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Death and
Obituarues
of
York County, SC Genealogy
Trails |
May 26th, in Yorkville, Mr. J. Jackson Loway,
aged about 38 years. (The Charleston Mercury June 7,
1859)
September 25th, in York District, Winslow A.(Taylor),
youngest son of Mr. W. B. and Mrs. Lucinda Taylor, aged 16
years and 11 months. (The Charleston Mercury October 4, 1859)
February 27th, at India Hood, York District, Mr. Morrison
Garrison, in the 24th year of
his age. (The Charleston Mercury March 15, 1859)
Died...April 22d, in Yorkville, on the
22d instant, Mr.
John Parker, aged about 51 years. (The
Charleston Mercury, May 3, 1858)
Died...April 18th, in York District,
Mr. Andrew G.
Love, aged about 21 years. (The Charleston
Mercury, May 3, 1858)
The Charleston Mercury November 29, 1859
November 9th, at the residence of her father, in
York District, Martha Antoinette (Hall), daughter of Mr. John and Mrs. Ann Hall, aged
2 years and 25 days.
November 14th, in Yorkville, at the residence of
Capt. J. C. Phillips, Martha A. E. (Biggers), daughter of Mr. A.
B. Bigger, of Crowders Creek, aged 7 years, 5 months, and 19
days.
John Franklin
Lytle
Fort Mill, Dec. 2 - John Franklin Lytle, died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. J. M. Brackett, in Fort Mill Saturday
night, and the body was interred in New Unity cemetery Sunday
afternoon after funeral services conducted in St. John's Methodist
church by the pastor, the Rev. W. R. Bouknight. The funeral service
was attended by the members of the Bible class, of which Mr. Lytle
was a member, in a body, and by a congregation which completely
filled the edifice, an evidence of the respect and esteem in which
Mr. Lytle was held throughout the community. Mr. Lytle, was born in
York county on August 23, 1850, and has lived in Fort Mill about 19
years, his previous residence being in Rock Hill where he leaves a
great number of relatives and friends. He was married in May, 1871,
to Miss Elizabeth Dunlap who died in July 1916, and is survived by
the following children: Thomas F. Lytle, Arthur C. Lytle, and J. W.
Wilson, Mrs. Samuel Nunnery, and Mrs. Margaret Rainey of Rock Hill,
and Mrs. R. G. Wingate of Tirzah. The passing of Mr. Lytle is felt
with deep regret throughout the community where his lovable
character made him many friends. (The State December 3, 1919)
David B. Rice - Departed this life, at his
residence in this district, on Monday morning, about nine o'clock,
David B. Rice, Esq. for several years a respected citizen of this
village. In the death of Mr. Rice, society has to lament the loss of
an amiable and very respected citizen, the correct course of whose
conduct gained him the esteem and confidence of all who had the
pleasure of his acquaintance. He leaves behind a wife and three
children to deplore the loss of an affectionate husband and parent.
( The Yorkville Pioneer and Weekly Advertiser, September 13,
1823)
Rock Hill, Sept. 27 - A 3 year old child of Mrs.
Laura Moore of
the Highland Park mill village died yesterday afternoon after an
illness of several months, the cause of death being the dread
pellagra. The little one was buried this afternoon in Laurelwood
cemetery. (The State September 28, 1909)
In July 27 the remains of Mrs. Mary A. Toland were received at Yorkville,
having been sent from San Francisco California. Mrs. Toland was the
daughter of Captain Edward Avery of Ebenezer in York County, the
wife of Dr. D. H. Toland of Columbia who for several years past had
resided in California. Mrs. Avery, (his mother in law), enjoined
upon him that in the event of her daughter’s demise, he must send
her remains for interment in the family burial ground at Ebenezer,
of that county. Twenty-five years ago Mrs. Toland died. Her body was
embalmed and kept for some time in a fireproof building though for
most of the time it remained in Dr. Toland’s own
chamber. (Newberry Herald - August 16, 1876)
The
State December 13, 1921
Fort Mill, Dec. 12 – The
entire community was shocked Saturday afternoon at the announcement
of the sudden death of Charles P. Blankenship
at his home in Gold Hill, a few miles north of Fort Mill. He, with
several members of his family was preparing to come to Fort Mill in
his car, and he had gone on an errand to the barn before proceeding.
As his return was delayed, investigation was made, and he was found
unconscious, death coming a short while after.
He was one of the best known and most
successful farmers of Fort Mill township, and his cheerful good
nature made him most popular with all classes, among whom he had
many very close and faithful friends. He would have been 62 years
old had he lived until February 21, 1922, and is survived by a large
connection.
He was ever a public spirited man, devoted to
the good of his community, and interested definitely in every
forward movement. He has served the township as superivsor for
several terms, and was an efficient and faithful officer.
His remains were interred in Flint Hill
Baptist churchyard after funeral services conducted by the Rev. J.
R. Smith, pastor of Flint Hill Baptist church, of which he was a
member, assisted by the Rev. J. P. Tucker, pastor of the First
Baptist church of Rock Hill Monday afternoon.
Rock
Hill, Dec. 12 – The community was grieved to hear of the
sudden death by apoplexy of Mrs. E. L. Garison of
this city Monday morning of last week. Mrs. Garison had gone into
the house to write a check for a man who had just finished some work
for her. Hearing something fall, followed by a mourn, and receiving
no answer upon calling, the man rushed into the house to find her
lying upon the floor. He immediately summoned aid but she lived only
a few minutes afterwards.
Mrs. Garison, before her marriage, was Miss
Mamie Rosborough, the youngest daughter of Rovert Arthur and Anne
Caroline Rosborough. She was born May 30, 1862, near Ridgeway. She
was descended from a line of Scotch-Irish who immigrated to South
Carolina in 1775 from County Antrim, Ireland, and who prided
themselves upon their large plantations in Fairfield county. She
received her early education in private schools in Fairfield county,
but on account of the strenuous conditions existing during the
reconstruction period, she never attended college. In 1889 she was
married to Edward Leon Garison of Rock Hill. In 1895 they moved to
Rock Hill from Ridgeway, in order to be near good schools for the
education for their children. Several years later they moved into
their present home on Park avenue.
Mrs. Garison's life was one of service for
others and her presence will be sorely missed by all who knew
her.
The funeral services were conducted from the
house by the Rev. John Bailey and the Rev. Mrs. Swann. The interment
was in Ebenezer Presbyterian cemetery, of which church she was a
devoted member.
Surviving her are her husband, one brother, R.
R. Rosborough of York, Pa., and the following children: A. Caroline
Garison, Bessie L. Garison, Tinnie Rosborough Garison, Peter B.
Garison of Strassburg, Pa., Mary E. Garison and Robert R. and Ben
Team Garison of the United States navy. (The State December 13,
1921)
DEATH OF REV.
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, 1809.
On the 29th ult. in York District, S. C., the Rev.
Joseph Alexander, D.D., Minister of the Presbyterian Church,
approaching to 80 years of age. He was a native of Pennsylvania ,
and graduated at Princeton College in 1760. He came to Carolina soon
after the Peace of 1763, and was eminently instrumental in planting
Churches both in North and South Carolina, at that early period of
the settlement of the back country, when both states were in a very
destitute condition with respect to religious instruction. He was an
excellent classical scholar, and one of the fathers of learning in
the Western Woods of Carolina.
— Raleigh Register, August 24,
1809.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, by Charles
L. Coon, 1915 - contributed by Linda
Rodriguez) |