Godfrey Butler Fowler was born January 20, 1837. He was a son of Joseph Fowler, son of Godfrey Fowler, son of Henry Ellis Fowler. The Honorable Godfrey B. Fowler was a surveyor, a structural engineer who built bridges, a leader of community organizations, and a politician. He was elected to the South Carolina House of…

Elias Fowler was the son of Lemuel H. Fowler, son of John Holter "the Hatter" Fowler, son of Henry Ellis Fowler. On April 14, 1861, at the Union County Court House, Elias Fowler joined W.J.T. Glen's Company, 5th Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers. This unit later became known as the 5th Regiment SC Infantry Company…

Felix Parham Fowler was born August 30, 1829, a son of Susannah Moseley and Womack Fowler, son of Henry Ellis Fowler. In the mid 1850's, Felix Fowler married his cousin Edith "Edy" Fowler (b. 1841), daughter of William Fowler and Rhoda Moseley. Felix and Edy had two sons and a daughter before he marched off…

William Goode Fowler was born in 1825, and lived in the Kelly/Pea Ridge area of Union County among the Henry Ellis Fowler descendants, but who was he... really? Many years of research and I still do not know. Fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, 5'10" tall. He fit the Fowler profile. William Goode Fowler enlisted…

Julia Cook is my great great grandmother. While researching her life, I often stumble upon family trees on-line that have her confused with another Julia Cook.  It is my intention to set the record straight with solid documentation to separate and define the three women named Julia Cook who were born in Union County, South Carolina in…

Many years ago, while researching my Henry Ellis Fowler family of Union County, South Carolina, I discovered a man and his family living between documented Fowler households in the 1870 Census. His name was Emanuel Fowler. Henry Ellis Fowler (1746-1808) came to Union County from a family of Quakers. The Quakers, although at one time…

Four women -- Darkas, Mahala, Dorcas Eleanor, and Charlotte -- are deeply embedded in my conscious thought. They lived long ago, yet it feels like they are always with me. I cannot explain the connection that I have with these women and their descendants, but it is real. They were the enslaved people of the…

As the War Between the States was nearing its end, in a cabin in the Carolina winter woods, a woman gave birth to a boy child. It was a blustery, cold winter day -- the third of December, 1864 -- when the boy child came into the world. He was given the name John. John…

Mary Hames was born in Union County, South Carolina circa 1835. Her mother, Lydia Fowler (1785-after 1850), was the oldest daughter of Ephraim Fowler (1765-1822), and Ephraim Fowler was the oldest son of Henry Ellis Fowler (1746-1808). The father of Mary Hames was Charles E. Hames (1782-1847), the out-of-wedlock son of William Hames (1759-1823) and…

It has taken years of research to find one answer to the question of "Who was William Fowler married to Rhoda?" It took years of searching to find a descendant willing to take a DNA test. The few weeks waiting for results almost seemed longer than the years of looking for my guy. And when…