Received of Gar Watson (watson.gar@gmail.com) on 12 Feb 2011
Chuck
I found your posting on the Harrington Manuscript while looking into
the family of Horace Tower. He was the son of David Tower and
Fanny Spring. My interest comes through the mother of David
Tower, Mary/Polly Macoy/McCoy, sister of my ancestor Rebecca Macoy.
I would suggest making a notation that the Clarendon, VT cemetery
where some of the Harringtons were buried should be spelled
Chippenhook. It appears Silence was buried there under her
maiden name, though from the 1880 census she apparently married
second a Bromley. Her second husband was apparenly Hiland F
Bromley, son of Hiram Bromley and Eliza Paddock. Horace Tower
may have filed some paperwork for a civil war pension in 1889, I need
to look further into that. Whether Silence was divorced or
widowed when she married Hiland Bromley is unclear. It does
appear by 1880 she was divorced from her second husband and and he
was remarried to a Thankful, which could explain why she was buried
under her maiden name.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33997163
Horace Tower (b 8 Jan 1833)
m
Silence Harrington (abt 1835 VT - 17 Nov 1895 Clarendon,
VT)
dau of William Harrington and Hannah
Ornsby
Arunah Harrington
Tower
(30 Mar1855
Clarendon, VT - 21 Jan 1935 Ludlow, VT)
bur Chippenhook Cemetery, Clarendon, Rutland Co., VT
m 1 Jan 1879
Ella Fiske (17 Mar 1854 Clarendon, VT - 25 Nov 1898 Clarendon,
VT)
bur Chippenhook
Cemetery, Clarendon, Rutland Co., VT
dau of Noah Fisk and Olive O Ridlon
David Noah Tower (23 Dec 1879 VT)
m Elizabeth May
SCOTT
Winfield S. TOWER
Janet E. TOWER
Arunah Ellsworth TOWER
Mollie S. Tower (b 6 Jun 1885
VT)
Ella
J. Tower (b 16Jun 1895 VT)
1850 Tinmouth, Rutland,
VT
Merit Norton 25
VT
Elizabeth Norton 26
NY
Theodore Norton 1/12
VT
Silence Harrington 16
VT
1870 Clarendon, Rutland, VT
J E Kelley
33 VT
Alma F Kelley
31 VT
Edmond Kelley 9
VT
Alba A Kelley 4 VT
Runah
Tower 15
VT
Rhoda Taylor 13
Eng
1880 Clarendon, Rutland, Vermont
Arunah TOWER
Self M Male
W 25 VT Farmer
VT VT
Ella F. TOWER
Wife M
Female W 26 VT
Keeping House VT
VT
David N. TOWER Son
S Male W
6M VT At Home
VT VT
Silence M. BROMLEY
Mother M Female W 46
VT Keeping House VT
VT
Family
History Library Film 1255347 NA Film
Number T9-1347 p 104A
1880 Danby, Rutland,
Vermont
Hiran BROMLEY Self
M Male W
80 VT Farmer
VT VT
Eliza BROMLEY
Wife M
Female W 62 VT
Keeping House VT
VT
Hilan BROMLEY Son
M Male W
39 VT Farm Laborer
VT VT
Thankful BROMLEY
DauL M Female W 40
VT Housekeeper
VT VT
George BROMLEY
Son S
Male W 28 VT
In States Prison VT
VT
Family History Library Film
1255347 NA Film Number T9-1347 p
112A
1900 Shrewsbury, Rutland, VT
Aruna H
Tower head Mar 1855 45 Wd
VT VT VT
Mollie S Tower dau
Jun 1885 14 S VT VT VT
Ella J
Tower dau Jun
1895 4 S VT VT VT
Fiske
and Fisk family. Being the record of the descendants of Symond Fiske,
lord of the manor of Stadhaugh, Suffolk County, England, from the
time of Henry IV to date, including all the American members of the
family (1896)
http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924029841024
4378.
NOAH FISK (Lyman R., Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin, John,
John, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b.
Danby, Vt., May 26, 1827; m. Nov. 10, 1852, at Wallingford, Olive
Ridlow, b. Apr. 1, 1831. He was brought up on his father's
farm, and learned the trade of carpenter of his father, with whom he
worked until 21 years of age. He then went to work for the Rutland &
Burlington Railroad, on bridges and railroad buildings, and kept up
the work for different railroad companies, until he was married. He
then bought a place in Clarendon, Vt., where he now lives, and has
always lived there, ever since, with the exception of one year, when
he moved to Middletown, Vt., Apr., 1859, where he worked in a
carpenter-shop. With the exception of that one year he has worked at
building and joiner work; res. Clarendon, Vt.
5782. i. ELLA, b. Mar. 17, 1854; m. Jan. 1, 1879, R. H. Tower. They
res. C.
Ch.: i, David N., b. Dec. 23, 1879. 2,
Fannie, b. Jan. 11,1882. 3, Mollie S., b. June 6, 1885. 4, Ella, b.
June 16, 1895.
The Bromley genealogy: By Viola Anette (Derby)
Bromley
http://books.google.com/books?id=vGs2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA89
340
HIRAM9 BROMLEY (Joshua1), born July 1, 1796; married, by Rev. Edwin
Marndale, in Tinmouth, Julia Pratt of Tinmouth, March 9, 1819. She
was a daughter of Abner and Dolly (Beebe) Pratt, and died in 1825, in
Danby. He married (second) Eliza Paddock of Dorset, June 16, 1830.
Eliza was a daughter of Foster and (Raymond) Paddock, and was born in
1800 in Dorset, Vt. She died Jan. 21, 1894, in Danby, Vt. Hiram was a
prosperous fanner. He died 1883 in Danby.
Children, by second
marriage, born in Pawlett, Vt.:
932 Hiland F., born Oct. 4, 1835;
married Silence Harrington;
no children.
1870 Danby,
Rutland, VT
Hiram Bromley 74 VT
Eliza
Bromley 59 VT
Hiland
Brolmey 27 VT
George Bromley
18 VT
Nelson Bromley 16 VT
Robert Bromley
20 VT
Annis McHolly 10
VT
Vermont Historical Society Library
MSS-26 #2 1
Manuscript Vault-Manuscript
Letter from
Horace Tower of the 2nd Vermont Regiment, Co. B, at Camp Griffin,
Lewinsville, Va., to "Cousin Frederick." On the back of the
letter is a printed "Soldier's Memento, by James P. Herron.
I
hope this helps.
Gar Watson
Second e-mail same day
Chuck
Silence must have divorced both her husbands. Horace Tower was
in the 1890 supplemental census for Clarendon. He was listed
twice since he reenlisted in the service.
Surviving soldiers,
sailors, marines, and widows
1890 Clarendon, VT
Horace Tower
private B 2 VT Inf 7
May
1861 29 Jun 1864 3yr 1mo
22d
Horace Tower private
I 7 US VV 14 Mar 1865 13
Mar
1866 1yr
(renlisted veteran)
Gar