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Godfrey Rees Fowler Full Name: Godfrey Rees Fowler Date of birth: January 2, 1876 Date of death: March 24, 1958 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 28 Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905 28th   Democrat Palestine / Anderson   Anderson   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, Godfrey Rees Fowler, birth date 1/2/1876, son of Henry Bascom, grandson of Andrew Jackson Fowler. Chapter IX, Descendants of Andrew Jackson Fowler and Martha Susan Glenn, pp. 169-170. Annals of the Fowler Family, with Branches in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, California, and Texas, 1901. Biography, pp. 502-504. Birth date 1/2/1876 in Palestine, Texas. Centennial History of Anderson County Texas, Showing the Development of this Important County. . ., 1936. Godfrey Rees Fowler, birth date 1/2/1876 in Palestine, Anderson County; death date 3/24/1958; biographical sketch from Pioneer Families of Anderson County Prior to 1900; burial in Palestine City Cemetery, Anderson County. Find a Grave. Military Service Notes United States Army, Captain, Company F, 33rd Infantry Regiment, Spanish-American War; United States Army, Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry, World War I. "In 1897, G.R. Fowler began his law practice in Palestine, but this was short-lived because of the Spanish American War. He became a Captain of Company F, Thirty-third Infantry Regiment and remained in the Philippines until 1901. He returned to Palestine and his law practice, and served in the Texas Legislature in 1903-04. He joined the Army in 1909 in Nicaragua and was made a General. When the Nicaraguan Army of Liberation succeeded in its task in 1910, he returned to Palestine. He served in France during World War I and at the time of his retirement in 1934, he held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel." Biographical sketch from Pioneer Families of Anderson County Prior to 1900; military grave marker, Godfrey Rees Fowler. Find a Grave. Fowler, Godfrey R., Texas Volunteer Guard, Call Number: 401-193. Adjutant General circular dated 1/10/1900. Captain, Company G, 3rd Infantry, Texas Volunteer Guard. Previous U.S. Volunteer Army experience, question number 8: Captain, Company G, 2nd Texas United States Volunteer Infantry 5/13-11/9/1898; Captain, Company F, 33rd Infantry United States Volunteers 7/22/1899-4/17/1901. Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935. Fowler, Godfrey Rees, United States Volunteers, Spanish-American War, Call Number: 401-230. Captain, Company G, 2nd Texas Volunteer Infantry; First Lieutenant, Company M, 2nd Texas Volunteer Infantry. Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935. Photographs Photograph. G.R. Fowler, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 28th R.S. - 1903 Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 2   Labor   Penitentiaries   Penitentiaries Subcommittee to Visit Rusk Penitentiary   Railroad Commission   Revenue and Taxation   San Jacinto Battle Ground Picture Purchasing

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