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Searching for Fowler Info for Elizabeth Fowler, Married Morgan Co. Ind. to Thomas
Jefferson Weidner, 1844, Charlotte Fowler, married Samuel Fletcher 1840, and Minerva
Fowler married Ralph Simpson, 1847, all Morgan Co. Ind. Fowler families had purchased land
in Morgan Co. 1830's. We decended from Elizabeth Fowler Weidner, First son named John
William, William was name of Tom Weidner's father. First daughter thought to be Mary
Frances, although given as Mary Jane on 1860 Ill. Census. Mary Frances taken from Civil
War Record of Tom Weidner. Any help sincerely appreciated. Elizabeth and Charlotte both
died in Iowa, around Sidney. Elizabeth 1851, when son John William was born, and Charlotte
1862. Believe these two must have been close relatives. Lost track of Minerva. Our
ancestor, John William Weidner married Mary Catherine Rogers, in Cloud Co. Ks. Near
Concordia. They later joined the land rush to Oklahoma, when the Cherokee Strip opened.
Both Buried in Cimmaron Cemetery nea!
r Lacey or Ames Okla. Mary Catherine was the daughter of Elias and Elizabeth Fox Rogers.