Lake Co. Bio


                          LUMAN A. FOWLER

Luman A. Fowler, one of the early settlers of Lake County, was born in
Berkshire Co., Mass., October 1, 1809, and is a son of Josiah and Louisa
(Stewart) Fowler. His parents moved to Palmyra, N.Y., where his mother 
died, his father afterward moving to Washtenaw County, Mich., where he 
died. Luman A. Fowler had a fair education, and was by trade a carpenter
and joiner. At Dearborn, Mich., on October 18, 1835, he was married to
Miss Eliza Cochran, born October 27, 1816, in Madison County, N.Y. This
union was blessed with nine children- Harriet A. (deceased), Rollin D.,
Josephine (now Mrs. Williams), Arnold, Luman A., William S., Mary J. 
(now Mrs. Peterson), Alta E. (now Mrs. Pinney) and Mabel E. (now Mrs. 
Beidelman). Mrs. Fowler is yet living in Crown Point. After marriage, Mr.
and Mrs. Fowler emigrated to what is now Lake County, locating in Centre
Township, where Mr. Fowler farmed. At that period, indians and game were
more abundant than white subjects, and they endured the hardships of most
early settlers. Afterward Mr. Fowler became a leading citizen, whose 
judgement on public matters was often invoked by friends and neighbors.
He was elected County sherriff seven times, serving fourteen years--an
evidence of public confidence. In 1850, he went to California, where he
spent six years in mining, and returned to Crown Point where, on April
12, 1870, after eight days' illness with pneumonia, he departed. He was
an honorable man, and very greatly lamented.



Source- Counties of Porter and Lake, 1882.
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Submitted By Kathy Huish           for descendant Kurt Luman Fowler       
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