High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Lucy A Young Tower
4 May 1820 – 27 Mar 1900 · about 80 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Lucy A Young Tower lived from 4 May 1820 to 27 Mar 1900, a span of about 80 years.
Born a Young, and known here by the name Tower. Theirs is one of 75 markers bearing the name Tower in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact birth date, found in the Tower family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
b. in Hing. Apr. 18, 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,
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA. Died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
A photograph of the marker survives; see it on Find a Grave ↗.
This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of Lucy's life to recover, and some of what is shown above is matched, not certain. A correction or a family memory is a gift; submit a source, correction, or memory.
The stone is still there.