Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

J. J. FOWSER, farmer; P.O. Plainfield; was born in Stark Co., Ohio, Aug. 13, 1827; he 
remained with his parents till his majority, attending school winters, and farming 
summers; in the spring of 1854, he came West, and settled on the north end: of his 
present farm. He was married April 11, 1848 to Esther REAM, a native of Summit Co., 
Ohio; she was born Oct. 16, 1827; nine children have been born to them, of which 
five are living, and four are deceased - Elmira (now wife of G. W. WAISNER, of South 
Bend, Ind.), Daniel F., Edwin T., Emma, Clara, living; Solomon, Newton, Diana and an 
infant son deceased; his present residence on the southern extremity of his farm was 
erected in 1856, and occupied in 1857; he owns 186 acres in Sec. 6, Lockport Twp., 
valued at $70 per acre. Has held the offices of School Director and Pathmaster. He 
deals largely in horses, cattle, hogs and mules. Mr. FOWSER is the heaviest, if not 
the largest farmer in his section, and is socially as jolly as he is large, and his 
presence is, a synonym with his neighbors for mirth and jocularity.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.