The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15

Rutledge, P. S., mail carrier, stage line tt
Washington, Ga.
Rutlege, Barney.
Rutledge, James.
Smith, A. NJ, wealthy speculator, Colonel
in army, killed at Gaines Mill. AS
far as l am informed he was the only
rich slave owner who provided by
will for education OF poor white chill
dren.
Shilito, James A., timer.
Shilito, George, timer.
Shilito, james, tailor, shoe maker, and
keeper Of boarders in house where
R. S. Link now lives.
Smith, W.. Joel, moved to TOWN. 1859.
Shilito, Andrew, surveyor who understood
his business.
Small, John.
Small, Andrew, a%uctioneer, immigrant
from Ireland.
Seal, Thos. c., carriage painter.
Syfann, George, engineer on r. R., hauled
rails to lay track from Hodges to
Abbeville, June, 1851, and remained
on the road as engineer. Careful,
never had a fatal accident in a SER
vice Of nearly fifty years, died years
ago.
Smith, D. B., carpenter.
Sondley, D. R., R. r. station agent G. & C.
road.
Shehan, Jerry.
Thomson, John A.
Thomson, Thomas, immigrant from Scot
land, lawyer, Colonel In the COnfed-
crate army, circuit judge, made a
fortune, died in 1881.
Togno, Doctor, ~Frenchman, set out the
vineyard and built stone house on
the ground for wine cellar, which
house is nov used as a dwelling.
Thomas, Walter.
Thomas, John w.
Tusten, H. T., watch. repairer and jeweler.
Tribble, Ezekiel, old and unable for any
business.
Tribble, Jesse, printer in Banner Office.
killed la a skirmish at foot OF Look
Out Mountain.
Taylor, E. j.! carriage shop, lived In the
brick house on lower main street.
Bricks said Ito have been shipped
from England.
Turner, D. Mcneil, pastor Presbyterian
congregations at Abbevllle and Long
Cane.
Wier, Alex, merchant,
White, John, oldest merchant in Abbeville,
had a successful career up to the
war, distinguished for integrity.
White, w. H., teacher, killed in the war
White, George, clerk in his fathers store.
White, Leonard, clerk in his fathers store.
White, Robert j., builder Of Whites block
in 1859.
White, E., carriage worker.
Wardlaw, D. L.. circuit judge, made mem
orable speech In 1860 in opposition to
separate state action In secession.
Subsequent events proved his wis
dom.
Wardlaw, ]. j., physician, fell and dislocat-
ed his hip, died from the accident.
Wardlaw, Robert H., merchant, lived to
old age, Jealous Presbyterian to the
end, opposed instrumental music in
church.
Wardlaw, Jas. A.
Wardlaw, William.
Wardlaw, L. A.
Wardlaw, Andrew, afterwards merchant
and banker.
Wardlaw, w. c., dentist, afterwards moved
to Atlanta, Ca, where he died.
Wardlaw, r. H., Jr., killed In the war.
Wardlaw, Perrin, moved to Augusta, only
surviving member Of his family.
Wilson, John H., lawyer, regarded as able
constitutional advisor.
Wilson, Patrick, printer in the Banner Of
flee.
Wilson, Leroy, locomotive engineer.
Wilson, Hugh, Senior, owner'of steam mill,
Wilson, Robert, helper in his fathers mill,
Wilson, Hugh, Jr., printer.
Wilson, Andrew, went to the war, is now
In the Soldiers Home.
Westfield, Edward, owner OF lanyard, sold
his property in town and invested
his money In farm lands between Alb
beville and Due West.
Wilson, VIM. Henry, printer Of Independ-
ent Press, soldier in war, moved to
Washington, Ga, from there he went
to Lake City, Florida, where he died,
Wilson, Michael, farmer in Fort Pickens
whom spectators could not get adj
vantage :of. He brought a load OF
oats to town, couldn't get for them
his price, 20 cents a dozen bundles,
was offered only Is cents a dozen
He drove his wagon load Of oats back
home, SO the story goes, divided
each bundle into two bundles
and then brought the oats back to
town when he sold them at Is cents
a dozen.
Williams, A. A., merchant, who thought q
dollar bill in hand might take the
place Of kid gloves at parties, when
the kids could not be had.
Woodruff, Andrew, bricklayer and plas'
terer, lives in the country now He
and his wife have lived together fol
~tifty-si1 years. At eighty years OF
age they are In a good state Of pres
ervation.'
SURVIVORS.
OF the great number Of names as given
obove, only a few survive. All the Others
have passed to the great beyond. Those