28 February 2012

Family Of Melvin N. Fowler From Conesus, New York

A Fowler from Conesus, New York, found in American Ancestry:



FOWLER CHARLES GAYLORD of Saginaw Mich...and brother EDWARD WADE Fowler...sons of Melvin Nelson Fowler of Randolph, Wis. b at Conesus, NY July 18 1831, d...La...1866... m Marcia O dau of Harvey R Gaylord*...son of Joslah...m Oct 5 1818 Dorothea... .  *Note: Married Stella Atkins in 1830 in Ashtabula, Ohio.

Melvin N. Fowler, attorney at law, born in New York, was living in Fox Lake, Dodge Co., Wisconsin, in 1860, with wife Marcia and sons Charles and Edward.

Melvin N. Fowler in a Civil War index and in a pension file here (both links reference Fold3 paid site).  His widow filed February 28, 1894, for a pension.

The widowed Marcia Fowler was living with her parents in Saginaw County, Michigan.

United States Census, 1880
name: Marcia O. Fowler
residence: Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan
birthdate: 1833
birthplace: Ohio, United States
relationship to head: Daughter
father's name: Harvey P. Gaylord
father's birthplace: New York, United States
mother's name: Stella M. Gaylord
mother's birthplace: Ohio, United States
martial status: Widowed
  Household Gender Age
parent Harvey P. Gaylord M 74
parent Stella M. Gaylord F 71
  Marcia O. Fowler F 47
Charles G. Fowler M 22
Mary A. Fowler F 18
Elizabeth Frank  F 22



Index: SAGINAW DAILY COURIER
Wednesday, December 12, 1883
Thursday, December 13, 1883 (7)
Name: GAYLORD, HARVEY R.
Spouse's Name: STELLA M. ATKINS
Married: 05/05/1830
Spouse's Death: 00/00/1881
Child Of: LEVI & LYDIA (SMITH)OF DELAWARE CO.
Birth Date: 07/25/1805
Birth Place: HARPERSFIELD, NY
Death Date: 12/11/1883
Death Place: SAGINAW, MI
Cemetery:  BRADY HILL
Misc: ABOLITIONIST/FATHER OF HON. A.S. GAYLORD
Church: PRESBYT.

There is a guide to the Atkins family papers at the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Melvin Nelson Fowler was born in Conesus.  Was he related to my Elizabeth (Fowler) Richmond who lived in Conesus as a married woman?  I don't know.

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