Entered Ministry in Kentucky in 1826 - 1832.
Transfered to Tennessee where he was appointed agent over La Grange College in Tuscumbia, AL.
In 1837 he was sent to Texas as the first Methodist Minister and Presiding Elder over the Houston.
In 1840 he was appointed Presiding Elder over San Augustine.
In 1839 he married Missouri Lockhart-Porter and they settled in McMahan Settlement, Sabine Co., Texas.
Mr Fowler was an ardent Mason, and when the Grand Lodge of Texas was organized in the Senate Chamber of the Capital in Houston, he was present and became a charter member. He was also a firm advocate for schools, and founded Wesley College, San Augustine, and Fowler College, in Henderson, Rusk County.
He was a delegate from Texas to the General Conference in 1840-1844.
Before he left Kentucky for Texas he served a church in Louisville. The Stewards of the church told him they would give him the first bell used in that church for his first church he built in Texas. Accordingly, when he built McMahan Chapel, near San Augustine, the bell was sent.
Funeral Notice: "Friends and Acquaintances of the Rev. Littleton Fowler are invited to attend the Burial of his remains at McMahan Chapel, from his late residence, in Sabine County, on Tomorrow, at 11 o'clock, A.M."
Transfered to Tennessee where he was appointed agent over La Grange College in Tuscumbia, AL.
In 1837 he was sent to Texas as the first Methodist Minister and Presiding Elder over the Houston.
In 1840 he was appointed Presiding Elder over San Augustine.
In 1839 he married Missouri Lockhart-Porter and they settled in McMahan Settlement, Sabine Co., Texas.
Mr Fowler was an ardent Mason, and when the Grand Lodge of Texas was organized in the Senate Chamber of the Capital in Houston, he was present and became a charter member. He was also a firm advocate for schools, and founded Wesley College, San Augustine, and Fowler College, in Henderson, Rusk County.
He was a delegate from Texas to the General Conference in 1840-1844.
Before he left Kentucky for Texas he served a church in Louisville. The Stewards of the church told him they would give him the first bell used in that church for his first church he built in Texas. Accordingly, when he built McMahan Chapel, near San Augustine, the bell was sent.
Funeral Notice: "Friends and Acquaintances of the Rev. Littleton Fowler are invited to attend the Burial of his remains at McMahan Chapel, from his late residence, in Sabine County, on Tomorrow, at 11 o'clock, A.M."
Entered Ministry in Kentucky in 1826 - 1832.
Transfered to Tennessee where he was appointed agent over La Grange College in Tuscumbia, AL.
In 1837 he was sent to Texas as the first Methodist Minister and Presiding Elder over the Houston.
In 1840 he was appointed Presiding Elder over San Augustine.
In 1839 he married Missouri Lockhart-Porter and they settled in McMahan Settlement, Sabine Co., Texas.
Mr Fowler was an ardent Mason, and when the Grand Lodge of Texas was organized in the Senate Chamber of the Capital in Houston, he was present and became a charter member. He was also a firm advocate for schools, and founded Wesley College, San Augustine, and Fowler College, in Henderson, Rusk County.
He was a delegate from Texas to the General Conference in 1840-1844.
Before he left Kentucky for Texas he served a church in Louisville. The Stewards of the church told him they would give him the first bell used in that church for his first church he built in Texas. Accordingly, when he built McMahan Chapel, near San Augustine, the bell was sent.
Funeral Notice: "Friends and Acquaintances of the Rev. Littleton Fowler are invited to attend the Burial of his remains at McMahan Chapel, from his late residence, in Sabine County, on Tomorrow, at 11 o'clock, A.M."
Transfered to Tennessee where he was appointed agent over La Grange College in Tuscumbia, AL.
In 1837 he was sent to Texas as the first Methodist Minister and Presiding Elder over the Houston.
In 1840 he was appointed Presiding Elder over San Augustine.
In 1839 he married Missouri Lockhart-Porter and they settled in McMahan Settlement, Sabine Co., Texas.
Mr Fowler was an ardent Mason, and when the Grand Lodge of Texas was organized in the Senate Chamber of the Capital in Houston, he was present and became a charter member. He was also a firm advocate for schools, and founded Wesley College, San Augustine, and Fowler College, in Henderson, Rusk County.
He was a delegate from Texas to the General Conference in 1840-1844.
Before he left Kentucky for Texas he served a church in Louisville. The Stewards of the church told him they would give him the first bell used in that church for his first church he built in Texas. Accordingly, when he built McMahan Chapel, near San Augustine, the bell was sent.
Funeral Notice: "Friends and Acquaintances of the Rev. Littleton Fowler are invited to attend the Burial of his remains at McMahan Chapel, from his late residence, in Sabine County, on Tomorrow, at 11 o'clock, A.M."
Inscription
Presiding Elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Son of Godfrey & Clara Fowler
Born 1803
Died January 29 1846
His native land, Kentucky, his adopted, Texas, his final home, Heaven
Family Members
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