Abraham Tower - The Indiana Years

The Children of Sarah and Jonathan Tower

of Indiana (Abraham Tower's bothers and sisters)

Of course, we have no photos of Abraham Bates Tower's childhood. This scene might be similar to his early life. Up to the time they became toddlers, little boys wore dresses in those times. The dates and names below for Abraham Bates Tower and his brothers and sisters are from the Tower Genealogy book. There were eleven children though some died within the first few years of life.

Sarah V. (Munroe) Tower died in Alton, Ind., Sept. 4, 1884, at the age of 73 years, 1 month, 25 days.

Vintage Illustration of Mother and Child by Fairannie

• Matthew - born March 1832. Sarah was 20 years old at the time her first child was born. Matthew married Sarah J. LONG on 5 September 1852. Sarah J. Long was born 4 DEC 1835 in Harrison Co., Indiana. She is the sister to Nancy Angeline Long who married Matthew's brother Abraham Bates Tower. Sarah J. (Long) Tower died 7 FEB 1869 in Crawford Co., Indiana.
  

  
  
  

• Louisa Caroline - June 22, 1834. Their second child, born 27 months after the first one. Louisa married Henry G. BATES on the 15th November 1866. Henry was born 8 JUL 1829.

  
  
  

• Isabel - Oct. 18, 1836, died the same day. The third child.
  
  

• Abraham Bates - Oct. 16, 1837 in Leavonworth, Crawford Co., Indiana. Their fourth child, born one year after the death of infant, Isabel.

  
  
  

• Rosannah Cassidy - May 10, 1840. Their fifth child. Abraham was about 2 1/2 years old at this time.

  
  
  

• Harriet Neal - Nov. 16, 1842; died Julv 27, 1843. Harriet died at the age of 9 months. Their sixth child. Abraham was five years old when Harriet died.

  
  
  

• James Mortimer - June 23, 1844; died July 7, 1844. This baby died in two weeks. Think how devastating these losses might be to the mother and the whole family. Seventh child. This was a year after the death of baby Harriet.

  
  
  

• Charlotte Temple - Sept. 3, 1845. Just over a year later, this eighth child was born. Charlotte married John Stone WILLIAMS on the 20 OCT 1870 in English, Crawford Co., Indiana. John was born on 5 APR 1827 in Crawford Co., Indiana.
  Their children are:
  Ella Lorena WILLIAMS b: 8 OCT 1872 in Crawford Co., Indiana
  Rovilla Cordilia WILLIAMS b: 29 MAR 1875 in Crawford Co., Indiana
  Otto C. "Henry" WILLIAMS b: 26 FEB 1877 in Alton, Crawford Co., Indiana
  Owen Hite WILLIAMS b: 30 AUG 1879 in Alton, Crawford Co., Indiana
  Lilia Alice WILLIAMS b: 22 JUN 1883 in Alton, Crawford Co., Indiana
  Clifton WILLIAMS b: 17 SEP 1887 in Crawford Co., Indiana
  Benjamin Harrison WILLIAMS b: 1 JUN 1888 in Crawford Co., Indiana
  
  Charlotte Tower Williams died 13 NOV 1923 in Stendal, Crawford Co., Indiana. She is buried in Flower Point Cemetery, Alton, Indiana.
  

  
  
  

• Jonathan Warren - Aug. 21, 1848. About three years later the ninth child was born. Abraham was almost eleven years old. Jonathan married Nancy PEABODY and they had two children
  
  Ethel G. TOWER b: in Crawford Co., Indiana
  Jesse P. TOWER b: in Crawford Co., Indiana

  
  
  

• Sarah Jane - Sept. 17, 1853. This is the tenth child. Five years after the birth of Jonathan. Abraham would have been almost 16 years old. Sarah Jane Tower married Martin F. HANGER 15 April 1875. He was born 19 OCT 1854 in Crawford Co., Indiana
  
  

  
  
  

• Levi Gifford - Sept. 27. 1856. Their eleventh and last child. Abraham was 18 years old. The mother, Sarah, was 45 years old. Levi would marry Harriet Isabell PATRICK