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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Saline County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Wylie B. Fowler, postmaster at Brazil, Saline County, Ark., first saw the light of day in Ripley County, Mo., February 3, 1818, being the oldest in a family of two children born to Jerry and Elizabeth (Brazil) Fowler, natives of Kentucky and Tennessee, respectively, and who emigrated to Missouri at an early day, where Mr. Fowler died. Mrs. Fowler subsequently came to Arkansas Territory with her children in 1826, and settled in what is now Saline Township, in 1840 moving to Perry County, where she remained until her death in 1873. Wylie B. Fowler commenced farming for himself in 1845. In 1844 he was married to Martha Allen, a native of Missouri, who came to Arkansas in 1828. After his marriage Mr. Fowler settled in Holland Township, and engaged in farming and hunting. The country at that time was very thinly settled, the nearest market being at Little Rock, which was only a small village. His wife died in 1876. By that union he had the following children: John (formerly in the United States service, and now deceased), Martha (deceased), Elizabeth (now Mrs. Burnett, of Holland Township), Lucinda (now Mrs. Dryden, also of Holland Township), Matilda (deceased), Mary Jane (also deceased), Jeannette (Mrs. Seymore Holland), Moses (with whom his father resides), Angeline (Mrs. Thompson, of Holland), Tennessee (deceased), William (in Mississippi County), James (deceased), Wylie (at home), and Amasa (deceased). Mr. Fowler was in the Texas War of 1836, guarding the frontier of Arkansas. He has lived to see the complete growth of Saline County, having been a resident here for sixty-three years, and has taken an individual part in its development. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.

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This family biography is one of 100 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Saline County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Saline County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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