The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-01-28

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DEATH OF AN RoN0REo CITIZEN.
The citizens of Anderson wero terribly
shocked Monday morning about
o'clock, when the announcement was
made that Rev. j. Scott Murray had boon
sud miy. stricken with apopleXy or pa
ralysis, and that his death was expected
! al any moment. Tho sad announcement
spread rapidly, and many expressions of
regret could be heard from everybody's
lips, for everybody knew and esteemed
!. this noble man of God.
Mr.. Murray spent The forenoon of Sat-
nrday;in his oflice. A number Of clients
were in consultation with him, and he
attended to his business with his usual
promptness. On Saturday afternoon he
! sfeltYerY badly, and on Sunday morning
Sremained in bed or on lounge, sleeping
most OF the time, but seemed refreshed
I'm tho afternoon, and at night was feeling
aswen as usual. On Monday morning
about o'clock he went out Of the house,
and on returning was noticed by one of
the servants to hold his hand to his right
temple, and in few minutes the family
lin an adjoining room heard him fall in
1.-The sitting room, where he was evidently
attempting to reach lounge. He was
immediately put upon the lounge AMI
3 the absent members of the family sum-
moned. DR.. J. o. Wilhite was in the
country, bat DR.. w. H. Nardin was
promptly present and did what could be
done for his relief. Mr.. Murray was
conscious for about thirty minutes, dur
ing which time DIR. Nardin ascertaincd
that he was paralyzed on tho left side.
He told them that severe pain in his
right eye had thrown him down, and
evidently realized his condition. He
! also told DR.. Nardin that he believed his
! first attack had resulted from grippe,
s and that this one was like it. Nausea
followed, and very soon complete paral-
ysis resulted. DR.. j. P. Ducket arrived
Soon after this, and DR.. j. o. Wilhite
shortly after him, but nothing could be
done by physicians skill to arrest the
disease, and at 6.25 in the afternoon he
passed away. The summons of death
had come to him almost suddenly, but it
found him ready. Itwas but the closing
scene, the falling curtain in the great
drama Of life, in which he had acted his
i part nobly and well.
John Scott Murray was born il the
town of .Warrenton, Farquah County,
Virginia, on the 10Th day Of March, 1922.
He was the oldest son of John Murray, a
native of Maryland, and his second wife,
whowas Miss Adelaide Scott, of Virginia.
Ills mother died when he was small
bny, and his father paid great attention to
his education, giving him the best advan-
tages. Sometime after his mothers death
his father and family removed to Culpep-
perC. H., and he early manifested pref
erence for the law as profession. In
1s40, although he was only IS years Of
age, he was sent as q delegate from his
County to a conference of the Wing Par
ty in Baltimore, which secured the nom
ination of Henry Clay for President that
year aud at the mass meeting which fol-
lowed, was selected by the delegation
from Virginia to speak as the represen-
tatiye of that State, which he did, in a
strong speech for Mr.. Clay, of whom he
was an enthusiastic supporter at that
] time, and always an ardent admirer. In
1842, before he was twenty years of age,
he was admitted to the bar in Virginia,
and before leaving the Court Room was
Summoned to the bedside Of his father,
who had been stricken with appoplexy
during his absence, and died in a few
hours, at the age Of sixty-nine years.
,>He practiced law for two years, and in
1s44 became impressed deeply with the
subject of religion, and determined to
enter the ministry. His parents were
Episcopa alians, and he had been raised in
ythat faith, but when he joined the Church
s he selected the Baptist, which was at that
time comparatively weak sect. in the
State. For about four years he studied
theology and preached as mission
8 preacher in that State. He was All inti-
mate associate Of the sons of Maj. Edward
Hill. the father of Gen. A. P. Hill, ari
through the influence of the Hill family
was offered the position of Chaplain in the
United States Navy, with the rank and
spas 1of Major, and assigned to a ship Of
(which relative of this family, Maj, Ed
ward Hill, was an officer, and which was
ordered upon cruise Of two years, in
which Cape Horn was to be rounded. He
declined this position because the work
of Chaplain of a vessel was prac sically
: sinecure, without the opportunity of ac-
oomplishing anything, and upon dec1in-
ing this offer he determined te remove to
South Carolina, and accordingly in 1S4s,
he came to Pendleton and accepted the
pastorate of the Pendleton and Anderson
Baptist Churches, preaching twice a
month at each. In 1850 he resigned the
Pendleton Church and removed to Ander-
I son, where he accepted a position as pro-
fsssor in the Johnson Female Seminary,
gzsnd preached to the Anderson Church on
every Sunday. 1t would, however, be
an imperfect sketch of his life to pass
oYer the two years ministry in Pendleton
sssithout stating that during that service
he formed many of the warmest and
mcst pleasant friendships, which he
Cherished with qualification throughout
his life, On the 14th day of December,
1852, he was married to Miss Claudia R.
Edwards, at the residence of her father,
Col. q. Edwards, near Gainesville, Ga.
When the, Johnson Female Seminary was
enlarged into the johnson Female Uni
versity, he became principal Of the facul-
ty and Secretary and Treasurer OF the
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