Daughter of Gideon Nye (#77879388) and Sylvia Smith Hathaway (#77879846), she married Dr. Burr Reeve Abbe (#14627429) in Fairhaven, Massachusetts on July 24, 1855.
Their known children:
Elisabeth S. (#14627357), b.1856, d. 1899, m. Richard Wright
Thomas (#88609957), b.1859, d.1949, m. Katharine Cowles Whittlesey
She died after being rescued from a shipwreck and was buried in Hong Kong. Her memorial there states "Saved from the wreck of the "Hotspur" on February 19th, exposure for many days in an open boat proved fatal to her, already weakened by long illness.
Actual burial here
Their known children:
Elisabeth S. (#14627357), b.1856, d. 1899, m. Richard Wright
Thomas (#88609957), b.1859, d.1949, m. Katharine Cowles Whittlesey
She died after being rescued from a shipwreck and was buried in Hong Kong. Her memorial there states "Saved from the wreck of the "Hotspur" on February 19th, exposure for many days in an open boat proved fatal to her, already weakened by long illness.
Actual burial here
Daughter of Gideon Nye (#77879388) and Sylvia Smith Hathaway (#77879846), she married Dr. Burr Reeve Abbe (#14627429) in Fairhaven, Massachusetts on July 24, 1855.
Their known children:
Elisabeth S. (#14627357), b.1856, d. 1899, m. Richard Wright
Thomas (#88609957), b.1859, d.1949, m. Katharine Cowles Whittlesey
She died after being rescued from a shipwreck and was buried in Hong Kong. Her memorial there states "Saved from the wreck of the "Hotspur" on February 19th, exposure for many days in an open boat proved fatal to her, already weakened by long illness.
Actual burial here
Their known children:
Elisabeth S. (#14627357), b.1856, d. 1899, m. Richard Wright
Thomas (#88609957), b.1859, d.1949, m. Katharine Cowles Whittlesey
She died after being rescued from a shipwreck and was buried in Hong Kong. Her memorial there states "Saved from the wreck of the "Hotspur" on February 19th, exposure for many days in an open boat proved fatal to her, already weakened by long illness.
Actual burial here
Inscription
Memorial
Died in China
1812 Gideon 1888
1818 Clement D. 1867
1820 Thomas S. H. 1848
1822 Elizabeth S. 1863
Sons and daughter of Gideon & Sylvia H. Nye
This stone was erected by their sister H. M. Nye
Gravesite Details
This is a cenotaph. See memorial # 94121350 in Hong Kong Cemetery
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