Jim, Ran across this on http://www.gensource.com thought I would forward it to you. FOWLER ,Joseph Solomon b:1806 d:1888 m:1830 pb:South Carolina pr:Chautauqua Springs, Kansas sp:LOWERY , Elizabeth notes: Looking for the family origin in Tennessee, possibly Bedford or McNairy County. Father may have been a blacksmith named Hiram Fowler. Likely connected to those Fowler's in South Carolina from rhae@intellex.com id#16224 http://www.gensource.com/common/ctadlist.cfm?key=fowler&date= Kirk