He was the eldest child of Gideon Nye and Sylvia S. Hathaway, born in North Fairhaven, now Acushnet, and died in Canton, China.
In 1846 he married Mary Elizabeth Washburn, a daughter of Abiel Washburn of Middleboro, Massachusetts. She died in New York in 1870. Their only child, Ellen Emily Washburn, was born in Paris, France, in 1846 and died in Brooklyn, New York, in 1860.
He was a merchant in China for over fifty years and served as American Vice Consul at Canton for the last ten years of his life.
He was for many years one of the Vice Presidents of the Medical Missionary Society and was a corresponding member of both the American and English Geographical Societies.
His remains were interred in the Foreigners' cemetery near Fort Macao.
Excerpt of the Biographical sketch in "A History of the Town of Acushnet" by Franklyn Howland.
In 1846 he married Mary Elizabeth Washburn, a daughter of Abiel Washburn of Middleboro, Massachusetts. She died in New York in 1870. Their only child, Ellen Emily Washburn, was born in Paris, France, in 1846 and died in Brooklyn, New York, in 1860.
He was a merchant in China for over fifty years and served as American Vice Consul at Canton for the last ten years of his life.
He was for many years one of the Vice Presidents of the Medical Missionary Society and was a corresponding member of both the American and English Geographical Societies.
His remains were interred in the Foreigners' cemetery near Fort Macao.
Excerpt of the Biographical sketch in "A History of the Town of Acushnet" by Franklyn Howland.
He was the eldest child of Gideon Nye and Sylvia S. Hathaway, born in North Fairhaven, now Acushnet, and died in Canton, China.
In 1846 he married Mary Elizabeth Washburn, a daughter of Abiel Washburn of Middleboro, Massachusetts. She died in New York in 1870. Their only child, Ellen Emily Washburn, was born in Paris, France, in 1846 and died in Brooklyn, New York, in 1860.
He was a merchant in China for over fifty years and served as American Vice Consul at Canton for the last ten years of his life.
He was for many years one of the Vice Presidents of the Medical Missionary Society and was a corresponding member of both the American and English Geographical Societies.
His remains were interred in the Foreigners' cemetery near Fort Macao.
Excerpt of the Biographical sketch in "A History of the Town of Acushnet" by Franklyn Howland.
In 1846 he married Mary Elizabeth Washburn, a daughter of Abiel Washburn of Middleboro, Massachusetts. She died in New York in 1870. Their only child, Ellen Emily Washburn, was born in Paris, France, in 1846 and died in Brooklyn, New York, in 1860.
He was a merchant in China for over fifty years and served as American Vice Consul at Canton for the last ten years of his life.
He was for many years one of the Vice Presidents of the Medical Missionary Society and was a corresponding member of both the American and English Geographical Societies.
His remains were interred in the Foreigners' cemetery near Fort Macao.
Excerpt of the Biographical sketch in "A History of the Town of Acushnet" by Franklyn Howland.
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
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