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.

Family as recorded on Find a Grave

William Towerm.Lucy A Young Tower1820–1900 (m. 1840)also here
Lucy Ann Tower Gardner1853–1876also hereWilliam Arthur Tower1855–1900John Henry Tower1858–1944Elizabeth Maria Tower Clark1861–1942also here

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

Matched exact death date, found in the Tower family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.

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 ↗

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 William'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.