Minnie Lee Fowler

Brief Life History of Minnie Lee

When Minnie Lee Fowler was born in 1864, in Georgia, United States, her father, George Y Fowler, was 27 and her mother, Nancy J Cain, was 22. She married Enoch Milton Benson on 9 June 1882. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 2, Gray, Texas, United States in 1920 and Commissioner's Precinct 1, Clay, Texas, United States in 1930. She died on 18 June 1944, at the age of 80, and was buried in Byers, Clay, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Enoch Milton Benson
1863–1925
Minnie Lee Fowler
1864–1944
Marriage: 9 June 1882
Roy Douglas Benson
1883–1959
Earnest Benson
1884–1887
Paul Herman Benson
1885–1959
Clyde Chester Benson
1887–1926
Nannie Kathleen Benson
1888–1981
Lola S Benson
1892–
Della Blanche Benson
1899–1984

Sources (17)

  • Minnie L Benson, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Mina Fowler, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
  • Minnie Lee Benson, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1876

Historical Boundaries: 1876: Gray, Texas, United States

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a fowler, a hunter or trapper of wild birds (a common medieval occupation), from Middle English fogheler, fugheler (Old English fugelere, a derivative of fugol ‘bird’).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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