Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-22
Or. Allen Fowler.


in Salt Lake City, Utah, on May 9TH,
! 1902, of septic pneumonia, in mis- 6lst
year, having been born at "Indian," near
Red Sulpher Springs, Va, (now West
Virginia. July 18th, 1871.
He was educated in the common schools
of Pearisburg and 1azewel, and at Emory
and Henry College. When the Civil War
came on he promptly enlisted in the Con-
federate Army and became First Lieuten-
ant of Lowry's Battery, which he actually
| commanded until the surrender at Apo
| mattox.
He saw great and valuable service, was
at Carnifax Ferry, Sewel Mountain, and
was badly wounded at Lewisburg, was at
! Roanoke Island, was in the battles of the
Valley campaign in 1864, was at Monaco
cy, at Chambersburg, at Silver Springs,
near Washington; at battle of Winchester, |
seriously wounded at Fishers Hill, was
at battles around Lynchburg and Apo.
mattox. His career as a soldier was an
ideal one and it may be said with perfect
truth that no blaver nor truer man ever
enlisted in his country's service than he.
Brave, honorable, faithful, DEVOTED to
duty, he shed his blood in that service.
AT the end of the struggle he studied med |
icine, and went to Utah in 1869 and es-
tabished himself in his profession, and |
became the admitted dean in the medical
profession of the West. Whether in
medicine or other business, or in his So
cal relations, he was always unsellish,
noble, honorable and true. He died hon
ored and regretted, and his honorable and
noble career has given him an imperish-
able name in the West, where he estab-
lished and won his successes. His own
merit and boundless talent and industry
made him what he attained.
The Utah papers are unstinted in their
praise and commendation and sorrow at
his passing.
The Salt Lake Tribune says "The sad
news of DR.. Allen Fowler's death was re-
ceiyed with the deepest sorrow through
out the city. All felt they had suffered
an irreparable loss. As a physician he
was admittedly one of the leaders as well
as one of the pioneers of the West As
Medical Director of the Holy Cross Hos
pital, which he organized and directed,
he has become widely Known. He has
been a ministering spirit to the sick. He
was an intuitive physician. He was the
Nestor OF Utah physicians; no truer,
higher .souled, clearer Drained American
than he ever lived. The people of this
city are all mourners around his bier"
The Salt Lake Herald says: "Dr
Fowler's death marked the passing of one
of the leading men in the Western medical
world. His opinion was accepted as au-
thority by the men of the medical pro-
fesson, not only in the West, but where
ever he was known in the country. As a
fitting recognition of his work the parlors
of the Holy Cross Hospital, where his re-
mains lie IN state, are dra2ed in mourn
ing, the casket rests beneath a canopy Of
crepe, and beautiful flowers bound together
by sorrowing fingers breathe in their
sweet fragrance the silent tributes OF
friends left behind"
The Desert Evening News says: "Dr'
Fowler was one of the most conspicuous
figures in the Western medical world. As
director of the. Holy Cross Hospital he
acquired reputation that extends all
over the inter mountain country. His
fine instincts of the true Virginian gentle
man made him as much favorite IN the
drawing as well as in the sick room. His
profession stands higher for lis having
been in it,"
His interment took place on Friday,
May 9th, 1902, in Mount Olive cemetery,
in one of the loveliest views therein, at
Salt Lake City. The services, which were
conducted at the Cathedral by Father
Kiey, were impressive and solemn.
The Herald Gays: "Tbe scene was one
of the deepest sorrow. Every head was
bowed in mourning. Tears gstened in
every eye. Among those who gathered
about the bier were the whte-headed
pioneers who had known him in earlier
days, those oflater time who had cause to
remember his kindness and faithful care;
and most touching of all the thrty-eight
sisters of Holy Cross Hospital kneeIing
before the altar, while little child sang
the sweet strains of Nearer My God to
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