The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-01-11
COL. w. X. DARLINGTON !. II Y s.
PASSED AWAY SUNDAY
Father Of Col. T. ID. Darlington, Of
this City, Died In Allendale.

this City, Died In Allendale.
News of the death OF Col. William r.
Darlington, of Allendale, was received
In the city Sunday. Coll Darlington
was the father of Col. Thos. ID. Darl-
ington. OF this city, and had visited his
son hero on several occasions, making
many strong friendships among peo-
pie Of this city.
An account OF the death Of Col.
Darlington. taken from The State
Monday, follows:
Allendalc. Jan. S.--Col. William r.
Darlington, "Gand Old Man" of Allen
dale county, died at his home here
this morning at 4 o'clock His death
was not unexpected, as he had been
q sufferer the last seven months from
a stroke OF paralysis received last
June.
The funeral will be held at the
Methodist church here Monday after
noon at 4 o'clock, followed by inter
mcnt in Swallow Savannah cemetery.
The services will be conducted by the
Rev. S. w. Henry, pastor.
Colonel Darlington was in his S0th
year. He was born near ;Dunbarton
in Barnwell county in 1912 and up
until the last year Of his life took an
active interest in all affairs pertain
ing to the welfare Of his community.
He was in many ways the most intiu
%;,1 ,,:+I 81, t1>, tNn re In
state. He was the first chairman Of
tho board of commissioners which
directed the efforts to form the cOun
ty Of Allendalc, efforts which came
death he was chairman Of the county
pension board and also 4 member of
the county board OF commissioners.
The vigor which Colonel Darlington di-
ed in his keen business acumen and
driving power and accumulated for
him much valuable city and plantation
property.
He acquired his carly education at
Barnwell Male academy. At the be-
ginning of the Confederate war, he
volunteered and was mustered into
the First South Carolina infantry in
Charleston. He served gallantly until
the cessation Of hostilities, the last
three years as orderly or top SER
geant. He was in Charleston at the
time Of the attack on Fort Sumter.
OF |, wit No nf hn
West, taking part in the fight at Bel
mont, Mo-, and Corinth, Miss, and
other engagements in the upper Mis-
rissippi valley. IN 1862 he was re
tullicd to his native state, where he
became member Of the Second South
Carolina artillery under Colonel La
mar, and was in the combined artil-
lcry and infantry service during the
remainder Of the war period He was
in Battery Reid, which was cited for
conspicuous bravery at the battle of
Secessionville AS part Of General
Hardcc's coliDs, he was in the engage
mcnt3 at Chcraw and Averysboro and
Bcntonville, \. G.. He was with Gen
cral Johnston's army at Greensboro
when the surrender came.
Twice married, Colonel Darlington
is survived by his widow and three
children. In the late COS he mar
ried Miss Lucy Allen, the family from
which the county took its name. To
this union, four children were born:
r. ID. Darlington, Miss Laura Stoney
Darlington, Miss Lucy o. H. Darling
ton and William r. Darlington, Jr.,
Miss Laura Stoney Darlington died
in 1917.
After the death Of his first wife,
Colonel Darlington married Miss Eliza
beth Porcher Stoney, daughter Of
Peter Gaillard Stoney, OF Charleston.
An upright citizen Of strong con-
victions, Colonel Darlington was a
man of wide influence, and his death
brings sense OF grief and personal
loss to many people throughout this
section Of the state.