Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Fowler, John Henry 1830 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Fowler, John Henry. The seventh child of Stephen Cornell Fowler and Rebecca
Lawrence Fowler; was born at Little Neck, Long Island, on the 14th day of
September, 1830. He came to California when he was fourteen years old, in
company with his parents, who sailed from New York in the clipper ship "Lookout"
on the 28th day of December, 1853, for San Francisco via Cape Horn. Arrived in
San Francisco May 6, 1854, and immediately joined his brothers in Sonoma county,
and has ever since resided in the locality where he first settled, now known as
Valley Ford. He opened the first general merchandise business in said town.
Married Sarah Ann Frisbie, the daughter of Zadoc and Chloe Frisbie, of Rutland
county, Vermont, on the 1st day of June, 1864. His wife was born in the town of
Pawlet, Rutland county, Vermont, on the 25th day of July, 1843, and came to
California via Panama, arriving in San Francisco in September, 1863. Four
children have been born to them, namely: Irene Frisbie Fowler, born June 4,1870:
Cornelia Willoughby Fowler, born June 20, 1873; Rebecca Lawrence Fowler, born
March 29, 1875; Stephen Cornell Fowler, born August 12, 1876. All of whom were
born at Valley Ford.

Additional Comments:
Bodega Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY
—OF-
SONOMA COUNTY,
-INCLUDING ITS—
Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams;
—TOGETHER WITH—
A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original
Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular
Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County;
Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain
 Growing Interests, and Pisciculture;
ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
—AND OF ITS—
Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO:
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.



Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1879, by ALLEY, BOWEN & Co.,
in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

PACIFIC PRESS,
Oakland, Cal. Printers., Stereotypers and Binders.


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