The History of Hendricks County (Chicago: Interstate Publishing, 1885)--Union Township, page 723
Stephen Fowler, son of Robert and Mary Fowler, is a native of Yorkshire, England, born Feb. 7, 1836. He received a fair education, attending school till he was fourteen years old, when he took a position as wool grader in a woolen factory, remaining there till he was twenty-one years of age. In the spring of 1857 he took passage from Liverpool, and after a five-weeks voyage, he landed in New York. Shortly after his arrival he went to Pennsylvania, remaining there till 1859, in which year he came to Marion County. After remaining there about a year he moved to Hendricks County, and in 1864 he located in his present residence, near Rainstown. He is the owner of 222 acres of land which he has acquired by his own perseverance and industry. He was married in England, Sept. 12, 1855, to Sarah Wise, daughter of John Wise, of Yorkshire, England. They had a family of nine children, six now living--Cora A., born Aug. 30, 1857; Alfred, born Aug. 13, 1860; Robert P., born Nov. 19, 1862; Louisa, born Sept. 2, 1864; Margaret, born July 26, 1866, and John W., born May 17, 1868. Three are deceased--Mary, Hiram and George. Mr. Fowler's first wife died Oct. 1, 1875, and he was again married April 12, 1876, to Mrs. Josie E. Lincoln, widow of the late George Lincoln. Mr. Fowler enlisted in February, 1865, in the One Hundred and Forty-eighth Indiana Infantry, in Company G, and was on guard duty principally, in Tennessee. He was honorably discharged in the following September. He is a member of the Odd Fellows order.