The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-08-17
Reunion Picnic at JolIy's Spring.

Editor lntelligencer: Early on Fri
day morning. Aug l2th, 1904 with NV
better half, | started to the first reun.
Ion, picnic of descendants OF George
and Rachel FELTON, Brown.
Our way led us by Midway, Co1coId
and Salem Churches, with which SO
many pleasant associations are con-
nected, and we were first at the Spring.
1t was our first visit to that famous re-
sort, end though the last half mile of
road ls bad it is an attractive place. es-
peclaily t0r children, whc love to climb
high bluffs. wade in the branch and
walk over high railroad bridges
Inc cousins soon began to arrive.
we think there were seventy five, be-
sides those connected by marriage, and
Other friends, making most interest,"
ing company of about one hundred.
r; Il. Brown was made Chairman,
who, after reading a short paper, intro
duced the venerable Col. Crayton.
lie encouraged US to turn aside oftener
from our money making for purely So
clal gatherings, and to initiate the vir-
tues OF our ancestors.
Then came q short business meeting,
during which resolutions of thanks
were extended to Col. Crayton and
Mr.. Jolly. j.. B. FELTON,. Sr., l.. Il. &.
Snipes, Andy E. Brown and =. II.
Brown were appointed committee to
select place for the next meerine.
which will be on Friday before the
second Sunday in August. 1905.
Next came dinner, such as the wo-
men or our country are noted tor pre-
pairing. 1t was spread out on a long
table brought there by one of the colls-
ms When everybody had enjoyed the
feast, it was found that enough had
been provided to feed another hun
dred.
When MIR. Anderson had taken our
pictures, we departed with most pleas
ant memories and looking forward
with pleasure to our next family gath
ering. b.
:, we haze been requested to publish
the following paper, which was read at
the above family reunion by Rev. f.
Il: Brown, of this county, and We do so
with pleasure, for we know it will be
OF interest to many of our readers:
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
This gathering of the children of a
single pair lmpresses us with the great
responsibility of parents. We set
forces in motion which affect the well
fare OF our pOsterity for many genera
tions. A few facts about our grand
parents will be interesting to all Of us.
RluDuulOlDtE, Il,
Rachel FELTON, Brown. Her early life
was spent in North Carolina. infer
from what have learned, that she was
OF English descent, and, although sur
rounded by tories, her father was a
rebel during the revolution.
distant relative told me q story of
her childhood. When she saw q mar
riaRe ceremony performed sbe regard
ed it as trying ordeal to stand up and
n IL va hr 1Nrs Il Il IL.
asked an older person if every body
had to marry. When told that nearly
every body did marry she exclaimed: :
do dread i" :" She was married % nt tti the
age of sixteen. She told, some one
that it her mother had been alive she
would not have married when she did
al do not say" she added, II would
not have married the man did"
In person she was low, slender and
active, with the same peculiar indigo
blue eye seen in her posterity to the
fourth generation. She was noted for
surroundings. she kept white sand on
the kitchen floor part Of the time, and
the hearth, chairs. table, shelves,
dishes, some of which were Of pewter,
and even the walls looked like they
had been secured with some of that
color the water. There was white sand
on the floor Of the spring house and
everything in the apring house CORE
epOnded.
She was noted for industry and
shrewd business management. think
she lived q widow seven years and she
managed 30 we'll that she had an
abundance. From field, orchard, hog
pen, COW pen. bee hive aud poultry
~ MI IN hor toll hi n
ance OF the best and most wholesome
food.
Her departure was as peaceful as her
life had been. In the quiet evening
while engaged in her customary duties
she fell asleep. 30 far as we could ascer-
tain, without O pain, and it was q COM
mon remark among those who knew
h,a that Aunt Rachel was one of the
bvst women have ever known.
that our grandfather was of English
descent, and that his father was with
the cOlOnists in the Revolution.
know nothing of his early education
except that he wrote q good hand.
When O young man he was so strong
and active that he rarely met his match
in those friendly encounters in which
men used to engage: In person he was
My mother often said to me: "EIias,
take your hands out Of your pockets
and stand up. You will be as crooked
as your grandfather" But l am 80
glad to. know that, though crooked in
body, he was straight in character.
Alex. Evans, his physician, told me
after the war that he never had known
any. Of our family who would not pay
their debts. His son law, Bryan
Boronghs. a man of the etrictest infeg-
rity, told me that our grandfather was
noted for his hatred of falsehood.
After the war met man in Geor-
gia who had been in the court room at
GAINESVILLE wien Isham Brown, son of
George Brown. was called tc the wit
ness stand. The spectators said one
to another: "Eow We will hear the
truth" think it q fair inference that
he became q truthful man by inherit