Genealogie Wylie » Rev. Ebenezer Erskine Pressly D.D. PH-iKi 8 ARPBioFgmctSCBu (1808-1860)

Persoonlijke gegevens Rev. Ebenezer Erskine Pressly D.D. PH-iKi 8 ARPBioFgmctSCBu 

• Ook bekend als http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=73808863.
• Hij is geboren op 23 december 1808 in Abbeville District, South Carolina.
• Hij is overleden op 26 juli 1860 in road to Little Mountain, Newberry District, South Carolina, hij was toen 51 jaar oud.

  Oorzaak: carriage accident when thrown from his buggy

• Hij is begraven in Due West ARP Church Cemetery, Due West, Abbeville County, South Carolina.Bron 1
• Een kind van William Pressly en Elizabeth Hearst
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 27 september 2016.

Gezin van Rev. Ebenezer Erskine Pressly D.D. PH-iKi 8 ARPBioFgmctSCBu

(1) Hij is getrouwd met Elizabeth Agnew.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1831 te Abbeville District, South Carolina ac, hij was toen 22 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Caprianna (Cyprianna) Malinda Pressly  1833-1854
2. Elizabeth Jane Pressly  1835-1859
3. William Laurens Pressly  1837-1906 
4. Marietta Pressly  ± 1844-1890 

(2) Hij had een relatie met Mary A Taylor.

Kind(eren):

1. Jessie Hearst Pressly  ± 1856-1858
2. Lella Rosalie Pressly  ± 1859-1860

Notities over Rev. Ebenezer Erskine Pressly D.D. PH-iKi 8 ARPBioFgmctSCBu

Inscription: REV. EBENEZER ERSKINE PRESSLY, D.D. The first President of Erskine College thirty years pastor of the Associate Reformed Church, of Due West, S.C. Born Dec. 23, 1808 Died July 26, 1860 _____ "Blesed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth" PRESSLY
Added by: GMG 1/09/2012

Associate Reformed Presbyterian Death & Marriage Notices, Volume II: 1866-1888Associate Reformed PresbyterianJuly 31, 1884page 68 Presbyterian Deaths & Marriages, Vol 2: 1866-1888, p.71Died at Lancaster C. H., S. C. on the morning of July 2d, 1884 of typhoid fever, Miss Sarah Isabella, third daughter of Rev. E. E. and Mrs. E. H. Pressly, aged 13 years and 11 days.

The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral ResearchSCMAR, Volume XIVNumber 2, Spring, 1986Marriage Notices from the Newberry Sentinel, December 21, 1853SCMAR, Vol. XIV, Spring 1986, No. 2, p.79Married, on Monday evening, the 28th ult., by the Rev. J. F. Haddon, of Laurens, E. E. Pressly, D. D., of Abbeville, to Miss Mary Taylor, of Laurens.

This engraving, done in the 1850s, identifies Reverend E.E. Pressly as Pastor of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Due West, Abbeville County. The Associate Reformed denomination of Presbyterians had its origins in Scotland in 1733, when Ebenezer Erskine objected to the Scottish church "Lay Patronage Act," which gave the power to appoint ministers to large landholders. In America, Erskine's followers, who also withdrew from the Presbyterian Synods to become the Associate Reformed Church, were particularly strong in Pennsylvania and the South. The denomination's educational center is in Erksine College and Erskine Theological Seminary, also located in Due West (see image 30 in "Important Institutions in South Carolina"), and there are many ARP churches in Chester and York Counties.
Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

SCMAR, Volume X Number 1, Winter, 1982 Marriage and Death Notices from the Abbeville Banner SCMAR, Vol. X, Winter 1982, No. 1, p.50 Died at the residence of her father, Dr. E. E. Pressly, near Due West, S.C., on the 4th inst., MRS. LIZZIE J. BOYD, wife of REV. J.C. BOYD of Newberry, S.C.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~scander2/church/generostee.htm
Ministers, 1803-1948
Rev. Robert Irwin, one of the seven ministers present when the Synod was organized in 1803, was Generostee’s first pastor. Mr. Irwin was a native of Ireland and got most of his education in Scotland. He was installed in 1803 and served as pastor until his death in 1823. This twenty year pastorate was the only one he ever held. Mr. Irwin owned a house and a farm of some 250 acres. As he had no children, he left this property to Generostee Church, upon the death of his wife. The church rented this land until 1986, when it was sold to Mr. Dick Campbell and Mr. Marcus Campbell.
After the death of Mr. Irwin in 1823, the church was vacant until 1830, when Ebenezer Erskine Pressly became the second pastor. Mr. Pressly, the youngest son of William and Elizabeth Hearst Pressly, was born on December 23, 1808, in the lower part of Abbeville District. He graduated from Miami College in Ohio in 1826 and studied theology under Dr. John T. Pressly. Mr. Pressly was installed as pastor of the Generostee and Due West congregations on August 7, 1830. After giving up the work at generostee in 1838, he served as pastor of the Due West Church for thirty years, president of Erskine College, and professor in Erskine Theological Seminary. In the centennial sketch of his life, he is called “the father of Erskine College”. Mr. Pressly was president of Anderson College from 1849-1852. On August 21, 1860, Mr. Pressly was accidentally killed when he was thrown from his buggy while on his way to fill an appointment at Little Mountain.

Associate Reformed Presbyterian Death & Marriage Notices Volume II: 1866-1888 Compiled by Lowry Ware Scmar Columbia, South Carolina 1998Died at Lancaster C. H., S. C. on the morning of July 2d, 1884 of typhoid fever, Miss Sarah Isabella, third daughter of Rev. E. E. and Mrs. E. H. Pressly, aged 13 years and 11 days.

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Associate Reformed Presbyterian Death & Marriage Notices Volume II: 1866-1888 Compiled by Lowry Ware Scmar Columbia, South Carolina 1998Died at his residence in Union County, Miss. at 15 minutes after 2 o'clock on the morning of Thursday, March 2d, 1871, Dr. Enoch Agnew, in the 63d year of his age.... eldest son of Samuel and Melinda (Dodson) Agnew, and was born in Abbeville District, S. C., October 30th, 1808.... graduated from the Medical College of South Carolina in the spring of 1830… [practiced in his native community]. About 1831, he united with the church at Due West, then under the pastoral care of his brother-in-law, Rev. E. E. Pressly. On the 22d of November, 1832, he was united in marriage with Miss Letitia S. Todd, daughter of Andrew Todd of Laurens. In the fall of 1839, he removed to Due West Corner … and in conjunction with the practice of his profession, kept the boarding house which had been erected to accomodate the pupils of Clark and Erskine Seminary. After two years, he removed to a residence he had erected in Due West. He gave up the practice of medicine about 1845 … [and] engaged in mercantile business.… In 1852, he removed from Due West to Tippah [now Union] County, Miss. Here he settled in the bounds of Bethany church [and the following year was chosen a ruling elder].
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WILLS

WILL OF DAVID PRESSLY
ANDERSON DISTRICT, SOUTH CAROLINA
1834

Submitted by Jerry Pressley

South Carolina: Anderson District:

In the name of God amen I David Pressly snr of the state and District aforesaid, calling to mind that it is appointed unto all men once to die, and sound in mind and memory, but frail in body by reason of affliction and old age, do make this instrument to be my last will and testament.

And in the first place, I recommend my body to the ground, to be buried in a Christian, decent manner, and my soul I recommend to Almighty God who gave it, and my funeral expenses to be first paid out of my estate, and the remainder of my estate I will and bequeath in the following manner vis. that all my just debts be paid out of my estate.

In the next place, I will and bequeath to my beloved daughters, Jane M & Rachel M, to each of them a bed and furniture, a horse saddle and bridle, one cow and a calf, these to place them on an equality with the rest of my daughters, which they have already received.

In the next place, I will to my beloved son James Pressly and Alexander E. Pressly, each twenty dollars, to be paid to them at the time of the distribution of my estate, which will make them equal with my other children, by reason of what I have already given them.

And next, I will and bequeath, that daughter-in-law Elizabeth Pressly, wife of James Pressly, shall have the command of, and be supported on the plantation whereon she now lives, during her natural life, and at her death said plantation and tract of land, be equally divided in quantity and quality between David A Pressly and William A Pressly, sons of James Pressly .

In the next place, I will and bequeath that my grandsons, who are called for me vin. to David P Porter, son of Charles B Porter, to David P Porter, son of Richard M Porter, to David W Pressly son of Alexander E Pressly, to David W Pressly son of David Pressly Jun., and my namesake David, son of Lauchlin Johnson Esqr. to each of them I will five dollars, to be paid to them at the distribution of my estate.

And next, on account of my son-in-law, Elijah Wilbank's kindnefs to me, when unable to manage, or transact my own business, in coming to act for me, I will and bequeath to his son David Pressly, fifty acres of woodland land part of the tract upon which I now live, the line to commence at the corner of widow Crawford's land, and to extend half the length of the line from said corner, till where it joins Robert Cowens land. I have also sold fifty acres of the land on which I live to my son-in-law, Elijah Wilbanks for two dollars per acre, the line to commence where the corner of the fifty acres I will to his son David P., thence to Robert Cowen's corner, which said two parcels of fifty acres, together making one hundred acres, to be of a certain breadth, extending from the lower corner of the land where on I live, joining William Scott and widow Crawford until where it joins Robert Cowen and James Baskin's land, and if the land is run off and settled, or paid for, before my decease, then this part of the will is fulfilled, and if not, after my decease, I will that the said hundred acres be run off agreeably to the above direction, and lawful rights made to the said Elijah Wilbanks for fifty of the said hundred acres, of land, and a deed of gift of the other fifty acres to made to his son David Pressly. I also will that a hundred dollars be discounted, out of his part, the said Elijah Wilbanks, in payment of the fifty acres I have sold to him.

And in the next place, I will and bequeath the remainder of my estate real and personal to my beloved wife, and my beloved children, that is to say, to Lauchlin Johnson Esqr., Charles B. Porter, Richard E. Porter, my beloved son David Pressly Jun., and my son-in-law Elijah Wilbanks, to be equally divided, except that my beloved wife is to have her support and the benefit of the plantation whereon I now live, during her natural life and widowhood; also a horse saddle and bridle, a cow and calf, a plough and gear, and the benefit of a negro woman, named Lucinda, two beds and furniture, and one cupboard and furniture exclusive of her equal portition of the estate, during her natural life and widowhood. And after her decease, the said plantation or tract of land, and all the said property, in which she has a more life estate, to be sold and equally divided between my beloved children vis. Lauchlin Johnson, Charles B. Porter Richard E. Porter, David Pressly Jun. Elijah Wilbanks. I moreover bequeath to my sister Esther a support of the said plantation, so long as she may choose to live on the same, and ten dollars in money, or property, at her option.

In the next place, I will and bequeath to my beloved daughter Jane M. a negro girl named Amanda, about twelve years of age as her part of my estate both real and personal.

To my beloved daughter Rachel M. I bequeath a negro boy named Cornelius and two hundred and fifty dollars in any other part of my estate which she may choose at the appraisment price.

And next, I will and desire, that my executors shall have power and authority to sell my plantation and tract of land, either at private or public sale, whichever way they may think most conducive to the benefit of my heirs.--- next I will unto my beloved nephew John S. Pressly a bed and furniture, to be received when he may call for it.--- I also will and desire, that after my estate is appraised & valued by men chosen, that my beloved wife and children make an equal distribution of the property if they can do so in peace and with satisfaction, if not it must be exposed to public sale, although contrary to my wish and desire.

And for divers good causes moving me hereunto, I nominate, ordain and appoint, my beloved wife Ann Prefsly executrix, likewise my beloved cousin and trusty friend the Rev Ebeneser E. Pressly, together with my beloved nephew and trusty friend John S. Pressly executors of this my last will and testament, and do moreover declare this to be my last will and testament and not to be undervalued for want of a more correct form, but to be carried into effect according to the true intent and meaning thereof, and in testimony of which I have set my hand and seal this twelfth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four, signed in the presence of the undersigners being in presence one with another.

David Pressly (Seal)

Test Mathew Young
Lewis W Mcalister
Elijah Willbanks

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Recorded in Will Book A, page 608 (possibly 508 ??)
Recorded June 14, 1834

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Proved June 14, 1834
John Harris O.A.D.

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In 1839, the Clark and Erskine Seminary became a four year institution with a preparatory department. Prior to 1839, John S. Pressly was the sole instructor of the Seminary. In October of that year, Pressly resigned his position as Principal of the Literary Department. Ebenezer Erskine Pressly, pastor of the Due West Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, was chosen to succeed J. S. Pressly as head of the school. E. E. Pressly had been elected Professor of Divinity at the Erskine Theological Seminary in 1837.
E. E. Pressly was a native of Cedar Springs, South Carolina. He entered Miami University at Oxford Ohio in 1824, at the age of sixteen and graduated two years later. While at Miami, Pressly was a member of the Erodelphian Literary Society. This society, along with the Miami Union Literary Society, published the first collegiate publication west of the Appalachians in 1827. Literary societies were quite popular at this time. Most colleges had at least one literary society. As early as 1789, a literary society was at Hampden-Sydney College. The Euphradian and Clariosophic Societies were founded at South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) in 1806, and in 1837 the Eumenean and Philanthropic Societies were founded at Davidson . Therefore, it was natural for the Erskine faculty and students to desire to have a literary society.This is a depiction of our marble diamond located in the foyer of our hall.

October 1839 has traditionally been recognized as the date that the Euphemian Literary Society was founded. This date has been proven by the research of the Legislative Acts of South Carolina made during that time.
A question that has intrigued the society for years is the origin of the name Euphemian. Several different stories have existed explaining the name. One story claims that the name was derived from the Eumenean Literary Society at Miami University of which E. E. Pressly was a member. This cannot be true. First, E. E. Pressly was a member of the Erodelphian Literary Society. Second, Miami University does not have any records showing that the Eumenean Society ever existed. The most plausible story is one that is found in the 1910 Erskiniana. According to a historical sketch in that annual, the society was named for Mrs. Euphemia Young, wife of Professor John N. Young. The word is also derived from the Greek euphemismos which means "well spoken."
During the first years of the existence, the society’s badge consisted of a six inch piece of blue ribbon with the society’s motto, "Non Dicere, sid apti Dicere," written on it. In 1854, a committee was appointed to design a new emblem for the society. The committee submitted a rhombus with the letters E, L, S, in the left, upper, and right corners respectively with the new motto "Zh th patridi xai tw Qew" ("Live for your Country and your God") in the center. This is the emblem presently used by the society.
The by-laws of the society contained many rules and regulations by which members were to abide. These rules give great insight as to how meetings were conducted in the early years. Some of these laws were:
The secretary was to report all absences when the roll was called to the tribunal. Members not present would be fined twenty-five cents.
If a member left the hall for more than twenty minutes they would be fined fifty cents.
Absence from meeting except in case of an emergency - fine of one dollar.
Use of profane language during debate called for suspension.
Entering the hall intoxicated during session called for expulsion.
The Euphemian Society grew at a rapid pace, and by 1841 it had fifty-eight members. However, there were some Erskine students who refused to join the Euphemians. Also some members desired to have the rivalries in debate that were known at Miami. Therefore, in 1841 twelve Euphemians broke away and started the Philomathean Literary Society. The Philomathean society was considered a "mission project" by the Euphemians. The societies met in the old main building with the Euphemians meeting on the second floor and the Philomatheans meeting on the third floor. Each society was responsible for decorating its hall and maintaining its library.
In 1849, the Euphemian Literary Society was chartered under Act 87 of the South Carolina General Assembly. The Euphemians are the oldest student organization in South Carolina still operating under its original charter. This was one year before Erskine College received its charter.
The original hall was made of brick and hexagonal shape. Each side contained a small window for the first floor and a larger window for the second floor. The door was position in the same direction as the front of the present hall. Above the door was a marble rhombus which read:
EUPHEMIAN HALLZh th patridi xai tw Qew1858.
The first floor was used as the library and the second floor was the meeting room.
When Erskine reopened its doors in 1865, there were not enough students to support both societies. Therefore, they were consolidated into one society call the Adelphian Society. Meetings alternated between Euphemian and Philomathean Halls. This arrangement continued until about 1867. This is the first date after the War that the Euphemians list a graduate.
In 1895, Euphemian Hall began to show structural problems. A vestibule was added to the front of the building at the cost of twelve hundred dollars. This helped support the building somewhat, but it continued to decay. The June 1910 Erskine Board Minutes state that board had considered acquiring Euphemian Hall as a chapel but decided not to because it had been "condemned as unsafe." On May 12, 1911, the Euphemian minutes read: "…This was completed and on account of the cracking of the walls society adjourned without roll call." This was the last meeting in the old Euphemian Hall. The November 1911 Erskine Board minutes state that the building site would be transferred from the Erskine Board of Trustees to the Euphemian Board of Trustees so that they may secure financing of the building. Once this was completed, the property was to revert to the College. The school did not give up the idea of acquiring old Euphemian Hall. The March 1912 board minutes state that the president presented the matter of purchasing Euphemian Hall for the use of the YMCA.
J. H. Casey designed the new Euphemian Hall, and Judge John Hearst Miller of Alabama and Erskine President James Strong Moffatt contributed most of the money to build the new Hall. It consisted of an auditorium measuring forty feet eight inches by thirty-two feet eight inches, two small offices, and a vestibule. The interior walls were to be plastered with a "burlap on plaster wainscot". The building was to have a gas chandelier with two matching fixtures on each wall. Two gas lamps were to be placed on the front steps. The society was to purchase them and the contractor would provide the gas connections. The building was to be placed next to Philomathean Hall. This would have made all the building on the Erskine campus arranged in an ell shape. Professor Reid protested this at the March 1912 board meeting. He claimed that this was against the wishes of the Philomathean alumni and members. The board came back that afternoon with the recommendation that the new hall be built on the site of the old hall or on some other site of that side of campus. The building was dedicated during commencement on June 2, 1913. Ira B. Jones, Dr. G. G. Parkinson, and Rev. John Simpson spoke.
In 1912, J. J. Darlington, a prominent Washington attorney and former Philomathean, presented Erskine College with a sterling silver, Tiffany crafted trophy to be awarded to the winner of the annual intersociety debate. This trophy became known as the Darlington Cup.
In 1957, a group of women wished to organize a sister organization to the Euphemians. Mr. Sam Agnew, Euphemian president, presided over a meeting of these ladies and Euphemians in November 1957. It was during this meeting that the Athenian Literary Society was formed. There was an Athenian Society at Erskine in the late 1930’s - early 1940’s, but the present Athenians are in no way associated with the former society.
The rivalry intensified in the late 1960’s between the Euphemians and the Philomatheans. In 1967, the Philomatheans stole the "Euphemian rock" which had been in the old hall. The Euphemians retaliated by placing chickens in Philomathean Hall. In the early 1970’s the Philomatheans stole the Darlington Cup from the Euphemians. The Euphemians had won the last debate and no debates had taken place in several years. The Philomatheans contended that the trophy was given to them by their alumnus, J. J. Darlington. The Euphemians claimed that the trophy was given to both societies. James A. Quinn and Richard B. Thompson researched the issue and presented their case before the Student Government Association. The S. G. A. forced the Philomatheans to give the trophy back to the Euphemians.
During the seventies, the Euphemians began wearing jerseys. These were green in color with yellow trim and the letters Epsilon Lambda Sigma on the front. The society also became less of an academic organization and more of a social organization.
In 1976, Mr. and Mrs. Beatty Williams of Florida made a large contribution to the society to renovate Euphemian Hall. The building was rededicated on October 23, 1976. Tom Gettys, former Congressman, was the guest speaker.
In 1985, the Euphemian men created a new sister organization called the "Euphemian Little Sisters." This organization operates as an article of the Euphemian constitution and abides by the Euphemian constitution. It was also during this time that the society changed its jersey colors to black and red.
In 1996, the society inducted Drs. William F. Junkin, William Parker Bowie, and Marie Thomason Bowie as honorary members of the society on Alumni Day 1996. Dr. Marie Bowie treated the Euphemian men to lunch at her home on the Sunday preceding her induction.
Throughout the past one hundred fifty-eight years, the Euphemian Literary Society has been a pillar of the Erskine community. Though the pillar has crumbled some at times, the society continues to uphold the objectives that the original members had in mind when they created the society. The Euphemians have been faced with many obstacles: from reorganization after the War Between the States to having to become a social outlet for Erskine student. Though all of these years and changes, the Euphemians have been able to keep a reputable character.

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