Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05
F0W[E FAMILY REUNION
MEETS AT STONEHAM
Ninth Annual Gathering Will Be
Participated in by Local
Members.

Washington and Alexandria people who
are entitled to membership In the Fowle
Kindred Association are planning to par
ticipate In the family reunion Labor day
at westview, the estate Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles II. Arnold, in Stoneham. Mass.
This is to be their ninth annual reunion.
There are number OF Fowles and their
kindred In Washington, including
brother. sister and son of the widow Of
Gen Fitzhugh Lee. There Is also quite
a contingent in Alexandria The reunion
this year will be Of particular interest to
them because the historian Of the asso-
Mass. Is preparing a paper on "The
Fowle Family in Virginia. and is desir-
GUS OF meeting as many descendants Of
the Virginia pioneers as possible to help
in making his paper as accurate and COM
prehensive as possible.
More than 100 members OF the associa-
ton attended the reunion last year. when
1t was held on the beautiful estate Of
the president Of the association, Arthur
A. Fowle managing editor Of the Boston
Globe, in Woburn.
this year a paper is to be read by the
Mass, a soldier of the Revolution, and
his Descendants.
John Fowle was father of Parker Fowle,
Charles sigourney Fowle. William Fowle,
John Fowle, George Fowle, James Fowle,
Seth Wyman Fowle and Henry Dear
born Fowle. all well known merchants Of
Boston in the last century.
H. Co.
more than twenty-five years was a CORE
spondent for Woburn and vicinity of the
Associated Press and Boston Journal. He
has been historian of the Fowle Kindred
Association for the past eight years and
has contributed a valuable historical and
genealogical paper on the family at every
reunion. His maternal grandmother was
a Fowle.
This association Is composed Of descend
ants of George Fowle, who was born in
England in 1910 and came to Concord.
Mass. in 1888. Ten years later he re-
moved to Charlestown, Mass. where he
pursued the business Of a tanner until his
death there in 1852. He had seven sons
and four daughters and many Of their
descendants have been prominent in the
various walks of life.
North Carolina Branch.
family in North Carolina and another
in Virginia, besides braches in New Eng
land and other sections of the country
Daniel Gould Fowle, Governor Of North
Carolina In 1889 to 1891, was a descend
and Of George Fowle. His father, Samuel
Richardson Fowle. was a pioneer in North
Carolina, going there from Woburn, Mass,
in 1915, and becoming one of the most
prominent shipping merchants in that
states. William Fowle, another descend
ant Of George Fowle. went from Bos-
ton to Alexandria, Va. in 1905, and be-
came one Of the most prominent shipping
merchants of that section. His son, Will
liam Holmes Fowle. was for many years
associated with his father in business and
both became foremost citizens of Alex
andria- The widow of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee
is F'owle, Of the Virginia branch.
Distinguished Mason.
Among other descendants of George
Fowle was Sir Henry Fowle. first COM
mander Of Boston Commandery and one
Of the most distinguished Freemasons of
his time. His son, William Bentley Fowle
was well known in Boston as a teacher
compiler Of school text books and lecturer
and co-worker with that distinguished
educator. Horace Mann. William Bentley
Fowle, jr.. son of the above. was a major
III Tie ClNlt WAL 1Iu d1leTWdTu mayor Oh
Newton, Mass. Count Rumford's ma
ternal grandmother was Mary Fowle, a
daughter Of Capt. James Fowle of Wo-
burn, 1667-1714, the first of the name to
be born in Woburn. and of a family
which has always been prominent there,
even up to the present day. Col. Loan
mi Baldwin had two wives, Mary and
Margery Fowle, cousins, granddaughters
of Maj. John F'owle, a son of Capt. James
Fowle. Abigail Adams. wife of Presi-
dent John Adams and mother of Presi-
dent John Quincy Adams, was a great
great granddaughter of George Fowle