Columbia County OR Archives Biographies.....Fowler, C. F. August 29, 1890 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila L. Wakley iwakley@msn.com June 10, 2009, 11:14 pm Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company C. F. FOWLER, postmaster at Goble, Columbia county, Oregon, where he also is successfully conducting a general mercantile business, is regarded as one of the leading citizens of his section of the county and well deserves the prosperity which is now his. He was born on the 29th of August, 1890, about two miles west of where he now lives, and is a son of Harvey M. and Flora A. (Archibald) Fowler. His paternal grandfather, Francis A. Fowler, was born in Kentucky, whence he came across the plain with ox teams and covered wagons about 1850, and took a donation land claim near Goble, Oregon. He was a cooper, at which trade he worked at St. Helens and Portland, and he also ran a woodyard at Coffin Rock, near Rainier, supplying cordwood to the river steamboats. Later he engaged in farming in the Columbia river country, and in 1861 moved to Portland, where he lived until within a few years of his death, which occurred at Prescott, Columbiana county. He was a member of the Masonic order at St. Helens. Harvey M. Fowler was born at St. Helens, Columbia county, Oregon, in 1859, and received a somewhat limited education in the district schools of that locality. He followed the logging business, in which he used ox teams, and also ran a woodyard at Prescott for several years, selling an enormous amount of wood to the steamboats on the Columbia river. About 1881 Mr. Fowler took up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres two and a half miles west of Goble, and also a preemption claim of one hundred and sixty acres on the Clatskanie river, all of which was heavily wooded. He built a log house on his homestead and lived there until 1893 when he moved to Goble and built a large store building and house, giving one hundred and sixty acres of Douglas fir timber for the erection of the buildings. There he engaged in the general merchandise business, to which he devoted his attention until his death, which occurred December 1, 1918. He was a member of Avon Lodge, No. 32, A. F. & A. M., at St. Helens, was an active supporter of the republican party and served several years as deputy sheriff of Columbia county. Flora A. (Archibald) Fowler was born in Illinois and came to Oregon in April, 1877, with her parents, John M. and Mary I. Archibald, the former born in Indiana and the latter in Illinois. Mr. Archibald bought a farm two miles west of Goble, a large part of which he logged off, built a good house and there lived until his death, in 1907. His wife died in 1910. They became the parents of nine children, namely: Flora A., wife of Harvey M. Fowler; Lawrence, George and Jay, who live at Goble; Mrs. Grace McNaughton, of Portland, Oregon; Mrs. Bessie Hawthorn, of San Pedro, California; John L., of Klamath Falls, Oregon; Reuben, of St. Helens, Oregon; and Martha, deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Fowler were born four children, namely: Edgar A., who now lives in Seattle, Washington; C. F., and two who died in infancy. C. F. Fowler attended the public schools and graduated from high school at Clatskanie, after which he had two and a half years at Pacific University, at Forest Grove, Oregon. He enlisted for service in the World war, being assigned to the quartermaster corps of the Fortieth Division, California troops. In August, 1918, he was sent overseas and served in France until the close of the war, after which he was with the Army of Occupation in Germany, where he served in the commissary department. He started for home August 13, 1919, and on September 3d was honorably discharged at Camp Upton, New York. On his return home he bought from his mother, who is still living at Goble, the general store, which has been in continuous operation by the family for thirty- five years, and has devoted his attention to it continuously since. He carries a large stock of general merchandise, flour, feed, gas, oil and other lines required in the local trade, and, through his accommodating and courteous manner, as well as his sound business methods, is meeting with very satisfactory success. Since 1926 he has also been serving as postmaster of Goble, which office his mother had held for thirty-two years. In March, 1918, Mr. Fowler was united in marriage to Miss Ida Maude Bishop, who was born at Goble and is a daughter of Frank and Emily Bishop, the former of whom died in 1922. Mr. Fowler is a member of Rainier Lodge, No. 24, A. F. & A. M., and Goble Lodge, No. 24, I. O. R. M. Because of his sterling qualities of character, his fine public spirit, his business ability and his cordial and unaffected manner, he commands the sincere respect and good will of his fellowmen throughout the community in which he has spent his life. Additional Comments: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, Pages 836-837 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/columbia/bios/fowler756gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 5.4 Kb