Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-02-01
DE ATH OF CAPT. M. !. FAGG.
A PROMINENT FIGURE IN
A0HEvILLE.
Deceased Was q Native of Ten.
nessee, But Had Lived Here
Manv Years-TO be Buried To.
morrow

Death has again removed prominent
figure from Asheville. Capt. M. ]. Fagg
died at his home on North Main street
this morning.
For the past three months Capt. Fagg
had been unwe1l. suff' ring from a kidney
and bladder affection. but it was not
until three weeks ago Sunday that he
went to bed. His condition was anx-
iou>ly watched bv solicitous relatives
and friends, who hoped for favorable
termination of his illness. At times he
seemed improved, but not for long, and
for several days past the condition of the
patient was known to be extremely
serious. At 4:30 o'clock this morning
the end came.
Marcellus Jefferson Fagg. son of the
late Col. John a. Fage. was b IN about
65 years ago in Maryville. Blount
county, Tenn. At the age of IL or 13
years he came with the family to North
Carolina, and lived near Hot Springs, in
what was then Buncombe county. A
portion of his life was spent in Alabama,
in which State. i'll the town of Lowndes.
boro. Lowndes county, he was married
in 1854 to Miss Asenath Miles.
| Capt. Fa-g was in the Confederate
service, and was captain of company
in Adams Alabama regiment of cavalry
For 1S months he was in the ser. ice
then came home on account of illness,
and did not again enter the army for
active service. He removed to Ashevile
in 1866 and this has been his home since
that time. He was at one time a promi
nent 'ntractor in railroad dconstruction
portions Of the Western North arolina
and Asheville and Spartanburg railroads
having been built under contracts held
by him.
Asheville contained no more prominent
and we'll known figure than Capt. Fagg
was, and although not engaged in anv
active business here he took pride in
the city that had grown up under | is
eye, as it were, and was ever ready to
tell the visitor of the attractions Ashe.
vile and this section had tor capital and
settlers. He was great friend of the
railroads and was prompt to attend
the many meetings held here looking to
the bringing OF railroad lines to this
place. No meeting of this character
seemed complete without him, and his
arguments were ALWAYS listened to with
that attention always given a man of
experience and good Judgment.
Capt. FaPg was man of very ex-
tended acquaintance and his friends are
legion. He was of splendid phy sique
and an enthusiastic lover of the chase
He had manv excellent qualities, kind
heart that did not withhold sympathy
when it was needed, warm friend to
those who had cultivated his friendship
and a man whose business judgmen
carried with it great weight As hus,
hand and parent and as citizen OF
Asheville who had the confidence of all
his death is greatly deplored. He had
accumulated considerable property,
among this being his extensive property
on North Main and Merrimon avenue
and plantations in Alabama.
Mrs. Fagg and one daughter, Mrs. T
F. Malloy, jr., survive Capt. Fagg His
neice, the daughter of Capt. H. c. Fagg,
now Mrs. Wallace Max we'll, had always
been so near the heart of the deceased
that he had come to think OF her as a
daughter. One brother, City Tax Collcc.
tor H. c. Fagg Of Ashevlle, and a sister
Mrs. W. R. Ray Of Paint Rock, also sur
vive him.
The funeral procession will leave Capt
Fagg's late residence promptly at 1915
tomorrow morning. The funeral SER
vice will occur at Central NJ.
+. church, South, The pallbcare,s
will be: Col. ]. M. Raw, ] L. Rankin,
Capt. ]. P. Sawyer, F. A. Sondlev, F. N.
Waddell and T. W. Patton. Honorary
palIbearers: A. H. Baird. w. f. Breese,
Lewis Maddux, DR. S Westray Battle.
DIR, H. B. Weaver and DR.. w. u billiard
Capt. Fagg wa- member of Swan
nanoa lodge No. GAG. knights of Honor.
He was also the Oldest living member OF
Mt. HermOn lodge, A. F. & A. NJ.
The door of the Western Carolina bank
is draped out OF respec. to the memory
of Capt. Fapg, who was a director OF
the bank. During the services at the
church tomorrow the bank will be
closed.