Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-01-09
! DEATH Of JOHN JACOB lhsEL.|
"A GOOD NAN AND fRuEs HAS GONE 10
HIS REWARD ON HIGH.

John Jacob Apsel died at his home, In
Walhalla, on Saturday morning, Jana.
AIRY 5ths after o we k's illness from pneu-
9. Il e was born In Charleston,
s. O., May i5, 1874. 8 In 1854 his father,
John Ansel, moved to Walhalla with his
family. The subject Of this notice re-
sided here ever since he was a boy Of ten
years Of age On December 5th, 1871,
hewas happily married to. Miss Mary
Neville. She and five children survive
viz: John A. Ansel and George NJ.
Ansel, of Walhalla, James. r. Anssl, of
chattanooga; Mrs. Mamie #. Clarkson
P6nd Miss Mamie Ansel. To them is ex.
tended the sincere sympathy of many
friends In their sore bereavement. He is
also survived by one brother, Hon. Mar
tin r. Ansel, Governor-elect. and three
sisters, Misses Maria Anssl and Kate
Ansel, of Walhalla, and Mrs. Carrie
Ostendorff, of Charleston.
Since the days OF early boyhood he had
been member Of st. Johns Lutheran
church OF Walhalla. He was life mem.
ber Of Blue Ridge Lodge, No. 92, Ancient
Free Masons, also knight of Honor.
In all the relations Of life he was q good
man and true. Strict integrity and q
high. sense OF honor characterized his
every aot.
y: When the war between the States be.
gan in 1851 he was among the first to
enlist as a member of Orr's regiment,
though only boy in his teens. Four
years were spent on the tented field, and
he was with his comrades at Appomat-
tox in 1855, his famous regiment laying
down their arms when Lee surrendered.
The war ended, he returned home and
established himself in business. For
about forty years no was engaged in the
furniture and undertaking business. His
name has long been a household word in
Oconee county. He stood high in the
public confidence and esteem. In both
word and deed he served and helped his
fellow-man. None ever appealed to him
for help in the hour of distress without
finding him ready and willing to minis.
ter to their needs. He served we'll his
day and generation, and his works do fol-
low him. Many rise up to bless his
memory.
On Sunday afternoon at 3 O'Clock his
funeral services were conducted in the
Lutheran church by his pastor, Rev. H.
G. Grossman, and attended by large
concourse of sorrowing and sympathiz-
ing friends. II was one of the largest
and longest funeral professions in the
history of the town. First in order of
march were the members of Blue Ridge
Lodge A. F. NJ, and visiting Masons,
followed by the Knights of Honor and
the Councilmen of his church. The
hearse was followed by a long line OF
carriages and pedestrians. The spacious
church building could not seat the gath.
ering of friends and acquaintances who
had come to pay their tribute of respeo,
to his memory.
After the reading of the simple bu,
impressive funeral ritual of the Lutheran
church, the body was Inferred with
Masonic honors In tho cemetery where
rest the ashes of his father and mother
Thus was consigned to his last resting
place one Of the landmarks, who 70,
fifty.two years had served we'll his town
his State and his country In both war and
peace.
Life's race we'll run,
Life's work we'll done,
Now comes rest.