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Death of Joel S. Perrin, ESQ.,
One Of the sadlest deaths which ever
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One Of the sadlest deaths which ever
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in our community and to bring to each
one of us the deep sense of personal loss,
was that of our young, bright, and gen
ial friend, Joel S. Perrin, EGq., whose
cordial grasp and cheerful presence,
, nave so often frightened our homes and
endcarcd him to our hearts, In life's
young morning, when hope beamcd
brightest, and the promise of the future
WAS most golden, Death came to still the
bounding pulse, to blast The inircst
hopes, and to crush with the weight Of
an over-pouring sorrow the bleeding
heart of the afflicted young wife.
On Saturday night came the sad, brief
telegram from Anderson thatat O'Clock
that morning, our young friend had
died of heart disease at Andcrsonvillc.
! \ spccial train from AbbcvilIe contain
| inr intimate friends Of the deceased, was
ldispatched for the remains on Sunday
morning, and returning at midday
brought with the corps the particulars of
the sad death. It appears that whilst
on a visit with his family to his relative
Cox r.. e. Harrison, he had gone on a
Fishing excursion, the morning previous,
accompanied by a small lad, ason Of
the Colonel, that whilst in boat on the
water, he fell suddenly back, and expir-.
ed without word. Away from home,
away from wife and child, and without
freud,
"On whose fond breast the parting soul
relies,N
| he had to meet the last dread Enemy
alone.
Joel S. Perrin, Esq, was the son of
Col James NJ. Perrin, the gallant COM
mander of Orr's Regiment who fell at
| charlottesville, and of Mrs. Mary Per-
rim, the daughtcrof the late Joel Smith.
He was twenty-five years Of age, and
had married some two years ago Miss
Ellen Watkins, an accomplished lady of
Richmond, Va, whom aud al infant
daughter he leaves to deplore their sad
bereavement. He wasa bright genial
aud tractive boy, and the same. qualities
which distinguished the boy he exhibit
cd throughout life. He was graduate
of the South Carolina College, where he
maintained high stand in his studies,
and was afterwards duly admitted to
the Bar in Abbeville where he opened
an Office and was engaged in the p.ac-
| tice ollaw ut the time of his death. Ofac-
tive business habits he bad all the quail
ties which secure success in life, whilst
his afl;lblc disposition and bright genial
manners, led him to form wide circle
Of acquaintanccs; and all those attrac-
tive qualities which spring from kind
ness Of bcart and generosity Of temper,
bound his friends to him as "witl hooks
Of steel" We do not suppose that he
has left an enemy behind, and the
spontaneous Outpouring of all classes
and conditions at his funeral was mcr-
itcd tribute to his worth and full cvi.
dcnce of the hold which he had on the
! popular heart. y member of the Pres
| bytcrian Church, u Mason, the agent Of
various insurance companies, he was
active i'm word and deed, and led that
| class Of liberal, progressive, and enter
prising young men who constitute the
life Of any community.
But what is the loss of q community
when compared with that which throws
its dark mantle over the desolatcd
hcarthstone and cruslics with q weight
of sorrow the .brokcn-hcartcd wife.
| The sympathics of Il whole community
are awakened in her behalf.
At four o'clock p. NJ, on Sunday, the
caskct containing the remains,
were borne up the aisle of the Presby-
terian church by Messrs. Robertson,
DuPre, Cunningham, Parker, Cason,
'rempleton, and Hemphill and after
an appropriate sermon from Rev. J. T..
Martin, the Pastor, were conveyed to
to the Upper Long Cane Cemetery,
whore in the presence of large con-
course they were inferred. A larger
assembly both at the church and at the
crave we have never seen