The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-05-27

Pantego under the command of
Col. VIM. Rodman. He was cap
tured at Fortress Monroe, taken to
New Bern and later to Wilmington
where he remained until the close
of the war. When he obtained his
release he returned to Bath and
began life all over again, pursuing
the occupation of a farmer.
Finding farming, at this particu-
lar time, very poor means CT OBJ
tanning a livelihood, Captain Paul
heard the call of the sea again
and sailed on the Mary Louisa a
trim two master commanded by
Captain Bob Gaskill.
In 1886 he married Melissa
Eborn of Bath, who died in 1898.
Four years later he married Alice
Eborn the younger sister of his
first wife.
firing of being away from his
family during long periods at sea,
Captain Paul returned to Bath and
moved his family to Washington,
N. c., where he resided a number
of years. His restless nature again
asserted itself and he moved his
family to Swan Quarter. While at
Swan Quarter he was engaged in
fishing. IT'S said he always knew
just where to drop his nets and
could ever be depended upon to
bring the choicest denizens of the
deep into Swan Quarter.
The years tip-toed by ere he
knew it and Captain Paul sudden
ly realized he was growing old.
So he moved to Belhaven, choosing
home overlooking the blue water
he loved so well, residing with his
two sons until his death.
Much of his life is enshrouded
in mystery, and many of the sec
rets he guarded we'll in life died
with him in death. His younger
days were filled with thrill
ing escapades from which he al
ways emerged victorious, but his
latter years were spent in peace
and serenity. He will ever be re-
member as one who "lived in his
house by the side of the road and
was a friend to man." In so far
as worldly goods is concerned he
possessed very little. He never ex-
pressed a desire to possess much
gold, and he left very little of the
yellow metal, if any, as a legacy
to others. His was the will to serve
whenever he could. And when he
could be of service to any one, des-
pite his advanced age, he readily
lent what aid he could. No night
was too dark or any destination
too far for him to trudge his way
if he was rendering one a service.
He'd walk miles to procure aid for
any unfortunate irrespective of
race or color
With the passing of Captain
Paul, the thin gray line grows
thinner, widening the ever increas-
ing gap in the ranks of the rebels
who once wore the immortal grey.
He has answered the last roll call,
another of Lees renowned rebels
has entered the last bivouac and
gone to meet "Marse" Robert. He
was a good soldier and fought in
life, as he did with the bedraggled
boys in grey, for the principles he
believed right.
Captain Paul lived well past the
Biblical allotment of three score
years and ten, dying in his 87th
year. Surviving him are two sons,
Jake and Will Paul, with whom
Captain Paul lived until his death.
Hale and hearty until the time
he died, Mr.. Paul was familiar
figure about town. His daily APP
pearance on the streets of the city
will be greatly missed. Saturday
he was a familiar figure as he
drifted with the tide of people in
the city, stopping frequently to
greet this and that one as he idled
along. Everybody knew him, people
respected him, and local people
aided him when ever he sought aid.
For well nigh a century he accept
ed what life offered him, met it's
issues fairly, squarely, Flooding
along through sunshine and
shadow mindless of the years slip
ping noiselessly by.
Tuesday morning at 1000
o'clock funeral services for Cap
tain Paul were conducted by Rev.
E. D. Weathers, Pastor of the
First Methodist Church of this
city and Rev. J. N. Bynum, of the
Episcopal Church. Interment was
in the Odd Fellows cemetery. A
goodly number of local people
were in attendance, paying a last
tribute to the city's oldest citizen.
Days may pass into months and
months into years but they shall
not dim the memory of Captain
Paul, who sleeps a dreamless
sleep not far from the blue water
he loved so well, whose restless
waves Groom him an eternal bene-
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