Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-07-01
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| DIED at Horns Greek, June 18th, WILLIAM
HENRY, infant son of JAMES P. e. F. E. WELLS
aged months. %
God gave him, then took him, your beautiful
child
/ To'a home in the skies, by sin undefled
Where sickness and death no more can assail,
Where he'll ever rejoice, and nerer bewail !"
DIED, on the 18th inst, JOSEPHINE VASS
only daughter of Capt. c. and MARTHA WARD
aged years and 10 months.
From our arms an angel flies,
And our startled, dazzled eyes,
Weeping round its vacant place,
Cannot rise its path to trace,
Cannot see the angel face
But to Heaven she is gone
Help US, Lord, to travelon
To the home where she has flown.
DIED, at the residence Of his sister, Mrs. DELI
WILLIAM HAMILTON, in the 18th year Of his
age.
MRS MARY PERRY died at her birth place,
the Ridge, on the 10Th March 1857, in the 88th
year Of ber age, being born August IL, 1893
There are some circumstances of her life which
may well give her distinction. She was the daugh-
ter of Michael Watson, partizan Captain Of the
Revolution, and distinguished by two qualities
intrepid courage and self reliance. And this lady
also can say what few can, she saw George Wash
ington on his way from Augusta to the seat OF
Government. He was attended at the time by
Generals Butler and Hampton-one the Sheriff OF
Ninety-Six and the other of Camden. Upon as
certaining that she was the daughter of Michael
Watson, who was killed in the affair at Deans
Swamp, he took her upon 4islap and ordered his
confidential servant John, to hand him his purse,
from which he gave her a guinea, saying she had
been quite little soldier. When she heard that
her father had been wounded in the skirmish at
Deans Swamp, she and her. mother, both riding
on one horse, hastened to the scene of the catas-
trophe When they arrived at the place they
found Capt. Watson in a small house, with q few
of his soldiers, Lieut. Butler being left in COM
mand. They were not only in great danger, but
without food. Expediency and necessity had
driven them to this position. But they did not
resort to it until they had performed all the OBJ
legations Of soldierly, honor. Yardell who was
killed in the fight made an appeal to his COM
rades not to allow him to fall in the hands Of his
enemies, and time was taken, what may be re-
garded as military pause, to bury him under a
clay root The party being reduced by deSertion
to small number took refuge in very small
house. concealing as far they could their perilous
condition. Upon entering the house woman
happened to be there, who had just parted with
child only three weeks old. Necessity and self
preservation required the commanding officer to
detain her for fear she would give such informa-
tion as would disclose the weak situation of the
party Under these circumstances messenger
was despatched to 0rangeburg, and with prompt
ness and gallantry, Capt. Kumpt, subsequently
Gen. Kumpt, responded to the call. And moving
with marked expedition, (the horses in galop,)
he reached this house of distress. The little party
had been suffering two days without food, and
Watson was supposed to be dying. They placed
him upon a litter, and carried him to Orangeburg
where he died and was buried. The subject Of
this notice. his daughter Mary, entertained for his
memory pious veneration. She impaired in her
conversation warm enthusiasm inspired by the
qualities of gallant father and true patriot Du-
ring the progress of the War she, on several oc-
casions gave evidence of that high spirit and in
dependence for which she was always conspicuous.
In the early part of the War her father was taken
prisoner by the British, near NiEetySix, and was
carried in chains to the main Army. On their
way they stopped at his house, on the Ridge and
his wife, Mrs Watson, seeing him in irons with his
wrists chafed by the handouts, gave vent to her
feelings in a food of tears and besought the
commanding Officer to take off the irons. Upon
his refusing The subject of this notice stepped out,
saying "dont cry, mother-we shall yet have our
day" And got some ointment and dressed her
fathers wrists. The British Officer was struck
with her spirit, and said to his companions in
arms, Z" She is a gallant little rebel"
In conclusion she had some of the hereditary
qualities of her father, self reliance and inde-
pendence of opinion.
BY industry, frugality and just economy she
acquired handsome estate and set an honorable
pyamu!e