The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-13
FOR JUDGE PROBATE.
Judge ]. Fuller Lyon.

Judge James Fuller lyon was born I'm Abb
bevllle county near .Asbury church, now
age, being as far as we know, The youngest
Confederate soldier In the Nineteenth 3. G.
Regiment. He lost an arm In the battles be-.
fore Atlanta. After the war he engaged In
Agricultural pursuits until 1876. when he took
an active part In the redemption Of the State
from the rule of the alien. He was chosen rs
Il candidate for Probate Judge and was elect
ed. Although he came from the farm, with
out special preparation for It's duties, yet
through his aptness for the discharge Of the
delicate and important duties devolving upon
that officer, lie has never had one OF his
judgments overruled or set aside by the
mark able record OF which any Judge In South
Carolina can boast. His office, 1t has been
said by those who ought to know, Is O model
Of neatness. At O moments notice he can
no matter how Old It may be. As an officer
he has always been obl'ging to the public,
and never has been too busy 10 give his best
attention to the humblest citizen who may
have had business in his office. He is a lead
er In the, Methodist congregation at Abbe-
Vile, and his moral character Is such as to
command the respect OF oil.
Robert Emmet Hill.
r. +. Hill, candidate for the Office Of Pro-
bate Judge, is the son Of the late William
Hill. who for number OF years before and
during the war. filled the same Office satisfac-
The subject Of this sketch was born three
miles northeast of Abbeville Court House on
the 18th OF January, 1889. He has made his
home in this county all his life. He grew up
like most boys in the country, working upon
the farm during the busy season In the crops,
and attending the "old field" schools during
the winter months and after the crops were
laid by.
At the age of seventeen he entered Erskine
College where he continued for two sessions,
but his health breaking down he had 10 give
up his studies and return to the farm, and
thus ended hs school days.
Shortly after this The war came on, and al.
though Of still delicate health, he VOLUNTEERED
raised by The late Judge Thomson, which
company was the nucleus around which was
formed the Second South Carolina Rifles.
The close of the war found him still with a
feeble constitution which has clung to him
ever since.
Being physically unable to undergo the
hardships incidental to the life of a farmer,
and inheriting somewhat of the business tai
ent of his father, he turned his attention IN
that direction.
Having had to do. more or less, with the
majority of our county offices within the last
fifteen or twenty years, he has perhaps O. bet
ter general knowledge OF the duties OF the
same than any man in the county.
While, rs before stated he has been more
or less connected with all OF our county Of
cupy one OF them as principal, but has always
had to do so as subaltern TO some one else-he
doing the work while others got the credit.
He, now at the age Of fifty-two, for the first
his native county, and asks them for an OF.
flee In which there Is something more than
an empty honor. an office which will afford
the means OF q support for himself and fam.
lily, and an office which even his strongest op-
ponent Will admit he Is competent to fill.