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Matt Fowler

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Matt Fowler

Birth
Marion County, Illinois, USA
Death
27 Oct 1921 (aged 43)
Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
Burial
Socorro, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.05849, Longitude: -106.90734
Memorial ID
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Matt Fowler, son of Dr. James Madison Fowler and Sidney Hendrickson Fowler married Myrtle Unger in El Paso, Texas on April 3, 1920.

"Texas Marriages, 1837-1973," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F61B-CZG : 11 February 2018), Matt Fowler and Myrtle Unger, 03 Apr 1920; citing El Paso County, Texas,

Excerpt from Illinois Alumni News, Vol. 7
"Matt Fowler was accidentally killed about Nov. 15 while duck-hunting near Socorro, New Mexico. A gun carried by one of his companions was accidentally discharged, killing Fowler almost instantly. He had been a lawyer in Silver City, New Mexico from the time of his graduation up until 1917, when he moved to Socorro. He was born October 5, 1878, at Marion, Illinois, attended Ewing College and Grant University in Tennessee, before coming to Illinois as a student in law....He is survived by his aged mother and four brothers."
Matt Fowler, son of Dr. James Madison Fowler and Sidney Hendrickson Fowler married Myrtle Unger in El Paso, Texas on April 3, 1920.

"Texas Marriages, 1837-1973," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F61B-CZG : 11 February 2018), Matt Fowler and Myrtle Unger, 03 Apr 1920; citing El Paso County, Texas,

Excerpt from Illinois Alumni News, Vol. 7
"Matt Fowler was accidentally killed about Nov. 15 while duck-hunting near Socorro, New Mexico. A gun carried by one of his companions was accidentally discharged, killing Fowler almost instantly. He had been a lawyer in Silver City, New Mexico from the time of his graduation up until 1917, when he moved to Socorro. He was born October 5, 1878, at Marion, Illinois, attended Ewing College and Grant University in Tennessee, before coming to Illinois as a student in law....He is survived by his aged mother and four brothers."


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