Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-08-03


trict, and bad7 entered the 33d Senr OF MS 's
when he met his. untirnely end.
He left surviving him<a berenred wldo@ an
three children to mourn his loes, which, TO thsn
is irreparable. Death is Mt an times and unde
NIL circumstances sad and m0urnful event, bu
it is trebly SO, when, was the case In inc dealt
of our deceased friend, the victim is ene IN ID
prime Of life, in the full enjoyment OF health
endowed with those attributes Of head and hear
which ennoble man, and who is Bound to eartl
by the most sucred ties. AS q friend, he Was ar
dent and SINCERE as u putriut-soldicr, he wn
prompt and energetic in the discharge OF every
duty.that devolved upon him from the bcginnihs
of the war to the day OF his death ; ana rs
husbandhnd father he MAS kind, aitectionats ane
devoted.
To the disconsolate widow and orphan chill
dren, We would say, that, Though their loss can
not be repaired though they will never NOR:
behold his beloved form, nor hear his kind and
familiar voice on earth, yet the circumstances
under which be died, battling to secure 10 then
tho blessings of civil aud religious liberty, and
| to defend their home from the invasion OF O
worse than,yanl.l foe, should mitigate their sor-
row and cause them to look forward patiently
and hopefully to happy reunion with him IN
brighter and better world.
KILLED. in the fight on Johns Island, near
Charleston July 7th, 1854, while battling in de-
fence Of his country, VIM. l.. BOLTON, in the
3Sth year of his age.
The deceased was among those who had hefn
| allowed to remain ut homo IN the hrst years OF
the war I'd facilitate the farming interest of the
conn,ry, ever standing ready. to tnke the field
against the onemy and when the time arrived
Tor him to do so, he promptly equipped himself
and entered the service in March last, in Go. l,
%, Regt S. C. Cavalry, then in Virginia. Few
have fallen during this -waf'more lamented than
the deceased. All who knew him will long re-
member him. As neigklor and.citizen no was
literally minded, and his hand was ever ready to
help. He was naturally peaceful and always
watchful for the pence of the community IN which
he lived. He was persevering in business, ever
aiming at some fixed purpose, to accomplish
which he exercised untiring energy.
For several years he was member OF Little
Stevens Creek Church, and although ha oeeupa'
tion called him in different communities, he al
ways held in sacred veneration his positionns u
Christian, nanifesting timely aud sincere inter
est in the Redeemers cause He was emiuently
social. and was endowed in q large degree with
those nubls qualities hatso,well fit man for
society. lie was kind and affectiunao husband
and father. ~.
He leaves wife and six.children to mourn his
loss, and the vacuum left in the family circle is
sorely felt; no strong arm for the wife to lean
upon, or to protect the children, they remain in
the hands of Him who promises to be a Husband
TO the widow aud Father to the fatherless. Be-
sides these, hehas left an aged father and mother
brothers and sisters, to grieve his sudden loss
making the third son this father has given ns
martyrs to his bleeding country. largo circle
of friends and relatives lament his death, but We
mourn not without hope of his soul returning in