Robeson County NcArchives Obituaries.....Wishart, Aladon Strong September 7, 1927 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Terry Johnson terelmann19@carolina.rr.com March 1, 2010, 10:34 pm Robesonian: September 8, 1927 ROBESONIAN: 08 SEPTEMBER 1927 Mr. A. S. Wishart Dies After Brief Illness At Ripe Age. Find Came at Home on Route 3 from Lumberton Following Illness After Eating Barbecue...Funeral at Home This Afternoon at 4 and Interment Will Be Made in the Family Cemetery. LOYAL CONFEDERATE VETERAN. Mr. A. S. Wishart one of the few Confederate Veterans remaining died at his home on Route 3 from Lumberton Wednesday morning at 3:15 o'clock following a serious illness being since Sunday morning as a result it is thought of barbecue he ate Saturday. Funeral services will be conducted from his home this afternoon at 4 o'clock by Dr. C. H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Lumberton, of which deceased was a member and interment will be made in the family cemetery on the Fairmont Road. Served Throughout War. Mr. Wishart was born on September 11, 1841, adn therefore would have been 86 years old Sunday. He was the son of Col. Eli and Mary A. Wishart of Robeson county. He was educated in the public schools of the county. Whne the War Between the States broke out, he entered Co. A. 31st North Carolina Regiment serving throughout the conflict. He was married to Mary E. Watson in Nov of 1865 and of this union children survive; Messrs. Frank Augustus Wishart of Route 3 from Lumberton, and Mr. George B. Wishart in Lumberton, Route 5, Mrs. Mary Warwick of Wilmington, Mrs. Frank Hamilton and Miss Willie Wishart, both of Lumberton. He was preceded to the grave March....He also survived .......Mrs. Cunningham of .....C. and Mrs. I. J. .... of Lumberton. The following brothers are in Lumberton; Messrs. J. H., Frank, Wade, Eli and Emmie Wishart. Mr. Wishart took an active part in the War on the Lowrey Gang, forming after the death of his brother what was known as the Wishart Company. He was a loyal Confederate Veteran attending all the reunions for the past several years. Only last month he attended the State Reunion in Raleigh and previous to that he was in ....at, the national reunion at Tampa, Fla. Last year he attended the national reunion in Texas. He was one of Robeson County's most substantial sitizens, but was unassuming, but a tower of strength to any idea he espoused ..... prominent ......county of the ................ Additional Comments: Transcribd and paraphrased by Terry Johnson: 09 December 2008. Many parts of the Newspaper article were unreadable but the substance is basically here. ALADON STRONG WISHART: 11 SEPTEMBER 1841 - 07 SEPTEMBER 1927. Son of Eli Wishart & Mary Ann Storm. Siblings, R. E., Wellington, John Pinkney, Fancis Marion and Susan Henrietta Wishart. Married: 22 November 1868 in Robeson, North Carolina: Mary E. Watson. Children of Aladon Strong Wishart & Mary E. Watson are: Berry F., Erastus S., Mary Ann, Frank Augustus, Ira E., Willie Ann, George Baty and Laura Wishart. July 31, 1872 Wilmington, NC Newspaper THE NORTH CAROLINA OUTLAWS We have received from various sources the following additional particulars of the killing of the outlaw, TOM LOWERY, on Saturday last: On Thursday night last, MR. A.S. WISHART, brother of the late COLONEL F.M. WISHART, who was so foully murdered by the outlaws three months ago, having called to his assistance a few resolute young men, set out for Scuffletown to look after the outlaws and if possible, to avenge the death of his gallant and lamented brother. Proceeding to the neighborhood of the outlaws, the gallant little band secreted themselves along the roads usually traveled by them in their walks about the country and waited patiently for an opportunity to put their plan in execution. Nothing was seen, however, of any of the gang, which now consists of three members, STEPHEN and TOM LOWERY and ANDREW STRONG, until Saturday morning about 8 o'clock, when TOM LOWERY appeared in sight on his way to Union Chapel where the candidates were to meet and address the people on that day. TOM was armed with a rifle and three repeaters and walked leisurely along, unsuspecting of danger, until at a point opposite wh! ere the young men were concealed, he noticed the tracks they had made crossing the road. He now seemed suddenly alarmed and commenced cursing bitterly, when suddenly the little band instantly discharged their pieces- Each of the four shots took effect and uttering a yell of terror and pain, the outlaw plunged into the swamp and ran about 50 yards, when he fell down dead. Seizing the body they carried it upon their shoulders to the public road, a distance of half a mile, where they pressed a passing wagon and thus carried the dead body to Lumberton, where it was delivered to the Sheriff. The body was fully identified as that of TOM LOWERY and was delivered to his wife on Saturday morning by Sheriff McMILLAN, who had sent to her to come and get it. It was interred by his friends at two o'clock the same day, somewhere in the precincts of Scuffletown. The same day Sheriff McMILLAN paid the reward offered by the county, $1,000. to the young men and it is hoped that the State will act as promptly in paying over $5,000. offered last winter in the Governor's proclamation. The names of the young men engaged in this gallant affair are : A.S. WISHART, ROBERT E. WISHART, JAMES McKAY and JAMES CAMPBELL. They have certainly rendered a great service to the people of Robeson County. [ Wilmington Journal] A.S. Wishart was listed as a surviving Confederate Veteran published in the Robesonian in Lumberton, North Carolina on 08 May 1919. Also: Civil War Veterans from Lumberton. On the left is Isham Lamb and to the right is Alladin Strong Wishart. Lamb entered the Confederate service at 18 years old with Company B, 50 North Carolina Troops. He is buried at the Prevatte Cemetery on Hwy 41 near Lumberton. Wishart enlisted at 19 into Company A, 31st North Carolina Troops. He was promoted to the rank of Corporal by February 19, 1863. On September 30, 1864, he was wounded at Fort Harrison in Virginia. On the night of the 30th, the 31st North Carolina had nearly been destroyed. There were only about 60 men left under the command of a Lieutenant. Wishart was very fortunate to have survived. He is burried in the Collins Cemetery near Lumberton. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/robeson/obits/w/wishart2056ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 6.8 Kb