Gillman L. Fowler

1862 - 1937  (75 years)

• Name	Gillman L. Fowler
  Born	14 Jan 1862	Union County, South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Cemetery	Brown's Chapel Baptist Church, Pacolet, SC
  Died	6 Sep 1937	Pacolet, SC   [1]
  	Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage
  Notes	Ms. Mary Fowler Padgett (no known relation) remembers "Gil" Fowler as the man who built the stone walls at the Pacolet textile plant. She remember playing around the area where the work was going on and Gil being very good to the kids. Mesopotamia Methodist Church, located in Gowdeysville Township, lists a Gilman Fowler recevied by profession on October 2, 1886 (Church Register M.E. Church, South Mesopotamia Sunnyside, SC. The 1892 membership rolls list Gilman with a note "Lost site of". The 1900 Spartanburg County, SC census lists Gillman and Ida. Information indicates that Ida was a second wife. The birthdate information listed is different for both Gil and Ida to what is on their gravestones. The death certificate lists an F. R. Fowler of Pacolet Mills as the informant. Gillman died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
  Person ID	I6671	myfamilytree
  Last Modified	20 May 2022

  
  

  Father	Thomas G. Fowler,   b. 17 Apr 1812, Virginia ,   d. 7 Jun 1887, Pacolet, SC  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Martha A. Owens,   b. 11 Oct 1829, South Carolina ,   d. 27 Aug 1903, Whitney, Spartanburg County, SC  (Age 73 years)
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F4427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Unknown,   d. Yes, date unknown
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Mallard Fowler,   b. 8 Jul 1886,   d. 28 Sep 1929, Pacolet, SC  (Age 43 years)  [Stepchild]
  Last Modified	20 May 2022
  Family ID	F4915	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ida Petty,   b. 27 Jul 1876, South Carolina ,   d. 26 May 1951, Pacolet, SC  (Age 74 years)
  Married	Abt 1894
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Mallard Fowler,   b. 8 Jul 1886,   d. 28 Sep 1929, Pacolet, SC  (Age 43 years)
  Last Modified	20 May 2022
  Family ID	F4428	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S16] SC Death Certificate: State Registrar File Number 14375, District 4006, Registered #30.