Who is William Thomas Fowler?

Answer 1

William T. Fowler is a merchant, miller and farmer in Hart Creek district, with business headquarters on Guyan river at the mouth of Hart creek. He was born in Kanawha county, (now) West Virginia, at the mouth of Burning Spring Hollow, June 29, 1825, and his parents, Thomas and Elizabeth (Gillaspie) Fowler, are both now deceased. William T. Fowler has been twice married, his first wife, Polly Emmerine, left him three children, born as follows: Zato D., March 28, 1851; Polly A., December 25, 1853; William E., September 15, 1856. In Cabell county, West Virginia, June 10, 1871, W. T. Fowler and Martha A. Adkins were united in wedlock, and the children born of this union are: Bettie, May 6, 1875; Effie, June 10, 1876; Benjamin F., December 15, 1878; George W., June 30, 1880. Mrs. Fowler is a native of Cabell county, born December 15, 1839, and her parents are John B. and Elizabeth (Childers) Adkins. Her mother still resides in that county; her father died April, 1876. Mr. Fowler enlisted in the civil war in 1862, serving on the Confederate side, and was a participant in the Chapmansville battle. William T. Fowler settled in Lincoln county in 1847, and now owns 200 acres of land at the mouth of Big Hart creek, and 254 acres on Mud river. That situated on Hart creek produces well, and has a good orchard and a part is heavily timberod with oak, poplar and pine; coal and iron ore are quite abundant. The land on Mud river is very heavily timbered. Address, Hart, Lincoln county, West Virginia.

Extracted from West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, a reprint of Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia Lincoln County, WV, Biographies List, 1884.