A Portrait and Biographical Record of Hendricks County (Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1895)--pages 976-977
Alfred Fowler, Hendricks County, Ind., is one of the progressive young citizens of Union Township. His grandfather, Robert Fowler, was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1794, and was engaged in the manufacture of woolens in Bradford. Stephen Fowler, son of above and father of our subject, was also born in Bradford, England, February 7, 1836. He came to Pennsylvania at the age of twenty-one years and engaged in the manufacture of worsted goods in Philadelphia till 1859, when he came to Indiana and engaged some years in mercantile business at Rainstown, Hendricks County, and since then has been occupied with his present model farm of 180 acres. He is a strong Republican in politics, and fraternally an Odd Fellow, being a member of Pittsboro lodge, No. 129, and of Royal Arcanum Council. Mr. Fowler enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment Indiana Infantry, and was in the service seven months guarding railway property along the Nashville & Chattanooga line, and was then discharged. He married, September 12, 1856, in England, Sarah Wise, daughter of John and Mary (Mortimer) Wise, to which union were born the following children: Cora A., Alfred, Robert P., Louisa, Margaret and John W. The wife and mother died in September, 1875, and the second marriage of Mr. Fowler was to Josie Lincoln, who also died; the third marriage was with Unity Richmond.
Alfred Fowler was born in Marion County, Ind., August 13, 1860. Since his infancy he has been identified with the progress and public spirit of this county. He married, February 17, 1890, Myrtle Hedge, daughter of Chester B. and Sarah F. (Gott) Hedge, of this township. Her brothers and sisters were born in the following order: Cora E., Myrtle R., Mary E. (deceased) and Charles O. Mr. Hedge is a stanch Republican and deacon in the Christian Church, of which church his wife is also a member. Chester B. Hedge was born in Pulaski County, Va., March 1, 1840. When only four years old he came to Indiana with his father, and settled in Hendricks County, in 1843. He enlisted, in March, 1862, in Company F, Fortieth Indiana Infantry, Army of the Cumberland, and took part in the campaigns of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, and the battles of Resaca, Jonesboro, Mill Springs, New Hope Church, Peach Tree Creek, Dallas, Rocky Faced Ridge, Atlanta, Lost Mountain, Franklin (where he was captured, but escaped by plunging into the river and diving, but was shot at several times), and Nashville. He was honorably discharged in 1865. He is now a member of George A. Kendall post, No. 499, G.A.R. Our subject's children are named, Bessie (died December 6, 1894), and Sarah. Alfred Fowler is the junior member of the firm of Fowler & Son, proprietors and operators of a saw-mill at Lizton. He also owns and operates a tile factory and also a threshing machine, both in his own right; also a farm of forty acres and a modern, substantial, well furnished village residence. He has been industrious, honest and a hard worker. He is a self-made man, both he and his wife are devout Methodists, and he is a trustee in the church. He is a member of Luther lodge, Jamestown, No. 227, I.O.O.F., and he is interested in our common schools, the churches, and all that stands for progress and advancement in the county or township.