The Owosso times., 1916-01-07
Veteran Minister Passes Away.
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In 1853, he was married to Miss
Myrtle Adams of Cleveland, o. She
died in 1885 and two years later he
married Mrs. Caroline Chard of Co
runna, who survives him.
Rev. fowler had served in the
ministry for over sixty years.
Since 1869 he had preached in vari-
Gus Michigan cities, and previous to
that he prached in southern Ohio.
He was an ardent aboltionist and
his preaching Of this doctrine among
the advocates of slavery in southern
Ohio, nearly brought bodily injury
to him. He has often related to his
friends, many of the narrow escapes
he had had.
Mr.. fowler was an anti-prohibi-
Zionist but temperance advocate. He
was the founder of the Garfield
Boulevard Presbyterian church in
Chicago, now one of the largest and
most influential churches in that
city. He came to Owosso in 1904,
and since that time had supplied in
various ,pulpits of the county, ya.
A man of great educational at
tainments, Rev. fowler was highly
interesting conversationalist. He was
thorough scholar and possessed a
fine library. His talks before the
Shiawassee County Ministerial asso-
citation were always very interesting,
as were the communications that he
frequently sent to local papers, deal
ing with current subjects
Rev. fowler was in his youth
powerful man physically and even
the weight of four score and eight
years did not cause his shoulders to
droop. He was remarkably we'll pre-
served, and with his snow white hair
and beard, presented a dignified and
inspiring appearance. His physician
asserts that Rev. fowler was possess
ed of a wonderful constitution and
that had he not have caught cold,
his chances for attaining the century
mark, would have been good.
In politics Rev. fowler was
staunch Republican and voted for
every Republican candidate for pres
ident from Fremont to Taft. A few
days ago he was discussing politics,
and declared that the Republicans
should nominate and elect ex-Presi-
dent Taft to the presidency again.
"He is the ablest statesman in the
country today declared Rev. Towl-
er.
Rev. fowler, while holding pro-
nounced views on all questions Of i'm
portance, was very broad minded
and respected the views of others
even though they were opposed to
his ideas. He was the same way re-
garding religion. He often said
that he liked all denominations. He
was the personification of optimism,
always looking on the bright side of
life.
MY father was the most optimis-
tic man | ever met" declared one Of
his sons Wednesday. There were
never any rainy days with him, life
was all sunshine"
Rev. fowler was deep student of
astronomy, geology and botany, and
was a member of the National Geo
graphical society. He could tell off
hand, the location of any city of any
size in the world.
Surviving Mr.. fowler are his wild
ow and five sons. They are Herbert
L., of Minneapolis, Mimi; Alfred of
San Francisco, Calf; John and Will
liam of st. Louis, Mo-; and Edward
of New York, N. Y.
Funeral services will be held at
the Congregational church probably
Saturday afternoon. The exact time
of the funeral will depend upon when
Alfred fowler can get here from San
Francisco, Calf. Rev. B. G. Matt
son will ofliciate and the clergymen
OF the county will attend in a body.
Wanted.