Fowler-L Rootsweb : Searching for "needle-in-haystack" , one Samuel Robert Fowler , born somewhere between 1869----1880-- Father of Ernest Price Fowler .. My connection-------my mother , Lois Exrel Miller Speer was Ernest Price Fowlers' sister-in-law .... We shared many-many happy years--------it's just that UNC was the "black-sheep" , and he never talked about his family-----Unfortunately , all are now deceased, the last several generations.....We have absolutely --no- info on his family---other than , he was born in Carbon Hill , Alabama 1908----------Died 1989--------served in Merchant Marines in WW---II HELP !!!! Kindest regards , Jerry Speer--------------New Orleans