Name: Jeremiah Rogers Fowler
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 54
Birth Date: 17 Mar 1853
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 15 Feb 1908
Death Place: Bloomsburg, Columbia, Pennsylvania
Father Name: John Fowler
Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Julia Fortner
Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Certificate Number: 14004
JEREMIAH R. FOWLER (deceased), at one time county treasurer of Columbia county, Pa., was born in Pine township, Columbia
county, March 17, 1854. son of John F. and Julia A. (Fortner) Fowler. The family is of English descent.
Benjamin Fowler, the great-grandfather, was one of the first settlers of Columbia county. He was a British subject, and when a boy came to this country as a servant to one of the officers in the English army fighting against the Colonists. After surrendering with Cornwallis at Yorktown, the war closing, he learned the trade of blacksmith and settled above Espy, in Columbia county, Pa.,
where he followed his trade and farmed. He married Deborah, a daughter of David Fowler, but not a member of the same family, and they had these children: James, David, Daniel,
Benjamin, William, Gilbert, Sarah and Nancy. His son, David, the grandfather of Jeremiah R., died in 1876, at the age of ninetyone years. He raised four children: Catherine,
Sarah, John F. and Sophia.
John F. Fowler, father of Jeremiah R., was born in Centre township, May 2, 1813, and having been reared to farming operated his father's farm until 1842, when he went to Pine township and bought a farm. He remained there until 1866, and then bought a farm near Pine Summit where he resided until his death.
On May 29, 1836, he married Julia A., daughter of John Fortner; and she died Jan. 29, 1866, leaving seven children : Dorcas F., Mary E., Alvin C., Sarah E., David, Jeremiah R. and William M. For his second wife Mr.
Fowler married, Jan. 10, 1867, Hannah M., daughter of Joseph and Mary (Sparks)Houghton, and by this union had two children, Harvey 0. and Mattie M.
Jeremiah R. Fowler was reared on the home farm and remained with his parents until twelve years of age. After his mother's death he went to Danville and learned the trade of
puddler, working in the rolling mill for several years. In 1875 he engaged in the lime business in Muncy township, Lycoming county, continuing there until 1880, when he came
to Pine township and came on the same business for one year. He also established a distillery at Pine Summit, which he conducted till 1883, when he sold out and purchased the Fowler Lyons farm of 250 acres. This he
greatly improved and cultivated until 1885, when he moved to Bloomsburg and entered the restaurant business. He also managed the Opera House there. He served one term as county treasurer, taking office in 1894, and was a vigorous worker for the improvement of the city and county. He was connected
with the Odd Fellows lodge. Mr. Fowler died in 1908, and is buried in the Rosemont cemetery.
Mr. Fowler was united in marriage with Eliza Lathlean, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Dunn) Lathlean, natives of Sourleo, England, and they had one child, Lillian Dunn Fowler. Mrs. Fowler died in 1914, at her home on East First street, Bloomsburg, aged sixty-two years, five months, ten days, and was buried in Rosemont cemetery. She was a native of the north of England and came to this country when twenty-one years old, living with her sister in New Jersey. She and Mr. Fowler were married during the Centennial at Philadelphia. After her husband's death she took a trip to England in the hope of benefit her health, but without relief. She joined St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Bloomsburg, and Rev. Mr. Musser, pastor, officiated at her funeral. She is survived by her daughter and a sister, Miss Eliza of Exeter, England.
(Historical and Biographical Annals OF Columbia and Montour
Counties PENNSYLVANIA Containing A Concise History of the Two Counties and a Genealogical and Biographical Record
of Representative Families IN TWO VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME I Chicago; J. H. BEERS lit CO. 1915)
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 54
Birth Date: 17 Mar 1853
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 15 Feb 1908
Death Place: Bloomsburg, Columbia, Pennsylvania
Father Name: John Fowler
Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Julia Fortner
Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Certificate Number: 14004
JEREMIAH R. FOWLER (deceased), at one time county treasurer of Columbia county, Pa., was born in Pine township, Columbia
county, March 17, 1854. son of John F. and Julia A. (Fortner) Fowler. The family is of English descent.
Benjamin Fowler, the great-grandfather, was one of the first settlers of Columbia county. He was a British subject, and when a boy came to this country as a servant to one of the officers in the English army fighting against the Colonists. After surrendering with Cornwallis at Yorktown, the war closing, he learned the trade of blacksmith and settled above Espy, in Columbia county, Pa.,
where he followed his trade and farmed. He married Deborah, a daughter of David Fowler, but not a member of the same family, and they had these children: James, David, Daniel,
Benjamin, William, Gilbert, Sarah and Nancy. His son, David, the grandfather of Jeremiah R., died in 1876, at the age of ninetyone years. He raised four children: Catherine,
Sarah, John F. and Sophia.
John F. Fowler, father of Jeremiah R., was born in Centre township, May 2, 1813, and having been reared to farming operated his father's farm until 1842, when he went to Pine township and bought a farm. He remained there until 1866, and then bought a farm near Pine Summit where he resided until his death.
On May 29, 1836, he married Julia A., daughter of John Fortner; and she died Jan. 29, 1866, leaving seven children : Dorcas F., Mary E., Alvin C., Sarah E., David, Jeremiah R. and William M. For his second wife Mr.
Fowler married, Jan. 10, 1867, Hannah M., daughter of Joseph and Mary (Sparks)Houghton, and by this union had two children, Harvey 0. and Mattie M.
Jeremiah R. Fowler was reared on the home farm and remained with his parents until twelve years of age. After his mother's death he went to Danville and learned the trade of
puddler, working in the rolling mill for several years. In 1875 he engaged in the lime business in Muncy township, Lycoming county, continuing there until 1880, when he came
to Pine township and came on the same business for one year. He also established a distillery at Pine Summit, which he conducted till 1883, when he sold out and purchased the Fowler Lyons farm of 250 acres. This he
greatly improved and cultivated until 1885, when he moved to Bloomsburg and entered the restaurant business. He also managed the Opera House there. He served one term as county treasurer, taking office in 1894, and was a vigorous worker for the improvement of the city and county. He was connected
with the Odd Fellows lodge. Mr. Fowler died in 1908, and is buried in the Rosemont cemetery.
Mr. Fowler was united in marriage with Eliza Lathlean, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Dunn) Lathlean, natives of Sourleo, England, and they had one child, Lillian Dunn Fowler. Mrs. Fowler died in 1914, at her home on East First street, Bloomsburg, aged sixty-two years, five months, ten days, and was buried in Rosemont cemetery. She was a native of the north of England and came to this country when twenty-one years old, living with her sister in New Jersey. She and Mr. Fowler were married during the Centennial at Philadelphia. After her husband's death she took a trip to England in the hope of benefit her health, but without relief. She joined St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Bloomsburg, and Rev. Mr. Musser, pastor, officiated at her funeral. She is survived by her daughter and a sister, Miss Eliza of Exeter, England.
(Historical and Biographical Annals OF Columbia and Montour
Counties PENNSYLVANIA Containing A Concise History of the Two Counties and a Genealogical and Biographical Record
of Representative Families IN TWO VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME I Chicago; J. H. BEERS lit CO. 1915)
Name: Jeremiah Rogers Fowler
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 54
Birth Date: 17 Mar 1853
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 15 Feb 1908
Death Place: Bloomsburg, Columbia, Pennsylvania
Father Name: John Fowler
Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Julia Fortner
Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Certificate Number: 14004
JEREMIAH R. FOWLER (deceased), at one time county treasurer of Columbia county, Pa., was born in Pine township, Columbia
county, March 17, 1854. son of John F. and Julia A. (Fortner) Fowler. The family is of English descent.
Benjamin Fowler, the great-grandfather, was one of the first settlers of Columbia county. He was a British subject, and when a boy came to this country as a servant to one of the officers in the English army fighting against the Colonists. After surrendering with Cornwallis at Yorktown, the war closing, he learned the trade of blacksmith and settled above Espy, in Columbia county, Pa.,
where he followed his trade and farmed. He married Deborah, a daughter of David Fowler, but not a member of the same family, and they had these children: James, David, Daniel,
Benjamin, William, Gilbert, Sarah and Nancy. His son, David, the grandfather of Jeremiah R., died in 1876, at the age of ninetyone years. He raised four children: Catherine,
Sarah, John F. and Sophia.
John F. Fowler, father of Jeremiah R., was born in Centre township, May 2, 1813, and having been reared to farming operated his father's farm until 1842, when he went to Pine township and bought a farm. He remained there until 1866, and then bought a farm near Pine Summit where he resided until his death.
On May 29, 1836, he married Julia A., daughter of John Fortner; and she died Jan. 29, 1866, leaving seven children : Dorcas F., Mary E., Alvin C., Sarah E., David, Jeremiah R. and William M. For his second wife Mr.
Fowler married, Jan. 10, 1867, Hannah M., daughter of Joseph and Mary (Sparks)Houghton, and by this union had two children, Harvey 0. and Mattie M.
Jeremiah R. Fowler was reared on the home farm and remained with his parents until twelve years of age. After his mother's death he went to Danville and learned the trade of
puddler, working in the rolling mill for several years. In 1875 he engaged in the lime business in Muncy township, Lycoming county, continuing there until 1880, when he came
to Pine township and came on the same business for one year. He also established a distillery at Pine Summit, which he conducted till 1883, when he sold out and purchased the Fowler Lyons farm of 250 acres. This he
greatly improved and cultivated until 1885, when he moved to Bloomsburg and entered the restaurant business. He also managed the Opera House there. He served one term as county treasurer, taking office in 1894, and was a vigorous worker for the improvement of the city and county. He was connected
with the Odd Fellows lodge. Mr. Fowler died in 1908, and is buried in the Rosemont cemetery.
Mr. Fowler was united in marriage with Eliza Lathlean, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Dunn) Lathlean, natives of Sourleo, England, and they had one child, Lillian Dunn Fowler. Mrs. Fowler died in 1914, at her home on East First street, Bloomsburg, aged sixty-two years, five months, ten days, and was buried in Rosemont cemetery. She was a native of the north of England and came to this country when twenty-one years old, living with her sister in New Jersey. She and Mr. Fowler were married during the Centennial at Philadelphia. After her husband's death she took a trip to England in the hope of benefit her health, but without relief. She joined St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Bloomsburg, and Rev. Mr. Musser, pastor, officiated at her funeral. She is survived by her daughter and a sister, Miss Eliza of Exeter, England.
(Historical and Biographical Annals OF Columbia and Montour
Counties PENNSYLVANIA Containing A Concise History of the Two Counties and a Genealogical and Biographical Record
of Representative Families IN TWO VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME I Chicago; J. H. BEERS lit CO. 1915)
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 54
Birth Date: 17 Mar 1853
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 15 Feb 1908
Death Place: Bloomsburg, Columbia, Pennsylvania
Father Name: John Fowler
Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Julia Fortner
Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Certificate Number: 14004
JEREMIAH R. FOWLER (deceased), at one time county treasurer of Columbia county, Pa., was born in Pine township, Columbia
county, March 17, 1854. son of John F. and Julia A. (Fortner) Fowler. The family is of English descent.
Benjamin Fowler, the great-grandfather, was one of the first settlers of Columbia county. He was a British subject, and when a boy came to this country as a servant to one of the officers in the English army fighting against the Colonists. After surrendering with Cornwallis at Yorktown, the war closing, he learned the trade of blacksmith and settled above Espy, in Columbia county, Pa.,
where he followed his trade and farmed. He married Deborah, a daughter of David Fowler, but not a member of the same family, and they had these children: James, David, Daniel,
Benjamin, William, Gilbert, Sarah and Nancy. His son, David, the grandfather of Jeremiah R., died in 1876, at the age of ninetyone years. He raised four children: Catherine,
Sarah, John F. and Sophia.
John F. Fowler, father of Jeremiah R., was born in Centre township, May 2, 1813, and having been reared to farming operated his father's farm until 1842, when he went to Pine township and bought a farm. He remained there until 1866, and then bought a farm near Pine Summit where he resided until his death.
On May 29, 1836, he married Julia A., daughter of John Fortner; and she died Jan. 29, 1866, leaving seven children : Dorcas F., Mary E., Alvin C., Sarah E., David, Jeremiah R. and William M. For his second wife Mr.
Fowler married, Jan. 10, 1867, Hannah M., daughter of Joseph and Mary (Sparks)Houghton, and by this union had two children, Harvey 0. and Mattie M.
Jeremiah R. Fowler was reared on the home farm and remained with his parents until twelve years of age. After his mother's death he went to Danville and learned the trade of
puddler, working in the rolling mill for several years. In 1875 he engaged in the lime business in Muncy township, Lycoming county, continuing there until 1880, when he came
to Pine township and came on the same business for one year. He also established a distillery at Pine Summit, which he conducted till 1883, when he sold out and purchased the Fowler Lyons farm of 250 acres. This he
greatly improved and cultivated until 1885, when he moved to Bloomsburg and entered the restaurant business. He also managed the Opera House there. He served one term as county treasurer, taking office in 1894, and was a vigorous worker for the improvement of the city and county. He was connected
with the Odd Fellows lodge. Mr. Fowler died in 1908, and is buried in the Rosemont cemetery.
Mr. Fowler was united in marriage with Eliza Lathlean, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Dunn) Lathlean, natives of Sourleo, England, and they had one child, Lillian Dunn Fowler. Mrs. Fowler died in 1914, at her home on East First street, Bloomsburg, aged sixty-two years, five months, ten days, and was buried in Rosemont cemetery. She was a native of the north of England and came to this country when twenty-one years old, living with her sister in New Jersey. She and Mr. Fowler were married during the Centennial at Philadelphia. After her husband's death she took a trip to England in the hope of benefit her health, but without relief. She joined St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Bloomsburg, and Rev. Mr. Musser, pastor, officiated at her funeral. She is survived by her daughter and a sister, Miss Eliza of Exeter, England.
(Historical and Biographical Annals OF Columbia and Montour
Counties PENNSYLVANIA Containing A Concise History of the Two Counties and a Genealogical and Biographical Record
of Representative Families IN TWO VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME I Chicago; J. H. BEERS lit CO. 1915)
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