The Children Of Melzar Fowler

Source: Nettie Fowler McCormick Book

MELZAR FOWLER....was born in Edinburgh, Saratoga county, N. Y., in 1803, and came to Depauville in the early twenties with his parents, Anson Fowler and Maria Esselstyn Fowler. 

Shortly after establishing himself at Brownville, Melzar married Miss Clarissa Spicer, a sister of Mr. Silas Spicer, of Perch River, and during their residence there their two children, Eldridge, and Nettie, were born.

The two children, Eldridge and Nettie, thus left orphans at the age of nine and seven years, respectively... .  Eldridge...went West, where he has since lived, and become identified with large lumber and land interests in Michigan, Minnesota and Canada.

The daughter [Nettie]...married Cyrus H. McCormick, of reaper fame. 

New York, Marriages, 1686-1980

Name: Eldridge W. Fowler

Spouse's Name: Margaret Brewer

Event Date: 26 Sep 1903

Event Place: Manhattan, New York, New York

Father's Name: Nielson Fowler [Melzar Fowler]

Mother's Name: Clarissa Spicer

Spouse's Father's Name: John H. Brewer

Spouse's Mother's Name: Margaret Aleniety

Los Angeles Herald, Volume XXXII, Number 43, 13 November 1904, published "Bequests In His Will Are Made Public," after Eldridge W. Fowler's 1904 death.