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Jason Tower

Jason Tower

Male 1824 - 1899  (74 years)


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  • Name Jason Tower 
    Birth 16 Nov 1824  Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 23 Aug 1899  Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Union Street Cemetery, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I52253  Whipple Descendants | Dorchester MA/Providence RI Descendants
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2016 

    Father Jason Tower,   b. 30 Aug 1786, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1844, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Philena or Philania Howard,   b. 8 Jun 1787   d. 21 May 1861, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 10 Jan 1810  Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F18464  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Electa Ross Fisher,   b. 13 Feb 1834, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1857, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years) 
    Marriage 20 Jul 1856  Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Charles Welcome Tower,   b. 9 Apr 1857, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1857, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F24109  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Emeline Jardin,   b. Abt 1849, Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1924 (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Marriage 24 Sep 1870  Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Levi Howard Tower,   b. 18 Jul 1871, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft Apr 1930, of, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 59 years)
     2. Lucy Ellen Tower,   b. 20 Sep 1872, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft Apr 1930, of, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 58 years)
    +3. William Emerson Tower,   b. 1 Sep 1874, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1959 (Age 84 years)
    +4. Philena Camden Tower,   b. 25 May 1876, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1958, Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     5. Frederick Augustus Tower,   b. 16 Jul 1882, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Clarence Arthur Tower,   b. 5 Oct 1884, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft Apr 1930, of, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 46 years)
    Family ID F24110  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Nov 1824 - Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 20 Jul 1856 - Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 24 Sep 1870 - Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Aug 1899 - Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Union Street Cemetery, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • !SOURCE: Charlemagne Tower, Tower Genealogy: An Account of the Descendants of John Tower, of Hingham, Mass. (Cambridge: University Press, 1891), p. 210.

      !SOURCE: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, Vol. 3, Cumberland, Part 5 (Providence: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1892), p. 127.

      !SOURCE: "Descendants of Darius Fisher," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 20 Jan 2011. Adds marriage date (20 Jul 1856) and place, citing Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916. (Marriage previously entered as Aug 1856.)

      !SOURCE: "Descendants of Jason Tower," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 22 Jun 2016. Additionally cites Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (death); Find a Grave web site (burial).


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