I. William Fowler, m. ca. 1783, Mary ---, Bradley in the Moors, Staffordshire, Eng., occ. farmer, father of the Fowler family in Mercer Co., PA

A. Richard Fowler (7/21/1786-1867) b. Bradley in the Moors, Eng., m. Margaret Mears (5/5/1792-1/3/1859), family immigrated to America in 1830. Thomas J. Wright was with them on the passage. (See Mears Family Outline)

1. Margaret Fowler (3/5/1811-10/24/1882) b. Bradley in the Moors, Eng., d. Mercer Co., PA, m. Sandy Lake, Mercer Co., PA, John P. Perrine Esq., (5/20/1809-12/18/1875) b. & d. Perrine Corners, Worth Twp., Mercer Co., PA, , in 1888 nine of 16 ch. remained, occ. farmer, both bur. Zion Cem, Wesleyan Meth. Ch., Sandy Lake, PA, (See John & Catherine Perrine Family Outline)

a. Daniel Perrine, b. 6/23/1834, Sandy Lake, PA, m. 3/25/1858, Elizabeth Frost, b. 10/22/1836, Eng., dau. of William & Anna Frost. Daniel ed. in common schools, occ. pres. of Sandy Lake Banking Co. and farmer. 20 yrs. director of Stoneboro Fair. Justice of the peace & other offices, Treasurer of the Economical Mutual Benefit Assoc. of Sandy Lake 8 yrs., on committee & treasurer in construction of the Meth. Epis. church of Sandy Lake costing $8,000, Repub., got his start by hoeing potatoes & splitting rails to buy land for $100 for 120 acres which he sold to A.G. Egbert for $4000 some 6 yrs later.

1) Harriet Jane Perrine (Hattie) m. 9/25/1876, Henry Claude Zeigler (11/28/1847-3/15/1832) b. Trumbull Co., OH, son of Elias & Elizabeth (Misner) Zeigler who had 4 ch. Elias was a carder & spinner with interest in woolen mills of Sharon, PA. H.C.’s first business was a book agency, then had a hotel at Foxburg, Clarion Co. with a livery. He began in oil business in Butler Co with prominent positions in pipeline co.’s & oil interests in PA, OH, NY, & IN, member of stock co. in Sandy Lake breeding road & draft horses. Repub., member Meth. Epis. ch., K. of H., A.O.U.W., & A.F.M

(a) Fred D. Zeigler
(b) Roy A. Zeigler, b. 11/6/1879, Sandy Lake Twp., Mercer Co., PA, m. 9/24/1900, Ethel C. Dawson (See John & Catherine Perrine Family Outline)

2) Lottie Perrine, m. W.S. Watson
3) Anna Perrine
4) Maggie Perrine (Margaret Evelyn)
5) Charles Perrine

b. Simon Perrine
c. Clarissa Perrine
d. John Perrine
e. Mary Perrine
f. Charles Perrine
g. Margaret Perrine
h. Andrew Perrine

2. Sarah Fowler (10/13/1812-5/6/1883) m.  Thomas J. Wright Sr.(3/3/1812-5/29/1851) (See Wright Family Outline)
3. Mary Fowler (2/28/1821-8/15/1900) m. 1/26/1843, Richard Mears (11/11/1816-7/30/1892) son of Francis & Mary (Cooper) Mears of Eng., 5 of 10 ch. remained in 1888. Richard began on his own working on canal on the Shenango River, then 2 yrs. for Thomas Wright on his farm. Settled in Sandy Lake Twp., after m. & built log cabin, then frame house the following summer, later built their final house. Held Twp. offices including assessor, treasurer, supervisor,  & school director, was a stockholder of Stoneboro Fair.(See Story Section) (See Mears Family Outline)
4.  Ann Fowler, b. 1824, Caversall, Staffordshire, Eng., m. 4/2/1846, John Nixon Egbert (12/2/1823-1898 (See Story Section)  (See John Nixon Egbert Family Outline)
5. Elizabeth Fowler (Betsy) c. 10/12/1828, Caversall, Eng., m. Hiram Carmichael, 12 ch., all alive in 1888 (See Carmichael Family)
6. Eliza E. Fowler (Betsy)(9/26/1830-10/4/1859) m.  John Carmichael Esq., 2 ch., 1 d. before 1888 (See Story Section)  (See Carmichael Family)

a. Margaret Carmichael (10/11/1857-4/10/1876)

7. Richard Fowler, Jr. (4/2/1815-1889) b. Cavarsall, Eng., d. Sandy Lake, Mercer Co., PA, m.  Mary E. Buckley (5/28/1817-11/12/1872) b. Eng., dau. of Samuel Buckley, bur. Zion Cem., Sandy Lake, PA, occ. farmer (See Story Section)  (See Buckley Family Outline)

a. Eliza Ellen Fowler (1848-1919) bur. Zion Cem., Sandy Lake, PA
b. Mary Ann Fowler (1850-1895) bur. Zion Cem., Sandy Lake, PA
c. Sarah Fowler (1852-1927) m. ---Mears  (See Story Section)
d. Margaret Fowler (1854-1930)
e. George H. Fowler (1858-1919) m.  Georgianna Peebles (1869-1958) dau. of John  M. & Margaret (Billig) Peebles.  In the late 50’s Mary Thompson, with her parents and sister, visited an elderly Georgianna Fowler, who was then living with her daughters, Jessie and Florence, in Pittsburgh, PA. Mary remembers her as very much a lady, who enjoyed children. The Fowlers kept a few toys such as pick-up sticks in their apartment to keep children occupied while the adults visited. Florence & Jessie were “spinster ladies,” neat and proper in appearance,  delightful people and we enjoyed visiting them.] (See Peebles Family Outline) (See Story Section)

1) Jessie M. Fowler (1891-1984) unmar., occ. nurse, res. Pittsburgh, PA, then Chapel Hill, NC after Florence retired
2) Richard P. Fowler (Dick) (1893-1967) unmar., occ. car agency in Oil City, PA with brother Edwin
3) Esther O. Fowler (1896-1906) d. in childhood
4) Edwin A. Fowler (1899-1985) unmar., occ. car agency in Oil City, PA with brother Dick, also had farm near Titusville, PA. Their mother spent some time there, as well as Pittsburgh with her daus.
5) Florence Fowler (1908-1/22/1995) unmar., school principal, Pittsburgh, PA area, retired to Chapel Hill, NC with sister Jessie in 1970’s, extensive traveler
6) George W. Fowler, b. 1912, m. Isabel McIntosh, after college went to Charleston, WV, working 35 yrs. for Union Carbide as research chemist. retired to Chapel Hill, NC (See Story Section)

a) son, m. with 1 ch.
b) Jeanne E. Fowler (1953-1959)

8. Simon Fowler (12/22/1816-12/9/1890) c. Caversall, Eng., unmar., res. Mercer Co., PA, owned property in & around Sandy Lake (See Story Section)
9. William Fowler (1/16/1819-1889) c. Caversall, Eng., m.  Ellen Buckley (1826-1913) dau. of Samuel & Hannah  Buckley, 3 ch. remained in 1888, bur. Zion Cem., Sandy Lake, PA (See Buckley Family Outline) (See Story Section)

a. John Fowler (Samuel?) b. 1850, m. Sadie Hosack

1) Jennie Fowler
2) Mary Fowler
3) Ansley Fowler

b. Emma Fowler (Elinor?) b. 1852, m.  Walter Huey, son of David & Mary (Davy) Huey of Cool Springs Twp., Mercer Co., PA, (See Huey Family Outline)

1) Mamie Huey
2) William Huey

c. Alfred Fowler (also listed as Frederick)  b. 1856, m.  Clara R. Barker, b. 1858, Mill Creek Twp., Mercer Co., PA, dau. of Gilbert M. & Ursula (Perrine) Barker, 2 ch. (See John & Catherine Perrine Family Outline)
d. Eliza A. Fowler (8/1/1850-2/15/1881) d. Mercer Co., PA, m.  Lewis Perrine (11/25/1858-3/31/1921) b. & d. Mercer Co., PA,  he served in Civil War (he remar. Luella --- (1859-1950) (See John & Catherine Perrine Family Outline)

1) Calvin Ernest Perrine (1886-1899)[also listed as 1886-1950] b. Sandy Lake Twp., Mercer Co., PA, d. Fredonia, Mercer Co., PA, bur. Zion Cem., Worth Twp., Mercer Co., PA.
2) Charles W. Perrine (8/23/1891-5/9/1946) b. Erie Co., PA, m. 5/15/1913, Fredonia, Mercer Co., PA, Lois Alfretta Marstellar b. 10/23/1892, Fairview Twp., Mercer Co., PA

a) Jessie V. Perrine, b. 1915

3) John A. Perrine, b. 1898, PA

B. William Fowler, Jr., c. 3/7/1784, Bradley in the Moors, Eng.
C. Simon Fowler, c. 4/10/1785, Bradley in the Moors, Eng., m. but name unknown

1. Mary Fowler, c. 4/15/1810, Bradley in the Moors, Eng.
2. William Fowler, c. 3/21/1813, Bradley in the Moors, Eng.
3. Lidia Fowler, c. 8/4/1811, Bradley in the Moors, Eng.

D. George Fowler, c. 6/2/1792, Bradley in the Moors, Eng.
 

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