Mary J Tower

16 Jul 1824 – 28 Jun 1881 · about 57 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Mary J Tower lived from 16 Jul 1824 to 28 Jun 1881, a span of about 57 years.

Theirs is one of 75 markers bearing the name Tower in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

A 1893 History of Hingham entry, likely this person uncertain match

The 1893 genealogies repeat many names; this is matched exact birth date on a child line in the Tower family genealogy and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.

The entry, as printed

v. Mary Jane, July 16, 1824. m. Jan. 16, 1848, E. Barker Whitcomb

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

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