OBIT: Name: Fowles, James L.
Date: 1877
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #026.
Notes: 1815 - 1877. Woodvale Cem. Berea, Ohio.

RESIDENCES: 1837 - Purchased property in Plum Creek Village (Olmsted Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio). Lots 68 and 20. Sellers: Lemuel and Chloe Hoadley.

1. Florence FOWLES d. Mar 1933.
2. Abram A. FOWLES
3. Florentine V. FOWLES b. 1850; d. 1902, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Delos FOWLES
5. Burton FOWLES b. Abt 1857.
6. Albert W. FOWLES b. Abt 1859, Berea, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 29 Oct 1887, Berea, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

Came to Middleburg (previously called West View) about 1808. The area of Middleburg that he settled later became part of Berea. His brother, Ephraim, and youngest brother, John, lived near him. There may have been other brothers or relatives, too. I've seen mention of David, Philo, and Stephen Fowls/Fowles in the area but it's uncertain who these men were.

The 1820 census showed that there were probably 9 oh his children living in the home at the time, 3 males and 6 females. At least one historical account mentions that he had 10 children. Another says he had 8 boys and 2 girls.

OBIT: Name: Fowles, Abraham
Date: 11/26/1848
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #026.
Notes: Age 58. City Cemetery Berea, Ohio.

1. Lucy FOWLES b. 22 May 1813, Middleburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 1. James L. FOWLES b. 29 Aug 1815, Middleburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 16 May 1877, , Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. Lewis Abe FOWLES b. Abt 1823, Middleburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 1896.
4. Florentine FOWLES b. Abt 1833, Middleburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 27 Jun 1884, Middleburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. Betsey Emeline FOWLES b. Abt 1824, Middleburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
6. Almina FOWLES b. Middleburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
7. Florinda FOWLES b. 1835; d. 2 Jan 1876, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
8. Huldah FOWLES
9. Nancy M. FOWLES d. Bef 1855.

Robert E. Ward HISTORY OF THE CLEVELAND GERMANS. See Chapter 1. The
surname Fowls appear to have been some form of Americanization of a German
name, perhaps from VOGEL, or GEFLÜGEL.

"Fowls Road in Middleburg Heights recalls a prominent family headed by
David L. Fowls (also Fowles) who is said to have been a German from
Hannover. He reportedly arrived in America as mercenary soldier in the
army of King George of England. In 1813, he followed his sons, Abram and
John, to Plumbfield, as Middleburg Heights was then called. According to a
family history, the father deserted to the American cause and served on
General Washington's staff as an interpreter.1 He died in Middleburg
Township in 1834. "

1.. "Fowles Family History." n. Pag. [3]. See also the newspaper account
of the second Fowles Family Reunion(Aug.27, 1901) in the Berea Enterprise
(Aug.30, 1901), p.5, col. 2. We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of
Robert Fowles, Martin B. Lewis, Helen Simpson, Kermit Simpson, and Dorothy
McKelvey, the late Baldwin-Wallace College historian.

DEATH: Set out for Newburgh to obtain a team of oxen. During his return home to Middleburg, he grew weak from the cold, set free his oxen from the cart, and sat down on some branches and leaned against a tree where he was found.

1. Lucy HICKOX b. 6 Dec 1777, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.
2. Nathaniel HICKOX b. 16 Feb 1779, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut; d. 1812.
3. Jemima HICKOX b. 25 Apr 1780, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut; d. 1 Nov 1813.
4. Hannah HICKOX b. 12 Dec 1782, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut; d. 22 Jul 1785.
5. Hannah HICKOX b. 22 Jul 1785, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.
6. Azel Azor HICKOX b. 12 Sep 1787, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.
7. Eri HICKOX b. 19 Feb 1790, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut; d. 21 Jan 1864.
8. Esther HICKOX b. 20 Sep 1792, Lorain, Lorain, Ohio; d. 15 Apr 1828, Euclid Cemetery, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
9. Jared HICKOX b. 8 Jun 1794, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut; d. 18 Feb 1870.
10. 3. Rachel Ann HICKOX b. 5 Sep 1797, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.

In Battle

1. Eri HICKOX b. Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut; d. Aft 1830, Lorain, Lorain, Ohio.
2. Mary HICKOX b. 2 Jul 1748, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut; d. Jul 1816.
3. Lucy HICKOX b. 13 Feb 1748/1749, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut; d. 19 Feb 1829.
4. Jesse HICKOX b. 12 Apr 1752, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.
5. 6. Jared HICKOX b. 15 Jan 1756, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut; d. 10 Dec 1810, Middleburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
6. Joel HICKOX b. 8 Apr 1758, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut; d. 1817.
7. Abraham HICKOX b. 2 Jun 1765, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut; d. 1845, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
8. Samuel HICKOX b. 1 Jan 1767, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.
9. Preserved HICKOX b. 6 Nov 1768, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.
10. Timothy HICKOX b. 5 Jan 1761, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut; d. 8 Dec 1835, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.

1. 7. Rachel MERRILL b. 30 Jan 1759, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut; d. Middleburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio.