The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1856-10-17
DIED..

We have to deporc the loss Of one of our
most distinguished Physicians and useful citi.
zcns stricken down in the prime of life, and
in the midst of his usefulness, on the 5tll of
July, Mt his resnencc at Calhoun, in Auianca
County. i'll the 46th year of his age, DR.. Ma
TlIANIEL S. JONES.
The deceased was born ut Mount Pleasant
Ahbcvillc District, s. G. He studied medicine
i'll 1872, under his oldest brother, DR.. ". r.
Jones, and DR.. Parker, now Superintendent of
the South Carolina Lunntic Asylum in Colum-
bn. In the Spring Of 1884, he graduated in
Transylvania University, Kentucky. That, and
the succeeding year ill FALL he practiccd his
profession in his native District, on Long Cane
Creek, in the ncihborhood of the well known
place calIcl 7rick'm. That Fall, he moved TO
Inllahnsha County, Mississippi. Here he re-
mainc,l two Years. when his health failed him :;
he then became Il resident of Autuuga County,
Alabana living first nine years ut Vernon,
then five Mt Wetumpkn, aud lastly at his farm
ut Calhoun, where death found him.
During this time he acquired skill and mn
cmnencc in his profession to which but few Mt
tain. There is no doubt that devotion to his
profession prepared the why to his premature
grave. Cnderan extensive practice at Wc:ump-
kn, his health again failed him. To recruit it,
if possible, and to retire from the exha,lstng
labors, under which his constitution already
broken down, wns no longer able to bear up,
he purchased in the year 1850. and moved up
on his farm ut Calhoun. But here, instead of
letting rest and quiet have their effect upon
his impaired lealth. he devoted himself to 9TH
er pursuits which, if not so cXacting as the ar
dnous duties he had in n great measure given
up. were Mt least i'll calculated to restore him to
his former vigor and strength. 1t wns soon np.
parent to his friends, that the end of his earth
ly sojourn. wasnot lar off. III February ofthis
year, he visited his relations in South Carolina
with his family, and returned home the lst of
March, rs he snid to one Of his brothers, on
leaving his native District. to die And sure
enough soon after he returned, he took to his
bcd never to leave it, till carried to his grave.
DR.. Jones was, i'll many respects. remarka.
blc man. He had clenr and vigorous mind,
aud II good heart. His opportunities for nc-
quiring an education in early life were limited,
bnt yet, by application and attention, he reach
the emiuencc in his profession, well known in
Autaugn, and its adaccnt Counties in Alabama.
lle-will he severely missed in his community
and County. No one could have died whose
death would have been more seriously felt, or
more deeply or universally deplorcd.
Up to his last sickness, which wac from April
till his death-during all which time lse bore
his sutferings with great patience. lie made no
profession of religion, but yet, he was no disbc.
lever lie rcvcrcnced the Bible, and made its
prcccpts the rule of his life. Truth and hon
esty were characteristic Of him. lie hated dis
honesty, and those who practiccd it, with
intensity and openncss, which made him friends
Of the good and enemies of the bad. He was
plain spoken. What he thought of men and
things he expressed with freedom too great
for popularity, but not for fame. In politics
he was democrat. IA Democrat of the Calhoun
school. His friends (who nre numerous) were
warm and devoted. His enemies Gf any Bit
ter. In this group of his virtues. il is due to
his memory, to say, that he hel eyed, and prac
ticed his belief, in the Temperance cause. He
was non user of ardent spirits all his life. and
upon NIL proper occasions, he was strong ad-
vocate of this virtue.
But it was the hope he experienced during
his last illness, of 'blissful Immortality" that
will give consolation to his surviving friends
and relations His heart stricken wife, there
fore, and the two little unconscious babes who
survive him, may look up and take courage.
lie cannot come back to them. They may 60
to him. There may be reunion in the skies.
God take care of the widow and the children.
Peace to his memory.
This brief notice is written by one who loved
the deceased in his life, and now that he is
gone, will religiously cherish his memory:
'The Church. yard bears an added stone;
The fre.side shows a vacant chair
Here sadness dwells and weeps alone,
And death displays his banner there;
The life has gone, the breath has fed,
And what has been, no more shall be;
The we'll known form tho welcome tread
Oh where are they, and where is hs4"
But
with silent and submissive awe
Adorne chastening God;
Revere his Judgments; trust his word,
And humbly kiss the rod"