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Fowler, Henry – Fox, Andrew Fuller

Fowler, Henry

clergyman, author, was born in 1824, in Stockbridge, Mass.

He was a presbyterian clergyman of Auburn, N. Y., and the author of The American Pulpit, a collection of sketches of American preachers. He died Aug. 4, 1872, in Vineyard Haven, Mass.

Fowler, Inman H

lawyer, state senator, was born June 7, 1834, in Eaton, Ohio. In 1876 he was elected to the Indiana state senate from the district composed of the counties of Owen and Clay, serving in the regular and special sessions of 1877 and 1879.

Fowler, John

soldier, congressman, was born in 1755. He was a soldier in the war of the revolution; and attained the rank of captain. He was a member of congress from Kentucky from 1797 to 1807. He died Aug. 22, 1840, in Lexington, Ky.

Fowler, Joseph Smith

mathematician, lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 31, 1822, in Steubenville, Ohio.

In 1865 he was elected a senator in congress from Tennessee for six years, but was not admitted to his seat until July, 1866 .

Fowler, Moses

farmer, banker, philanthropist, was born April 30, 1815, in Circleville, Ohio. In 1874 the county seat of Benton county was removed from Oxford to Fowler, a town laid out by Messrs. Fowler and Earl. To aid in the cost of removal and to construct a courthouse, Mr. Fowler donated forty thousand dollars.

Fowler, Orin

clergyman, congressman, author, was born July 29, 1791, in Lebanon, Conn. For twenty years he was a pastor at Fall River, which he represented in both branches of the legislature for several years. He was a representative in congress from 1849 to the time of his death. He published a treatise on Baptism in 1835, and Historical Sketch of Fall River. He died Sept. 3, 1852, in Washington, D. C.

Fowler, Ralph

farmer, legislator, was born Oct. 8, 1808, in Trenton, N. Y.

He settled in 1836 on a farm in Handy, Mich., and was the founder of the village of Fowlerville. He was a justice for twenty-five years, and during 1845-51 a member of the Michigan legislature.

He died Sept. 26, 1887. was

Fowler, Samuel

physician, congressman, was born Oct. 30, 1779, in Newburg, N. J. He was a distinguished member of the medical profession; and was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1833 to 1837. He died Feb. 21, 1844, in Franklin, N. J.

Fowler, Samuel

lawyer, congressman, was born March 22, 1851, in Franklin, N. J. Since 1876 he has practiced law in Newark and Newton, N. J. He was elected to the fifty-first congress, and reelected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.

Fowler, Sylvester

journalist, poet, was born March 2, 1853, in Williams county, Ohio. He is the editor of the County Times, of Louisville, Kas.; and the author of Sex and Other Poems .

Fowles, James H

clergyman, was born in 1812, in Nassau, N. P. He preached in South Carolina till 1845, when he succeeded Stephen H. Tyng in Philadelphia.

Fox, Andrew Fuller

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born April 26, 1849, in Clay county, Miss. He was elected state senator in 1891, which position he resigned to accept the office of United States attorney for the northern district of Mississippi, to which he was appointed in 1893; resigned the latter office in 1896, and was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat

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