Philena or Philania Howard

1787 - 1861  (73 years)

• Name	Philena or Philania Howard
  Birth	8 Jun 1787
  Gender	Female
  Death	21 May 1861	Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island
  Burial	Old Diamond Hill Cemetery, Reservoir Road, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island
  Person ID	I52243	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	John Howard
  Mother	Lydia Rhodes
  Family ID	F24101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jason Tower,   b. 30 Aug 1786, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island d. 17 Aug 1844, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	10 Jan 1810	Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. William Emerson Tower,   b. 13 May 1811, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island d. Oct 1857, Gabena, Africa (Age 46 years) + 2. Mary Tower,   b. 10 Jan 1813, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island d. 25 May 1845, Brewer, Penobscot, Maine (Age 32 years) + 3. John Howard Tower,   b. 6 Dec 1814, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island   4. Lydia H. Tower,   b. 13 Jul 1816, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island d. 18 Jun 1893, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts (Age 76 years) + 5. Nancy Ray Tower,   b. 19 Aug 1818, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island   6. Levi H. Tower,   b. 10 Sep 1820, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island d. 17 Nov 1865, San Francisco, San Francisco, California (Age 45 years) + 7. Philena or Philania Tower,   b. 27 Sep 1822, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island + 8. Jason Tower,   b. 16 Nov 1824, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island d. 23 Aug 1899, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F18464	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 10 Jan 1810 - Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Death - 21 May 1861 - Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Burial - - Old Diamond Hill Cemetery, Reservoir Road, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: Charlemagne Tower, Tower Genealogy: An Account of the Descendants of John Tower, of Hingham, Mass. (Cambridge: University Press, 1891), p. 210. Spells name Philena. !SOURCE: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, Vol. 3, Cumberland, Part 5 (Providence: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1892), p. 127. Spells name Philania. !SOURCE: "Descendants of Sarah Whipple," email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 23 Feb 2003. Cites Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index (death, burial).