My gggrandfather, James S. FOWLER, was b abt 1809 (in KY according to 1850 census) and died in 1854 in Newton Co., MO. His wife Jerusha Burdett b. abt 1816 in TN d. 1858 in Newton Co. MO. They went to Newton Co in 1841. Have not been able to get back further with this couple. Wondering where the IA Fowlers, that went to SW Missouri, were from before IA and if they had any connection with James. I see in the 1850 census for Newton Co. MO there is a Benjamin E. Fowler 26, m, farmer, born IA Mary, 26, f, b NC, John, 7, m, b IA Thomas, 6, m, b IA Elizabeth, 3, f, b MO William, 2/12, m, b MO (also, lists: Caps, Rawson, 19, m, farmer, b AR) Grace