The following item concerning the death of Reuben M Fowles, taken from the Canonsburg paper will be of especial interest to the citizens of Clarion and Clarion county.
Reuben M. Fowles died at 3 a. m., Wednesday morning, February 5, 1919, at his home at 339 West Pike street. Mr Fowles while working on a building early in connection with the Canonsburg Steel & Iron Company's plant on the 4th of October, 1917, fell from a ladder to the ground, a considerable distance, sustaining serious injuries from which he never fully recovered, and which were indirectly the cause of his death.
Mr. Fowles was born in BIars Corners, Clarion County, and at the time of his death was in his 77th year. In early manhood Mr. Fowles became a teacher in the public schools and for a number of years he was rated as one of the most successful teachers in Clarion county.
When the oil excitement broke out in the Upper Oil country, Mr. Fowles became an oil operator, and he was in the thick of the excitement witnessed during the ealry days in the vicinity of Rouserville and Oil City. Later he went to North Baltimore, Wood county, Ohio, and operated in what was known as the Lima oil field.
In early manhood Mr. Fowles was united in marriage with Miss Orpha Whitehill who survives him with the following children: One son, E. Drew Fowles, of Colorado Springs, Colo. and five daughters, Mrs. Snyder, wife of Judge D. G. Snyder, of Greensburg, and May, Zella, Gertrude and Margaret, at home. Mr. Fowles is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Wm. Thomas, Mrs. Solomon Rugh and Mrs. Wm. Taylor, all of Clarion county, and also by two grandchildren.
Mr. Fowles and family moved to Canonsburg fifteen years ago and he soon became known to our people as a man of intelligence and of high character. He was an almost life-long member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and since coming to town was a member of the Canonsburg M. E. congregation. In politics Mr. Fowles was a Republican.
As stated Mr Fowles never fully recovered from the injuries sustained in his fan. At the same time he recovered sufficiently to enable him to go about town and to do some work in his garden. For the past 24 weeks he was confined to his bed.
Funeral services were held at his late home Friday afternoon and interment was made at Canonsburg,
The Clarion Democrat
Clarion, Pennsylvania
20 Feb 1919, Thu • Page 5
Family Members
Parents
Reuben M. Fowles
1808–1880
Susanna Laughner Fowles
1814–1904
Spouse
Orpha A. Whitehill Fowles
1849–1930
Siblings
Erred Fowles
1832–1862
Amanda Jane Fowles Bailey
1833–1914
Elizabeth Fowles Rugh
1838–1924
Adison A. Fowles
1845–1918
Sarah Fowles Taylor
1849–1931
Children
Elwilda May Fowles
1874–1960
Zella Belle Fowles
1876–1956
Gertrude L. Fowles
1878–1973
Esther Winifred Fowles Snyder
1880–1970
Erred Drew Fowles
1881–1952
Margaretta W. Fowles
1884–1975
