Benjamin P Mahurin Headstone
Ancestry: Josiah Mahurin; Josiah Mahurin
Born: October 24, 1811 in Bridgewater Ma. (aka Mehuren, Mehurin)
- Father: Josiah Mahurin; (Josiah Mahurin & Bethia Pratt)
- Mother: Patience Pierce
Died: June 19, 1868 in Sandwich Ma. at 57 yrs, 7 mos, 25 d.
- Buried: Pocasset Cemetery; area B
Occupation: Farmer
Married: Int. October 1, 1836
- To: Ann Maria Driggs; (1810 – 1862) (Manuel Driggs & Lucy Loring)
Children: 4
- 1. William Henry Mahurin; (January 28, 1839 – October 18, 1913); Married Ellen Freeman Green (1839 – 1925) (Zebedee Greene & Betsey F. Swift) in Sandwich Ma. on July 24, 1864; William & Ellen are buried in Pocasset Cemetery.
- 2. Maria Elizabeth Mahurin; (January 25, 1842 – January 13, 1929); Maria died at 86 yrs, 11 mos, 18 d. & is buried in Pocasset Cemetery.
- 3. Sylvester L. Mahurin; (April 7, 1845 – December 3, 1866); Sylvester, a blacksmith, died at 21 yrs, 8 mos. & is buried in Pocasset Cemetery.
- 4. Preston A. Mahurin; (1848 – October 26, 1860); Preston died at 11 yrs. & is buried in Pocasset Cemetery.