Frances Marion Fowler had a very difficult life up to the end of her years. She married against her family's wishes to Willis W. Taylor a violent man who beat his wife and children as well as other members of his community. Frances M. Fowler wrote her biography describing the hardships she faced during her marriage and after her divorce from Willis W. Taylor.

Her oldest daughter Georgia was stricken with malaria and was delirious Georgia never recovered and her mother admitted Georgia to the Georgia Insane Asylum in Millidgeville, Ga. Georgia died there a few days after being admitted.
Georgia had a premature baby girl that died soon after being born while she was sick.

Frances's oldest son John B. Taylor was murdered by John Daly, Jr. in Pulaski Co., Ga about 5 miles from Hawkinsville on the old Dublin road near Providence Church. John Daily, Jr. his murderer fled Georgia and if he was ever tried in a court of law is unknown.
John Daily, Sr. did not like John B and had told his son to shoot and kill John B. just days before John Daily, Jr. murdered him by shooting him directly in the forehead and when he was on the ground Daily shot him twice more, once in the back of the head and in the shoulder.

Frances son James Taylor accidently shot a man and killed him in Macon, Bibb, GA. According to Frances he was put in jail and then transferred to another county for his safety and was kept there for about 3 months when he was broke out of jail. James left Georgia and sailed the seas for a while and returned to meet his mother in Alabama. The family still living moved to Brunswick, Ga. where Lila married a river pilot. Benjamin worked on the railroad and James continued working on the waters. Frances lived happily with her daughter Lila in her remaining years.

Margie Daniels