [now 

 Spring] Street, southerly on land of the grantors occupied for 

 schoolhouses, and westerly on the old burying-ground. 



The affairs of this cemetery are now in a very satisfactory con- 

 dition. It has a trust fund, contributed by sundry individuals, 

 the income of which is devoted to the care of their lots. The 

 grounds, which embrace about three acres, are agreeably diversi- 

 fied with a variety of trees and shrubs ; the avenues and paths 

 are conveniently arranged and in good order ; and many excel- 

 lent specimens of the sculptor's art, which beautify and add at- 

 tractiveness to the place, have recently been erected. 



