dren having passed away in 1903, Mr. Fowler was married in 1906 to Miss Hattie D. Brouhard, who was born at Colo, Iowa, March 5, 1877, and is a daughter of Bainie and Mary Brouhard. The father, who was a well known farmer of New Albany township, passed away in 1908. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Fowler has been brightened by the birth of one child, Dorothy Lucile, who was born May 30, 1910.
Mr. and Mrs. Fowler are both members of the Universalist church. He gives his adherence to the republican party, of which he has been a stanch supporter for many years. He served for nine years as a member of the Ames school board and was also one of the organizers of the Ames Commercial Club, filling the position of secretary-treasurer for eleven years. He is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias and has passed through all of the chairs in the latter organization. As a Mason he has become well known in Iowa, filling nearly all of the subordinate offices in the several bodies, and also presiding over the lodge, chapter and council. He became a member of Arcadia Lodge, No. 249, of Ames, in 1894, and of Three-Times-Three Chapter, No. 92, R. A. M., of Nevada, in 1896, receiving the degrees of Royal and Select Master in Joshua Chapter, No. 127, in 1898. He was a charter member of Gebal Council, No. 5, R. & S. M., of Ames, in 1900, being given the commandery degrees in Excalibur Commandery, No. 13, of Boone, in 1898. He received the distinguished honor of the Order of High Priesthood September 4, 1901. He has been a regular attendant upon the assemblies 0f the Grand Council almost since its inception and was given merited recognition in 1906 by being elected illustrious grand principal conductor of the work. In the following year he was elected right illustrious deputy grand master and at the annual assembly held in Waterloo in October, 1908, was made most illustrious grand master of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of the state of Iowa. Genial, courteous and agreeable in manner, he has made a host of friends and is undoubtedly one of the most popular citizens in Story county. Happy in his family relations and successful in business and public life, he has just reason to congratulate himself upon the selection of Iowa as his home.
CHARLES E. TAYLOR.
Charles E. Taylor, who for twenty years has been identified with building operations in Ames, where a liberal patronage is accorded him, was born in Le Raysville, Bradford county, Pennsylvania, August 2, 1844, and is a son of Nelson and Martha (Fletcher) Taylor, who were also natives of Le Raysville. The ancestry of the family is traced back to John Taylor, who came from Sussex county, England, in 1630, and settled at Lynn, Massachusetts. He had two sons, John and Thomas. The former's wife,