The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-07-07
Historic Churclyard in Upper Carolina,
Writing from Anderson to the Co.
lumbia State, a correspondent tells of

Writing from Anderson to the Co.
lumbia State, a correspondent tells Of
a visit he paid to two historic church
yards in upper South Carolina, the
"garncn spot of the State. II never
passed through a more beautiful por-
ton of South Carolina" he writes.
"It must be called an ideal land Of
hill and plain, W; n the Blue Ridge
generally in full -ew. In this leafy
month of June, the prospect was espe-
cially pleasing and the men Of the
County looked hearty and strong.
The forests and the cultivated fields
and the homes all looked attractive,
and the air was glorious 9~d the water
cool and pure
Upon reaching Pendleton, by the
home Of the late Col. T. j. Pickens,
where his son, Captain Pickens, and
his daughter, Miss Eliza Picl;ens, now
reside, I visited St. Paul's Church, of
which the Rev. Andrew H. Cornish
was for twenty-seven years rector.
The churchyard is historic ground.
A monument to two Confederate Gen
erals-onc monumentfor two--attracts
attention. You see the letters ''B"
and IS" inscribed together, and you
read as follows on the face: "Bar-
nard Elliott Bee, Brigadier General
Confederate States Army. Died July
81, 1861, of wounds received in the
battle of Manassas, July 81, 1861.
Age 81 years and 5 months"
On another face: "Gen. B. b..
Bee.
"If thou C. noble soldier art
That passest by this grave, man,
There moulders here a gallant heart,
For this man was a brave man"
On one face: "Clemen H. Stevens,
Brigadier General, Confederate States
Army. Born August IA, 1921. Nor
tally wounded in the battle Of Allan
ia, July 20, 1864. Died July rs,
1864"
On another face "Gcn. G. H. Ste
vens.
If thou art staunch without q stain,
Like the unchanging blue, man
This was a kinsman o. thine ain,
For this man was q true man."
Here also is the burial ground of the
Calhouns and the Clemsons. The
marble slab to Mrs. Calhouu's memo
Dry bears this inscription /:
"Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Flo
ride Calhoun, relict Of John G. Cal.
houn. Born Feb. Is, 1882. Died
July rs, 1866"
There is a handsome shaft to the
memory Of Clemson, which bears this
inscription : "Hon. Thomas Il. Glen.
son, founder of the Clemson Agricul.
tural College of South Carolina. Born
July l, 1907. Died April, 1888"
There are many other historic names
on the marble of this old cemetery.
Among them is this memorial: "Char'
lotte Cotcsworth Pinckney. Born in
Charleston, = 1889. Died in Able
Vile, - 1865. Aged 76 years."
And this governor Frank Buist
Of Nebraska Territory. Died 1854
1 next visited the famous old Stone
Church Presbyterian about four miles
beyond Pendleton. 1t is a r~ectangu.
lar solid stone structure, large enough
to accommodate in the body Of the
church and gallery about $50 souls.
1t was built by John Rusk, stone ma.
son. His son was Senator Rusk, OF
Texas.
Stone Church was organizedin 1877.
It was first known as Keowee Hope
we'll. The congregation in 1924 was
transferred to Pendleton when the
church in Pendleton was built, and
known as the HopeWell Pendletor
church. It is now known as the Pen
dleton Presbyterian church.
There are many Revolutionary and
Confederate graves in the "city of the
dead amid the trees Of the forest
Here is such silence as we find in the
painless woods, and here society where
none intrudes except occasional visi'
tors to the sacred spot. The oldest
slab contains the following tribute
General Andrew Pickens, Borr
13 September, 1889. Died August II.
1877. He was a Christian, Patriot
and Soldier. His character and &C.
tions are incorporated within che his,
tory of this country. Filial affection
and respect raise, this stone to hiE
memory
Here, too, is a slab 10 the memory
of Governor Andrew Pickens, who
was a lieutenant-colonel of the wal
of 1912.
There are other historic graves. A
huge, heavy mass of granite uniquely
cut and dressed, stands to the. memo
ry of the two gallant Confederates
the Lewis brothers, one killed in bat
tie and the other by a descrter he was
about to capture in order to return
bin TO his duty.
Here, too, are monuments to the
gallant Col. James VIM. Livingston:
Of Orr's Rifles, and to that noble
character, of knightly type, Golf. "
Fitzpatrick, who was killed in the
Wills Valley battle, near Chattanoo'
ga. He was engaged to Miss Willie
Porter, of Maryland, and his last
words werc-as "Personne,' in whose
arms t. died, sa~ys-"Mother,' "Wil
lie."
Between two lofty pines in an IN
marked grave rests the dust OF the
Bynum of Richland County, who was
killed in a duel with Governor 3. +.
Perry, fought on an island in the
Tugaloo. at a point near the boundary
between South Carolina and Georgia,
The ostrich hen lays every other
day, and the egg weighs about three
pounds it is a tasty and nutritious