Fayette-Caldwell-Christian County KyArchives Biographies.....Fowler, William T. 1873 - 1942 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com February 21, 2007, 7:01 pm Author: Frederick A. Wallis (1945) WILLIAM T. FOWLER was a descendant of John Fowler, who was a resident of Henrico County, Virginia before 1662. John Fowler's grandson, Joseph Fowler, migrated to Wake County, North Carolina. His son, William Anderson Fowler, was a captain in the Revolution. Captain Fowler's grandson, Lewis Claiborne Fowler, was born at McMinnville, Tennessee, and in 1857 migrated to Christian County, Kentucky with his family, including his son, Daniel Ephraim Fowler. The latter married Mary Catherine Eison, and their son, William Thomas Fowler, was born in Caldwell County, Kentucky, October 2, 1873. His education was received in the public schools of Princeton, Kentucky and Southern Normal University, Huntington, Tennessee. After additional study with Judge William Marble at Princeton, he entered the active practice of law in partnership with Judge James Breathitt at Hopkinsville, Kentucky. When Judge Breathitt became Circuit Judge he appointed Mr. Fowler Master Commissioner of the County. From 1900 to 1904 he was County Judge of Christian County. In 1904 he formed a partnership with J. T. Hanberry which was dissolved when the latter was elected Circuit Judge. From that time until 1920 he practiced in partnership with S. Pettus White. In the latter year he became first Assistant Attorney General of Kentucky and removed to Frankfort. In 1923 he entered into partnership with Judge E. C. O'Rear. This firm later was O'Rear, Fowler and Wallace at Frankfort. In 1927 he removed to Lexington and became senior member of the firm of Fowler, Wallace and Fowler. After 1934, in partnership with his sons, his firm was known as Fowler and Fowler. Mr. Fowler was employed in many of the important cases of his time in the state and federal courts of Kentucky, as well as in the District Circuit courts, Court of Appeals, and U. S. Supreme Court. He was President and General Counsel for the Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad Company at Frankfort. He was also director and general counsel for the Old Lewis Hunter Distillery Company at Cynthiana, Kentucky and general counsel for the Woodford County Distillery Company, at Midway, Kentucky. He was author of the compilation of school laws in Kentucky which appeared in book form in 1923. He was a member of the Frankfort Board of Education, of the Frankfort and Lexington Boards of Commerce. From 1902 to 1905 he was a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky. He was a Republican; Presbyterian; was ruling elder of the Westminster Church at Hopkinsville, South Frankfort Church, and the First Church of Lexington. He was a member of the Lexington, Kentucky, and American Bar Associations. He was a member of the Elks and Optimists Clubs; and founded the Pennyroyal Club, a social club of Central Kentucky. He was a member of the Municipal Housing Board of Lexington. On July 8, 1896 he married Ila Earle of Dawson Springs, Kentucky. Their children are William Earle, George Leonard, William Thomas, Jr., Daniel Eison (Lt., U.S.N.R.), Mary Prince and (Major) Benjamin Baylis Fowler. Judge Fowler died July 30, 1942. Additional Comments: A Sesqui-Centennial History of Kentucky Published 1945 A Narrative Historical Edition, Commemorating One Hundred and Fifty Years of Statehood, Preserving the Record of the Growth and Development of the Commonwealth, and Chronicling the Genealogical and Memorial Records of its Prominent Families and Personages. FREDERICK A. WALLIS Supervising Editor GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL HAMBLETON TAPP, A. B. M. A. Author and Editor HISTORICAL THE HISTORICAL RECORD ASSOCIATION HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/fayette/bios/fowler364gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/