Union County IL Archives Biographies.....FOWLEY, JAMES 1841 - 
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Tim Casey timcasey5@gmail.com and Andy Anderson oxdrover@mindspring.com June 8, 2008, 6:34 am

Author: History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties Illinois

JAMES FOWLEY, merchant, is the son of Peter and Catharine Fowley, and was
born in Canada in 1841; was married in 1860 to Mary Rendleman. Several
years ago he entered the mercantile business at Cobden which has increased
from the beginning until it ranks among the best business rooms in the
country. The old days of the plow and scythe have passed away, the genius
of the inventor has been at work, and in no branch of industry has there
been greater strides than in the manufacture of agricultural implements.
Indeed, without them it would be impossible to cultivate the broad acres of
our Western prairies, and farming to a profit would be an utter failure. In
this particular line of business, we find in the village of Cobden several
dealers. The leading man engaged in the retail of farming machinery,
however, is Mr. James Fowley. In addition to his large stock of dry goods,
notions and farming implements, he is handling Woodsum Machine Company
engines; Minnesota Chief separator and Stillwater engines; Gaar, Scott & Co.
engines, threshers and saw mills; Heilman & Co. engines, threshers and saw
mills; Vinton Iron Works saw mills; Victor clover huller; Harris Machine Co.
engines and threshers; Climax mower, reaper and self-rake; Reliance
harvester with Appleby binder; Thomas & Son sulky rake; among the many plows
we notice B. F. Avery & Son's sulky and walking plows; D. B. Buford & Co.'s
sulky and walking plows and cultivators; Heilman & Co., Sparta & Roulker
Plow Co.'s plows, and Oliver chilled plows and Cassady sulky rake. He has
also in the line of sundries, sorghum mills and evaporators, Neff wagons,
grain drills, repairs for engines and separators, cylinder and concave
teeth, belts, packing and oils, repairs for Nichols & Shepard vibrators,
sewing machines, paints, and general merchandise, all of which he sells at
small margins.




Additional Comments:
Andy Anderson submitted the Biography. I believe is Cobden Township.

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