Mary Jane Tower Whitcomb

16 Jul 1824 – 28 Jun 1901 · about 77 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Mary Jane Tower Whitcomb lived from 16 Jul 1824 to 28 Jun 1901, a span of about 77 years.

Born a Tower, and known here by the name Whitcomb. Theirs is one of 6 markers bearing the name Whitcomb in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 9relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave

Joshua Tower1790–1845also hereAnna Hersey Tower1788–1876also here

Mary Jane Tower Whitcombm.Edwin Barker Whitcomb1827–1893also here

Anna L Whitcomb1851–1926also hereArthur W Whitcomb1856–1942also here

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

Matched exact birth date on a child line in the Tower family genealogy, corroborated by a relative's name.

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 ↗

Born and died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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