The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1891-04-15

,Snent citizens hurried to the Executiv,
: transformed into home of gloom and
grief.
The deep and tender sympathies OF
Il all the people in Raleigh and through
out the State go out to the sorely be-
sreaved children. Never was there a
8happier family, more devoted father,
or one more tenderly beloved by his
children. The Governors home life
: was sweet and beautiful to reflect upon.
aHe had a warm and tender heart,
land all his children came to him as
freely as to a mother. Between them
] There was no restraint. He loved them
land they knew that no com
4oany was so pleasant to him
LAS their society. In their
57ports and pleasures, as we'll as in their
astudies, he took deep interest. His
home-life was singularly delightful to
ahim, and when troubled in court or in
affairs of State he would turn to the
] dcompanionship of his children for relax
] alton and happiness To his younger
children, since the death of his wife in
S96, he had been mother and father, and
ahis tenderness and love will ever remain
Esto them their most priceless treasure. As
J The Chief Executive of the great State
Iaof North Carolina he set an example OF
Ssimpie, unaffected and happy home-life
: which might with profit be followed by
5 Jail the citizens of the State.
: In character, the Governor like
wiee set an example in upright living
: He was a man of the highest integrity
: and personal purity. Fond of innocent
apleasures and amusements, he used them
to administer to his health and happi-
total abstainer and never touched liquor
: in any shape. He did not fear it for
himself but he believed it to be his duty
: to set an example of temperance to the
j young men by whom he always loved to-
surround himself.
He was q conscientious man and
trusted in the Savior. His faith was
simple and unaffected, and his heart was
full of the milk of human kindness. For
many years he had been devoted Pres
3byterian, and was member of the First
Presbyterian church in Raleigh. Firm
5 in his faith, he was q man of broadest
oatholicity and free from seotarian bias.
We had enjoyed peculiar privileges of
knowing his religious views and his con
victions. That he lived in the assur-
suce of q better world We have no doubt.
: aud we believe that he he's been called
to home not made with hands.
Suddenly called to render an account
for the deeds done in the body, the sum-
mons found him ready. He had not
allowed his political interests or his du-
ties as Governor to allow him to forget
= hat his first duty was to his Creator
y. md in all things he acknowledged Him
81 md tried to do His will. God rest his
faithful and loving soul
The CHRONICLE writes not as jour
nalist merely in expressing the grief
: which this sad event carries to many
hearts. Our relations with the Gov
ernor we're of such nature
as to know him we'll. We
we're warmly attached to him, and out
side of his immediate family no one will
be more sorrowful or more deeply
Srieved than the editor of this paper.
His warm heart, genial nature, patriotic
: endeavor to serve the State, and his
sunny temper, and desire to secure the
i betterment of the people had given us
an affectionate esteem for him; and
now that he is dead we feel
that while the State loses ar
able statesman, our loss is thai
I of frank, cordial and sincere friend
81 Mourning will decorate our public build
aings. It's sad badge will rest upon ou1
heart, for the Chief Executive was to Us
more than the worthy occupant of 6
: great office-he was friend in whom
we trusted and whom we loved.
DANIEL GOULD FowLE was born ir
Washington. this State. on March 3rd
1881. In 1916 he entered the famou!
Princeton College, N. j., at the age o
sixteen. He was a class-mate of Hon
BARNES COMPTON, of Maryland, and with
him shared the honors of his class. HI
graduated at Princeton in 1851, was ad
mitted to the bar in 1853 and settled iI
Raleigh in 1854 whore he has since re
sided, and where he has always beer
held in the highest esteem.
Gov. FowLE was twice married an6
survived both wives. His first wife wa'
: Miss ELLEN BRENT, daughter of Chie1
Justice RICHMOND PEARSON, who died il
1862 leaving two children, MARGARET
now wife of MR. P. 81. ANDREWS, of thi
city, and MARTHA, wife of Mr.. D. B
AvERA, of Johnston county.
In 1866, he married MARY E., onl.
daughter of DIR. F. J. HAYWOOD, wht
died in 1886, leaving three children
Misses Helen and Mary Fowle anc
Daniel G. Fowle, Jr.
At the outbreak of the civil war h'
enlisted in the old Raleigh Rifles ant
marched to the front as second Lieu
tenant. He served consecutively In tn
,fiicrs of Maj, ,r of the Oommissary De
partment and Lieutenant Colonel of tn
3lst Regiment, when he was captured
and impisoned at Fort Hill, in Beaufor
county, February 8th, 1862. In tha
same year he was released and entered
1.-THE Legislature as the Representative
esfrom Wake county, after the adjourn
naent of which he was made Adjutan
Geueral of the State with the rank o
Major General In the fall of 1868 b.
resigned his commission and ran foz tn
Legislature again on the anti-HOLDEl
ticket, being the only candidate electe'