Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-06-14


hand OF death snatched one by one,
'loosening the silver cord and shat
tering the golden bowl, and bidding
each gentle spirit return to the God
who gave 1t.
Rev. Tyre B. Mauldin.
SO closely connected were the lives
or the Revs. II. H. Penney and r. B.
Mauldin, and SO near together were
their residences, that it would be
difficult to even mention one without
thinking of the other.
Rev. Tyre b. Mauldln was born in
Pickens District In the early part of
the last century. His wife was Miss
Elizabeth Gaines, daughter Of Rev.
Robert Gaines and sister Of Rev. Bar
nett Gaines, Of Pickens county. Two
sons and two daughters were born to
this marriage. The sons, William
and James, served in the Confede-
rate army, and after the close of the
war moved to Mississippi. Miss Sue,
the elder daughter, died unmarried,
of tuberculosis, about the year 1880.
The younger daughter, Miss Fannie,
married James B. Carpenter, of An
derson, but the same dread disease
by which death claimed her sister
soon bore her away also, leaving four
small sons, two of whom, James and
John, are Presbyterian ministers;
NJ
derson Daily Mail and secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce of the
Electric City. We can gather no in
formation as to the fourth.
Mr.. Mauldin was a fine local Meth
odist preacher. and occasionally
preached at the old Rock Springs
church. He was an accurate sur
veyor and surveyed Oconee county
In 1868. He was natural philoso-
pher and was accurate and system
attic in everything he did, one Of his
notices being, "If you have two
songs to sing, always sing one Of
them first" Mr.. Mauldin was also
a good blacksmith and miller. and
after retiring from the ministry
gained substantial living by these
occupations.
He was explicitly pronounced in
his denunciation Of immortality. This
characteristic was clearly demon
strated in the following incident: :
When returning home from near
Westminster on one occasion, on
hearing the lively notes of violin
so great was his antipathy for this
instrument, Of the devil" as he
termed It, he walked away off from
the road, which led by the house
whence came the melody.
Mr.. Mauldin was connected by ties
Of blood and friendship with many
OF the most prominant persons IN
PickenS aud Ocunec Col. Robt. a.
Thompson, &C Waihalia, aud Cover
nor Ioseph y BrOwn, OF Georgia.
arc closely connected, the formcr
being nephew OF his wife. Mr..
Mauldin died about the year 1878.
His remains now rest in the old
Rock Springs cemetery.
1t was long cherished desire Of
his to see a new church building at
old Rock Springs. He did all in his
power in assisting in the erection Of
the present church building, hewing
the cornerstone, which he assisted
In laying with Masonic ceremony,
which contains his own photograph
with other relics.
The old Mauldin house has prob
ably undergone fewer changes than
any Of the old-time residences in the
vicinity. Twas but yesterday that
the writer visited this old place, and
AS we noted the ravages of time,
fond memory carried us back to early
childhood, and in our Imagination
we could see this home as 1t was
then-a neat little flve-room cottage,
nestled in a grove Of majestic oaks
and poplars, in a picturesque little
vale, encircled by forest-crested
hills; the well-kept yard, with its
white, sandy walks, perpendicular
and diagonal, profusely bordered
with phlox, petunias, etc., while beds
Of verbenas, roses and chrysanthe-
NUNS and various other Towering
shrubs filed the spaces between the
walks.
About thirty yards west Of the
house, and almost on level with it,