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Mary Elizabeth Cummings Abbott

Birth
Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
27 Nov 1872 (aged 60)
Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Plot 115 - Grid 20 - Area 1
Memorial ID
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The daughter of Samuel and Lucy Cummings.

Place of birth: Andover

The widow of Nathan Abbott.

Place of death: Charlestown

Age 58 years, 8 months, 19 days.

Cause of death: Congestion of Lungs

Place of interment: Andover

Nathan and Mary were the parents of:

Nathan Emerson Abbott (1833–1887)
Mary Frances Abbott (1835–1880)
Joseph Warren Abbott (1836–1925)
Costello Cummings Abbott (1837–1839)
Albert Costello Abbott (1840–1872)
Lewis Porter Abbott (1842–1872)
Alice Adelaide Abbott (1845– )
Samuel Cummings Abbott (1847– )

Nathan and Mary lost two of their sons in the Great Boston Fire of 1872. Albert was severely injured and died over a month later. Lewis's body was not found.

THE GREAT BOSTON FIRE--NOV. 10, 1872
As of Friday, December 6, 1872, the Police had a list of nineteen missing persons. The two firemen, Frazier of Cambridge and Abbott of Charlestown, have not been found.
[Massachusetts Spy (Worcester, MA) page 4]
The daughter of Samuel and Lucy Cummings.

Place of birth: Andover

The widow of Nathan Abbott.

Place of death: Charlestown

Age 58 years, 8 months, 19 days.

Cause of death: Congestion of Lungs

Place of interment: Andover

Nathan and Mary were the parents of:

Nathan Emerson Abbott (1833–1887)
Mary Frances Abbott (1835–1880)
Joseph Warren Abbott (1836–1925)
Costello Cummings Abbott (1837–1839)
Albert Costello Abbott (1840–1872)
Lewis Porter Abbott (1842–1872)
Alice Adelaide Abbott (1845– )
Samuel Cummings Abbott (1847– )

Nathan and Mary lost two of their sons in the Great Boston Fire of 1872. Albert was severely injured and died over a month later. Lewis's body was not found.

THE GREAT BOSTON FIRE--NOV. 10, 1872
As of Friday, December 6, 1872, the Police had a list of nineteen missing persons. The two firemen, Frazier of Cambridge and Abbott of Charlestown, have not been found.
[Massachusetts Spy (Worcester, MA) page 4]


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