Andrew Fowler was a blind man, a farmer, and the father of a large number of children. He was born about 1804, possibly a son of John Fowler “the Elder” and Fannie.

Andrew married Nancy Hames, and later, Mary Scisson, daughter of Frances Scisson. Andrew was recorded in the Union County, South Carolina census records of 1830, 1850, 1860, and 1870. Andrew Fowler and his family vanished into thin air after 1870.

Much of what I know of Andrew Fowler is based only on the four census records. I have theories and speculation on his beginnings but nothing concrete. Andrew Fowler is a lesson in frustration to me. I am reaching out to anyone to may have proof of descent from Andrew Fowler and one of his wives.

I state with much uncertainty that Andrew Fowler may have been the son of John Fowler “the Elder” and Fannie only because John and Fannie’s eldest son Mark Fowler had a son named Andy Fowler. It is not really a “naming pattern” but it is all I have.

I have also considered that Andrew Fowler may have been a son of Ellis Fowler (b. 1870), a son of Henry Ellis Fowler. This is speculation based on location of the Andrew Fowler and Ellis Fowler households in census records.

In 1830, Andrew Fowler lived near the two households of Ellis Fowler (b. 1770) and his son Ellis Fowler, Jr. (b. 1803). This is pure speculative research at its best.

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Andrew Fowler was recorded in the 1830 Union County, SC census as (20-29 years) of age, along with a female (wife Nancy Hames?), three males ages (10-14). (5-9), and (< 5,) and a female (< 5.)

He shares the census page with five Hames families, and Ellis Fowler (b. 1770) and Ellis Fowler, Jr.

Andrew Fowler lived next to Charles Hames. Was Charles Hames the father of Andrew’s wife Nancy Hames?

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In the Union County, SC census of 1850, Andrew Fowler, aged 46 and recorded as blind, had the following people in his household:

Andrew Fowler was recorded as blind and aged 57 in the 1860 Union County, SC census. His household:

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The last census record listing Andrew Fowler, aged 60, is the 1870 Union County, SC census. He was listed as blind and had fewer household members:

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• ANDREW FOWLER (1804-after 1870) m. Nancy Hames; m. Mary Scisson
  • son (b. 1820)
  • son (1821-1825)
  • James Fowler (b. 1827)
  • Elizabeth Fowler (b. 1831)
  • Thomas Fowler (b. 1836)
  • Jane Fowler (b. 1842)
  • Celia Fowler (b. 1844)
  • Richard Fowler (b. 1845)
  • Julia Fowler (b. 1846)
  • Helen Fowler (b. 1847)
  • Amanda Fowler (b. 1849)
  • Sarian Fowler (b. 1853)
  • Margaret Fowler (b. 1855)
  • Anna Fowler (b. 1855)
  • Rhoda Fowler (b. 1858)

ONE POSSIBLE LINE OF DESCENT

I have been unable to trace the descendants of Andrew Fowler to present day. If I could only find one living male descendant from this line, yDNA testing would answer so many questions.

There were two girls born around 1856-1858 named Rhoda Fowler.

One of the girls named Rhoda was the daughter of Andrew Fowler and wife Mary.

The other girl named Rhoda was the daughter of Felix Fowler (b. 1829) (son of Womack Fowler, son of Henry Ellis Fowler) and Edith Fowler (b. 1841)(daughter of William Fowler, son of John Fowler the Elder)

The documented information that follows is about Rhoda Fowler. At one time, I thought that she was the daughter of Andrew Fowler. My belief now is that she was the daughter of Felix Fowler.

I have decided to include my research of Rhoda Fowler regardless.

Rhoda Fowler had an out of wedlock daughter named Addie Elizabeth Fowler (1874-1920). As per Addie’s death certificate, she was the daughter of Pack Mosley and Rhoda Mosley.

Pack Mosley was John Pacolet “Pack” Moseley, son of James Thomas Moseley III and Fannie Mariah Foster. He was the great grandson of James “High Key” Moseley and Nancy Anna Jasper.

Since Rhoda Fowler age 23 and daughter Addie Fowler age 6 were recorded in the 1880 Union County census records with Fowler as their surname, it is doubtful that Pack and Rhoda ever married.

Pack had married Malissa Addie Elizabeth Blanton circa 1877, and lived with his wife and 3 year old daughter Lillie and infant son Louis in 1880, only a few households away from Rhoda Fowler and her daughter Addie.

Addie Fowler married James Burgess (b. 1867). They married around 1893 and had a daughter, Elliner “Ellen” Burgess (b. 1894) and a son, John Burgess (born 1898).

They were recorded in the 1900 census living with Thomas Burgess, father of James.

By 1910, James and Addie had added four more children to their family: William (b. 1902), Albert (b. 1904), a child born and who died within decade, and Thomas (b.1910).

Addie died in childbirth in 1920, and was buried at Gilead Church cemetery in Jonesville, SC.

After Addie’s death, James Burgess married Sadie LNU and they had a daughter born in 1917, Pauline Burgess.

Sadie died in the following decade, and James Burgess was recorded as a widower on the 1930 census.

The descendants of the five older Burgess children are the only known possible descendants of Andrew Fowler.