. History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts . he ladies continued their well-directed efforts,holding a fair each year for the sale of the products of theirlabor, the results from which have been sufficient to meet the 362 History of Hingham. quite large expenditures required. In 1884 they had paid intothe treasury of the corporation 14,, of which was appropriated for placing in the old ground a granite monu-ment commemorative of theEarly Settlers of the Westpart of Hingham. In additionto the sum of $4,, con-tributed by the ladies, who arenow organized under the stat-ut
. History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts . he ladies continued their well-directed efforts,holding a fair each year for the sale of the products of theirlabor, the results from which have been sufficient to meet the 362 History of Hingham. quite large expenditures required. In 1884 they had paid intothe treasury of the corporation 14,, of which was appropriated for placing in the old ground a granite monu-ment commemorative of theEarly Settlers of the Westpart of Hingham. In additionto the sum of $4,, con-tributed by the ladies, who arenow organized under the stat-utes as The Ladies Fort HillSewing Circle in Hingham,they have given to the proprie-tors of the cemetery $2,000, tobe held as a fund, the income ofwhich is to be devoted to thecare of the cemetery. In 1890a chapel similar in form to theone in the Hingham cemetery,but of smaller size, was contractor was J. F. Vinalof Weymouth. In 1866, the proprietors pur-chased of the estate of DavidBrown about one acre of landthe northwesterlv side of. i/»j/v<: Co nos on EARLY SETTLERS MONUMENT, FORTHILL CEMETERY. Fort Hill Street, for the mate-rial to be used in filling andgrading lots ; the ledges under-lying much of the cemetery ground requiring large filling to fitthe lots for burial purposes. The town by vote have given the proprietors the care and man-agement of the Old Burying Ground, reserving therein a lotfor the burial of such as may have no one to provide for them ;and the town also appropriated $75 towards building the fenceon the line of the cemetery and the schoolhouse lot. Since the proprietors organized in 1851 they have sold onehundred and forty lots. The officers of the Fort Hill Cemetery Corporation since itorganized have been as follows : — Presidents: David Stoddar, 1851-52; Marshall Lincoln, 1852-54; Martin B. Stoddar, 1854-55 : Joseph A. Newhall, 1855-68 ;William Lincoln, 1868-79; Henry L. Fletcher, 1879, and insuccessive years following. Secretary : Quin
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