Today, the Tower family sketches continue with John Nelson Tower and Mehitable Ann McMann.
John Nelson Tower was born c1818 in New Brunswick, Canada, likely in Queens County, the son of Gideon Tower and Catherine McFarlane.
Mehitable Ann McMann was born c1833, also in New Brunswick, Canada, the daughter of Silas McMann and Eliza McFarlane.
John and Mehitable married c1850 and lived in Youngs Cove Road, Waterborough, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada for the rest of their lives.
John died there on 9 May 1891. Mehitable passed away four years later on 3 August 1895. Both are buried in the Youngs Cove Cemetery.
They were the parents of six children (All born in New Brunswick, Canada and likely in Queens County):
- Gideon H., born about April 1850 or 1851 [years vary on census and death certificate]; died 8 December 1900, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts; married Elizabeth Anne Millman, 27 February 1877, Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Henry Allen, born January 1855; died 1927, Worcester County, Massachusetts; married Annie Matilda Wiggins, c1875
- Eliza Jane, born 15 August 1855; died 31 August 1930, Cox’s Point, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada; married Alexander McBaine, 6 September 1897, New Brunswick, Canada
- Charles Leslie, born 17 May 1861; died 18 October 1910, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; married Eleanor J. Gale, c1886
- Helen Amanda, born 13 July 1865; died 5 November 1947, Youngs Cove Road, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada; married Abram W. Wiggins, 23 July 1884, Cumberland Point, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada
- John Colin, born 24 May 1871; died 25 May 1945, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada; married Alice Ada Ferris, 10 July 1901, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada
Next up is the family sketch of my cousin’s direct line, John Colin Tower and Alice Ada Ferris.