Brief Life History of Betsey Dyer
When Betsey Dyer Tower was born on 12 September 1816, in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Asa Jr. Tower, was 31 and her mother, Clarisa Bates, was 24. She married Almond T Pierce on 17 November 1836, in Windsor, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Windsor, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States in 1880 and Huntington, Huntington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States in 1904. She died on 13 April 1904, in Huntington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Norwich Bridge Cemetery, Huntington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Betsey D Pierce in household of Alman G Pierce, "United States Census, 1850"
- Betsey Dyer Tower, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Betsy D. Tower, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a tower, usually a defensive fortification or watchtower, from Middle English, Old French tūr (from Latin turris).
English: occupational name for someone who dressed white leather, cured with alum rather than tanned with bark, from an agent derivative of Middle English taw(en) (Old English tawian ‘to prepare, make ready’).
Americanized form of German Tauer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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