Charlotte Myra Bates TOWER

(b. 28 February 1836 , Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA d. 16 March 1912 , Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA )

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Charlotte Myra Bates TOWER was born 28 February 1836 in Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Charlotte Myra Bates TOWER was the child of Abraham Hobart TOWER and Charlotte BATES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Abraham TOWER and Hannah KENT

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Charlotte Myra Bates married Edward Everett TOWER abt. 1860 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Edward Everett TOWER was born 1 February 1834 in Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA. Edward Everett died 23 April 1896 in Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA.

Charlotte Myra Bates TOWER died 16 March 1912 in Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA.
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Family and Children of Charlotte Myra Bates TOWER

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Charlotte Myra Bates TOWER married

Edward Everett TOWER-- Date: abt. 1860 Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Children of Edward Everett TOWER and Charlotte Myra Bates TOWER:

Grace Everett TOWER (b.1 June 1861, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA d. 31 July 1936, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA)

Edward Horatio TOWER (b.15 March 1863, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 April 1937, , Massachusetts, USA)

Edith Josephine TOWER (b.10 February 1867, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1966, , Massachusetts, USA)

Henry Earl TOWER (b.26 March 1868, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA d. 19 August 1868, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA)

Burgess Clifford TOWER (b.26 January 1874, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1949, , Massachusetts, USA)

Russell Bates TOWER (b.30 October 1876, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA d. 3 December 1952, )

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1836 Birth
28 February 1836
Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1861 Birth of Child
Grace Everett TOWER was born 1 June 1861, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Charlotte Myra Bates was 25 years old.

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 Birth of Child
Edward Horatio TOWER was born 15 March 1863, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Charlotte Myra Bates was 27 years old.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1867 Birth of Child
Edith Josephine TOWER was born 10 February 1867, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Charlotte Myra Bates was 30 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Birth of Child
Henry Earl TOWER was born 26 March 1868, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Charlotte Myra Bates was 32 years old.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1874 Birth of Child
Burgess Clifford TOWER was born 26 January 1874, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Charlotte Myra Bates was 37 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Birth of Child
Russell Bates TOWER was born 30 October 1876, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Charlotte Myra Bates was 40 years old.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1896 Death of Spouse/Partner
Edward Everett TOWER died 23 April 1896, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1912 Death
16 March 1912
Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

She died at the age of 76.

Added: 2/2/2026 7:12:41 PM - Updated: 2/2/2026 7:23:10 PM