Godfrey Rees Fowler

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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.
• John Hopkins Fowler. Biographical sketch, portrait, Chapter V, Descendants of Godfrey Fowler. Son of Godfrey Fowler, Jr., and Clara Wright, born 12/23/1876 in Smith County, Tennessee, died 10/12/1873 in Paris, Texas, pp. 63-66. Mentioned in "A Brief Historical Sketch of an Old Texas Family" from the Intelligencer, Dallas, Texas, about 1873, pp. 173-175.
  Relatives: John Hopkins Fowler (5th) - great uncle, Godfrey Rees Fowler (28th) - great nephew. (See pp. 61-62 - John Hopkins Fowler, Andrew Jackson Fowler, and Littleton Fowler were brothers. Andrew Jackson Fowler was Godfrey Rees Fowler's grandfather.) Annals of the Fowler Family, with Branches in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, California, and Texas, 1901.
• Biographical sketch, Lieut. Col. Godfrey Rees Fowler, pp. 502-504. Born 1/2/1876 in Palestine, Texas. A Centennial History of Anderson County Texas, 1936.
• Biographical sketch, p. 138. Born 1/2/1876 in Palestine, Texas, son of Henry Bascom Fowler and Edwina Nelms Reagan, died 3/24/1958. Pioneer Families of Anderson County Prior to 1900, 1983.

Military Service Notes

• Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry, Spanish-American War and World War I. Military grave marker, Godfrey Rees Fowler, birth date 1/2/1876, death date 3/24/1958, burial in Palestine City Cemetery, Anderson County. Find a Grave.
• 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. 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." Pioneer Families of Anderson County Prior to 1900, 1983.
• 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; 1st Lieutenant, Company M, 2nd Texas Volunteer Infantry. Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935.

Other Resources

• Colonel Godfrey Rees Fowler, birth date 1/2/1876 in Texas; death date 3/24/1958 in Palestine, Anderson County; retired Army officer, U.S. Army; served in World War I. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.

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.

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