[Newspaper article from Ancestry dot com, written by Ruth Gadbury.]
Richard Fowler (Jan. 12, 1846 - May 29, 1920), sometimes called Rich or Dick, has been described as a typical westerner, a mustached, brawny, big-boned man who chopped wood with a seven-pound ax. Born in Tennessee, Rich came to Texas by 1857 with his mother, Rebecca, and step-father, Robert Keen. Rebecca had four Fowler children and three Keen children, which she reared near Dallas, then later in McLennan County on the Middle Bosque.
Rich left home at age 19 in 1865 and was a man of the saddle for several years. Between 1865 and 1871, he made seven trips to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, driving herds of cattle for Reuben Senterfitt.
On one of these trips, his brother, George (b. 1840), met an untimely death at the hands of some Mexican cowboys who had helped with the drive. Richard returned to Texas while George completed details of the drive and collected pay for the cattle. When George did not arrive at their predetermined meeting place, Richard retraced the route in search of him. When he met a former hand wearing his brother's boots and using his saddle, it was found that his brothers head had been split with an axe while he slept. It is said thet Richard began killing Mexicans, some four or five who had been in their employ and knew that Geroge was carying money. (Related by J. G. Tuckey, nephew).
Richard and Martha Carter (b. 1848), daughter of Charles C. and Lucinda (Armstrong) Carter, were married in January 1870. They bought 320 acres in November of that year on School Creek in Center Community, sometimes called Fowler Valley.
The next year, Richard was wintering ten of Reuben Senterfitt's saddle horses on his wheat field when they were stolen by the Indians. One morning he found the horses gone and a dead calf nearby with four arrows in it. The calf had been cut open, and only the clabber from the stomach was eaten. Following the tracks, Richard saw the Indians, Comanches he thought, and the horses in the distance to the north as they went up Simms Creek. The horses were never recovered. (the Highlander, Dec. 28, 1973)
No more record is found of Martha, the wife of Richard.
Richard enlisted in Company M of Minutemen of Lampasas County on September 12, 1872, and was discharged on March 10, 1874; he saw 84 days of service during that time. (Texas Ranger Index).
Richard married, for the second time, Sarah (Ivy) Carter (1842 - 1889) about 1874. Sarah was the widow of Charles C. Carter (1820-1866), who had been slain by an Indian's arrow. Richard and Sarah had a daughter, Mary E. (1875-1951), who married A.J. Straley on December 4, 1891. There was also an infant daughter born in 1879, who lived four days.
Sarah had Carter children: Edward Arleen (1864-1924), who married Melvina (Little) Carter Ford, and Ellen, who married Will Ross.
Richard and Sarah were in Kimble County in the 1880s, where they grazed their flocks of sheep. They were near his sister, Hettie Gadbury and family. They later returned to Center Community.
After Sarah died, Richard married Mrs. S.E. (Ollie) Lockhart (1853-1928) on November 8, 1891. She had two sons, Ed and Joseph Chester 1878-1962).
Richard and his last two wives are buried in Center Cemetery.
Death Certificate has birth year as 1847.
Richard Fowler (Jan. 12, 1846 - May 29, 1920), sometimes called Rich or Dick, has been described as a typical westerner, a mustached, brawny, big-boned man who chopped wood with a seven-pound ax. Born in Tennessee, Rich came to Texas by 1857 with his mother, Rebecca, and step-father, Robert Keen. Rebecca had four Fowler children and three Keen children, which she reared near Dallas, then later in McLennan County on the Middle Bosque.
Rich left home at age 19 in 1865 and was a man of the saddle for several years. Between 1865 and 1871, he made seven trips to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, driving herds of cattle for Reuben Senterfitt.
On one of these trips, his brother, George (b. 1840), met an untimely death at the hands of some Mexican cowboys who had helped with the drive. Richard returned to Texas while George completed details of the drive and collected pay for the cattle. When George did not arrive at their predetermined meeting place, Richard retraced the route in search of him. When he met a former hand wearing his brother's boots and using his saddle, it was found that his brothers head had been split with an axe while he slept. It is said thet Richard began killing Mexicans, some four or five who had been in their employ and knew that Geroge was carying money. (Related by J. G. Tuckey, nephew).
Richard and Martha Carter (b. 1848), daughter of Charles C. and Lucinda (Armstrong) Carter, were married in January 1870. They bought 320 acres in November of that year on School Creek in Center Community, sometimes called Fowler Valley.
The next year, Richard was wintering ten of Reuben Senterfitt's saddle horses on his wheat field when they were stolen by the Indians. One morning he found the horses gone and a dead calf nearby with four arrows in it. The calf had been cut open, and only the clabber from the stomach was eaten. Following the tracks, Richard saw the Indians, Comanches he thought, and the horses in the distance to the north as they went up Simms Creek. The horses were never recovered. (the Highlander, Dec. 28, 1973)
No more record is found of Martha, the wife of Richard.
Richard enlisted in Company M of Minutemen of Lampasas County on September 12, 1872, and was discharged on March 10, 1874; he saw 84 days of service during that time. (Texas Ranger Index).
Richard married, for the second time, Sarah (Ivy) Carter (1842 - 1889) about 1874. Sarah was the widow of Charles C. Carter (1820-1866), who had been slain by an Indian's arrow. Richard and Sarah had a daughter, Mary E. (1875-1951), who married A.J. Straley on December 4, 1891. There was also an infant daughter born in 1879, who lived four days.
Sarah had Carter children: Edward Arleen (1864-1924), who married Melvina (Little) Carter Ford, and Ellen, who married Will Ross.
Richard and Sarah were in Kimble County in the 1880s, where they grazed their flocks of sheep. They were near his sister, Hettie Gadbury and family. They later returned to Center Community.
After Sarah died, Richard married Mrs. S.E. (Ollie) Lockhart (1853-1928) on November 8, 1891. She had two sons, Ed and Joseph Chester 1878-1962).
Richard and his last two wives are buried in Center Cemetery.
Death Certificate has birth year as 1847.
[Newspaper article from Ancestry dot com, written by Ruth Gadbury.]
Richard Fowler (Jan. 12, 1846 - May 29, 1920), sometimes called Rich or Dick, has been described as a typical westerner, a mustached, brawny, big-boned man who chopped wood with a seven-pound ax. Born in Tennessee, Rich came to Texas by 1857 with his mother, Rebecca, and step-father, Robert Keen. Rebecca had four Fowler children and three Keen children, which she reared near Dallas, then later in McLennan County on the Middle Bosque.
Rich left home at age 19 in 1865 and was a man of the saddle for several years. Between 1865 and 1871, he made seven trips to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, driving herds of cattle for Reuben Senterfitt.
On one of these trips, his brother, George (b. 1840), met an untimely death at the hands of some Mexican cowboys who had helped with the drive. Richard returned to Texas while George completed details of the drive and collected pay for the cattle. When George did not arrive at their predetermined meeting place, Richard retraced the route in search of him. When he met a former hand wearing his brother's boots and using his saddle, it was found that his brothers head had been split with an axe while he slept. It is said thet Richard began killing Mexicans, some four or five who had been in their employ and knew that Geroge was carying money. (Related by J. G. Tuckey, nephew).
Richard and Martha Carter (b. 1848), daughter of Charles C. and Lucinda (Armstrong) Carter, were married in January 1870. They bought 320 acres in November of that year on School Creek in Center Community, sometimes called Fowler Valley.
The next year, Richard was wintering ten of Reuben Senterfitt's saddle horses on his wheat field when they were stolen by the Indians. One morning he found the horses gone and a dead calf nearby with four arrows in it. The calf had been cut open, and only the clabber from the stomach was eaten. Following the tracks, Richard saw the Indians, Comanches he thought, and the horses in the distance to the north as they went up Simms Creek. The horses were never recovered. (the Highlander, Dec. 28, 1973)
No more record is found of Martha, the wife of Richard.
Richard enlisted in Company M of Minutemen of Lampasas County on September 12, 1872, and was discharged on March 10, 1874; he saw 84 days of service during that time. (Texas Ranger Index).
Richard married, for the second time, Sarah (Ivy) Carter (1842 - 1889) about 1874. Sarah was the widow of Charles C. Carter (1820-1866), who had been slain by an Indian's arrow. Richard and Sarah had a daughter, Mary E. (1875-1951), who married A.J. Straley on December 4, 1891. There was also an infant daughter born in 1879, who lived four days.
Sarah had Carter children: Edward Arleen (1864-1924), who married Melvina (Little) Carter Ford, and Ellen, who married Will Ross.
Richard and Sarah were in Kimble County in the 1880s, where they grazed their flocks of sheep. They were near his sister, Hettie Gadbury and family. They later returned to Center Community.
After Sarah died, Richard married Mrs. S.E. (Ollie) Lockhart (1853-1928) on November 8, 1891. She had two sons, Ed and Joseph Chester 1878-1962).
Richard and his last two wives are buried in Center Cemetery.
Death Certificate has birth year as 1847.
Richard Fowler (Jan. 12, 1846 - May 29, 1920), sometimes called Rich or Dick, has been described as a typical westerner, a mustached, brawny, big-boned man who chopped wood with a seven-pound ax. Born in Tennessee, Rich came to Texas by 1857 with his mother, Rebecca, and step-father, Robert Keen. Rebecca had four Fowler children and three Keen children, which she reared near Dallas, then later in McLennan County on the Middle Bosque.
Rich left home at age 19 in 1865 and was a man of the saddle for several years. Between 1865 and 1871, he made seven trips to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, driving herds of cattle for Reuben Senterfitt.
On one of these trips, his brother, George (b. 1840), met an untimely death at the hands of some Mexican cowboys who had helped with the drive. Richard returned to Texas while George completed details of the drive and collected pay for the cattle. When George did not arrive at their predetermined meeting place, Richard retraced the route in search of him. When he met a former hand wearing his brother's boots and using his saddle, it was found that his brothers head had been split with an axe while he slept. It is said thet Richard began killing Mexicans, some four or five who had been in their employ and knew that Geroge was carying money. (Related by J. G. Tuckey, nephew).
Richard and Martha Carter (b. 1848), daughter of Charles C. and Lucinda (Armstrong) Carter, were married in January 1870. They bought 320 acres in November of that year on School Creek in Center Community, sometimes called Fowler Valley.
The next year, Richard was wintering ten of Reuben Senterfitt's saddle horses on his wheat field when they were stolen by the Indians. One morning he found the horses gone and a dead calf nearby with four arrows in it. The calf had been cut open, and only the clabber from the stomach was eaten. Following the tracks, Richard saw the Indians, Comanches he thought, and the horses in the distance to the north as they went up Simms Creek. The horses were never recovered. (the Highlander, Dec. 28, 1973)
No more record is found of Martha, the wife of Richard.
Richard enlisted in Company M of Minutemen of Lampasas County on September 12, 1872, and was discharged on March 10, 1874; he saw 84 days of service during that time. (Texas Ranger Index).
Richard married, for the second time, Sarah (Ivy) Carter (1842 - 1889) about 1874. Sarah was the widow of Charles C. Carter (1820-1866), who had been slain by an Indian's arrow. Richard and Sarah had a daughter, Mary E. (1875-1951), who married A.J. Straley on December 4, 1891. There was also an infant daughter born in 1879, who lived four days.
Sarah had Carter children: Edward Arleen (1864-1924), who married Melvina (Little) Carter Ford, and Ellen, who married Will Ross.
Richard and Sarah were in Kimble County in the 1880s, where they grazed their flocks of sheep. They were near his sister, Hettie Gadbury and family. They later returned to Center Community.
After Sarah died, Richard married Mrs. S.E. (Ollie) Lockhart (1853-1928) on November 8, 1891. She had two sons, Ed and Joseph Chester 1878-1962).
Richard and his last two wives are buried in Center Cemetery.
Death Certificate has birth year as 1847.
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