Four sons of Womack Fowler left hearth and home behind as they marched off to fight in the War Between the States. Their wives, perhaps, shed a tear as their young children waved good-bye, and all listened as the footsteps of their brave soldiers faded in the distance. One by one, war claimed the lives…
The Confederate Soldiers: J.M. FOWLER (1829-after 1870)
J.M. Fowler enlisted in Captain W. H. Sims’ Company H, 15th Regiment South Carolina Volunteers on September 11, 1861 at Mount Tabor in Union County. He was mustered into military service on September 16, 1861 at Lightwood Knot Springs near Columbia. Marion Fowler, son of Stephen Fowler, enlisted on the same day and place as…
MORMAN FOWLER (1829-after 1870), Son of Stephen Fowler
Morman Fowler is somewhat of a mystery to me. I have spent much time looking back through time so that I may discover more about his life. Morman Fowler was born circa 1829, a son of Stephen Fowler (1800-1866) and his first wife Sarah. Morman Fowler was a grandson of Ephraim Fowler (1765-1822) and a…
The Confederate Soldiers: MARION FOWLER (1847-before 1900)
Marion Fowler was the youngest son of Stephen Fowler (1798-1866), son of Ephraim Fowler (1765-1822), son of Henry Ellis Fowler (1746-1808). His mother was the second wife of Stephen --her name was Letticia and she may have been a Bentley by birth. According to census records, Marion Fowler was born 1847. If true, then he…
The Life and Death of a Confederate Soldier: George Gresham (1818-1862)
March 8, 1862. George Gresham of Wilkes County, Georgia put pen to paper and signed his name to his Last Will and Testament. Four days later, he enlisted in the Confederate Georgia Infantry. Eight months later, he was dead. Who was this southern man, turned soldier from the south, buried far from home and hearth?…
In The Jail House Now: My Outlaw FOWLER Family
I always look for the best in my Fowler family ancestors. I am always a little shocked when I find a skeleton in the closet. But everyone has a black sheep in their past regardless if they know it or not. I have discovered a new research source: South Carolina, U.S., Sheriff Department Records. A…
The Confederate Soldiers: WYMAC FOWLER (1836-1862)
Wymac Matthew Fowler was born September 27, 1836, south of the Pacolet River in Union County, South Carolina. He was the youngest son -- the fourteenth child -- born to Susannah and Womack Fowler (1785-1849). Wymac Matthew Fowler, grandson of Henry Ellis Fowler (1746-1808), married Jane (b. 1839) and had two children: James Madison Fowler…
The Confederate Soldiers: LEONARD FOWLER (1831-1903)
Leonard Fowler was born in 1831 in Union County, South Carolina, a son of William G. Fowler of the Israel Fowler family line with earliest known origins from Wight Island, Virginia. Although a few stayed in Union County, many of the Israel Fowler family line moved into nearby counties, and by 1850, the William G.…
The Confederate Soldiers: WILLIAM E. FOWLER (1827-1862)
Born in 1827 in Union County, South Carolina, William E. Fowler was the son of William G. Fowler (1805-1886), grandson of Israel Fowler II, and great grandson of Israel Fowler from the Isle of Wight, Virginia. It is probable that William E. Fowler married a woman named Elizabeth before 1850. My speculation is that Elizabeth…
THE FOWLER FAMILIES OF UNION COUNTY, SC 