When Alexander Fowler was born in 1840, in Jefferson Township, Pike, Indiana, United States, his father, Warren Fowler, was 26 and his mother, Nancy Pride, was 24. He married Susan Elizabeth Gray on 29 November 1860, in Dubois, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters.
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The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
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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