High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
William Tower
18 Apr 1808 – 11 Apr 1879 · about 71 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
William Tower lived from 18 Apr 1808 to 11 Apr 1879, a span of about 71 years.
Theirs is one of 75 markers bearing the name Tower in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
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A 1893 History of Hingham entry, likely this person uncertain match
The 1893 genealogies repeat many names; this is matched exact death date, found in the Tower family genealogy (read as a lead), corroborated by a relative's name and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.
The entry, as printed
1807. m. Sept. 13, 1840, Lucy A. Young. She was b. at Augusta, Me., May 4, 1820. William d. 11 Apr. 1879, aet. 72d yr. "Trader," his specialties being musical instruments, antique furni- ture, and bric-a-brac. Resided on the ancestral homestead, Main St., near Tower's Bridge. Ch., all b. in Hing., — i. Lucy Ann, Oct. 17, 1853. m. at Wey. Jan. 12, 1869, Henry C. Gardner,
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
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