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Hosea's Headstone	Gov. John Andrew	Civil War Monument
	Barnes Family Plot

The Barnes family is buried in the Old Ship Churchyard, in Hingham, Massachusetts, as is John Andrew, abolitionist governor of Massachusetts during the Civil War (he married a Hingham girl he met at a pro-abolition rally on Boston Common).

Hosea's original G.I-issue simple white marker with the initials "H.O.B." was apparently replaced at some point by the family with a full headstone; Hosea's younger brother, Little Willie, who died as an infant, shares the marker. Hosea's parents Elisha and Harriet, and older brother Edmund Quincy with his young daughter Annie also lie here.

It is not clear if Hosea's body was actually brought back from Virginia where it was hastily buried, wrapped in his own bedding, but it's unlikely. Consequently, his headstone probably serves as a cenotaph, a marker for an empty grave.

Hosea's name also appears on the Civil War monument erected by the people of Hingham and dedicated in 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Barnes are listed as "contributors" to the monument fund.

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