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 Little Home Histories, Part 95 -- Few Facts Concerning the Edmund Fowler Family and Home (1834- ).

by Burgess, Elizabeth.

See previous entry: Little Home Histories, Part 94 -- William Henry Stanton, 1860-.

Edmund Fowler, who was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1834, was the son of Caleb and Sarah Smith Fowler.

The Caleb Fowler family came to Washington County and lived some two miles northwest of Bartlett. As a lad, Edmund walked with his father through the woods to the Plymouth Meeting.

After Edmund had grown to manhood and was in Iowa, he met Mary Pearson Miles, whom he married there December 16th 1858. She too was a native of Ohio, as she was born in Miami County in 1830. Sometime, probably in the early 1860s they came to Washington County, Ohio, bought a few acres of unimproved land, and established their home three-fourths of a mile north of Bartlett and within easy reach of Plymouth Meeting.

Both to the east and the west of the land runs a public road. The portion of land chosen for a building site was a plum thicket several rods back from the west road. Only a few steps south of the house site was a little stream of water that furnished water for chickens, cows and horses.

Since Edmund was a carpenter by trade, he built the house and outbuildings, of which there were several. The house was a story and a half frame structure with sleeping quarters upstairs and at the west end of the downstairs. In the center was a spacious living room, extending the width of the house. At the east end was a kitchen, and possibly a pantry. Beyond was the well-kept garden. Among the out-buildings were a barn, cellar house, and an evaporator house. These were all plainly, but neatly built.

Here, with Edmund and Mary Fowler, lived their three children: Irene, who married Joshua Smith; Orland, who married Hannah Dean; and Sarah, who married Albert Warrington and after his death, Albert Bedell.

When failing health compelled Edmund to relinquish his trade as carpenter, he returned to other occupations, keeping a small apiary, farming in a small way, running a fruit evaporator, some legal business and so on.

The Fowlers made this their home until after the Meeting to which Edmund as a lad walked with his father through the woods, became so small that it was laid down and meetings were held in their home.

As a child, the writer visited in this home where Edmund, Mary, and their daughter Sarah lived in their orderly way in this quiet, peaceful place, where kindly human nature had produced an atmosphere of blending harmony. Subsequently, the Fowlers moved to Columbiana County and the home became the property of others.

Recently, the present owner has moved to another property and at times, Sabbath School and worship services have been held here by a religious group without regular meeting house of their own.

Source: Written by: Elizabeth Burgess. Some of the facts have been given by Sarah Fowler Bedell and Alden Hobsen.

For the table of contents and first entry in this series, please see: Little Home Histories, Part 01 -- Table of Contents and Introduction.


This entry is adapted from Little Home Histories in Our Early Homes, Belmont County, Ohio, which was published in 1942. Its publication was coordinated by Robert D. and Beulah Patten McDonald. This entry has been reedited for inclusion in the Pierian Press Fulltext eBooks database, and is included on the Stratton House Inn Website by special permission. This entry is licensed for use ONLY on this Website. It may be used for educational purposes and personal pleasure under fair-use provisions via this Website. Please note that the Stratton House Inn iteration of this entry does NOT include the subject headings assigned each chapter for use in the Fulltext eBooks database.

DATABASE: Fulltext eBooks: Copyright (c) 2002 The Pierian Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved
ENTRY NUMBER: EBK30013795

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