Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-08-17
DEATH OF MRS. BOWIE.
A Daughter Of Hon. Richard Ii.
Bayard Dies Suddenly.

The Philadelphia Times Of yesterday
contained the following special despatch
from Narragansett Pier: Mrs. Il.
Ashurst Bowie, Of Philadelphia, long
one Of the most prominent leaders in so
ciety in that city, and for several con
sscutive seasons past a visitor at Nara
gansett Pier, died suddenly at 3.3O
o'clock Tuesday morning at the At
wood House, where she came late in
June to spend the summer, as had heen
her custom for severa, years past. Some
three weeks ago, while bowling one
evening, she met with an accident In
some way she ran splinter into her
foot. The wound was not considered ii
serious one, but perfect rest and quiet
were prescribed by her physician, DR..
I,ache Emmett.
Sbs did not gain strength as was
hoped and u week ago had severe faint
l. ing spells. From these she rallied,
however, and on Monday evening was
80 far recovered as to express desire to
attend the phantom ball AT the Cont
mental Hotel. This was not thought
advisable, but many of the young poo-
pie in the hotel called upon her a,tirrd
in,their costumes, and she seemsd In
her maid maid naoiicea ai that she wtas icla96Gf la96Gf
called her mother, Mrs Bowie, and her
sister, Mr.. Powell. DR.. Smith, II
guest in the hotel, was summoned, but
his efforts were unavailing, and she
sank rapidly until her death, which
occurred at $50 o'clock on Tuesday
morning. Mrs. Bowie was we'll and
widely known in Philadelphia and
New York and among the yearly visi-
tors at the Pier She was Miss Bay
ard OF Wilmington, a niece of Senator
Bayard, and from her own family
position and connection, as well as that
Of her husband, she occupied the post
Of leader.
Possessed of a genial and aimable dis
position, she had made countless friends
and her death will be widely and sim
cerely lnourned. None of the summer
visitors was better known at the Pier,
and her generosity and kindness had
made her enGeared 10 many of TIE visi-
tors here, who will also mourn her de-
cease. Mrs Bowie's remains were taken
to Philadelphia by the o'clock train,
where the funeral will take place on
Thursday"
The Times continuing, says !: There
was no one better known in Philadel-
phia society than Mrs. Ashurst Bowie.
She was a daughter of Richard H.
Bayard, United States Senator from
Delaware from 1886 to 1915, who after
wards lived on Walnut street near
Tenth. Her mother was one Of the
Maryland CAROLS Of Carrollton.
louisa Bayard made her mark in
society at a very early age and was mar
ried to Richard Ashurst Bowie.
They lived at No. l429 Spruce street,
and Mrs. Bowie leaves son Is years
old. She was IA very pretty and attrac-
tive woman, and was always to be
counted upon at fashionable entertain
ments, and her bright face was famil-
lar one at the opera and the theatre.
She was one of the " old set, in which
death has lately made many inroads,
and there are few young women of her
time who would be 80 widely missed.
Mrs Bowie was a native OF Whining
ton, living here until she was about
fourteen years of age, and when her
father, Hon. Richard Fl. Bayard, and
nncle of Hon, Thomas f. Bayard, was
appointed United STATES nflnisIri ~
Belgium, she removed from Wilmington
and became resident of Philadelphia,
where she married Mr.. Bowie. There
are still quite number of our old citi.
zens who remember her and who al
ways had a very high regard for her.