JOHN FOWLER

FOWLER, PARKER

Posted By: VOLUNTEER (email)
Date: 7/30/2004 at 18:43:37

THE DEATH OF JOHN FOWLER, AN OLD AND HIGHLY RESPECTED CITIZEN OF LEE COUNTY OCCURRED AT HIS HOME NEAR SANDUSKY AT 7:10 P.M. NOVEMBER 28, 1897. HE WAS A NATIVE OF ENGLAND AND CAME TO THIS COUNTRY IN 1853, LOCATING IN LEE COUNTY, WHERE HE WAS COUNTED AMONG THE EARLY SETTLERS. HE WAS OVER 91 YEARS OF AGE. FOR MANY YEARS HE WAS A RESIDENT OF KEOKUK AND REMOVED TO SANDUSKY ONLY TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO. THE SYMPATHY OF MANY FRIENDS IS EXTENDED TO THE SURVIVING FAMILY, WHICH INCLUDES HIS SONS JOHN AND ED OF SANDUSKY, WILL OF MONTROSE, JAMES AND ELI AND HIS DAUGHTER, MRS. PARKER OF KEOKUK. HIS FIRST WIFE DIED FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO AND HIS SECOND WIFE SIXTEEN YEARS AGO. THE FUNERAL OCCURRED MONDAY AT 2 O'CLOCK FROM THE CHURCH IN SANDUSKY.