High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Celia Tower
? – 21 Aug 1775
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Celia Tower died in 21 Aug 1775. The year of their birth has not survived in the record we hold.
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 death date, found in the Tower family genealogy — read as a lead and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.
The entry, as printed
m. Oct. 29, 1780, Elisha Beal. 38. ii. Isaiah, Apr. 12, 1766. iii. Celia, May 27, 1772, d. 21 Aug. 1775. 28. Laban4 (Peter8 Benjamin2 John1), b. in Hing. Aug. 3, 1751. m. Esther Cushing of Wey. She d. in Hing. May, 1828, aet. 71 yrs. He d. 30 July, 1824, eet. 73d yr. " Cooper and farmer." He also was gifted in music, both vocal and instrumental, and for a number of yrs.
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 Celia'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.