Background
Fowler, Benjamin Austin was born on December 14, 1843 in Stoneham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Benjamin Coleman and Sophia Cowdrey (Stevens) Fowler.
Fowler, Benjamin Austin was born on December 14, 1843 in Stoneham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Benjamin Coleman and Sophia Cowdrey (Stevens) Fowler.
Graduate Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1862. Served in signal corps, 50th Massachusetts Volumes, 9 months, 1862-1863, under General Banks, participating in siege of Portuguese Hudson. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1868.
Studied law 1 year at Boston.
Subscription public business, Boston, New York, Chicago, 1872-1899, ten years of which were with Dodd, Mead & Company, New New York Ranching near Phoenix, Arizona, March 1899-1916. Director Phoenix Title & Trust Company.
Member Arizona Legislature, 1901. Member National Irrigation Congress (Executive Committee 1900-1907, secretary 16th and 17th Congresses, 1908, 09, president 18th and 19th Congresses, 1910, 11).
Married Ella Frances Quinby, October 17, 1888.