Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-06-05
wALuAnnA, SOUTH CAROLINA, wnnsEsbAY JUNE o. to2
II. b. J. w. SCHROEDER DEAD.
Called to His Reward After Illness
of Ten Days.

In the death Of Henry B. J. w.
Schroeder, which occurred at his
home in Walhalla last Sunday morn
ing at 4.45 o'clock, Walhalla lost
one OF her oldest and most highly
respected citizens. Mr.. Schroder's
death was not unexpected, he having
been stricken ten days previously
with an ailment so serious as to
cause from the first grave fears that
he would not survive. For the past
eighteen months he had been in fail
ing health, and his strength was not
sufficient to withstand the last at
tack.
Mr.. Schroeder was a native Of Ger
many, having been born in the King
dom Of Hanover on July 23, 1898,
and would therefore have been "a
years Of age had he lived until the
23d of next month. He came to
America in January, 1851, landing
at Charleston, and reaching Walhal-
la on the 2Sth Of that month. He
was the second child of Henry and
Anna Schroeder. His father died in
1855, and it fell to his lot to assist
in the support of his mother and
family, in which, as was his charac-
teristic to the end, he was ever faith
full and loyal
On March Gath, 1874, he was
happily married to Miss Elizabeth
f. lvester, daughter Of the late
Anderson and Arzelia Ivester, and to
this union several children were
born. His wife and one son, F. A.
n. Schroeder, survive. He Is also sur
vived by three sisters, Mrs. Rebecca
Kraft, OF Spartanburg, and Mrs. r.
A. Newell, Of Columbia. The latter
was with him during his last illness
Mr.. Schroeder was lifelong mem
Der Of the Lutheran church, with
which he had been identified for 60
| years, and was the only member Of
the first confirmation class Of ST.
| Johns Lutheran church, located in
| West Union, then Pickens District.
During the sixties Mr.. Schroeder re-
sided in Columbia and Charleston
and during the war was employed In
Marsh's Shipyard as a cabinet ma
ker, and it was this connection with
the shipping trade that brought him
opportunity to render service to the
Cohfederacy in the. capacity Of a
blockade runner. At that time the
u Sou WaSs * dispo ipasa d toIi
| Great Britain, and this being ono OF
the main means Of obtaining money
| and supplies for the South, the har-
Dor was blockaded by tho Federal
forces. and many dangers were
braved by the shipbuilders and ON
| Dloyees in assisting in running the
| blockade"
For fifteen years after returning
| to Oconeo Mr.. Schroeder engaged in
| farming near West Union, and in the
early eighties moved with his family
to Walhalla, and had resided here
continuously since. Wherever his
| name is familiar it is associated with
| uDrightness and honesty. loyalty and
| true friendship. In his passing
| away Walhalla has lost one Of her
Oldest and at the same time one of
her most highly esteemed citizens.
Funeral services were held Mon
| day morning at II o'clock at ST.
Johns Lutheran church, being con-
Quoted by Rev. J. B. Umberger, pas
tor. and Rev. John G. Law, of the
Presbyterian church. Immediatelv
following the services at the church,
the remains were borne to the Lu-
therar cemetery, where, in the pres
enee OF large number who had
gathered to pay the last sad tribute
to the deceased, they were tenderly
lowered to their last resting place
beside his children who had gone be-
fore He lived life worthy Of en-
ulation, and in his last days, realiz-
ing that the end was near, he pa
tiently awaited the summons, being
ready and willing to go from earth
into the Valley Of the Shadow.
TO the bereaved ones IS extended
the sympathy Of many friends i'm
their sorrow.
The following relatives from a
distance attended the funeral: Mrs.
II. y. Newell, Columbia; Mrs. M. NJ.
Ferguson and Miss Blanche Fergu-
son, Williamson; Miss Rosa Ives
ter, Greenville; Mrs. Lena Ivester
Charles Ivester and Mrs. Frank
White, Anderson.