General Notes

Our County and Its People, Part III: Family Sketches
by Daniel E. Wager. (The Boston History Company, 1896.)
FOWLER, WILLIAM H. JR., was born at Trenton, Oneida county, N. Y., June 13, 1830. His father, William H. Fowler, was born at Fairfield, Conn., November 8, 1801, and died at Little Falls, N. Y., April 17, 1896. In 1827 he removed to Trenton, N. Y. In 1832 he moved to Cold Brook, Herkimer county, N. Y., where he carried on a furniture and undertaking business for fifty years. In 1829 while in Connecticut he married Mary Ives of New Haven, who was born in 1803, and died in Cold Brook in December, 1881. William H., jr., was educated in the common school in Cold Brook, where he lived until twenty-three years of age; from which place he went to Poland, Herkimer county, and was manager of the Union store, a position he held for twelve successive years. December 25, 1857, he was married to Mary M. Slocum, daughter of Sidney Slocum of Cold Brook. In 1866 Mr. Fowler moved to Trenton, N. Y., where he became associated with Levi Wheaten, under the firm name of Wheaton & Fowler, dealers in general merchandise, and remained until 1870, when he settled at Oriskany Falls, N. Y., where he has since resided and is now engaged in the general merchandise trade. Mr and Mrs. Fowler have three children: Frank S., born January 31, 1861; Ruth Ives, born March 30, 1866; and Nettle E., born December 3, 1872. Frank S. is engaged with his father in business, and October 15, 1884, he married Anna Louisa Root, of Madison, N. Y. April 19 Ruth Ives married Clifton C. Newell, of Oriskany Falls. Mr. Fowler has been identified with the Prohibition party for the past ten years. (p. 259)