COLONEL EDWARD BRUSH FOWLER
Born: May 29, 1826 in New York City, USA.
Died: January 16, 1896 (69 years of age)
Buried: Death Certificate Number: 976
Attending Physician: W.F. Swalin?? practicing at 118 Lafayette Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY.
Place of Death: 47 Brevoost Place Apartments on the Fifth Floor, Brooklyn,
NY.
Undertaker: Jos, Harfinig & Lord located at 1842 1/2 Fulton Street,
Brooklyn, NY.
Cause of death: (Ulyclisis?) for two months.
General Paralysis.
Cystitis. Asthma.
Occupations: Accountant. Treasurer.
Enlisted: April 18, 1861 as Lieutenant Colonel (35 years of age).
Mustered In: May 23, 1861 in Washington Promoted to Colonel February
22, 1862 (Colonel Alfred Wood severely wounded at Bull Run)
Mustered Out: June 6, 1864 Appointed U.S. Provost Marshall of the 3rd
District, NY on July 6, 1864. Appointed Brigadier General by Brevet to take
rank from March 15, 1865 by G.O. No. 65 June 22, 1867
Wounded: 2nd Bull Run at Groveton, VA on August 29, 1862. Ball entered
the thigh on the outside and passed straight across, severing, in its passage,
cords and muscles and grazing the bone.
Married: Annie Fowler (Annie Cook) on June 3, 1852 in Brooklyn.
Minister: Reverend Doctor Joseph Hanson Marriage Certificate destroyed
in fire March 15, 1891 Annie Fowler died March 3, 1904.
Mother and Father born in the USA.
Children: Emma A. Fowler. Married William H. Baker on February 6, 1877.
Pension Certificate: No. 131,851.
Last Pension Rate: $15.00 per month commencing May 18, 1874.
Last Known Addresses:
145 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY.
178 Fort Green Place, Brooklyn, NY.
532 Monroe Street, Brooklyn, NY.
Long Island Savings Bank, 342 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
(Annie Fowler 1898 - Daughter and son-in-law's residence) 920 St. Marks Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY.
Colonel Fowler is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn,
NY;
Section 189, Lot 16412.
Sources: The History of the Fighting Fourteenth by Tevis & Marquis. The Brooklyn, New York General & Business Directory for 1880-1881, published by Lain & Co., New York, in 1881. Brooklyn, New York Directory for 1890-1891, published by Lain & Co., New York, in 1891. Military & Pension Records obtained from the National Archives, Washington DC.