Brief Life History of Elizabeth Jane
When Elizabeth Jane Fowler was born about 1820, in Indiana, United States, her father, George Hansel Fowler, was 36 and her mother, Rebecca Stilwell, was 39. She married Redding Cooper on 31 October 1838, in Henry, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Henry, Henry, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Henry, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years. She died on 26 December 1900, in Golo, Graves, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States.
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- Elizabeth Cooper in household of Readin Cooper, "United States Census, 1860"
- Elizabeth Fowler, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124448393/elizabeth-cooper
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1825 · State Capital Moves to Indianapolis
The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.
1841 · Indiana Nears Bankruptcy
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.
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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