The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-08-23

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ma: Grand Iz...ap3an. Death: n =
At his home in 81 btland d Neck at
|sifI 91Y{{sslm, VI dneedA,y. Aug
15lall lIi!tHIHs5jsd Hearth into. the
lIUUsXA -.~--.. -.
$ sbA Eelisi3 We1 Ills aged mother,
bis 4fs brother; Mr.
ane==his S'liife, his sister,
Mis- .EEsqq4laa. As .REeNeH and a-iew'of
his paareatdaiapaB,and reighb ors.
Il iAIersttha i've beszs i ago his health
became tshlNno time since
III Il u sshH labor his large
practice entailed upon linn. =--:-
,'.,soiheteh fr56SEfthsl' agd be h ad typhoid
ieyer : lid .Yas qsysF, sbN to do much
atterAarda. Early. jon tAe first part OF
this year he was confined to his bed
and never could leave i'd long at time.
N Nay, asecoppaaied ~ his wife; he
went to Henaefaon and lspentI two weeks
in the hone:oi Mr. G. d. La nb. After
pc returnad -ha1att his room to go on
his porch a1ixaIew times, and then
fingered untirtRs end. 5He had the
benaft;od .tba best medieal skill.
i.sBor~eeea AetoreitheI end came he
fsa4ixeH ms eohdfti6n,s aM gave repeat
|'dd aasdrahee thaT fs wdA perfectly re-
signed. sud ready To med6ideath.
:, n,eiag tffs day of his tfath he would
eaeasippally ask the tirHS OF day. "A
fhn 5 IS Sly si,a q Aem farewell.
HE s. sic aith HhaIa wi fe and re-
marked upon her iaithfu1ness 70 Ain3
| in. his suffering; Kissed her gs6abye
| and left message of==loSe for every.
.hodE.z.sI Ia xasco1assieass to the last
and his death was most tri4mQA0'
one, evincing his mistaken faathi II
God end his promises. 90
He said to his son, "Open the blinds
sit is getting dark; and a tew,.>min
utes later calmly. breathed his last
So peaceful and slum herhke: Eas:1tias
dissolution that only by close eRsszYa
ton could one have told when It pe
CURED. N 1850 80
DR.. Mcdowell was born at slfllton
Caswel1 county, October II, lS57..,H
wss the son of the late De. A.; MeneV
| ell, president.of the Chawan Baptls
Institute. His mother was Mfss S811l
1 Owens, who still surviyea him, ~ >
He graduated from Wake Fores
college in 1873 in the A. M. degree
] Later he TOOK course in the Univy'
s'ty OF Virginia, graduating ~ Latl
from that institution. Liter Ihe grad
, uated with distinsttoh IN his medics
!, course from the Unfserii tysof Pennsy
= vania.e -, 80 -" !,
He commemorate the pfdctics OF mex
liclne at Union. HeittFd count,
, May 1876 In october sf tt e"sam
year he came to Scotland Ne ck. an
remained in constant praesiee here III
til he became too feeble to go out, an
: even the. prescribed. fbp~hisi close
friends who would call on him =
a On DECEMBER 10, 1871, he Wis ma
> ried TO Miss Olivia N Lawehcd, daug
> ter Of Azr. william .Lawtence - tt
E marriage was blessed wi 70 Six sons, 8
u Of vliom survive except1the| secor
9 son, Archibald, who died june 3, lS9
Also he left one br9ther,I Hf. II N
1Dowell,. =. Of this place, and tw9 siste
Mrs. D. A. Day, of Murtfeesbo1o, ar
miss Eunice MoDowelE principal
Franklin Female Seminary, Ffankll
! Va.
. DR.. Mcdowell was. veil known ).
t., through fihis region where he b I'd i d? 8
successful practice for twenf y-th'
years, and he was known u Pastp2
profession throughout the Statd as G
of the most learned physlcian1 OF
IN age. He stood high IN his pr tessl
. and was greatly beloved bTs ell T
ut people among whom he prtchc
ds Ha WAS scholar IN Htffatu
CD was a mar, Of wide reading; AMI ap
De iro,r, those things which, pertdined
ns thu successful work in. his prefFes q
her was student OF pass
events, and always tooka,I
- i've interest in political and othfr P
TO- lie matters. He was man ct exc exc
No t,onall, .hne.eulture. and showed n n
every day life the most pleasing res
= ., his careful training in @chlfpdh
" and youth. At every turn OF hls
. there was the stamp upon bis char
of cody father and mother. =
his earliest days he breathed thp +
home atmosphere of culture and f;h
ianity, and beautifully and lmpfes .
reer tIy in turn, did he live T In bps
home and before the world 81 :
~ He was consistent nasmoer OF
R.Idl,,.t church, ana vas one Of the st'
I'D trneat sympathizors WITH 9