Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Fowler, E. A. February 27, 1895 - 
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      E. A. FOWLER, president of the Guarantee Realty and Construction 
Company, of Portland, Oregon, is contributing in a very direct way to the 
development of the realty interests of this city and is meeting with a very 
satisfactory measure of success. He was born in Azle, Tarrant county, Texas, 
on the 27th of February, 1895, and is a son of Joseph and Mary J. (Miller) 
Fowler. His father was born in Missouri, from which state he went to Texas in 
an early day and was there engaged in mercantile affairs for many years, 
meeting with a degree of prosperity that eventually enabled him to retire and 
he and his wife moved to Portland, where his death occurred. The other, who 
still lives in Portland, was born near Gervais, Marion county, Oregon, and is 
a daughter of George Boone Miller and Rachel J. (Trimble) Miller.

     E. A. Fowler secured a good public school education, graduating from high 
school after which he was employed as a clerk in stores in Plainview, Texas. 
In 1916 he enlisted in the Texas National Guard and served on the Mexican 
border. In May, 1917, when the United States became involved in the World war, 
he entered an officers training camp and on August 15, 1917, was commissioned 
a second lieutenant.  He was stationed at Camp Kearney, was later transferred 
to Camp Fremont, and in September, 1919, was ordered to Portland and placed in 
charge of the United States army stores in this city. He discharged that duty 
for two years and was honorably discharged from the service, with the rank of 
first lieutenant. Mr. Fowler then entered the employ of the United States 
Rubber Company, serving first as a salesman and later as a department manager, 
and remained with that concern for five years. In September, 1926, he 
established a real estate office in Portland and organized the Guarantee 
Realty and Construction Company, of which he is president and manager.  He 
specializes in building and selling homes, costing from two thousand to twenty 
thousand dollars, and during the past year and a half has built and sold more 
than thirty-five such properties. He hires his own construction crews, 
supervises erection of all of his houses and has put into them many original 
and unique ideals, so that they have readily appealed to the prospective home 
buyers.

     On December 25, 1927, Mr. Fowler was united in marriage to Miss Eda 
Lenoir Marsters, of Portland. Mr. Fowler is a member of the Benevolent 
Protective Order of Elks, the Portland Realty Board and the Chamber of 
Commerce. In his politic views he is independent, voting according to the 
dictates of his judgment as to men and measures, regardless of party lines. He 
has shown himself a man of sound judgment and wise discrimination in his 
business affairs, and his energetic and progressive methods, backed by fair 
dealing and a straightforward manner, have gained for him a high place in the 
esteem of all who have come in contact with him. 


Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 739-740

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