Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-11-30
OBITUARY-

DIED, Mt his residence IN Laurcns Distr;c:
"n "Wednesday m"rmius, III, 7ih inst, WIZ
LIAM MCGOWAN, ST., in the S0th year oi
his aye.
Possessing a vigorous constitution. ha,.!encI
by life long toll. he passed the period allotted
10 man. and fin ally, attacked by Conr-stion OF
the BRAIN. surk 10 rest amids, q large circle ui
family nnf friends. The deceased belonged 10
thai sturdy Scotch.Irish race. which has gone
';to every cline Of The earth. aud into ! one
without liking root and producing fruit nbun.
tinnt "nd useful; which can show roll not less
ilinsir"us perhaps than could any other race
that ever lived; whose descendants nrc especial.
~ IN every Slate, and represented in every
legislative council in America. Devoted TO
liberty. h"c"u's If oppression ut home in thu t
green isir oi the ocean which, amidst all The
viris'itudes Of life none of thasn ever cca -ed TO
remrtnhef "a tie gre-ncst spot in memory's
waste. tii"r came in large numbers to the Uni
ted S'n'et. because they had been taught to
believe that it was 'the land of the ,ee."
The DECREASED possessed. in large degree.
all the characteristics of that rema, kable race
-vIgor of body and mind, franknsss, gcneros-
tY, htei'y. Impulse. sentiment and heart. Civ
ing mn appreciation aud fondness for poetry
and. at the same lime. that ambition for prarii
eai'success which Induces industry, economy
and britt.
The deceased wns horn near Louch Neigh
County Antrim, Ireland. in March, I7S6, and
for one in his uhpre,enIing sphere. his life was
al ev"ntfrl one. His first thoughts were ahout
an unsuccessful struggle for independence in
the Old World. aud hls last about like event
in the New. His father, Patrick McG"wnn,
belonged to the patriotic party Of "Uritej
.lrishmen' ~ the short struggle for liberty in
the year 1873. The writer has often heard
from the lips "f 'l,e deceased, thar during tha;
RISING, his iathcr was out with the pikenen,
and he, bring boy was corried by an eide.
:sister. still living. when the village Of Rndals
town was burnt and the family had lo tiy from
the red c0nis Of Lord CornwnIiis Power tri-
umrhrd over disorganIIrd patriotism, and that
rebslti", was crushed. Then came, in their
course, all the -xredien,s for "makiug trea son
neutrality-suspicious. and tho dungeon, exile
ana NE g'Gbet! Some members of the family.
particularly an uncle. Robert. were severely
punished as traitors to the benignant Govern
.ment Of Great Biiaini AND the dissent ions in
,ihe country growing ont Of the insuprsct ion
and connected with tho question Of "Union"
which arosr soon after. 'moking it disaereahle,
At not uussfs. 40 remnip in his native land,
Patrick Mc(;Qwan, the father, determined to
seek new home 10 America Without the did
OF sfsam, III those days It. wns no. small matter
to cross the OCEAN. Amer many ,disappoint--
ni.nts. he sailed from Belh,st' in the iaIf of
1900; bht the gogd brig '.sS.lIisp sprnnc aiesk
and had to put back TO Cork for repairs Here
ne suffered mneh In person and IN p1tse, hut
nnaly re,nWbnrksd his houietalG gods, 90 He'd
again. and reached Char lesion, Sopth Carolina.
IN May, 1901. vail, Ms family consislifg OF his
VIE and four: child reR--shress dsughters and
me deceased an only son, sl,enl lad Of .thir.
teen: Stn!ting from chsfltston Fto coma. to
Ls1rans District Shsre IA elder bro,beE Johu.
.r .sss' 81 e ths second
the, ;wido 8. mosfsri ii,hBd strss :. ! isssrs
mainly Dependant. ;oa the youthful, eaer,
tons OF the deceased, q Pennilcss,a y frieni..