The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-05-31
DEATH Of MRS. WIN. A., NICHOLSON

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This Noble Christian Woman Entered
Into Rest Thursday, May %, at
Noon-Brief Sketch of Her Life.
Her, Good Deeds Were Many, Her
Heart Was Pure and Her Life
Beautiful.
In the death Of Mrs. Rebecca E.
Nicholson, which occurred at her
home on South street last Thursday
at noon, Union, has lost one of its in
habitants whose departure will be felt
In every circle. Her life, devoted to
high ideals and her hands enlisted in
good work, her death cannot but
leave a vacancy that will be felt by
all. She was 80 Kind and so patient
and SO ready to aid the distressed
that many hearts feel the loss sus-
tanned in her death. She was the
widow of the late VIM. A. Nicholson,
prominent and active in the affairs of
the town and county,
Mrs. Nicholson passed away peace
fully at her home in this city at 1880
o'clock Thursday afternoon after one
months illness, although she has been
In declining health for two or three
years.
Mrs. Nicholson, who was Miss Re-
becca E. Hobcraft before her mar
riage, was born in London, England,
on February II, 1912, and came to
Charleston, S. c., about 1853 to visit
relatives and it was while she was
at the home Of her sister, Mrs. James
Allan, that she met Mr.. Nicholson, to
whom she was married on April 21..
1862, at Aiken, s. c., where she and
her sister We're refugeeing on account
Of the Federal troops bombanding
Charleston. At that time Mr.. Nichol
son was serving in the Macbeth Light
Artillery, in which he had enlisted at
the outbreak of the war, but soon af-
ter being injured by being thrown
from a horse, was transferred to the
hospital service in Columbia as as
sistant to DR.. A. w. Thomson, who
was surgeon in charge.
1t was on June 13, 1862, just about
fifty years ago that Mrs. Nicholson
came to Union, where her husband
had established himself in the marble
business in 1859, and in point of resi-
dence was one of the oldest persons in
the city.
During all her life she has
been interested and active in all re-
ligious work, having connected her
self with the Presbyterian church
Sept. %, 1868, which church she serv-
ed as organist for over thirty years
and was Sunday School teacher for
an even longer period of time. Until
l q few years ago she was president
| of the Kings Daughters Circle and
also was an active member of the
Ladies' Missionary Society. Though
her health has prevented her in re-
cent years from participating ctively
in church work, her interest in it
never waned and she continued to
exercise most helpful influence in all
departments of church life, and has
been a frequent and liberal though
unostentatious contributor to relig-
ious and benevolent causes in this
and other states.
Mrs. Nicholson is survived by three
children, Mr.. Emslie Nicholson, Mr..
Allan Nicholson and Miss Amey H.
Nicholson. She also leaves two sis
tiers, Mrs. James Allan of Charleston
and Miss Hobcraft of London, Eng
land.
The funeral services were held on
Friday afternoon at o'clock at the
First Presbyterian church, and were
quite simple and brief, consisting of
only the hymns "Sun of My Soul,
Thou Savior DEAR" "In the Secret of
His Presence" sung as duet by Mrs.
r. A. Jones and Rev. w. D. Wakefield,
and Saviour Again to Thy Dear
Name," all of which were special ia
vorites of Mrs. Nicholson, scripture
reading and short and sweet tribute
to her earnest, Christian character by
her pastor, Rev. John F. Matheson.
The interment was at the Presbyte-
rian cemetery beside the remains Of
her husband ,and the services there
were also brief, closing just as the
sun was sinking, with the beautiful
hymn, "Abide with me, fast falls the
eventide"