| LC control no. | nr2002017154 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Fowler, John, 1756-1840 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Frankfort (Ky.) |
| Located | Williamsburg (Va.) Lexington (Ky.) |
| Birth date | 1756-04-27 |
| Death date | 1840-08-22 |
| Place of birth | Chesterfield County (Va.) |
| Place of death | Lexington (Ky.) |
| Affiliation | College of William & Mary United States. Congress. House |
| Profession or occupation | Freemasons Postmasters Legislators |
| Found in | His Washington City, 5th March, 1805. Fellow citizen, 1805: p. 3 (John Fowler) Fowler, I. Captain John Fowler, 1942: p. 1 (b. Apr. 27, 1756; d. Aug. 22, 1840) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, 1989 (Fowler, John; rep. from Kentucky 1797-1807; postmaster Lexington, Ky. 1814-22; b. 1755; d. Aug. 22, 1840) MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Fowler, John, 1756-1840) Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 350 ("John Fowler", pioneer political leader, born in Chesterfield County, Virginia; first lieutenant then captain in the Revolutionary War; studied at William & Mary College in 1780. Moved to Lexington, Ky. in 1782. Became one of several trustees of Frankfort, Ky. Represented Fayette County, Ky. in the Virginia convention in 1783 that ratified the U. S. Constitution. Established the Lexington Freemason Lodge No. 1. Served as Transylvania Seminary's treasurer from 1789-1793. Elected to the U. S. House of Representatives 1797-1807. Served as Lexington's fourth postmaster 1814-1822, establisehd Fowler's gardens on three hundred acres near Lexington and transferred almost a third of them to the Concort Presbyterian Church near Carlisle, Ky. Died August 22, 1840 in Lexington, Ky.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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