Richard Fowler Sr. Biography Hancock County, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Submitted by Dale Patterson Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia". Compiled and Written by: J.H. Newton, G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle Published by: J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA. Biographical Sketches of Hancock County: Richard Fowler Sr: was born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Baker, who was born in Virginia on the 10th of March, 1798. He was married twice. His first wife gave birth to two children, as follows: Rachel Fowler, born March 13th, 1810; John Fowler, born July 25th, 1812. From his second wife the following were born, viz: Mary Fowler, February 4th, 1815; William B. Fowler, July 15th, 1816; Verlinda Fowler, June 15th, 1818; Joseph Fowler, August 2nd, 1821; Frances Fowler, October 11th, 1823; Jacob Fowler, December 22nd, 1825; Thomas H. Fowler, April 17th 1828; Richard Fowler, July 30th, 1830; Ann E. Fowler, January 4th, 1833; Susannah Fowler, September 17th, 1835. Richard and Elizabeth are dead-- the former's death occurred on the 13th of July, 1856, and the latter's on the 18th of December, 1872. Our subject engaged in farming for a livelihood.