Litchfield enquirer., 1879-04-10
A MEMORIAL DISCOURSE.
IN MEMORIAM, DIR. REMUs NJ. FOWLER, BY REV
 W. S. COUPON. MARCH, 23, 1879.

ga W. s. COUPON MARCH, 8, 1879.
 Psalms 12 1-"Hslp, Lord; .tor tue Cody man ceaseth for the taittfuI jul from among the children cf men,"
 When good man dies the people mourn. When faithful man. fails from off the earth, there is sorrow felt, which the world cannot cure All the more serious is the loss, 1 if the wisdom of years is added to the promise of earlier life Most deeply felt of all is the Godly mans death, when a long life has been spent in active service in so noble and useful a profession as that of the practice of medicine.
 All these conditions were answered in the character and life of Dr. Remus M. Fowler, whose recent death in thls community we so lately met to deplore. He was good man, and at the time of his death, an aged man, ripe with the golden wisdom of many years. He was prominent member of the medical pro- fession in his native state; and in that emi- nently useful calling, served God and his gen. erations for sixty-two years of successful prac- tice, till, at last, ''by the will of God, he fell asleep"
 Is it not we'll to commemorate such life Is it not profitable to mediate awhile on the value of ''Godv" and faithful man ," study the secret of his influence and ask what stim- his example?
 A few preliminary facts about his percentage and early life will be necessary, in order to understand his position, and the value set up on his services Tn this community. He was born in the town of Torrington, Conn.,, in the month of August, 1793, and was one of a fanl- fly of twelve children, and, with his twin brother Romulus, was the tenth in the order of birth. His father, Noah Fowler, and his mother Rhoda, daughter of Capt. Levi Tut tie, of Fair Haven, Conn.,, were persons native to Connecticut and fashioned after the old time ways of industry, sobriety, honesty, the keeping of Gods Sabbath, and the honoring of His sanctuary.
 Dr. Warren R. Fowler. the elder brother of Dr. Remus NJ. Fowler, settled as physician ln the town of Washington in 1796. He was conspicuously active in promoting education in all forms besides educating young men for the medical profession, among them two of his brothers, and tive of his sons. Such man was a man of mark, and when, in September, 1894, he was taken sick with malignant fe- yer, which ragged here at that time Gan inn ported fever, of which quite number died, and among them, besides Dr. Warren R. Fow- Ter, Judge Daniel N. Brinsmade and Sheriff John N Gum, prominent citizens of the town) it was quite serious question who should take and fill his place. That question was very happily answered. Dr. Remus M. Fowler, who had studied medicine with his brother, and had been practicing his profession for about ten years in New Marlboro, Berk- shire Co.,, Mass, now, at that brothers call, came to aid him in his sickness was with him when he died and at the urgent wish of the people, remained to pursue his profession, where he had already, in time of public dis tress, made himself so useful, so acceptable, and, may say, so indispensable
 Thus by piece of rare good luck-1 may better call it by an ordering of most kind Providence-this town has enjoyed the medi- cal services of these two brothers for the period of eighty consecutive years, and these, too, services of high character in respect to pro- fessional ability. think 1 may safely say that it is d fact hardly to be paralleled in the case of any other town in the state. Certain ly it is circumstance so rare as to call for al hon ft,t fba rf of favored
 Here, then, Dr. Remus M. Fowler came to live. and to enter on that long career of use- fulness which, for more than half century, he pursued with SO much benefit to this and adjoining towns. His first wife, who, at her marriage was Harriet w. Childs, of Litchfeld, had died two years before, leaving him with two young children, both daughters Of these, one, Mrs. Nancy Maria Ford, died in April, 1868, in the 3rd year of my pastorate over this church while the other, Mrs. Vol sey Leavitt, is now residing with her family in the southermost of our Southern states The two children by the second marriage, a son and daughter, with their widowed mother, now survive the first mentioned, Stanley G. Fowler occupying the responsible position of editor-in-chief of daily paper at Leadville, one of the most promising mining towns in the distant state of Colorado, and the two last re- main at the cid homestead in this town, and their claims to the affectionate sympathy and helpful regard of you all, need not stop to point out.
 Passing now to general view of Dr. Few 'ler's life and character, 1 have time only to speak of few of the more prominent features of his mind and heart. If from the brevity of the space allotted, omit anything essential to just estimate of him, as he lived and was known among you, your own recollection will supply any deficiency.
 As to his christian character, that was an 'epistle indeed, known and read of all men," He was not member of any church when he came to Washington, but in 1881, five years after he settled here, and three years after his second marriage, which took place in 1928, there was great religious awakening in this town, and as a result of that powerful work of the Spirit of God-the most marked that this parish and people have ever known about 116 persons, .Dr. Fowler among them, made public acknowledgement of Christ, and united with the church. From that time on, till the time of his death, period of more than forty-seven years, no one ever doubted his christian character That character was built on the word of the Lord, was grounded in faith in the son of God; and was exhibited in lifelong and Godly walk before his fellow men. He loved the truths and doctrines of the bible Many have been the times in late years, when out in his garden in the pleasant summer days, or in his house.. have talked with him of the things of God and Eternity, of Christ and his salvation, and have seen the good mans eyes fill with tears, and heard his fpnr,1 l1 l. cxl-z Al