When Reuben Allen Fowler was born on 24 May 1883, in New Berlin, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Francis Fowler, was 24 and his mother, Mabel Martin, was 23. He married Edna Fay Cheezem on 26 June 1915, in Jackson, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Granger, Yakima, Washington, United States in 1930 and Election Precinct 71 Orchardvale, Yakima, Washington, United States in 1940. He died on 16 July 1973, in Sunnyside, Yakima, Washington, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Lower Valley Memorial Gardens, Sunnyside, Yakima, Washington, United States.