Mary Jane Tower

Female16 July 1824–28 June 1881

Brief Life History of Mary Jane

When Mary Jane Tower was born on 16 July 1824, in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Joshua Tower, was 33 and her mother, Anna Hersey, was 36. She married Edwin Barker Whitcomb on 16 January 1848, in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1901. She died on 28 June 1881, in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in High Street Cemetery, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edwin Barker Whitcomb
1827–1890
Mary Jane Tower
1824–1881
Marriage: 16 January 1848
Jane Barker Whitcomb
1849–
Anna L. Whitcomb
1851–1926
Arthur Rayner Whitcomb
1856–1942

Sources (31)

  • Mary Whitcomb in household of Edwin B Whitcomb, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Mary J. Whitcomb, "Massachusetts Town Births Index, ca. 1630-1905"
  • Mary Jane Tower, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    16 January 1848Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
  • Children (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (7)

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    World Events (7)

    1825 · The Crimes Act

    Age 1

    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Age 6

    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    1846

    Age 22

    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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