Edgefield County ScArchives Obituaries.....Abney, Joseph February 2, 1870 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sc/scfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Candace (Teal) Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net August 23, 2007, 11:01 pm "The Abbeville Press & Banner" Abbeville, South Carolina NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, FEBRUARY 18, 1870 DEATH OF COL. JOSEPH ABNEY Suddenly and unexpectedly, we are called to mourn the loss of a much valued and beloved citizen. Col. Joseph ABNEY died at his residence in the town of Edgefield on Wednesday night the 2nd inst. after an illness of only ten hours, a victim of the prevailing epidemic, Meningitis, as pronounced by his brother, Dr. M.W. ABNEY, the attending physician. He died in the prime of manhood at the age of forty-eight, leaving a wife and three children. Bravely, honestly and efficiently, he fought the battle of life as he fought for the honor, interest and glory of his country. Self educated, he became an accomplished scholar, lawyer and soldier. His civic triumphs in popular assemblies in the Legislature and in the forum, as well as laurels won in the War, make up the sum of a reputation of which his family, his friends and his native Carolina are justly proud. But although he received the plaudits of his country for services rendered in peace and in war, in every battle ground from Vera Ctuz to the Garita de Belin of Mexico and his blood was shed on the field of Churubusco and later in life at Drury's Bluff in our last War, it attests his devotion and skill as a warrior. He has left behind a monument ot his fame, not less to be appreciated in the memory of gratitude of careworn poverty which with a ready hand, prompted by Christian charity, he never failed to alleviate; and the poor will bless him in their sorrow for his departure. But he is gone! And it is a consolation to believe that he has entered into his eternal rest, as a Christian and an heir of salvation. "The Edgefield Advertiser" File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/sc/edgefield/obits/a/abney240gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/scfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb