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 HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRAET OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Fowler, Moses, farmer, banker, philanthrowas born April 30, 1815, in Circleville, Ohio. In 1874 the county seat of Benton pist,

county was removed from Oxford to Fowler, a town laid out by Messrs. Fowler and Earl. To aid in the cost of removal and to construct a courthouse, he donated forty thousand dollars. He died in Fowler, Ind. Fowler, Nathaniel Clark, journalist, lecauthor, was born Jan. 31, 1858, in Yarmouth, Mass. At the age of fourteen 3-ears he was editor and publisher of the turer,

Highland Monthly;

in

1870 was editor, pub-

and proprietor Daily Evening Evening Journal of Pittsfield, Mass; and subsequently became editor and publisher lisher of the

of the Light of

Wor-

cester, Mass., a new idea in family journalism. In 1892 he or-

iginated and maintained the first school of advertising in the world; and as an expert at business, his methods are now in use by many of the largest concerns in "America. For twenty years he has written for the magazine and newspaper press; and has written a total of more than ten thousand advertisements. He is the author of About Advertising and Printing; Building Business Practical Publicity; also Fowler's Publicity The Boy How to Help Him Succeed. Gumption, a novel; Starting in Life; How to Get and Keep a Job; and other works.

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Fowler, Orin, clergyman, congi-essman, auwas born July 29, 1791, in Lebanon, Conn. For twenty years he was a pastor at Fall River; and represented that town in both branches of the legislature for several years. In 1849-53 he was a representative to the thirty-first and thirty-second congresses. He was the author of a treatise on Baptism; and Historical Sketch of Fall thor,

River. He died Sept. 3, 1852, in Washington, D.C. Fowler, Orson Squire, publisher, phrenologist, author, was born Oct. 11, 1809 in Cohocton, N.Y. He was a member of the New York publishing house of Fowler and Wells in 1844-63. He was the author of Memory and Intellectual Improvement; Physiology, Animal and Mental; Matrimony; Self-Culture; Hereditary Descent; Love and Parentage; Sexual Science; Amativeness; Human Science; Creative Science; and The SelfInstructor in Phrenology. He died Aug. 18, 1887, in Sharon Station, Conn. Fowler, Philemon Halstead, clergyman, author, was born Feb. 9, 1814, in Albany, N.Y. He was the author of History of Presbyterianism in Central New York; and The Presbyterian Element in Our National Life and History. He died Dec. 19, 1879, in Utica, N.Y.

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Fowler, Ralph, farmer, legislator, founder, Oct. S, 1808, in Trenton, N.Y. He settled in 1836 on a farm in Handy, Mich.; and was the founder of the village of Fowlerville. He was a justice for twenty-five years; in 1845-51 was a member of the

was born

Michigan state legislature. 26,

He

died Sept.

1887, in Fowlerville, Mich.

Fowler, Samuel, physician, congressman,

was born

Oct.

30,

1779, in

Newburg, N.J.

1833-37 he was a representative from New Jersey to the twenty-third and twenty-fourth congresses. He died Feb. 21, 1844, in Franklin, N.J. Fowler, Samuel, lawyer, congressman, was born March 23, 1851, in Franklin, N.J. Since 1876 he has practiced law in Newark and Newton, N.J. In 1889-93 he was a representative from New Jersey to the fiftyfirst and fifty-second congresses as a demoIn

crat.

Fowler, Samuel Page, antiquarian, was born April 22, 1800, in Danvers, Mass. He learned of his father the trade of tanner; and from early manhood to 1875 successfully carried on that business in his native

town.

He was one

of

the organizers of the Essex county natural history society; was its curator during 1846-48; and was curator of Essex institute during 1848-56. represented Danvers in the general court in 1837-39; and was a member of the Massachusetts, constitutional convention in 1853. He made a study of our native birds, and contributed interesting articles on The Cultivation of Native Trees and Shrubs; Birds of New England; Destruction of Insects Injurious to Vegetation; Ornithology; and other subjects. He died in 1895 in Danvers,

He

Mass. Fowler, Thomas Powell, lawyer, railroad, president, was born Oct. 26, 1851, in Newburgh, N.Y. Since 1886 he has been president of the New York, Ontario and western railway. Fowler, William Chauncey, clergyman, educator, author, was born Sept. 1, 1793, in Killingworth, Conn. In 1838-43 he was professor of rhetoric and oratory in Amherst college. He was the author of Memorials of the Chaunceys; The Sectional Controversy, or Passages in United States Political History; History of Durham, Connecticut; Local Law in Massachusetts and Connecticut; Essays; English Grammar; and The

Language

English

Forms.

He

Conn. Fowler,

in

Its

Elements

died Jan. 15, 1881, in

William

journalist, author, in Middlebury, Vt.

Worthington,

and Durham, lawyer,

was born June 24, 1833, In 1879 he was a mem-