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FOWLER, Joseph Smith, senator, was born in Steubeuville, Oliio, Aug- 31, 1833. He was graduated from Franklin college. New Athens, Ohio, in 1843, and was professor of mathematics there till 1847, after which he studied law and jjractised in Tennessee until September, 1861, wlien on account of liis Union sentiments he was obliged to leave the state and remove to Spring- field. III. He returned to Nashville, Tenn., in April, 1863. having been appointed comptroller of the state under Gov. Andrew Johnson. He was one of the leaders in reorganizing the govern- ment of Tennessee on a Union basis, was elected to the U.S. senate in 1865 and was allowed to take his seat before the close of the fir.st ses- sion of the 39th congress. July, 1866. His term expired March 8. 1871, wlieu he was succeeded by Henry Cooper.

FOWLER, Lorenzo Niles, phrenologist, was born at Cohocton, N.Y., June 33, 1811; son of Horace and Eunice Fowler. In 1833 while at Amherst college lie heard Dr. Spurzheim lect- ure, abandoned liis intention of entering the ministry, and joined his brother, Orson Squire, in writing and lecturing .. — c.--._^ on phrenology. In

! 1835 they opened an

V office in New York

A city and in 1838

'^ started the American

PhrennhKjical Journal, 5 published first in

Philadelphia and

afterward in New York city. In 1860 \\ Lorenzo lectured

I' ."' throughout Great

/ Britain and finally

settled in London, Eng. He founded the Fowler Phreno- logical Institute and published The I'hrenolot/ical Magazine He was married to Lydia Foiger, who was born in Nantucket, Mass., in 1823; was grad- uated from the Syracuse medical college, prac- tised medicine, lectured on physiology and diseases of women and children, and published Familiar Lessons on Phrenology and Physiology (1847), and Familiar Lessons on Astronomy (1848); and died in London, Eng., Jan. 36, 1879. As a member of the firm of Fowler & Wells in New York Professor Fowler assisted in the publication of the American Phrenological Jonrnal, Life Phis- Jraffc! and the Water- Cure Jonrnal. and in collabo- ration with his brother wrote Phrenology Proved, Illustrated and Applied; The New Self- Instructor (1836). Among his published books are: Synop- sis of Phrenology and Physiology (1844); Marriage, its History and Philosophy, with Directions for

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Happy Marriages (1846); Mental Science and Lec- tures on Man. He died while on a visit to his sister, the widow of Prof. Samuel Roberts "VVells, at West Orange, N. J., Sept. 3, 1896.

FOWLER, Orin, representative, was born in Lebanon, Conn.. July 39, 1791. He was grad- uated from Y'ale in 1815, studied theologj', taught in the Fairfield, Conn., academy for about a year, and on Oct. 14. 1817, was licensed to preach. He was a missionary in the west in 1818; pastor of a Congregational church in Platnfield, Conn., 1819- 31, and of a clmrch in Fall River, Mass., 1831^8. In 1847 lie was elected to the IMassacliusetts stata senate, and in 1848, as a Free-soil Whig, a repre- sentative in the 31st congress. He was re-elected to the 33d congress, serving througliout the first session. He was a tempei-ance and anti-slavery orator, and replied- to Daniel Webster's speech justifying the fugitive slave law. He published: Disquisition on the Evils attending the Use of To- bacco (1833); Lectures on the Mode and Subjects of Bapti.'^m (1835); and Historical Sketch of Fall nicer. He .died in Washington. D.C., Sept. 3. 18.53

FOWLER, Orson Squire, phrenologist, was^ born in Cohocton, N.Y.. Oct. 11, 1809; son of Horace and Eunice Fowler. He was graduated from Amherst college in 1834. While in college he became interested in phrenology from hearing Dr. Spurzheim lecture, and ailopted the science as a profession. In 1835, in company with his brother Lorenzo Niles he opened an office in New' Y'ork city. He lectured in the United States and Canada for many years, and was recognized as the founder of practical phrenology in America. In 1838 he started in Philadelphia, Pa., the Amer- ican Phrenological Journal, which was removed to New Y'ork city in 1843 and published by the firm of O. S. & L. N. Fowler, which became Fowler & Wells in 1844, S. R. Wells in 1863, and the S. R. \Vells company in 1890. He retired from business in 1863 and removed to Boston, and in 1875 to Manchester, Mass., continuing to write and lecture. He published: Phrenology Proved, Illustrated and Applied (1836); Memory and Intel- lectual Improvement (1841); Physiology, Animal and Mental (1842); Matrimony, or Phrenology Applied to the Selection of Companions (1843); Self-culture and Perfection of Character (1843); Hereditary Desce Hi (1843); Love and Parentage (1844); Sexual Science (1870); Amativeness; Self-Instruction in Phrenology and Human Science. He died at Sharon Station, near Sharon, Conn., Aug. 18, 1887.

FOWLER, Samuel, mineralogist, was born in Orange county. X Y.. Oct. 30, 1779. He studied at the Penn medical college, Philadelphia, and practised his profession at Hamburg, and after- ward at Franklin, N.J. He was a state senator and a Democratic representative in the 24th and 25th congresses, 1835-39. He was a member of