John Bryant Fowler (1880 - 1960)

Born 6 Jul 1880 in Alabama, USA

Ancestors

Died 24 Feb 1960 at age 79 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Thomas (aka John) was born in 1880. He is the son of John Fowler and Vermillion Daughtry. In 1900, the family was living in Gilley's, Dale, Alabama. Thomas was married, and he and his wife, Ella, were living with his parents.^[1]

By 1910, he was head of household and living in Wicksburg, Houston County, Alabama. He and Ella had 3 sons - Dawson, Harvey, and Mancel. Thomas was a farmer.^[2] They were still living in Wicksburg in 1930. Their family had grown with five children still at home, including Mancel, Bessie, Herald, Herman, and Jimmie.^[3]

By 1940, Thomas and Ella had moved to Geneva County, Alabama. Bessie and James were still living at home.^[4]

Thomas (aka John) passed away in 1960 of Bilateral Lombar Pneumonia. He had been in the Byrce Hospital for 2.5 months prior to his death. Burial was in the Jellico Community Cemetery, Houston County, Alabama.^[5]

Research Note

The granddaughter (Judith Fowler, of James Tance Fowler, brother of John "Thomas" Fowler, emailed Carolyn Martin on 7/31/2020 to state that Thomas' proper name was John Bryant Fowler. For reasons unknown to the family, John started using the first name of Thomas or Tom. His grave and death certificate use the name John Bryant Fowler.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M988-ZDY : accessed 25 April 2016), Thomas B Fowler in household of John Fowler, Precinct 5 Gilley's, Dale, Alabama, United States; citing sheet 2A, family 31, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,012.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKQP-Q2R : accessed 25 April 2016), Thomas Fowler, Wicksburg, Houston, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 131, sheet 13B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,029.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3F51-56Z : accessed 9 March 2018), Tom Fowler, Wicksburg, Houston, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 20B, line 97, family 385, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 19; FHL microfilm 2,339,754.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1GD-PM7 : accessed 9 March 2018), T B Fowler, Election Precinct 10, Geneva, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-19A, sheet 5B, line 68, family 87, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 34.
5. ↑ Find a Grave with grave photo, death certificate, and history, database and images (accessed 01 August 2020), memorial page for John Bryant “Uncle Tom” Fowler (6 Jul 1880–24 Feb 1960), Find A Grave: Memorial #9420695, citing Jellico Community Cemetery, Houston County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Robert Holladay (contributor 48008967) .