Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-10-28
OBITUARY..

Prom i..nt amoss IL. here.s Of the pie.e
strugglefc1 Southern Independence, Aid conspicu-
Gus on the roll of the gallant dead. who hnre
oi.red an their ises asfsrc. oi lnc hb.rtit.
of their country, staDls:S. nan.e Of UhlF1hNr
PlGESEr :. ..LkER.
lie veiun.,ertd ia Co. D. 1Hh Req. S. C. ",
in March 1867, aid bore himself n.anAny ;il:cnsh
all the kardships and priv.icus sf hat v'tSr,n
Rssiasnt, uhl he I'd o. May 1853, whom iu
tho battle o. Chhneellort, ;llS, hs Was killed sa
TIE BATTLEFIELD, while hoby diochargiug his duty
| as sslder.
Tho subject of tkis brief notice WAS sen 81
the lato ALEIASnPEG WALKER deceased, snd
Mrs. Eliza A. WiuxsR, and was horn r Ess.-
hei' District on the Stb day OF November IS42.
Ealy Ii lilo he became member Of the IS utho-
d.': Li!ScnlM Chui;h, Aud lived consistently
ai:h ais fro.,ssVn. In .he aus usse OF cDe nko
knoE h:n we'll. :" He saw that the wav to lire VAS
to be always rOady and prepared to die" lie
was IN onedient and nfioctionaie son aud a loving
! Erothar, Ind rAs ADMIRED and estecmeA by al,
| Hbv knt1 him.
Though ysuug fn year. his daties aud lnbols
we're thJss Of n p,au aud his Disrict aud State,
| while they have lost one who pr0misod fair 10 bs
u citizen Of much nsr:h and Usefulness, arc L0u-
srvd in bis deah And when in future days, tho
| dark clouds which now envelope the prospects Of
our once happy country shall have passad away,
aud the sword shall have been beaten into tbs
pruning hook, End all the blessings Of peace shall
lave returned to rs, memory will revert 10 the
decide !hat are nos being enacted and mon will
have leisure and opportunity To- cnunt tie c"sls OF
the liberties which will accrue TO tnsm and 10
posterity os the leg ilimate results Of this sansli
nary contest; and thnn the name of OLlPHANf
PIGhNEY -WhLhER will be remembered and
cherished by his esrntryncn, ami old Edgehed
District will be proud of his memory. His name
is already written in tho history Of his country,
| r-t,i liz ir1. in
defence Of which he lost his life orc valued
and cherished by the living.
H left his mother and brothers and sisters sur
vving him, Who mourn bis early death but they
4Ave "a is comfort in thoir grief: that he whom
,hey mourn had laid up his treasure in Heayen !;
dat be liYea lie OF usefulness. ind dieH the
death of patriot and, that when the history Of
this cruel war shall be written, his name will 60
| down to pUsterty as ono of tue gallant heroes,
who won OH tho bloody babtlefeld the liberties VI
tker country that he hasa monument erected
t, his memory mors l.stiag thau brass, in tho
hearts Of bis couutrymen, and that his name will
ho cherished and repeated with hsn'r by genera
tioas Jet unborn. W. ". A.
DarAn7ED this life, at hi, residence in this
District May 27th, 1863, Mr.. JACOB WRIGHT,
| in the 5Sth year of his age.
He was afflicted with neuralgia for several years
! previous u bis DEATH for Two ycars before bis
death no ono suffered more bodily pain than he,
which eventually caused his doutn.
lie WAS Loru in Eswberfy District, S. c., June
10th, 1866, but has bsea Resident Of this plaoo for
many years, and has been known by the brethron
whp have travelled tne Edg.feld Circuit since
1892 ns fast friend of the 81. E. Cnurco, and
Of evcry good enterprise. His housc as been a
most del. sniiui homo to the weary itiucraut. dc
was Class Leader and Superintendent oi Sunday
School, and most faithfully did be dischars those
duties. The Church has lost true men,Oer, the
eouniry n true citizen, and al oU iging and
kind iIiond. lie was conscious OF his approaching
s5a;h for some aays previous, aud spoke Of 1t
s.my during hi, illness, which he borc with
Christiar fortlluds aud resignation. lie bog SOD
his ehdren to mcct him n HcaseR whore parting
would be 40 moro.
lie has left \ large family and many friends to
rnourn ihoir loss. As husband nc ~as Kind aua
sieu:ionsto as father few were ever kinder. Mag
30 I'll ;a=et hin, in heaven (" whore s.cknrss, sor-
| rev, pain sad derth Aro felt I'D fe.red no mYro
Dcarest farhsr, thou vast LETT US,
Hero thy loss Ne ueopIy fool;
But us q IL that has 5erc:t Us
| lie can all our sorrcHs heal.
Iot again we lore to meat'theo,
Mhen the day uf life Is fed,
>. And in Hrasen with Joy to greet thee
Where 40 farewell toar IS shcd.'
| OsE VIM KNEW HIN WE'LL.