Married to John Fowler on 04 Apr 1826 in Guilford Co, NC.

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The Emporia Daily News, 11 May 1885, Monday

DIED.

Just as we go to press we learn of the death, at the family residence on East street, to-day at 4 o'clock, of Grandmother Fowler, wife of Mr. John Fowler, one of the oldest residents of the county.

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The Emporia Daily News, 12 May 1885, Tuesday

MRS. MILLEY FOWLER

The burial of Mrs. Milley Fowler, whose death at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon was noted in last evening's issue, took place to-day at Hunt's cemetery, four miles east of the city.The services at the residence No. 14 East street, conducted by Rev. Wilkins, were very brief, as the funeral proper will be conducted at a future time by a minister from abroad. The funeral train left the residence for the cemetery at about 2 o'clock. The attendance of relatives and friends was very large and the occasion an impressive one.

The deceased was in good health until December, when she became afflicted with a cancer in the mouth. Ever since she has been growing worse. Early in February she was taken to Kansas City and an operation removing the cancer was performed, but it did not avail to prolong her life. She grew gradually worse until the day of her death.

Mrs. Fowler was born in North Carolina, where in April, 1826, she married John Fowler. A few years after her marriage she united with the Methodist Protestant church, of which denomination she has since been a member. In 1832 she went with her husband to Indiana, where they lived for twenty-four years, and in 1855 they came to this county where they have resided for over twenty-nine years. It will thus be seen that they were among the very early settlers. Mrs. Fowler was 75 years old when she died. She was the mother of sixteen children, all of whom grew up and were married, though two have preceded her to the grave. Of the remaining fourteen all but two, who were here recently from Indiana to visit their mother, reside in this section of the state and attended the burial of their aged and honored mother to-day. On last Christmas at a dinner at home, the last of the kind which she attended, seventy-two guests were present. This number was composed of children, grand children, great grand children and one great great grandchild. Even in this large number the absence of many members of the family was noted.

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The Emporia Weekly Republican, 14 May 1885, Thursday

GONE HOME

After seventy-five years travelling through this life Mrs. Milley Fowler at 4:15 Monday evening, reached the end of her journey and departed, surrounded by her sorrowing relatives and friends. Although dying at a ripe old age, Mrs. Fowler's death was probably accelerated by a cancer in the cheek from which she had suffered long, eminent medical treatment failing to do her any good. She had returned but a few months ago from Kansas City, at which place she had undergone a painful operation, the cancer being supposed to have been removed, but it soon appeared again, and probably hastened the end for which she was well prepared. Grandmother Fowler leaves to mourn her absence fourteen children, all married, and a husband who is ten years her senior and has been her faithful protector for although (sic) sixty years. Mr. and Mrs. Fowler were married in North Carolina on the fourth day of April, 1826, and from that day till Monday have lived a model married life. Everyone for miles round here knows Grandma Fowler, she being one of the oldest settlers in the county, coming here in 1855. In their bereavement the family can be assured of the sympathy that is universal in their regard and will find consolation in the thought that "God rewards the good."

Tuesday at 2 o'clock the remains of Mrs. Milley Fowler were conveyed to Hunt's cemetery, four miles east of the city, followed by a large number of mourning relatives and friends, and there consigned to the peaceful precincts of the grave. The services at the family residence, 14 East street, were brief but very affecting, conducted by Rev. J. W. Wilkins, of the Methodist Protestant church, of which organization the deceased had long been a member. The prayer was very appropriate and the singing solemn and deeply impressive. The funeral sermon will be preached some time in the future of which due notice will be given. Mrs. Fowler was married to John Fowler in North Carolina, April 1826, who, although ten years her senior, still survives her. Mr. and Mrs. Fowler moved from North Carolina to Indiana in 1832 where they lived for twenty-four years. In 1855 they came to Kansas and were among the first settlers in this section of the then territory, residing in and near this city for about thirty years. Mrs. Fowler was about seventy-five years of age, the mother of sixteen children, a good neighbor, an excellent woman and a devoted Christian. Her children, grand children and great grand children will ever hold her in tender remembrance. She died trusting in a glorious resurrection and a blessed immortality. The loss of such a woman is to be deplored although she had passed the allotted time and only awaited the not unwelcome call to the heavenly land where disease and death can never enter. Our lives should be so ordered that like her we may be ready,
"That is life's valedictory
We may sincerely sing
Oh! Grave, where is thy victory?
Oh! Death, where is thy sting?"

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The Emporia Weekly Republican, 18 Jun 1885, Thursday

FUNERAL SERMON

The funeral sermon of Mrs. John Fowler will be preached at Fowler chapel two and a half miles southeast of this city, on Sunday next, June 21, at 11 o'clock a.m., by Rev. H. Luse, president of the Kansas conference of the M. P. church. Mrs. Fowler having been one of the oldest and most highly esteemed ladies in this vicinity, the people of this city and section of the country will be interested to know when these solemn services will take place, and whether present or absent on this occasion, will join in heartfelt sympathy with mourning relatives and friends in this, another mark of respect to her memory.

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