The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1861-07-16
DEATH OF GOV. ELLIS.

On Monday, the Sth inst, the melancholy intel
7 rrence was received at Raleigh of the death of
Z John W Ellis, Governor of North Carolina. He
died on Sunday, the 7th, at the Red Sulphur
4 Springs Monroe county, Virginia, whittier he had
zone for the benefit of his health Although this
. sad news not unexpected it caused none the
4 less regret and sorrow. We learn that he died
I suddenly, while sitting in chair talking.
4 No better purer man ever lived in the State
than John W. Ellis, and North Carolina never had
a trucr son. With constantly failing health and
death rapidly approaching, he stood at his post,
like patriot as he was, and continued to dis
charge his duties in crisis the like of which the
country had never witnessed With feeble frame
! he mustered the brave men of the State into the
field to meet the enemies of his section and of
equal rights, and almost amid the shouts of the
: first victory achieved by n. G. Volunteers ringing
in his ears, his spirit took its flight TO those realms
where war, Sickness pain and death are feared and
felt no more. Like all other men, he was not per
I; feet but his faults were few and never of the
heart We never knew a public man whom we
thought less deserving Of censure than Governor
Ellis. Although decided party man, he was far
more liberal and charitable in feeling and action
than his opponents gave him credit for
No man was more popular with the people of
the State than Gov. Ellis and had his life been
spared and opportunity offered, they would have
again endorsed him by an overwhelming vote
The future historian will no doubt do his memory
and his Administration full Justice
The Raleigh Register in notice % the death
Of the Governor, says:
He had been in feeble health for some time past
his disease being either asthma consumption, or
4 combination Of both. He left for the SPRINGS
about two weeks since, and as he bore the Journey
very we'll, his friends hoped that his valuable life
would be spared for years to come to his family
and his country. But alas! these hopes were de-
Stincd to disappointment. Gov. Ellis death was
no doubt FASTENED by knowledge of the vast re-
sponsbity resting upon him in this momentous
crisis in the affairs of his State and his country
and 10y the unremittng and arduous lahors i'm
posed upon him in his position Of Chief Magistrate
of the State, and Military Commander-in-C Chief
He leaves widow aud two children, and a vast
circle of devoted friends to lament his loss He
died IN the 4lst year of his age and in the second
term of his gubcrnatoral office
Governor Ellis born in that portion Of
Rowan which has since been made Davidson
county, on the 23d Of November 1920 His early
education was conducted by Robt Allison, ESQ
at Beatte's Ford in Lincoln county. was con
t'nued at Randolph Macon College. Va, and
finished at the University of this State, where he
graduated in 1871. After this he studied law
with Judge Pearson He entered public life in
18Th as a member of the House of Commons
from the county of Rowan, and continued in the
Legislature until the session of 1S4S when he was
elected Judge of the Superior Court of Law and
Equity, which distinguished position he continued
tC hon, bo Il, Il.
Office of Governor Of this State, post to which he
was reelected in August 1860
On the arrival of Gov. Ellis remains at Peters
burg, Va, on their way to Raleigh, the people of
that patriotic city turned out and showed every
mark Of respect. a large public meeting passed
the following resolution amongst others:
"ResoIved That tender to North Carolina
orr symPathies. The loss of such a man as Gov.
Ellis, at such time, is loss not only to North
Carolina but to all the Confederate States
The Petersburg Express says the following
delegation from North Carolina received the corpse
in Petersburg and escorted it to Rneigh:
j q Martin, adjutant general; Charles John
ston, surgeon general; E G Haywood, lieutenant
colonel l. OBJ Branch, quarter and pay master
general; Capt Il Myers, assistant quartermaster
y VI Nesbitt, surgeon 9th regiment; G J Ham
marskold John Spellman. governors aids; Compa-
MES y and B of Col F Fishers 9th regiment,
commanded by Major Lightfoot.
Mrs Ellis accompanied the remains of her
Iamcnted husband, attended by Miss Dawes her
sister, and Anderson Ellis, Esq, brother of the de-
ceased
From Raleigh the corpse was escorted on Thurs
day last to the family burying ground in Davidson
county, where it was met by very large concourse
Of citizens from the surrounding counties 1t
was buried with Masonic honors