Brief Life History of Harry Arthur
When Harry Arthur Fowler was born on 11 December 1890, in Montrose, Lee, Iowa, United States, his father, George William Fowler, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Martin Brumagen, was 19. He married Edith Isabell Cooper on 25 November 1915, in Lee, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Goldsberry Township, Howell, Missouri, United States in 1940 and Birch Tree Township, Shannon, Missouri, United States in 1950. He died on 31 January 1978, in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States.
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- Harry A Fowler, "United States 1950 Census"
- Harry Arthur Fowler, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Harry A Fowler, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1907 · Boll Weevil Destroys Most the Cotton Crop
When the boll weevil threatened most the Mississippi Delta, it put the state’s cotton crop in peril. By the time the boll weevil reached Mississippi it had already destroyed four million bales of cotton. This added up to $238 million at the time or about 6 billion in present day. The boll weevil depends on cotton for every stage of its life.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
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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