High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Mary Adams Fearing Tower
27 Jun 1817 – 4 Dec 1838 · about 21 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Mary Adams Fearing Tower lived from 27 Jun 1817 to 4 Dec 1838, a span of about 21 years.
Born a Fearing, 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
SiblingsSarah Gilkey Fearing Whiting1814–1894 · Olive Cushing Fearing Whiting1819–1850 · Hannah Lincoln Fearing Whiting1825–1910
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
dau. of Eze- kiel and Anna (Cushing) Fearing. She was b. in Hing. June 15, 1817, and d. 14 Dec. 1838, aet. 21 yrs. He m. secondly, Oct. 22, 1840, Sally Higgins, dau. of Sylvanus and Sarah (Linnell) Higgins. She was b. in Hing. Sept. 25, 1818. Isaiah G. d. 5 Dec. 1841, aet. 28 yrs. " Har- ness-maker." Resided in the North Ward. Ch., b. in Hing., — i. Isaiah Fearing, .
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born and 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 Mary'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.