The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-04-29

A part OF a recent story told III
this column, the one about the old
Bell Teams" (the six-horse teams),
and the high-wheeled wagons that
ran over the old National Pike,
found its way into the Baltimore
Sun. There it was read by Robert
Fowler Miller, of Baltimore, who
has been for some time trying to To-
cate relatives of his in this section.
Mr.. Miller has written me asking
for any information I may have, and
l am relaying his request to you.
Some time back, Mr.. Miller, not
knowing anyone locally, addressed
a letter to the mayor of Boonsboro,
Mr.. John Wheeler. Mr.. Wheeler
turned the letter over to the Editor
of the Boonsboro News, who pub
lished it along with few introduce
tory remarks as follows:
"Mr. Robert Fowler Miller is a
relative of the Fowler family, which
used to live here in time gone by. He
is trying to find out some details as
to records of the Fowler family,
their dates of marriages, births,
deaths, and if any of the family are
buried in or near Boonsboro or
Keedysville, where his grandfather
lived when first married. He is
anxious to know the burial place
of Henry and Mary Fowler"
Mr.. Miller also sent me copy of
a brief history of his family as he
outlined it in the letter that was
printed in the Boonsboro News.
Following is the history of his family
as he gave it:
Robert Fowler was born on his
fathers farm, near Urbana, which
then was located on the boundary
line between Frederick and Mont
gomery Counties. Urbana is now
located in Frederick County. Date
of birth, July 4, 1872. His father was
Henry Fowler and mother, Mary,
but do not know her maiden name.
Robert F. Fowler was the youngest
of seven children, all of whom seem
to have gone West, except Roberts
brother, jeremiah, who seemed to
have died in Frederick County. A
deed covering a mortgage of farm
known as Rattleweed Forest and
Wolf Den Springs, in Frederick
County, from jeremiah Fowler, of
Frederick, to Robert Fowler, of
Washington County, is recorded I'M
der date of Sept IL, 1886. l know
that Henry Fowler was deceased in
1881, for / find notice in the Fred
erick Town Herald of April %, 1881,
filed by his wife, Mary, as to the in
veritory of the late Robert Fowler.
cat the age of 81, Robert FowleB
my grandfather, went to Washington
County, and when % years old,
married Susan Keedy in 1884. Su-
san Keedy was born July %, 1914,
and was the youngest child of John
Henry Keedy and Magdalane Furry
Keedy, who were married by Rev.
George Adams Geeting, August 3,
1894. Soon after my grandfather's
marriage he removed to a farm at
Beaver Creek, few miles from
Boonsboro, which had been a part
of the estate of his father-in-law,
Henry Keedy. Here he engaged in
farming, and later kept a tavern in
Boonsboro. Four children were born
on the farm, or in Boonsboro, as
follows: John Henry, 1835-1901;
David, 1836-1911; Celeste, 1838-1904;
Robert, Jr., 184O-1843. In 1841 Rob-
ert Fowler removed to Hagerstown
where children were born. The
following early deaths were report
ed-Mary, 1842-1844; Melvin, 1850;
Francis, 1853-1856.
After my grandfather removed to
Hagerstown in 1841, he first became
a member of the board of County
Commissioners of Washington Coun-
ty. In 1916 he was nominated by