High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Joshua Tower
27 Aug 1812 – 22 Mar 1884 · about 72 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Joshua Tower lived from 27 Aug 1812 to 22 Mar 1884, a span of about 72 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
SiblingsAngelina Hersey Tower Cushing1818–1901 · Edwin Tower1821–1910 · Mary Jane Tower Whitcomb1824–1901 · Anna Hersey Tower1827–1907
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
i. Joshua, Aug. 27, 1812. m. Louisa, dau. of Crocker and Deborah (Jacob) Wilder. Joshua d. 22 March, 1884, aet. 72d yr. He left no issue
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born and died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of Joshua'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.