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Cleo,
My great great grandfather is listed as "A.D. Fowler" in the 1850 census for Muddy Bayou twp in Conway Co., Ark. There is a 14-year-old girl named Frances Fowler in his home that isn't his child. Perhaps this is a sister of the William and Jesse Fowler you found in the 1850 census of Tishomingo Co., Miss.
My great great grandfather married 20 March 1844 in Marshall Co., Ala, (under the name Anderson Fowler) and his first child, my great grandfather David Baxter Fowler, was born 5 Oct, 1844 in New Market, Madison Co., Ala. They left Alabama when David was 6 weeks old, according to family tradition. If they followed a more or less straight line to Arkansas, they may have passed through Tishmingo Co., Miss. and dropped off two or more orphaned nieces/nephews, taking one niece with him to Arkansas.
I believe my Anderson Fowler is the same person called Andrew Fowler in Baxter's probate records, and a son of Baxter's second wife, Charity Daughtry. The evidence is circumstanial, but fairly strong.
Looking at data I've compiled on Baxter Fowler's family (I'm mostly relying on other people's research, so you'll want to doublecheck info) there were at least five sons that are generally accepted as belonging to Baxter and his first wife that could be the father of your William Thomas Fowler of Tishmingo Co., Miss. (born c. 1840)
1. James W. Fowler (married Rebecca A, Saddler 27 March 1830) appears in both the 1840 and 1850 Madison Co., Ala., censuses. So if William is an orphan, this probably isn't his father.
2. William R. Fowler (married Elizabeth Mithvin 9 Jan. 1836) appears in both the 1840 and 1850 Madison Co., Ala., censuses. So if William is an orphan, this probably isn't his father.
3. Baxter W. Fowler (married Rebecca M. Amos 13 July 1837) appears in the 1840 Madison Co., Ala., census; I'm told he was in Marengo Co., Ala., in 1850. So if William is an orphan, this probably isn't his father.
4. Andrew J. Fowler (married Cynthia Carroll 5 Nov. 1836). I haven't found any evidence of him in either the 1840 or 1850 Madison Co., Ala., censuses. My guess is his family left the area before the 1840 census to parts yet unknown. Don't know if they had any kids. He could possibly be your William's father, but I doubt it.
5.That leaves John E. Fowler, sometimes shown as John H., (married Elizabeth Harlass 1 Oct 1831) He's probably the John Fowler on page 125 of the 1840 Madison Co., Ala., census. He's listed as 30-40; his wife 20-30; one son under 5; one son 5-10; three daughters under 5; and one daughter 5-10. He doesn't seem to be in the 1850 Madison Co., Ala., census, so he may have moved, or may have died leaving minor children.
So my theory is that John and Elizabeth (Harlass) Fowler could have died in the early to mid 1840s and their minor children placed in two or more homes. I don't see any probate record in Madison Co., Ala., to support this, but it seems reasonable. Maybe someone can confirm or refute this scenario.
Good luck.
P.S. Madison J. Fowler and his brother Edward were in Polk Co., Ark. for the 1860 census.
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