History of Cohocton, (Steuben County) New York United States of America

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Lorenzo Niles Fowler, phrenologist, was born at Cohocton, N.Y., June 23, 1811; son of Horace and Eunice Fowler. In 1832 while at Amherst college he heard Dr. Spurzheim lecture, abandoned his intention of entering the ministry, and joined his brother, Orson Squire, in writing and lecturing on phrenology. In 1835 they opened an office in New York city and in 1838 started the American Phrenological Journal, published first in Philadelphia and afterward in New York city. In 1860 Lorenzo lectured throughout Great Britain and finally settled in London, Eng. He founded the Fowler Phrenological Institute and published The Phrenological Magazine. He was married to Lydia Folger, who was born in Nantucket, Mass., in 1823; was graduated from the Syracuse medical college, practised medicine, lectured on physiology and diseases of women and children, and published Familiar Lessons on Phrenology and Physiology (1847), and Familiar Lessons on Astronomy (1848); and died in London, Eng., Jan. 26, 1879. As a member of the firm of Fowler & Wells in New York Professor Fowler assisted in the publication of the American Phrenological Journal, Life Illustrated and the Water-Cure Journal, and in collaboration with his brother wrote Phrenology Proved, Illustrated and Applied; The New Self Instructor (1836). Among his published books are: Synopsis of Phrenology and Physiology (1844); Marriage, its History and Philosophy, with Directions for Happy Marriages (1846); Mental Science and Lectures on Man. He died while on a visit to his sister, the widow of Prof. Samuel Roberts Wells, at West Orange, N.J., Sept. 2, 1896.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Orson Squire Fowler, phrenologist, was born in Cohocton, N.Y., Oct. 11, 1809; son of Horace and Eunice Fowler. He was graduated from Amherst college in 1834. While in college he became interested in phrenology from hearing Dr. Spurzheim lecture, and adopted the science as a profession. In 1835, in company with his brother Lorenzo Niles he opened an office in New York city. He lectured in the United States and Canada for many years, and was recognized as the founder of practical phrenology in America. In 1838 he started in Philadelphia, Pa., the American Phrenological Journal, which was removed to New York city in 1842 and published by the firm of O. S. & L. N. Fowler, which became Fowler & Wells in 1844, S. R. Wells in 1863, and the S. R. Wells company in 1890. He retired from business in 1863 and removed to Boston, and in 1875 to Manchester, Mass., continuing to write and lecture. He published: Phrenology Proved, Illustrated and Applied (1836); Memory and Intellectual Improvement (1841); Physiology, Animal and Mental (1842); Matrimony, or Phrenology Applied to the Selection of Companions (1842); Self-culture and Perfection of Character (1843); Hereditary Descent (1843); Love and Parentage (1844); Sexual Science (1870); Amativeness; Self-Instruction in Phrenology and Human Science. He died at Sharon Station, near Sharon, Conn., Aug. 18, 1887.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor