The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-02
$sBtoGRapHICAL sI1ETCuEs. !,
some, Moro Citizens who uavo nonored
hEl Fairfield. ,s. ).

Ma Fairfield. :
Rock CREEK, August 1s, 1885,
did not intend, when fjfstsct out to
Trocord the memories Of the departed
men Of worth lii Western Fairfield, to
make mention Of any but those living
antefiort to tho year 1880. YctI was
10Th to pass by those of latcr date. III
this connection, l take pleasure III max
ing worthy mention Of tho following
Walter II. md Jas. Wallace Count,
Horny Lylcs who died of fever in
camp, and his.son Woodward, who
was killed in baltic, and Bird Chap
man's'son (namo not rccollcctcd), ali
these think, except Walter r. G. and
Henry Lyles fell in tho battle Of Sbtcln
Pines. Walton and Robert Crowder.
think, fell at Petersburg. John Nc.
witt, forgot where; he was q brave
and christian soldier. All these brave
Yomg meifYloseryo respectful, notice
for their untold hardsliips and self.
sacrificing virtues in the Lost Causds
| forgot to mention that JAS. Wallace
Counts. received deadly wound.
| Which sent him to the hospital at RicI.
mond Va, where he died in tho full
hope of eternal felicity. Robert Crowd
CT, father Of Walton and Robert, de-
serves respectful notice asa man Of
industry and honesty. lie died Oh nv
plantation in December 1916. Can't.
Robert L. Coleman, q, worthy citizcn
| and kind neighRor, and practical farnfl
CT, died near Buck Head in .1S43, His
brother, HcnryColcinan, wasa a strict
~ honest 'mGlf and worthy citizen, and
kind neigllbor, and died near Fcaster-
lvilln: alta green old age not lung since.
Capt. John Q. Arnctt lived With us
for many years and was IL respectable
farmer and merchant at Buck Head !:
ile died in Georgia III. his native coun-
ty not long before The late war. An-
drew McClcrkin lived near Buck Head
as q respectable school teacher for
many years, and died at Lylcs Ford, I
think, during the latc war. Jesse Ed
crington was born and died at Rock
Creek, at the age Of fscycnty-scvcn and
q half years, and was noted for his wit
and hunor, and ccccntricitics, and
fondncss for hogs, in the rearing of
Which he cXccllcd. Ilo was q neat
farmer, good ncighbor, and what Pope
calls the noblcst work Of God-an hon
est man. Micajah !: Moblcy,a John
1>Meador and Daniel, Ills son, lived and
died on Beaver Creek. Nlicajah NJ.
was consistent member OF Rock
Creek Baptist Church when was n
boy, and would often bccome so en-
thuscd under DR.. Woodward's pulpit
cloqucncc, that he would rise in church
and give won't to his emotion. lie died
atan advanced age! some forty or fifty
years ago. He and, John Ncudor, it
I was said, were never found without
corn for sale, and were kind neigll7
bors and respectable citizens. Daniel
Meador was worthy citizen, kind
ncighbor and exemplary christian, and
died after a prolonged illness not long
before the late c.War. [ will now bring
to close my feeble sketches, with the
hope that l may not be charged with
discrimination, and be pardoned for
omissions. | may give your readers
an article or two on the present in cou-
t,nst with the past if DON'T leave you
all in my old age. 80
! Thanks to SEQ. H., Old Sixth" foY
| supplying omissions in your issue OF
tho oath ult. | did not have dates and
| places at hand, and thought incidents
might answer without them.
J. hope our citizens will not omit
sowing bountifully OF tuEnip seed, as
food will be scarcc'next winter, and
think this is one year that cotton
should bc topped to hasten its maturi
ty. w. j..