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Prospect Hill Cemetery
Section no: MM
Memorial no: 484-1b
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See map of this cemetery: https://cemeteries.nha.org/prospect-hill-cemetery/
Personal Information
Name: Capt. William Cash
Gender: Male
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Birth: April 11 1816
Death: February 9 1882
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Occupation: Sea captain
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Number interred: 2
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CAPT. WILLIAM CASH
BORN
APR. 11, 1816
DIED
FEB 9, 1882
AZUBAH H.
WIFE OF
CAPT. WILLIAM CASH
BORN AUG. 7, 1820
DIED SEPT 19, 1894
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Biographical notes: In a whaling career that spanned the years 1832 to 1865, he captained the vessels Milton, Gideon Howland, Columbia, Citizen and Islander. In 1865, he returned on the Islander with the jaw of a huge sperm whale taken in the Arctic. This 18-foot jaw, which showman P.T. Barnum tried unsuccessfully to purchase, is on exhibit in the Nantucket Whaling Museum. Husband of Azubah Bearse (Handy) Cash.
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Date data collected: 4/4/2007
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Citation source:
Field recorder: Georgen Gilliam Charnes
Data input by: Georgen Gilliam Charnes
Reviewed by: Automatic