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We are pained to announce to our readers, the death of Thomas Fowler, Esq., which sad event occurred at his home in Robinson District, on the morning of the 12th inst. On that morning Mr. Fowler had occasion to go to the house of one of his tenants, to give him some instructions in regard to some work, and soon after reaching there, he said he felt very sick. He was placed upon a bed, and
a messenger dispatched to this place for a physician, who arrived at his bedside fifteen minutes after he had died.

His disease was of the heart from which he had been a great sufferer for many years, and while his death was not unexpected by his friends; yet the suddeness of his taking off was a terrible shock to them.

Mr. Fowler was born in the year 1805, in England, and came to this country with his father, at an early age, and settled in Washington City, where his father kept a tavern, as it was called in those days, for a number of years, when he removed to this portion of Virginia, and settled down.

Mr. Fowler worked at his trade, that of brick laying, for a good many years, having worked during the time upon the house of Dr. Shaw, the Virginia House and numerous other ones in and around this place. He finally retired to his farm, where by close economy and a mind peculiarly adapted for trading, he amassed a fortune, and spent the evening of his days by the side of his wife, in his quiet home, in
happiness, ease and comfort.

Mr. Fowler was kind, generous and charitable to the poor, and his loss will be deeply felt all over the county. He was a good friend to the Mason County Agricultural and Mechanical Association, and by his influence and money assisted in its material development, and to his efforts its present prosperity is greatly due.

But amid all his pleasant surroundings, the shadow of the grave hovers, and at an hour when all was peace and happiness, the Angel of Death called him hence, and we trust that his "Master has bid him come up higher," and that to-day he is sitting at His right and, enjoying the reward of a well spent life. May the turf be green above his grave.

The Weekly Register
Point Pleasant, W. Va.
Wednesday, March 19, 1884
Transcribed by Judy Free