High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Charles Stewart Tower

26 Dec 1838 – 1904 · about 66 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Charles Stewart Tower lived from 26 Dec 1838 to 1904, a span of about 66 years.

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

View family network 11relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Reuben Tower1795–1881also hereRebekah Hathaway Tower1795–1876also here
Charles Stewart Towerm.Lucy Torey Tower1841–1932also here

SiblingsReuben Tower1820–1911 · Rebecca Tower Wilder1822–1896 · Caroline Tower Bowditch1825–1904 · James Greenville Tower1831–1884 · Henry Thomas Tower1833–1902 · George Franklin Tower1834–1919 · Adeline E Tower1840–1916 · Hannah J Tower1842–1908

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

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

The 1893 genealogies repeat many names; this is matched exact birth 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
b. in Hing. March 7, 1836, d. 29 Sept. foil. Tower. 26 xii. Charles Stewart, b. in Hing. Dec. 26, 1838. m. Dec. 26, 1858, Lucy Torrey of So. Scit., and resides at Ab'n. xiii. Adeline Edwakds, b. in Hing. Sept. 12, 1840. xiv. Hannah Jacob, b. in Hing. Aug. 1, 1842. 46. Moses7 (Malachi6-6 Peter4 Jeremiah8-2 John1), was b. at Ded- ham, Apr. 5, 1785, and bt. in Hing. Sept.

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

Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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