Fowler, Littleton, 1803-1846

Methodist Missionary of Texas.

Methodist minister Littleton Fowler (1803-1846) was born to Godfrey and Clara (Wright) Fowler in Smith County, Tennessee. After moving to Caldwell County, Kentucky, Fowler converted to Methodism and started preaching in 1826. He lived in Alabama and Georgia before moving to Texas in 1837. Settling in Houston, he became responsible for establishing Methodist churches and other church activities in East Texas. Fowler organized the first Sunday School in Texas with Martin Ruter and laid the cornerstone of the Methodist Church in San Augustine with General Thomas J. Rusk. In 1838, Fowler married widow Missouri M. Lockwood Porter, with whom he had a daughter and a son, Methodist minister Littleton Morris Fowler. Fowler became superintendent of the Texas Mission in 1838 and recruited numerous local and Tennessee preachers, including Jesse Hord and Isaac L.G. Strickland. He also served as elder of the San Augustine District (1840) and of the Lake Soda Distrct (1842-1845) for the Texas Annual Conference; an agent of Rutersville College (1841-1842); and a trustee of Wesleyan College (1840s). After submitting a successful resolution to split the Texas Annual Conference, Fowler served as elder for the Sabine District in the new Eastern Texas Conference in 1845.

Source:

Spellmann, Norman W. Fowler, Littleton. Handbook of Texas Online . Accessed December 3, 2010. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ffo25 .

Methodist minister Littleton Fowler (1803-1846) was born to Godfrey and Clara (Wright) Fowler in Smith County, Tennessee.

After moving to Caldwell County, Kentucky, Fowler converted to Methodism and started preaching in 1826. He lived in Alabama and Georgia before moving to Texas in 1837. Settling in Houston, he became responsible for establishing Methodist churches and other church activities in East Texas. Fowler organized the first Sunday School in Texas with Martin Ruter and laid the cornerstone of the Methodist Church in San Augustine with General Thomas J. Rusk. In 1838, Fowler married widow Missouri M. Lockwood Porter, with whom he had a daughter and a son, Methodist minister Littleton Morris Fowler. Fowler became superintendent of the Texas Mission in 1838 and recruited numerous local and Tennessee preachers, including Jesse Hord and Isaac L.G. Strickland. He also served as elder of the San Augustine District (1840) and of the Lake Soda Distrct (1842-1845) for the Texas Annual Conference; an agent of Rutersville College (1841-1842); and a trustee of Wesleyan College (1840s). After submitting a successful resolution to split the Texas Annual Conference, Fowler served as elder for the Sabine District in the new Eastern Texas Conference in 1845.