Descendants
of Thomas Fowler
Generation
No. 1
1. Thomas3 Fowler (John2,
Archibald1) was born
Notes for Thomas Fowler:
These notes have been gathered over
the years from mostly family members. They have not been annotated formally. I
have many legal documents and original letters, etc, that verify most of what
is written here.
Important to linking Thomas Fowler to
Lucinda Fowler Embree: Thomas Fowler paid bond for both Hannah
Fowler and Louduska Fowler in the 1830s when they
married in Clark Co. KY (I have copies of these documents). Thomas also had a
son whom he named Lewden (Louden),
which ties him to the Lewdens of Delaware. Hannah and
Laduska must have been sisters of Thomas and Lucinda
According to John Ballew in 1939,
Thomas Fowler (Sr.) settled in Clark Co. KY between
ACCOUNT FROM DAVID S. FOWLER -- circa
1911:
"Thomas
Fowler was born in
(David
did not mention James's family in his notes.)
"Thomas
Fowler married a Miss Slaton. To them were born six children, Rozzie, George, Fannie, David, Thomas and Annie. His first
wife died in 1857. Then, he married Martha Brown. To them were born five
children, Denzil, Gus, Anna and Ethel. All of his
living children are in Hopkins Co.
"Alvin
Fowler married a Miss Brown. To them were born five children: James, Mollie,
Charlie, Frank and
"John
Fowler married Bettie Powell in Clark Co. To them were born two children:
Mollie and Mattie. He also enlisted in the Civil War under Bragg. He was in the
Perryville fight, he was taken sick just after the
fight, went home and died.
"Louden Fowler, when a young man, enlisted in the
Confederate Army under Morgan. Was wounded in the battle, captured and put in
"Naomi
was married to Frank Bourland. To them were born five
children: Henry, Augie, John, Edd
and Minnie."
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- SALLIE FLETCHER HILL NOTES -
Source: Sallie Fletcher Hill notes,
"When
a young man he (Thomas)
moved to Clark Co.,
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JUDITH FOWLER ROBBINS NOTES -
Sunday, 3.10.2002
Thomas Fowler and Naomi Tracy from
On
Thomas
Fowler from DE was in the Clark Co. KY 1810 Census.
- 1850 CENSUS - HOPKINS CO. KY -
Fowler, Alvin — KY —
Fowler, James — KY —
Fowler, Thomas J. — KY —
Fowler, Thos — DE —
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more -
CAUTION FOR RESEARCHERS: There were
two separate Fowler lines in
- CIVIL WAR -
Thomas
Fowler died in 1855 and was to miss the Civil War which turned the lives of his
confederate sons upside down.
-
Son
-
Son Louden was held in the Camp Morton Confederate
prison in
-
Son John fought in the Battle of Perryville for Confed.
Gen. Braxton Bragg. Just after the battle he became ill, went home, and died. (ref. Sallie Fletcher letter)
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Grandson, Alexander, son of James Fowler, was captured in Marshall County,
Alabama,
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Grandson William F., son of James Fowler, was captured in Marshall Co. Alabama,
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Son James moved to Union Co. Ky after the Civil War.
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Son Thomas remained in Hopkins Co. following the war.
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Daughter Naomi married Henry F. Bourland and remained
in Hopkins Co.
THE FAMILY SLAVES -
The
1860 census lists James, Alvin and Thomas J. as slave holders. They reported
seven slaves between them. John and Louden Fowler are
listed as landowners but have no slave lists.
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James: one 45 year old mulatto slave woman
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Thomas: one 38 year old female, black; one 28 year old male, black; and 1 three
year old female, black. He owned one slave house.
-
Betty
Wagner: "I have been under the impression that James Fowler had more
slaves than one. Mary E.'s stories indicate that this
was the case. Perhaps the status in 1860 when the census was made was not
typical.
Betty
also notes that Thomas Fowler and his family had many slaves according to early
family letters. "I found the letter that
... regards a slave who wanted to come to
- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -
By
the time the Constitution was adopted, seven of thirteen states had abolished
slavery:
In
1776,
Until
the autumn of 1861, the
The
first Southern draft was in April, 1862. Most regiments were all men from the
same area who chose their own leaders.
After
the Civil War ended in 1865, the government freed the slaves without paying
owners. Soldiers remained in the state of
- COURT RECORDS ON BEING AN INN
KEEPER -
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Jan. Court 1835
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Aug. Court 1835
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Dec. Court 1835
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Jan. Court 1836
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Apr. Court 1837
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Apr. Court 1838
The
Filson Society holds these papers: 763. Wills, John P. Papers, 1831-1867. A\W741. .33 cu. ft.
Livestock agent and tavern keeper of
correspondence, 1831-1860, regarding business matters; articles of
agreement, 1840, concerning the Blue Ball Tavern; licenses, 1842-1862, for his
hotel and tavern; receipts, 1851-1866; agreements, 1845-1847, regarding the
sale of hogs; estate and land records; and an account book, 1857-1859,
containing medical cures for animals.
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Thomas's
father, believed to be John Fowler, sold land to Thomas Fowler, 1826 (page 343)
102 1/4 acres.
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Caleb
Embree lived two farms from Thomas Fowler in the 1830
Clark Co. KY Census. According to Embree.ftw,
Thomas's maternal grandfather was Thomas Sawyer. His paternal grandfather was
Archibald Fowler. Perhaps his name, Thomas A. Fowler, came from a combination of
their names Thomas and Archibald.
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Thomas
Fowler may have lived in
More About
Thomas Fowler and Lodema Tracy:
Marriage:
More About
Thomas Fowler and Elizabeth Haggard:
Marriage:
Children of Thomas Fowler and Lodema Tracy are:
+ 2 i. James4 Fowler, born
+ 3 ii. William
Fowler, born
+ 4 iii. Thomas
J. Fowler, born
5 iv. Sarah Fowler, born Bet.
1825 - 1829 in Clark Co. KY; died Aft. 1834 in Probably Clark
Co. KY.
Notes for Sarah Fowler:
The 1830 census shows that Thomas had
one daughter under the age of 5. This is a child that would have been born bet.
1825 and 1830.
We know that Lodema
Naomi Tracy died in 1834 and Thomas married Mrs. Elizabeth Haggard 1.13.1835. .
So ..... in 1834, Thomas
would have been married to Naomi.
Naomi had children as follows:
James 5.24.1815
William 2.16.1816
Thomas 11.8.1823
Sarah was born, then, bet. 1825 and 1830 and not in 1826. That leaves 1825, 1827, 1828
or 1829.
We could then look at the 1840 Census
and find that:
Thomas had 3 daughters: Daughter One:
under 5, Daughter 2: bet. 5-10,
and Daughter 3: bet. 10-15.
Daughter One: (this has to be Naomi
because she was born on
Daughter Two: bet. 5-10: ____________ ? This could be a child of Elizabeth Haggard & her
former husband.
(this could not be
Sarah because even if she was born as late as 1829, the youngest she could be
is 11)
Daughter Three: This must be Sarah, born bet. 1825-1829
+ 6 v. Alvin
Fowler, born
Children of Thomas Fowler and
Elizabeth Haggard are:
+ 7 i. Naomi4 Fowler, born
+ 8 ii. John
Fowler, born 1838 in Hopkins Co. KY; died Abt. 1866
in Hopkins Co. KY.
+ 9 iii. Louden Fowler, born
Generation
No. 2
2. James4 Fowler (Thomas3,
John2, Archibald1) was born
Notes for James Fowler:
JAMES FOWLER,
-
ANNOTATION WRITTEN BY BETTY WAGNER -
"James, the oldest son of Thomas
and Naomi Fowler, was born and reared in
"When they were married, James
was 43 years old and Sarafina was 19, only five years
older than the oldest son, Bill. Mary E. later related to her family that she
loved Sarafina and thought that she was a good
stepmother. Sarafina was possibly much like an older
sister. In accordance with custom Mary E. helped rear the younger half-brothers
and sister, Colby, Martha, and Thomas. The wife of Thomas, Bettie Compton
Fowler, stated in a letter to Sallie Hill in 1963, “. . . your
Grandmother Fletcher (Mary E.) all but raised him and
he loved her like a mother ever after. He told me after we were married that I
was the only thing that had kept him in
"James served as security on a
loan for someone in his family. It could have been
-
MORE ABOUT JAMES -
In the 1850 Census, James owned one
female mulatto slave, age 18. James owned one 45 year old mulatto slave woman
according to the 1860 Hopkins Co. slave list. A slave house sat on his
property. Betty Wagner writes, "One black (mulatto) woman (former slave)
was attached to Mary E. and wanted to go to
After James's wife, Sarafina Bourland, died in 1890,
James's son and daughter-in-law, Thomas and Bettie, took over the farm and
James lived with them.
As the boys grew up they worked for
James until they were 21, then they were free to go on their own. (Bettie
Compton Fowler) In 1886 one son Louis who was helping to clear the land died
when he was hit by a falling tree. Worth
Sources: Betty Ballew (letters),
Sallie Hill (relating information from Mary E.), Bettie Compton Fowler
(letter), and Worth Salisbury (letter)
Notes for Winaford
Fletcher:
Died
in childbirth.
More About
James Fowler and Martha Fugate:
Marriage:
More About
James Fowler and Sarah Bourland:
Marriage:
Children of James Fowler and Martha
Fugate are:
10 i. William F.5 Fowler, born
Notes for William F. Fowler:
WILLIAM
F. FOWLER,
William F. Fowler, first child of
James Fowler and Martha Ann Fugate, was born in late winter on
1855. Eleven-year-old William's
grandfather Thomas died. The boy was born into the pre-Civil War era when his
family kept slaves, verified by 1860 slave lists. As well, over in
1861. William was 17. The Civil War
came. His family rallied for the Southern Cause and during the next four years,
tragedy ruled his life. He surely watched while Union soldiers burned his Uncle
Alvin's home to the ground on the farm adjoining theirs. A little later, his
Uncle Alvin was killed in the war. Word came too soon that his brother
Alexander had died in
1867. Andrew Johnson had become
President while the country was still reeling from the death of Abe Lincoln and
Reconstruction began. The war behind the family and five days after his
twenty-third birthday on
1870. William was a farmer and
probably worked for his father James until 1865 when he was 21. He and David
Ella (Tanny) owned $1,000 worth of real estate in
1883. By this time, three more
children has joined this Fowler household: James, Laura and Maud, and they had
all moved to Union County, Kentucky -- an
unlikely place name, as his family fought for the Confederate Cause against the
"Union."
1900. The census for
1920. William retired from farming
and he and Tanny moved to a house in Boxville. Son Alex moved his family onto the farm and these
are the years that J.D. Fowler, father of this writer, can remember best. The
grandchildren called him William Pappy or just Grandpa Fowler. J.D. words ...
J.D.'s words: "Grandpa (Fowler)
owned a farm in
"When we moved to Grandpa's
farm, the house had two rooms upstairs separated by a cubby hole and two living
rooms downstairs, each with chimneys. Mom and Pop slept in one of the living
rooms. There were stairs leading upstairs from both rooms. In back of them was
a dining room and kitchen. There was a smoke house and a wood house in back of
that."
1881.
A LETTER FROM WM. F. FOWLER TO NIECE MARY
Waverly,
Dear
Niece,
"I suppose you think I am not a
going to answer your card. I received your card the second Sunday after you
left. I would have answered sooner but I had no paper, envelopes nor stamps.
Annie, I have no news to write. We
are all well and all of our relations. I was glad to hear that you all landed
safe and sorrow to hear that Ida and Bettie was not
well. I suppose you have got a home but have not got possession of it yet.
Tell your Pa I am done sowing oats
and tobacco beads. Tell him I lost five of my best hogs from colora. My wheat is no account. The last of the old man’s
(James's) sowing is also no account. He is a going to plow it up.
Annie, tell your Ma Tannie has got twenty-two little chickens — no more rest
for her this spring and summer. I had a hard time trying to get ground to
cultivate.
I have sharpened my pencil and turned
over. Annie, tell Maggie Ella received her letter this morning. She and the
rest of us was glad to hear from her but was sorrow to
hear of Ida and Mattie’s fall.
Jimmie is as fat as old tailor cone.
Tommie is as bad as ever.
Ella has gone to school.
Elick is deviling Tom.
I have not seen Louis for a coon’s
age. I suppose he is well.
Tell your Pa I have been thinking
about going to
Well, my pencil is short and Tom is
hurrying me to get done writing. I will draw my failure to a close. Excuse me
for not writing sooner. Answer soon. Give my love to all, yourself included.
Tell all to write. W.
F. Fowler"
Notes for David Ella Kelly:
1845. Before Christmas, David Ella Kelly,
daughter of John D. Kelly and Mary Ann Robertson of
1867. On Feb 24th, "Ella"
married William F. Fowler. The 1900 census records that she was the mother of
eight children, five living - Alex, Ella, James, Laura and Maud - and that her
parents were both born in
2000. Great Grandson Wm. Ed Railey -- "Ma Fowler's [given] name was David E. She
peppered everything." He said that they used to say she would kill herself
eating pepper, that "she did" when she was 90! He said that she lived
with his grandparents, Maud Fowler Raley and Edd Raley, that she carried a
walking stick that tapped the floor all the time until they put a rubber tip on
it, that she was tall and slender, that she was hard of hearing and used a
hearing phone that she held up to her ear, that the house is still standing
where she lived when she died.
Granddaughter Ilyne
Raley Tapp -- "I remember "Ma" very well and "Pappy" a little.
"She was small when he [Wm. Fowler] died. She said "
Ma" lived with her parents -- Maud Fowler and Edd
Raley -- after Pappy died, and off an on with her
"Aunt Lolly" (Laura Fowler, who married
Will Davis). The1910 Kentucky Miracode Index mentions
a visit #0125 in
"Ma and Pappy are buried at
"Ma loved white syrup. She liked
to sit on the swing on the front porch where she would look up the road at the
cemetery. I remember her sitting there the day she died, saying, 'Wish I was up
there with Bill.' " Ilyne
had come home for lunch from
"There was a fence to climb over
between our house and Aunt Lolly's. Ma used to go
back and forth over it. We were always afraid she'd get out there and get hurt.
I remember one day my mother was doing the wash and told Ma to take off her
"drawers." Ma said, 'My drawers aren't dirty!' Mother plopped her
down on the bed and took them off from under her long dress [good-heartedly!].
Funny, the little things we remember."
Grandson J.D. Fowler -- "Bobby
[Fowler] and I played in Grandma's front yard a lot. One time somebody gave us
both a pocket knife and we whittled limbs on some trees and trashed up the
ground. Grandma took them away from us and we never saw them again. Another
time Bobby and I stopped up a woodpecker's hole in a tree there. The bird died.
I felt so bad about that. One thing for sure, Grandma always made us
mind."
Submitted
by Judith Fowler Robbins
More About
William Fowler and David Kelly:
Marriage:
11 ii. Alexander Fowler, born
Notes for Alexander Fowler:
Fowler, Alexander, Private
Company A -
13th
Captured
at Marshall Co., AL, on
12 iii. Mary Emmeline
Fowler, born
Notes for Mary Emmeline
Fowler:
Marriage License
To any Minister of the Gospel, or
other person legally authorized to solemnize Matrimony. You are permitted to
solemnize the rites of Matrimony between John C. Fletcher and Mary E. Fowler
the requirements of the Law having been complied with. Witness.
The signiture of the Clerk of the
Hopkins County Court, this Eighth day of November 1864. F.W. Campbell Clerk by Dick Littlepage,
DC.
Marriage Certificate
This is to Certify
that on the 13th day of November 1864 the rites of Marriage were legally
solemnized by me between John C. Fletcher and Mary E. Fowler in the
MARY
EMMILINE FOWLER
Mary grew up in a large, prosperous
household. Her mother was the second of
three wives of James Fowler. She loved her half-brothers and
half-sisters and
maintained correspondence with some of them and their families until
her
death. Mary received a good education for her time. Her husband
John had to
compete with a rival for her hand. After John's death Mary
supported the
family of eight children by running a large boarding house in
Ennis, Ellis
County,
As her seven daughters married Mary
lived with her son Hal who never married.
She was a small, spry, entertaining
person, full of spice and wit who was
adored by her children and grandchildren. She and Hal lived near
Frank and
Annie
in Village Bend and later near Whitt. Mary
and Hal eventually lived in
Mary Emmiline
Fowler Fletcher was famous in her family for always wearing a
perky, little, black hat. This picture (separate) was made in
persons pictured are Mary Emmiline, her
son, Hal, and her oldest daughter,
Mary
Ann Fletcher Hill.
Mary Emmiline
is buried in the Whitt,
Frank and Mary Ann Hill plot. Her son
Hal lies beside her.
Notes for John Calhoun Fletcher:
Source: Betty Wagner,
John died of typhoid fever at such an
early date that only one of his grandchildren could even know him. Most
memories of his character come from his oldest child, Mary Ann. She considered
him to be a gentle, tender-hearted man who greatly enjoyed his children. His
family related how he liked to watch his animals eat after he fed them. His
wife Mary tried to keep his breakfast warm while he fed and watched his
animals.
John's family returned to
Worth
More About
John Fletcher and Mary Fowler:
Marriage:
13 iv. Theodore Fowler, born
Notes for Theodore Fowler:
14 v. Lewis Fowler, born
Notes for Lewis Fowler:
Louis was killed by a fallen tree on
his father's property. He was the youngest son of Martha Ann Fugate and James
Fowler. He was a full brother to William F. and Mary Emmeline
Fowler.
Children of James Fowler and Sarah Bourland are:
15 i. Colby A.5 Fowler, born
Notes for Colby A. Fowler:
"I had a couple of uncles on the Fowler
side who had farms on
More About
Colby Fowler and Louisa Compton:
Marriage: 1890
16 ii. Martha E. Fowler, born 16 May 1860 in
17 iii. Thomas David Fowler, born
Notes for Thomas David Fowler:
The 1900 census for Union Co. KY puts
Tom's father, James, living with him. See 1963 letter to Miss Sallie Hill in
Notes for Betty Compton:
Betty lived to be 100 years old! She
is a sister to Virgie Bicknell and Ben Compton.
More About
Thomas Fowler and Betty Compton:
Marriage: 1891, Union Co. KY
18 iv. David Fowler, born
19 v. Louden Fowler, born
20 vi. James E. Fowler, born
21 vii. Alice Fowler, born
Notes for S. Benjamin Compton:
Brother to Betty Compton Fowler and
Virgie Compton Bicknell. In 1954 Ben Compton was living with Yancey Fowler and
Jean McClure rented a room from Yancey then too when she went to work at the
hospital on 10.5.1954.
22 viii. Sarah Fowler, born
Notes for Wilbur Grant Cromwell:
Truman
Curtis Griggs' uncle.
More About
Wilbur Cromwell and Sarah Fowler:
Marriage:
23 ix. Alvin Nace Fowler,
born
Notes for
Second cousin to Curtis Griggs
3. William4 Fowler (Thomas3,
John2, Archibald1) was born
Notes for William Fowler:
Notes written by David Fowler in 1911
or 1912, record that William was the first son of Thomas and Naomi Fowler of
Other notews: I visited James's son, William's, grave in
May of 2002 with my 4th cousin, Betty Sue Haynie Straup. William's wife was Martha Curtis, who later married
Ambrose Dillard Rash. Thomas and Naomi had one daughter Mary Rosa Fowler. Naomi
died in 1834 and is buried in
When Thomas wrote his will, he
referred to land left him by his granddaughter Rosa. See court records
regarding
Notes for Martha Ann Washington
Curtis:
Martha was living with her mother in
the 1850 Clark Co., Ky Census in
P. Herndon 48 F W B.
VA
Martha Fowler 26 F W KY
Mary R. Fowler 3 F W KY
John Berry 8 F W KY
Martha remarried and was in the 1860
Census for Clark Co., Ky, as
listed:
Ambrose D. Rash 37 M
Minister
Martha A. Fowler 37 F W KY
Bettie A. 14 F
James P. Herndon 28 M
William 11 M W KY
Bettie A. and William are Ambroses's children from his first wife (Agness Sutherland). James P. Herndon is Martha's half
brother.
Source: John Bounds papers
(ca. 1825-1840)
By I.N. Massie
Serialized
in the
(Some years ago the late Mr. I.N.
MASSIE, father of our good citizen, W.R. MASSIE, the shoe man, wrote his
recollections of
I have been asked to write a brief
history of the number of manufactures that were in
1st. Elija
HERNDON was a cooper and market master--made churns, pails, buckets, tubs,
barrels, washing machines, and nearly everything that could be made of wood.
This man was a contemporary of the
Fowler-Curtis Families.
Martha
Fowler, from Win. Cem.
More About
William Fowler and Martha Curtis:
Marriage:
Child of William Fowler and Martha
Curtis is:
24 i. Mary Rosa5 Fowler, born 1847 in
Clark Co. KY; died
4. Thomas J.4 Fowler (Thomas3,
John2, Archibald1) was born
Notes for Thomas J. Fowler:
Thomas owned three slaves according
to the 1860 Hopkins Co. slave list: one
38 year old female, black; one 28 year old male, black; and 1 three year old
female, black. He owned one slave house. Thomas would have been 38 when the
Civil War broke out. Whether he fought in the war is unclear. The names of his
children were taken from notes written by his son, David S. Fowler in 1911-1912
to Sallie Fletcher Hill. Source: Betty Sue (Malone) Wagner.
When Thomas moved to Hopkins Co.
about 1830, he lived in the Bethlehem Community. The church was built on his
land. The Fowler home, a two-story log house, burned about 1927. It was 3 mi.
southeast of
More About
Thomas Fowler and Mary Slaton:
Marriage:
More About
Thomas Fowler and Martha Brown:
Marriage:
Children of Thomas Fowler and Mary
Slaton are:
25 i. Martha R.5
Fowler, born 1845 in Hopkins Co. KY.
26 ii. George W. Fowler, born 1847 in Hopkins Co.
KY; died
27 iii. Sarah Frances Fowler, born
1848 in Hopkins Co. KY. She
married George W. Fugate 17 Dec 1867 in Hopkins Co. KY; born
More About
George Fugate and Sarah Fowler:
Marriage:
28 iv. David S. Fowler, born
Notes for David S. Fowler:
Located at the junction of hwy 85
& 70 in eastern Hopkins Co. built on Thomas Fowler land about three miles
southeast of Madisonville.
29 v. Thomas
F. Fowler, born Bet. 1851 - 1852 in
30 vi. Annie E. Fowler, born
Children of Thomas Fowler and Martha
Brown are:
31 i. Carrie D.5
Fowler, born 1862 in Hopkins Co. KY.
She married C.T. Hicklin
More About
C.T. Hicklin and Carrie Fowler:
Marriage:
32 ii. Denzel L. Fowler, born 1864 in Hopkins Co.
KY; died
33 iii. Augustus Fowler, born 1865 in Hopkins Co. KY;
died
34 iv. Amma (Amy?) Fowler, born 1867 in Hopkins Co. KY.
35 v. Ethel Fowler, born 1869 in Hopkins Co. KY.
6. Alvin4 Fowler (Thomas3,
John2, Archibald1) was born
Notes for Alvin Fowler:
CAPTAIN
ALVIN FOWLER
Alvin Fowler was a Confederate
Captain in the Civil War. He was from Unit 10 Johnston's KY Cavalry. He died in
the Civil War.
A
History of
XXIII,
R. T. Martin's "Recollections of the Civil War"
Source: Ancestry.com Database: A History of
1476-1485
of 2297
"During 1862 there was
considerable excitement in
Al Fowler and Jack Porter, both residents of
During the latter part of 1862 Fowler made a
raid into
Fowler and his squad were south of the Summers
place, and having located Holloway moved along a lane leading into the
A
BIOGRAPHY OF
from
The
Partisan Rangers of the Confederate States Army" edited by William J. Davis,
Louisville, Kentucky, George G. Fetter Company 1904. A
biography of Alvin Fowler, written by Polk Laffon.
Pages 300-303. Provided by
Betty Sue Haynie Straub
"Captain Al Fowler, the subject
of this sketch, was born in Hopkins Co. Kentucky on
He commanded the Confederate embryo
soldiers in the assault in the battle of the Burnt Mill in Webster Co. on
He had not a soldier nor a military equipment at his command, but from the
surrounding towns and country he hastily summoned his friends by night from
their quiet homes and pursued the fleeing foe and overtook them 14 miles from
From this time until his death, he,
by his vigilance, bravery and activity, was a terror to the Federal forces in
southwestern
Chagrined and mad at their failure to
capture him and his command, his enemies were unchivalrous
enough to burn down his home, appropriate and destroy his crops, devastate his
farm and turn his wife and little children out of home and sustenance. How
differently did Capt. Fowler act toward his Union neighbors.
He was importuned to retaliate on them, but with firmness he declined and
threatened to punish any of his command who interfered with private property in
any way unless the necessity of his soldiers demanded it and such necessity was
first to be submitted to him.
He was impetuous and under excitement
was sometimes impulsive.. In the heat of battle he
often emphasized his exhortation to his soldiers by a little profanity. On one
occasion in the midst of the conflict when the battle was raging hottest, he
exclaimed: “D——n them, boys, give them h—l.” At that instant he observed Major Scobee, who was then and is now an eminent divine in the
Methodist church, standing near him. Capt. Fowler turned to him and apologized
for swearing in his presence. Major Scobee replied:
“Colonel, if it does you any good let them have it.”
Captain Fowler was with General
(Nathan Bedford) Forrest at the battles of Sacramento and Fort Donelson as a private soldier, at which places he endeared
himself to Gen. Forrest by his indomitable courage. After he received his
commission as captain and while he was recruiting his command he was one of
Gen. Adam Johnson’s chief friends and advisers and was present with him in many
of his desperate enterprises. It is not within the scope of this brief notice of
his life and career to enter into the details of the many battles and
skirmishes in which he was engaged. He took a brave part under Gen. Johnson in
the battles of
It is sad to note the untimely close
of a life like that of Col. Fowler’s, but that career which had been so
brilliant, so dazzling and so grand was fated to come to a sudden end. On
Charles Ashby, a truthful Union
soldier of Hopkins County, Kentucky, says he was in this fight, and with a comrade
or two found Capt. Al Fowler the next morning and there was a pistol ball
through his head cutting the band of his hat in two on both sides of his head;
in addition to this there had passed through his chest two carbine balls, and
it’s a mistake about his own men having killed him accidentally.
From whatever view point history may
record Captain Fowler, it must set the seal of its approval upon his life and
career, whether as farmer, citizen, soldier, husband or father. In that life he
represented the highest type of civilization and manhood, and when his body was
covered in the ground there was only buried all of the heroism that could
die."
Notes for Quintina
Brown:
Queen Fowler and her three surviving
children are listed in the 1870
More About
Alvin Fowler and Quintina Brown:
Marriage:
Children of Alvin Fowler and Quintina Brown are:
36 i. James E.5 Fowler, born 1848 in
Hopkins Co. KY; died Aft. 1860.
37 ii. Naomi Fowler, born Jul 1850 in Hopkins Co.
KY; died Bef. 1860 in Hopkins Co. KY.
38 iii. Charles Augustus Fowler, born 1852 in Hopkins
Co. KY; died 1930 in Parrant Co. TX. He married Nellie Dixon
Notes for Charles Augustus Fowler:
Source: Betty Sue Haynie
Straup
In the 1900 Census
> from
>
> (stone mason, he was a
>
headstone engraver).
I do know that by 1910, Charles and
Nellie are
> either
divorced or Nellie has
> died. I am under the inpression
that Nellie
> divorced Charles because I think
> I have her in a later Census
elsewhere. More on
> them
later. End Source.
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Charles Fowler and Nellie
Marriage:
39 iv. Mary Jane Fowler, born 1855
in Hopkins Co. KY. She married
William Augustus Wolcott 1880 in
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William Wolcott and Mary Fowler:
Marriage: 1880, McKinney, Colin Co.
TX
40 v. Frank
Ford Fowler, born Jan 1857 in Hopkins Co. KY; died
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Frank Fowler and Carrie Punderson:
Marriage:
41 vi. Alvin Fowler, born Nov 1859 in Hopkins Co.
KY; died Aft. 1860.
7. Naomi4 Fowler (Thomas3,
John2, Archibald1) was born
Notes for Naomi Fowler:
Naomi
Fowler Bourland is buried in the
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Henry Bourland and Naomi Fowler:
Marriage:
Children of Naomi Fowler and Henry Bourland are:
42 i. Henry Thomas5 Bourland,
born 1858.
43 ii. Minnie B. Bourland, born 1860.
She married W. W. Terhune 21 Jun 1879.
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W. Terhune and Minnie Bourland:
Marriage:
44 iii. Ellis Albion Augie Bourland, born 1863.
45 iv. John Franklin Bourland, born 1867.
He married Pearl Smith in
Notes for John Franklin Bourland:
Source: Kathy Rogers
"John F. left home around 1882
when he was 16. The story passed down to me was that he was unable to get along
with his stepmother, Sallie. Anyway, he made his way to
After marrying in Arkadelphia, he and
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John Bourland and
Marriage:
46 v. Samuel Edward Bourland,
born 1869.
47 vi. William L. Bourland, born 1874.
8. John4 Fowler (Thomas3,
John2, Archibald1) was born 1838
in Hopkins Co. KY, and died Abt. 1866 in Hopkins Co.
KY. He married Elizabeth Powell
in Hopkins Co. KY,
daughter of Powell and Mary. She
was born 1843 in
Notes for John Fowler:
John enlisted in the Civil War under
Bragg. He was in the Perryville fight. He was taken sick after the fight, went
home and died.
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John Fowler and Elizabeth Powell:
Marriage: Hopkins Co. KY
Children of John Fowler and Elizabeth
Powell are:
48 i. Mary E.5
Fowler, born 1862 in Clark Co. Kentucky.
49 ii. Martha J. Fowler, born 1864
in Clark Co. Kentucky.
9. Louden4 Fowler (Thomas3,
John2, Archibald1) was born
Notes for Louden
Fowler:
LOUDEN FOWLER,
Source: Cousin Dave Fowler:
1911-1912. "Louden
Fowler when a young man enlisted in the Confederate Army under General Morgan.
He was wounded in the Battle, captured and imprisoned in Camp Morton (Dave
Fowler says Camp Chase in Ohio but this may be incorrect as war records show
him at Camp Morton in Indianapolis.) He stayed there until the close of the
war. When he came home, he married Florence Thompson.
LOUDEN FOWLER, CONFEDERATE POW
Louden Fowler was held at the prison camp during the Civil War.
"YESTERDAY'S
TUCKAWAYS " - NEWSLETTER OF HOPKINS
CO. KY
and Louden Fowler
"In 1860 the railroad gave the
state of
Louden Fowler had enlisted as a private in Co. B, 10th Regiment
Kentucky Cavalry on 13 August 1862 in Madisonville, KY for a period of 3 years;
he served under General Morgan's Division. Louden
Fowler was captured
Confederate soldiers received $11.00
per month pay until June 1864, when it was increased to $18.00.
Louden was 5 ft., 7 3/4" tall, had sandy hair, light
complexion and blue eyes. When he was released from prison, he rode a house
back to his home in
Louden Fowler was born
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Marriage:
Children of Louden
Fowler and Florence Thompson are:
50 i. Lola Lee5 Fowler, born Abt. 1869. She
married C. C. Major.
51 ii. Emma Louden Fowler,
born
Notes for Wiliam
Rector Prather:
Prather, William R
Volume: 26 Certificate: 12787
Death Date: 26 May, 1955 Death Place: Webster
Age: 084 Residence: Webster
William is the son in law of Louden Fowler.
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Marriage:
52 iii. Willie Marian Fowler, born Abt. 1873. She
married Robert Brown.