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F. P. Salter,
Jr
Trenton, Sept. 18 - The body of F. P.
Salter, Jr., aviator killed at Richfield, Texas, arrived in
Augusta at 2 o'clock Tuesday and was brought throught he
country in a motor hearse. The funeral was held at 5 o'clock
at Ebenezer Church, conductged by the Rev. J. A. Gaines of
Greenwood. The draped casket was lowered into the grave while
a second Old Glory waved above telling the story of the brave
boy's life being given for his country. Men, women and
children from the whole county were present to show their
respect and do him honor. Mr. Salter was the first Edgefield
county boy to lose his life in the war. The floral offerings
were many and beautiful. Mr. Salter is survived by his mother
and father, Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Salter; three sisters, Mrs. E.
L. Bryan, Misses Ruth and Grace Salter; two brothers, T. P.
Salter, Jr., now in France, and Henry D. Salter, a midshipman
at Annapolis. (The State September 19, 1918) Martha C.
Stevens
Died, in this District on the 13th of
September, 1857, Mrs. Martha C. Stevens, in the fiftieth year
of her age. Mrs. Stevens had been from many years confined to
her bed, yet she submitted to the chastening rod with
cheerfulness, and bore her affliction with patience to the
end. She was not a member of the church, but had professed
faith in the the Lord Jesus, long before the close of her
earthly pilgrimage, and would have united with the Baptist
church but for physical inability to attend at the Sanctuary
of our Lord and Master. She was an affectionate and doting
mother; a good wife; and as a neighbor, was kind and
charitable; and her death was deeply deplored by all who knew
her. She leaves many relations and friends to mourn their
loss. (The Edgefield Advertiser, January 27, 1858)
Elizabeth T. A. Holland
Died, on the 15th of December, 1857, at
the residence of her husband, Mr. Bennett Holland, Mrs.
Elizabeth T. A. Holland, daughter of Benj. and Martha C.
Stevens, in the 31st year of her age. Scarcely had the tears
of mourning been wiped from the weeping eyes of the family,
for a kind mother, ere death again invaded the Sanctuary and
took from their ranks a sister, a wife and a mother. Mrs.
Holland united with the Baptist church at Little Steven's
Creek when 14 years of age, and by a well ordered life and
Godly conversation adorned to her death the profession she
then made. In all the relations of life she was a kind,
dutiful and obliging. She leaves an affectionate husband and
several children, together with numerous friends and relations
to mourn their sad bereavements; and whilst we deeply
sympathize with them in their loss, we have every evidence to
hope she inherits a blessed immortality beyound the grave.
(The Edgefield Advertiser, January 27, 1858) Dr. Wm. S. Johnson
October 20th, at his residence, in
Edgefield District, S.C., Dr. Wm. S. Johnson, in the 60th year
of his age. (The Charleston Mercury, October 25,1859) -
submitted by Dena Whitesell Mrs. W. L.
Seigler
Johnston, Jan. 22 - The remains of Mrs.
W. L. Seigler of Aiken were brought here on Wednesday
afternoon and the interment made in the Mount of Olives
cemetery. Dr. A. T. King conducting the services. For a number
of years, Dr. and Mrs. Seigler made this place their home
until about six years ago, moving to their farm near Aiken.
During her residence here Mrs. Seigler endeared herself to all
by her many beautiful and noble traits of character, and the
news of her death brought sadness. She identified herself with
the religious and other organizations that pertained to good,
and was a member of the Baptist church, of this place. Besides
her husband, three sons are left. (The State January 23,
1915) J. E. Holmes - Coroner
Passes Away
Edgefield, Jan. 22 - J. E. Holmes died
of Bright's disease at his home in the Collter's section today
at 11 o'clock. He had been confined to his home for about
three months. He was a Confederate veteran and was in his 70th
year. Mr. Holmes had served as coroner of the county for four
years and was reelected for a second term last summer, having
received his commission two weeks ago. He was a successful
farmer and a good citizen. He will be buried at Red Hill
tomorrow afternoon with Masonic honors. Mr. Holmes is survived
by his wife, three sons and six daughters. (The State January
23, 1915)
Cynthia
Bledsoe
November
14th, in Edgefield, Mrs. Cynthia Bledsoe, in her 41st year,
wife of Mr. Berryman Bledsoe. (The Charleston Mercury November
29, 1859)
Elizabeth
Canfield
September
15th, at her residence, in Edgefield District, Mrs. Elizabeth
Canfield, aged 71 years, 1 month, and eight days. (The
Charleston Mercury October 4, 1859)
Mrs. Kate Rushton
Barr
Johnston, Feb 16 Mrs. Kate Rushton
Barr died early this morning at her home near town after a
brief illness. She had been at the Columbia hospital for
treatment but had just returned to her home. She was of high
Christian character. The funeral will take place Friday at the
family burying ground. (The State February 17,
1922)
Marion Lewis
Lott
Johnston, Feb
16 Marion Lewis Lott died at his home here early this
morning after a protracted illness. For many months he has
been a great sufferer, but he bore it all with heroic
fortitude. For one so young he was of strong Christian
character and was an unusually bright and attractive boy. None
knew him but to love him. He was the adopted son of Mr. And
Mrs. J. A. Lott, who have spared nothing to try to restore his
health. His death occurred in the home of his father, J. C.
Lewis. The funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon
at 3 o'clock at Mt. Olives cemetery. (The State February 17,
1922)
The Charleston Mercury, May 3, 1858
Died...April 19th, David, son of Mr. D. R. and
Mrs. Mary C. Strother, of Edgefield District, aged 3 years, 11
months and 19 days.
Died...April 17th, at his
father's residence in Edgefield Village, George W.
Landrum, infant son of Mr. G. W. and Mrs. F. C.
Landrum, aged 1 year, 8 months and 17 days.
WILLIAM M. RAUTON DIES AT RIDGE
SPRING
Special to the State - Ridge Spring, August 18 --- This
town and community was saddened by the
sudden death of
William M. Rauton, 50 years of agem prominent farmer and
country merchant near here, Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
while he was in his field pulling fodder. Mr. Rauton's
health had been failing for some time and his physician had
warned him to avoid any strenuous labor, yet he
was able to
continue his activities apparantly and had attended a funeral
in the neighborhood during the forenoon.
Mr.
Rauton is survived by his widow, who was Miss Maggie Lybrand
before her marriage 20 years ago, and five children ranging in
age from 3 mo. to 19 years., and two brothers.
Funeral
services were conducted by his pastor, the Rev. J. B. Harmon,
at Mt. Calvary Lutheran church where he had been a loyal and
faithful member during his life from early
manhood.
Interment was made in the church cemetery
immediately after the service at 5 o'clock, Tuesday afternoon
in the presence of a large concourse of friends and relatives,
after which many beautiful native flowers were placed on the
mound. His many friends and relatives are sadly grieved
at the
passing of this useful citizen, which occurred so
suddenly and unexpectedly. August 19, 1925 - THE
STATE
(Notes from contributer, Billie Jones - William
M. Rauton was my great grandmother's brother - Hulda Rauton
Coursey - QUESTION: I had placed location of death as
Aiken Co. hospital, Aiken, Aiken Co, SC. This seems to
indicate he died near his home. I don't have a death
certificate for him. Can anyone positively give me the
location of his death?
Alice Inez
Coursey
Miss Coursey Dies at Greenwood:
Greenwood, April 1 (Special) -- Miss Alice Inez Coursey died
at 8 o'clock this morning at ther home here following an
extended illness.
She was a native of Edgefield Co. and
a daughter of the late William Pope and Florence Watson
Coursey of Old Edgefield County. Miss Coursey was a
member of South Maiin Street Baptist church and was a regular
attendant until her health failed.
Survivors include
two sisters, Mrs Orrie C. Sharp and Miss Pearl Coursey of
Greenwood, and seven brothers, Grady, Price, Dean, Elzie,
Riley, Hardy and Allen Coursey of Greenwood.
Funeral
services will be conducted from Blyths Funeral Home at 4
o'clock Thursday afternoon by Dr. G. H. Moore and the Rev. Roy
Durst. Interment will be in Edgewood Cem. (The
STATE
March 2, 1953.)
(Note from contributor, Billie
Jones: She was my grandfather's first cousins, with her
father, William Pope Coursey, and my great-grandfather,
Charles Franklin Coursey being brothers.
Mrs. Agnes
Carley Coursey
Mrs. Coursey of
Greenwood Dies - Oct 15 - Mrs. Agnes Carlay Coursey, 32,
wife of Riley Coursey died in a local hospital last night
after a brief illness.
Funeral services will be
conducted here at 11 o'clock Wednesday by the Rev. C. M.
Meiers and the Rev. J. W. Tomlinson. Interment will be
in Edgewood Cem.
Mrs. Coursey was the daughter of John
W. Carley and Mrs. Lela McCarthy Carlay. Besides her
husband and parents, she is survived by two sons, Calvin and
Douglas; two sisters Mrs. H. S. Langston, Greenwood, and
Mrs. Johnny Ballentine, Ware Shoals and three brothers, Horace
Carlay, Baltimore,
Ralph and Eugene Carlay, Greenwood. (The
STATE, Oct 16, 1940.)
(Note from contributor, Billie
Jones - AGNES CARLEY COURSEY, wife of Riley Coursey, listed as
a surviving brother in the obit of Alice Inez Coursey above. )
Annie
Agner Coursey, wife of William Prescott
Coursey
GREENWOOD-- Mrs. Annie Agner Coursey, 86, died
Monday at Self Memorial Hospital. Funeral will be
Tuesday at 5 pm at the Blythe Funeral Home. (THE STATE, June
25, 1968.)
(Note from contributor, Billie Jones - From
a different line that I am sure connects back to a common
ancestor in Old Edgefield Dist, but cannot get past John W.
Coursey md. Sally Matthews on this one. They had a son
William Prescott 'Cosey' Coursey who married Annie
Agner. This is her "obit" from the Augusta Chronicle. )
Old Lizzy
Gray died on the farm of D. E. E. T. Mins,
Edgefield, South Carolina, at the advanced age of 127 years.
Her physician, in an obituary notice which appears in the
Edgefield Advertiser, says that she was imported from Africa,
during the Revolution, after having borne four children in
that country. During the Revolution she was a prisoner on
board a British ship. She was educated in her youth
under the influence of Mohommedan tenets, and although she
united herself many years ago to the Methodist church. she
ever said that Christ built the first church in Mecca, and He
grave was da.
Illinois State Democrat, Oct. 3, 1860 -
contributed by Candi Horton
The State, July 24, 1917
Johnston, July 23 - Mrs. Anna Scurry Strother, widow of
the late David R. Strother, died on Tuesday evening at her
home there, at 7 o'clock, after a long and painful
illness. She was 63 years of age. For several
years she had been in failing health and for the past two
years or more had been confined to her bed.
She was a woman
of great fortitude and bore her affliction with
patience. She was of a quiet and gentle demeanor, a good
friend, loving mother and a true Christian, being a member of
the Baptist church.
During her suffering she was surrounded
by her six children. Mesdames J. W. Stimeus of this
place, D. B. Hollingsowrth of Edgefield, Clifford Mitchell of
Batesburg, David Howard of Ridge and two sons, James and David
Strother.
A sister, Mrs. J. F. Browne of Spartanburg, and a
brother, John Scurry of Newberry, survive her.
The burial
took place on Wednesday at 6 o'clock, being conducted by the
Rev. G. W. Hutchinson, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
church, in absence of her pastor, Dr. King.
Johnston, July 23 - The remains of Mrs. St. Pierre
Herin, whose death occurred in Columbia at her home
on Tuesday, were brought here on Tuesday evening and carried
to the home of her father, Mr. Derrick, to await the
interment, which was on Wednesday morning.
Her death is a
peculiarly sad one. A little over a year ago she became
the wife of Mr. Herin, a young man of this place. They
lived in Columbia where Mr. Herin held a position. She leaves
many relatives to mourn her.
Charleston Mercury, 3-1-1859
Died..January 31st, Johnnie
Stallsworth, infant son of Mr. Nathaniel and Mrs. Mary
M. Henderson, of Edgefield District.
Died..January 16th, at
the residence of his nephew, in Edgefield District, Mr. B. F.
Mays, Mr. Nathaniel Mays, in the
59th year of his age.
Died..January 6th, at Edgefield
Village, Mr. Pierre Fabian La
Bombg, aged fifty one years and six months.
Corp. F.L. Harling
Edgefield
Advertiser, 1862
Killed on the battle-field at
Fredericksburg, on the 13th Dec. last, Corp. F.L. Harling, of
Company K, 14th Regiment, S.C.V.
Corp. Harling was the
youngest son of Mariah and the late David Harling, of this
District, and was mustered into the Confederate service at
Camp Butler in August 1861, since which time he was constantly
been with his Regiment. When the Regiment was ordered to Port
Royal Ferry from the Camp of Instruction, on reaching
Charleston he had his Daguerreotype taken and sent to his aged
and afflicted mother in the back of which he had written the
following lines.
At the back of my
picture
A few lines I will trace,
That time will never
efface
As long as friends will preserve its
case.
To the battle field I am called
And
there I soon shall appear,
To fight for friends that are
dear
For I am resolved to die or conquer my
foe.
Farewell, dear friends, the last it may be,
I
freely go to the war's wild alarms,
But if in the conflict
of battles I'm slain
To meet thee in heaven I
pray.
Farewell, mother! No love is like thine
So
fast, so deep and so pure;
And I trust thro' the goodness
of providence
To returne to thy bosom
secure.
Farewell, mother! If I die far
away,
Thy heart will be grieved for thy son,
But God
will sustain thee and cause thee to say
"Thy will,
righteous Father, be done."
Could any language be more
conclusive of his devotion to his mother and county, for it is
a melancholy fact to us all that he has sealed blood with his
devotion to his country, while it is well known that his life
at home was devoted with the tenderest care to his now grieved
and heart- stricken mother, for she has been prostrated for
many years on a paralytic bed with Felix as her constant nurse
and attendant until his country called him to service, when
she, with the characteristic patriotism of the Southern
ladies, willingly yielded her consent to his inclination,
though he was her greatest solace and comfort in her
affiction.
He was in the engagement at Port Royal Ferry
on 1st of January, 1862, when he won the reputation as a brave
and gallant soldier and received the applause of his officers
for his coolness, while the Regiment was under the most
terriffic shelling from the enemy's gun boats. He
accompanied the Regiment in April to Virginia, and was in the
memorable seven days battles around Richmond, in all of which
he did credit to himself and much service to his country, for
he was a cool and deliberate marksman and seldom fired without
effect. He then proceeded with the Regiment to Northern
Virginia and was in the battle of Manassas the second;
also the battle of Ox Hill, where he sustained the reputation
he had won in previous engagements. He was taken sick and sent
back to the Hospital from Leesburg the day before the Regiment
crossed the Potomac into Maryland, and did not recover until
the latter part of October, when he immediately reported for
duty. Soon after the Regiment was ordered to Fredricksburg,
and though feeble and debilitated, he willingly made the
march, and upon that fated field he offered up his life a
sacrifice to his bleeding country.
Thus has passed away one of the noblest
and purest patriots of South Carolina. Far away from home and
a fond parent, yet among friends, who loved him for his many
virtues, he was stricken down in the midst of health.
About 2 o'clock on the 13th of Dec. 1862, he was struck by a
shell which carried away his left arm and leg, and when placed
upon the litter to be removed from the field of conflict, the
whole Company gathered around him, he being a great favorite
with all. As the litter-bearers were about to leave he
raised his head, and surveying the crowd, bade them farewell,
telling them he hated to part with them, but fate decreed it
so, and he was resigned.
Yes, our dear Felix is no
more. Let us calmly acquiesce in the will of an Allwise
Providence. We are unable to divin the cause of this great
calamity. But "God's ways are not our ways and his thoughts
not our thoughts."
Our dear friend has left an aged
mother, three brothers, three sisters and large circle of
relatives and friends to mourn their loss. Although not
a professed member of any Church, all knew his worth, and none
knew him but to love him. His spirit has gone to God, who gave
it, and we will exclaim "Father, not our will, but thine be
done."
In all the relations of life he fulfilled the
post allotted him faithfully. He was truly an example of
frugality, honesty, and industry. But he has fallen - nay, not
fallen in the hearts of his countrymen, for his memory will
flourish in the most grateful remembrance.
O,after all
the toils of war,
How blessed the brave man lays him
down,
His bie ris a triumphial car -
His grave is glory
and renown."
Sleep on, noble Felix, sleep on in your last
rest, and mingle your dust with the soil of Virginia,-- in the
hallowed grave in which the Carolinians have laid you. Sleep
on, while in the inmost recesses of our hearts your memory
will ever be cherished.
"Mourn not, found parent, for
thy Felix,
Thy boy which God to thee did send, -
Brought hopes, alas! so soon to end, -
Thy
dear one has gone to rest;
Has found a home among
the blest;
God grant thee, when thy days are o'er,
To meet in Heaven to part no more."
Clark
Nabrit
Clark Nabrit died Friday in St.
Petersburg. Fla.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by
Peoples Funeral Home. He was a native of Trenton. S.C,
and a member of Mims Grove Baptist Church. Survivors
include his widow, Mrs. Judith Nabrit; one son, Clark Nabrit
Jr.: his father. Danforth Nabrit Sr., Trenton: six sisters.
Mrs. Lillie Mae Gomillion. St. Petersburg, Mrs. Willie Mae
Hammond. Brooklyn. N.Y.. Mrs. Margaret Pickett. Jamaica. N.Y.,
Mrs. Louise N. Gilbert. Greenwood, S.C, Mrs. Bernice N. Stone.
Augusta, and Mrs. Dorothy A. McCain. Philadelphia. Pa.; two
brothers, Danforth Nabrit Jr., Trenton, and Marvin Nabrit.
Jamaica; and his grandmother, Mrs. Rosanna McKie. Date:
1974-03-26; Paper: Augusta Chronicle, contribued by GT Host
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