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Delilah or Delila Tower

BIRTH: 14 Nov 1828, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island
DEATH: 11 Dec 1907, Cranston (or Cumberland), Providence, Rhode Island
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Father: Emerson Tower (31 Jan 1789 - 23 Oct 1862)
Mother: Sally Whipple (13 Apr 1792 - 11 Mar 1878)

Family 1: Francis Prue or Price (17 Dec 1828 - BEF Jun 1880)

MARRIAGE: 18 Dec 1849, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island

+Elmira Whipple Prue (11 Mar 1850 - 19 Mar 1932)
+Cornelius Whipple Prue (4 Jul 1851 - 13 Apr 1932)
Ella Gertrude Prue (25 Mar 1854 - ____)
Ruth Ann Prue (5 Sep 1856 - 31 Mar 1885)
Simeon Prue (5 Mar 1857 - ____)

                                                                                                       _John Tower _________+
                                                                                                      | (1639 - 1693) m 1669
                                                                              _Benjamin Tower ________|_Sarah Hardin _______
                                                                             | (1673 - 1743) m 1697     (.... - 1729)       
                                                        _Gideon Tower _______|
                                                       | (1699 - 1772) m 1729|
                                                       |                     |                         _David Whipple ______+
                                                       |                     |                        | (.... - 1710) m 1677
                                                       |                     |_Deborah Whipple _______|_Hannah Tower _______
                                                       |                       (1681 - 1755) m 1697     (1652 - 1722)       
                       _Levi Tower ____________________|
                      | (1742 - 1826) m 1771           |
                      |                                |                                               _____________________
                      |                                |                                              |                     
                      |                                |                      _Samuel B. Ray _________|_____________________
                      |                                |                     | (1687 - 1744)                                
                      |                                |_Mary Ray ___________|
                      |                                  (1710 - 1794) m 1729|
                      |                                                      |                         _____________________
                      |                                                      |                        |                     
                      |                                                      |_Miriam Smith __________|_____________________
                      |                                                        (1689 - 1746)                                
 _Emerson Tower ______|
| (1789 - 1862) m 1828|
|                     |                                                                                _Eleazer Whipple ____+
|                     |                                                                               | (.... - 1719) m 1669
|                     |                                                       _Daniel Whipple ________|_Alice Angell _______
|                     |                                                      | (1688 - 1768) m 1715     (1649 - 1743)       
|                     |                                 _Daniel Whipple _____|
|                     |                                | (1716 - 1782) m 1743|
|                     |                                |                     |                         _____________________
|                     |                                |                     |                        |                     
|                     |                                |                     |_Mary __________________|_____________________
|                     |                                |                       (.... - 1730) m 1715                         
|                     |_Mary Whipple __________________|
|                       (1745 - 1789) m 1771           |
|                                                      |                                               _____________________
|                                                      |                                              |                     
|                                                      |                      _Joseph Razee __________|_____________________
|                                                      |                     | (1686 - 1755)                                
|                                                      |_Mary Razee _________|
|                                                        (1715 - 1783) m 1743|
|                                                                            |                         _David Whipple ______+
|                                                                            |                        | (.... - 1710) m 1677
|                                                                            |_Sarah Whipple _________|_Hannah Tower _______
|                                                                              (1687 - 1727)            (1652 - 1722)       
|
|--Delilah or Delila Tower 
|  (1828 - 1907)
|                                                                                                      _William Whipple ____+
|                                                                                                     | (.... - 1711) m 1675
|                                                                             _William Whipple _______|_Mary _______________
|                                                                            | (1691 - 1776) m 1713     (.... - 1713)       
|                                                       _Eleazer Whipple ____|
|                                                      | (1733 - 1781) m 1757|
|                                                      |                     |                         _Anthony Sprague ____+
|                                                      |                     |                        | (1663 - 1731) m 1689
|                                                      |                     |_Elizabeth Sprague _____|_Mary Tilden ________
|                                                      |                       (1694 - 1735) m 1713     (1665 - 1731)       
|                      _Eleazer Whipple _______________|
|                     | (1758 - 1825)                  |
|                     |                                |                                               _Joseph Brown _______+
|                     |                                |                                              | (1658 - 1731) m 1680
|                     |                                |                      _Jabez or Jabesh Brown _|_Hannah Fitch _______
|                     |                                |                     | (1683 - 1763) m 1730     (1662 - 1739)       
|                     |                                |_Anna Brown _________|
|                     |                                  (1736 - 1805) m 1757|
|                     |                                                      |                         _Joseph Williams ____+
|                     |                                                      |                        | (1673 - 1750) m 1699
|                     |                                                      |_Meribah Williams ______|_Lydia Herenden _____
|                     |                                                        (1712 - 1751) m 1730     (1684 - 1763)       
|_Sally Whipple ______|
  (1792 - 1878) m 1828|
                      |                                                                                _____________________
                      |                                                                               |                     
                      |                                                       ________________________|_____________________
                      |                                                      |                                              
                      |                                 _____________________|
                      |                                |                     |
                      |                                |                     |                         _____________________
                      |                                |                     |                        |                     
                      |                                |                     |________________________|_____________________
                      |                                |                                                                    
                      |_Betsey or Betta or Betty Bate _|
                                                       |
                                                       |                                               _____________________
                                                       |                                              |                     
                                                       |                      ________________________|_____________________
                                                       |                     |                                              
                                                       |_____________________|
                                                                             |
                                                                             |                         _____________________
                                                                             |                        |                     
                                                                             |________________________|_____________________

Notes

!SOURCE: Charlemagne Tower, Tower Genealogy: An Account of the Descendants of John Tower, of Hingham, Mass. (Cambridge: University Press, 1891), p. 211.

!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 Delilah Tower," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 31 Jan 2012. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850 (birth, marriage); Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950 (death).

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