Born in New Brunswick, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Mahue Nathan Tower
and Eunice (Ward) Tower
Sister of
William Albert Tower, Sarah Jane (Tower) Carey, Lydia A. (Tower) Austin, Eva Dora (Tower) Mudgett, Anudora Tower, Rodah Tower, Mayhew Charles Tower, Edwin Tower, Edith Barbara (Tower) Hall and Anna Tower
Wife of
Joseph Gitchel McCarthy
— married
4 Dec 1875 in Leicester, Nova Scotia
Mother of
Charles Earl McCarthy and Ruby Viola McCarthy
Died
at age 81
in Springhill, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jul 2016
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Biography
193. Mahue Tower (George Bedford , George , Benjamin , Joseph , Benjamin , John , John , Robert ) was born about 1827 in Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB.
Mahue married (1) Eunice Ward on 4 Jan 1849 in , Westmorland Co., NB. Eunice was born about 1831 in Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB.
They had the following children:
- William Albert Tower was born about 1850 in Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB.
- Sarah J. Tower was born about 1852 in Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB.
- Lydia A. Tower was born about 1854 in Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB.
- Mary Tower was born about 1856 in Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB. Mary married Joseph McCarthy, son of John McCarthy and Sarah, on 4 Dec 1875 in , Cumberland Co., NS. Joseph was born about 1851 in River Philip, Cumberland Co., NS.
- Anudora Tower was born about 1858 in Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB.
- Rodah Tower was born about 1860 in Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB.
- Mayhew Charles Tower was born in 1861 in , , NS. He died on 1 Jan 1951. Mayhew married Annie M. Cyrus, daughter of Ernest Cyrus and Annie, on 29 Jun 1882 in Boston, , MA. Annie was born about 1860 in , , , USA. She died about 1925.
- Edwin C. Tower was born about 1865 in , , NS.
- Anna Tower was born about 1867 in , , NS.
Mahue also married (2) Armenia Seaman, daughter of William Seaman and Amy Ward. Armenia was born about 1847 in , , NS.[1]
Sources
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~3.12%
Sandi Tower-Flechtner
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23andMe
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~2.34%
~6.25%
Ethel (Hicks) Bannister :
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Melissa (Cady) Getchell :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a018873 [compare], Ancestry member melitheawesomest
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~1.56%
E. (Wry) Ochowicz :
AncestryDNA
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Brent Mitton :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Ronald Nickerson :
23andMe, GEDmatch RY6260638 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Susan (Ayer) Barylo :
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Michael Steeves :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Sean O’Connor :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Rebecca Moore :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member rebecca7177
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