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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, Lorenzo Niles
journalist, lecturer, author, was born June 23, 1811, in Cohocton, N. Y. He was one of the founders of the firm of Fowler and Fowler and Wells, and the author of several phrenological works, the principal of which are Marriage, its History and Ceremonies; and Lectures on Man. He died in 1896.
Fowler, Mrs. Lydia Folger
physician, author, was born in 1823, in Nantucket, Mass. She was the wife of wife of Lorenzo Niles Wells, and a practicing physician for some years. She was the author of Nora, the Lost and Redeemed; The Pet of the Household and How to Save It; Familiar Lessons on Phrenology and Physiology; and Familiar Lessons on Astronomy. She died Jan. 26, 1879, in London, England.
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, Orson Squire
publisher, phrenologist, author, was born Oct. 11, 1809, in Cohocton, N. Y. He was a member of the New York publishing house of Fowler and Wells in 1844-63. He was the author of Memory and Intellectual Improvement; Physiology, Animal and Mental; Matrimony; Self-Culture; Hereditary Descent; Love and Parentage; Sexual Science; Amativeness; Human Science; Creative Science; and The Self-Instructor in Phrenology. He died Aug. 18, 1887, in Connecticut.
Fowler, Philemon Halstead
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 9, 1814, in Albany, N. Y. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Utica, and the author of History of Presbyterianism in Central New York; and The Presbyterian Element in Our National Life and History. He died Dec. 19, 1879, in Utica, N. Y.
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, Samuel Page
antiquarian, was born April 22, 1800, in Danvers, Mass. He learned of his father the trade the trade of tanner, and from early manhood to 1875 successfully carried on that business in his native town. He made a study of our native birds, and contributed numerous interesting articles horticultural subjects; on The Cultivation of Native Trees and Shrubs; on Birds of New England; Destruction of Insects Injurious to Vegetation; Ornithology; and other subjects. He was one of the organizers of the Essex County Natural History society; was its curator during 1846-48; and was curator of Essex institute during 1848-56. He represented Danvers in the general court in 1837-39; and was a member of the Massachusetts constitutional convention in 1853. He died in 1895, in Danvers, Mass.
Fowler, Smith W
soldier, lawyer, journalist, state legislator, was born April 5, 1829, in New Berlin, N. Y.
He served with distinction through the civil war in the sixth Michigan infantry. While a member of the Michigan state legislature he was the author of and secured the passage of the Soldiers' Voting bill. During 1867-85 he published the Manistee Times, afterward known as the Standard .
He was three times the democratic candidate for state senator; and was a colonel on the governor's staff. He died Oct. 3, 1894.
Fowler, Sylvester
journalist, poet, was born March 2, 1853, in Williams county, Ohio. He is the editor of the of the County Times, of Louisville, Kas.; and the author of Sex and Other Poems .
Fowler, Thomas Powell
lawyer, railroad president, was born Oct. 26, 1851, 26, 1851, in Newburg, N. Y. Since 1886 he has been president of the New York, Ontario and Western railway.
Fowler, William Chauncey
clergyman, educator, author, was born Sept. 1, 1793, in Killingworth, Conn . He was a congregational clergyman and educator of New England. He is the author of Memorials of the Chaunceys; The Sectional Controversy, or Passages in United States Political History; History of Durham, Connecticut; Local Law in Massachusetts and Connecticut; Essays; Eng- English Grammar; and The English Language in Its Elements and Forms. He died Jan. 15, 1881, in Durham, Conn.
Fowler, William Worthington
lawyer, journalist, author, was born June 24, 1833, in Middlebury, Vt. He was successively a lawyer, broker and journalist of New York city, and the author of Ten Years in Wall Street; Fighting Fire , the Great Fires of History; Woman on the the American Frontier; and Twenty Years of Inside Life in Wall Street. He died Sept. 18, 1881, in Durham, Conn.
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 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 to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat
Fox, Charles James
lawyer, legislator, author, was born Oct. 11, 1811, 11, 1811, in Antrim, N. H. In 1837 he was a mema member of the New Hampshire legislature ; was county solicitor in 1835-44; and in 1841-42 was one of the commission to reto revise the New Hampshire statutes. He was the author of The New Hampshire Book of Prose and Poetry; The History of Dunstable; and The Town Officer.
Fox, Charles James
physician, surgeon, was born Dec. 21, 1854, in Weathersfield, Conn. He received the diploma with high honors from the New York New York university medical college in 1876. He had He had been previously fitted for Yale college , and was a graduate from the Hartford high school. He has been physician -inchief of the city hospital of Hartford , Conn.; a member of the United States examining board of Windham county ; and is now surgeon-general of the state of Connecticut. He has been president of the Windham County Medical society, and is a member of the leading medical associations of America. He is a thora thorough student in his professional and literary works, and as a contributor to state , national and international medical jourmedical journals, his writings have received marked and widespread attention.
Fox, Charles Kemble
actor, was born Aug. 15, 1833, in Boston, Mass . His first appearance in New York was made was made at the old National theater in 1853, as 1853, as Cute in Uncle Tom's Cabin. He died Jan. 17, 1875.
Fox, Charles Nelson
lawyer, jurist, was born March 9, 1829, in Detroit , Mich. He began practice in San Franin San Francisco. In 1889 he accepted an appointment to fill a vacancy on the bench of tne supreme court.
Fox, Ebenezer
author, was born in 1763, in East Roxbury, Mass. He was a He was a Bostonian, who was postmaster of his of his city in 1830-36, and the author of The author of The Revolutionary Adventures of Ebenezer Fox.
Mass.
He died in 1843, in East Roxbury,
Fox, Edward
jurist, was born in Maine. He was a resident of Portland, of Portland, and in 1866 was appointed United States United States judge for the district of Maine. He died . He died Dec. 14, 1881.
Fox, Elias Williams
journalist, legislator, was born Oct. 28, 1828, in Buf- 1828, in Buffalo, N. Y. He was the first president of first president of the St. Louis board of trade; in 1865 was ; in 1865 was a member of the Missouri legislature ; and in 1885 he bought The National Republic of Washington, D. C., which he edited with eminent ability for several years.
Fox, Francis
lawyer, lecturer, was born June 28, 1858, in Porter, Maine . During 1880-90 he served with distinction as distinction as a member of the Maine legislature. He is . He is a successful lawyer of Kezar Falls, Maine , and a brilliant lecturer.
Fox, Frank
educator, clergyman, was born Jan. 28, 1859, in Knox county , Ohio. During 1890-91 he was principal of principal of public schools of Dodge, Neb.; and has and has always taken a deep interest in educational work. In 1895 he graduated from the from the Chicago Theological seminary with the degree of B. D.; and is now pastor of the of the congregational church at Three Oaks, Mich.
Fox, George
founder, was born in July, 1624, in England. He was the founder of the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers. He died Nov. 13, 1690 , in London.