Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-12-04
JOHN BIRDsEY PICKETT DEAD.
Passed Away Last Saturday from
Sudden Attack Of Heart Failure.


| such a shock as on Saturday, Novem-
Der 80, when the news of the sudden
death Of John Birdsey Pickett was
heralded, like an electric current,
| from home to home, enveloping the
| entire community in cloud of deep
| sorrow.
Mr.. Picket was in his list year,
| and had been in declining health for
| several years, having suffered from
heart trouble, but was in his usual
good spirits on Saturday morning,
| and about II o'clock was hauling
some wood, and was within about
150 yards OF his home when death,
due to heart failure, came. 1t is
supposed that he had some pre-
monition Of his death and stopped
his horse, as the animal was stand
ing perfectly still, while Mr.. Pickett's
body was lying partly across the
shafts, with one arm over the front
gate Of the wagon. He had proba-
bly, been dead not more than ten
minutes when found. 1t was at
first thought that he had fallen on
the wagon wheel and had only re-
ceived injuries from the fall, and
Dr.. e. G. Doyle was at once sum-.
moned, but the awful reality was,
soon revealed, and thus was taken
from the shores Of time to the realms
Of a glorious eternity one OF the
most exemplary characters the com
| munity has ever known. In his
death his family sustans the loss Of
an affectionate husband, father and
grandfather-one who was ever
mindful Of the pleasure and happi-
ness of his household. The commu-
nifty loses kind and beneficent
neighbor, friend and counsellor,
whose generosity In time of need
knew no bounds except the limita-
tion OF his possession; and especial
ly where the hand of affiiction rest
ed on fellow-being would his over
| flowing, sympathetic heart go out in
kindly effort to relieve. In his home
he was genial, hospitable and enter
tanning. Having lived near neigh
Dor for the past % years, the writer
friend. & is . h IS $.t 4 a Ey. fs Az &
Pick Ell was Sas Hi lin g3s q | lei Siris
the I5ich ssfs &
where hts place was seldom vacant,
and where his absence will long be
noted and felt with regret,
lie was q jealous and enthusiastic
member Of the Farmers Union, in
which order his influence will be
greatly missed. The county loses in
the death Of Mr.. Pickett one of her
most valuable citizens, and the
State valiant veteran of the Lost
Cause.
From piece of family history we
copy briet sketch Of his life:
John Birdsey Pickett, the fourth
son Of John and Harriet Howell
Pickett, was born in Knoxville,
Tenn, January II, 1912. He served
in the Confederate army during the
entire four years Of the war; was
first in Company I, 26th Tennessee
Infantry, under Gen. Buckner's COM
mand, Capt. B. F.. Welker, Col. John
Lillard. He served there until the
battle Of Fort Donaldson, where he
was captured and taken to Camp
Morton, indianapolis, Ind, where he
remained for several months. He was
| then taken to VicXsburg, Miss,
| where he was exchanged returning
to East Tennessee, and was trans
| ferred to Company A, 18th Tennes-
see Cavalry, under Capt W. c. Eb-
lin, Fuckers Legion, Pilgram's Bri-
gade. Here he remained four
months, and was then transferred to
| Fort Delaware, where he remained
| through on parole to Richmond, Va,
where he remained until the sur
render"
John B. Pickett and Martha Cor
nelia McFall, daughter OF Capt. and
| Mrs. Samuel r. McFall, were married
in Wa!halla on February II, 1869,
and unto them we're born five sons
and three daughters, whose names
are as follows: John Sam and Ern-
est Hunter Pickett, Atlanta, Ga;
Harry McFall Pickett, Greenville;
James Edwin Pickett, Norfolk, Va;
Frank Leslie Pickett, Rockingham,
n. c.; Mrs. Hattie Pickett Milan,
Sandy Springs, and Mesdames Cor
nelia and Birdsey Pickett w ;ht, of
this community.
Mr.. Pickett with his family, which
at the time GS73) consisted Of his
wife and two children, moved to
Coosa county, Alabama, where they
lived until the latter part Of 1877,
| moving thence to this community,
where they have since resided, an
unbroltcn family until his death.
All his children were present to
attend his funeral except J. E. Pick
EFT, OF Norfolk, Va, who, we regret
to learn, was providentially detained
on account Of the extreme illness Of
his wife.
The remains Of the deceased were
inferred In the Richland cemetery at
8 o'clock Sunday, the 1st, services
being conducted by the pastor, Rev.
f.. ID. Vaughn.
Those of the relatives from a dist
ance who attended the funeral, be-
sides the children, were: Mr. and
Mrs. BAIL Wakefield, Greensboro,
Ga; John F.. Rogers Greenville;
Mrs. Carl Myers, Oakway; Miss
Julia Rogers, Greenville; Mrs. Ra-