Capt. Samuel Fowler and Martha J. "Mattie" McDonald

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Husband Capt. Samuel Fowler ¹

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           Born: 1849 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Father: Capt. Thomas W. Fowler (1813-1882) 1
         Mother: Sarah Ann Van Hook (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 1871 1

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Wife Martha J. "Mattie" McDonald ^{1 2 3}

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         Father: Capt. John McDonald (      -      ) 2 3
         Mother: Rachel Oliver (      -      ) 2 4

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1 F Pearl E. Fowler ¹

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2 M Edwin Van Hook Fowler ¹

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3 M Thomas Quay Fowler ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Capt. Samuel Fowler

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He left Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, with his people when he was ten years of age, and lived thereafter in Beaver County. He was educated at the common schools, and was a student at Duff's college for eight months. He followed steamboat piloting for eighteen years or more.

He lived in the town of Baden, Pennsylvania, and was captain and pilot of steamboats plying between Pittsburgh and Louisville, Kentucky. He and his wife were members of the Methodist church. Politically he was a Republican.

1 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 769.

2 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 327.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 187.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1045.