Facts for Dr. Adolphus Sherrard Fowler (1830

Facts for Dr. Adolphus Sherrard Fowler (1830 - 1880)

Family Information

Dr. Adolphus Sherrard Fowler 
    b: 02 October 1830  
    d: 07 October 1880  
   
Father:
    Drury Andrew Fowler
	b: 1798
	d: ca. 1867

Mother: 
    Ann ?
	b: 
	d: 

Married: 5 October 1858
    Mary Jane Barry    
        b: January 1831
        d: After 1910
    
    Children:
	Annie Fowler				(1860 - 1862)
	Tallulah Fowler				(1861 - 1870)
	Eugene W. Fowler			(1865 - ?)
	Minnie L. Fowler (Gardner)		(1869 - ?)
	Mary Jane [May Jennie] Fowler (Cole)	(1871 - ?)
	Hugh C. Fowler				(1873 - ?)
	Jessie Fowler				(1877 - ?)

References

1830 - Birth
1. Baxter, Louise. "Rev. Drury Andrew Fowler." Catoosa County GA Heritage Book. Catoosa County Historical Society. 1998.
2. Adolphus is presumed to have been born in DeKalb Co., GA since his Father is recorded as resident in DeKalb Co. in the 1830 Census.
3. Biographical sketch in Coweta County Chronicles says parents were "... a Methodist minister, Drury Fowler and Miss Waters."

1850 - Census

1850 Federal Census Walker County, Georgia

CENSUS YR:  1850  STATE:  Georgia  COUNTY:  Walker  DIVISION:  East Chickamauga  
REEL NO:  M432-85  SHEET NO:  381A
REFERENCE:  Enumerated on September 3, 1850 by A B Reid

LINES: 32-37  HOUSE NUMBER: 536  FAMILY NUMBER: 536
    Fowler, Drury       52   M         Merchant   700  S C
    Fowler, Ann         56   F                         S C
    Fowler, Edward      30   M         Merchant        S C
    Fowler, Mariah      20   F                         Geo
    Fowler, Adolphus    20   M                         Geo
    Fowler, Daulusky    18   F                         Geo

1854 - Masonic membership

"Grand Lodge of Georgia, 1854". Mountain Press.
A.S. Fowler is listed as member of Quitman Lodge # 106, Ringgold, Walker Co.
1858 - Marraige

County Marraige Records for Hamilton County, TN excerpted at Hamilton County Genealogical Society show:

Groom Bride Date Year Note Book Page

Fowler, A S Barrey, Mary J 10/5 1858 0 01 012
1862-1864 - CSA Service
1. 39th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry Army of Tennessee, C.S.A. Roster of Field, Staff, and Band
  
  Fowler, A.S. Surgeon Mar. 24,1862.
  Serving with Cumming's Brigade, Stevenson's Division, Aug. 15, 1864.
  No later record.
2. Home page of the 39th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry
1880 - Death
1. Baxter, Louise. "Ringgold Citizens Cemetery" Catoosa County, Georgia Cemeteries and Genealogy. Catoosa County Historical Society. 1991
  "Catoosa Cemeteries" says that the Fowler family plot in the Ringgold Citizens Cemetery contains a marker for "Adolphus S. Fowler, M.D.".
2. Baxter, Louise. "Rev. Drury Andrew Fowler." Catoosa County GA Heritage Book. Catoosa County Historical Society. 1998.
3. A photograph in my possession shows that the marker (broken by time of visit in May 2001) reads
```
DR ADOLPHUS S FOWLER
        BORN
     Oct 2 1830
        DIED
 [obliterated] 7 1880
```
  An attempt to patch the stone back together has had the unfortunate side-effect of obliterating part of the date of death. This and other photographs of the Fowler Family Plot in Ringgold were taken by Ms. Karen Chastain of Chattanooga, TN, to whom many thanks.

Misc. Notes

The Georgia State Archives
The State Archives web page states that they have a collection of papers by Dr. Adolphus S. Fowler.

"Fowler, Adolphus Sherrard, M.D. Civil War Papers, 1862-1870. Catoosa, Greene, and McDuffie Co., Ga. Letters to his wife while he served as surgeon in the 39th Regt. GA Vols. Other papers relate to sanitary reports and election returns. Unpublished inventory available. (ac 47-008)"

0109.30 Update: Through the very kind efforts of Gerald D. Hodge, Jr. of Niota, TN, I have received copies of seventeen letters (either from or to Dr. A.S. Fowler) from the Georgia State Archives collection.
As the original letters were written in pencil, the copies are marginally readable. The one thing I can say for sure is that bad handwriting is apparently a Fowler family characteristic. Stay tuned for details.

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Groom	Bride	Date	Year	Note	Book	Page
Fowler, A S	Barrey, Mary J	10/5	1858	0	01	012