Firby Cemetery
Bayham Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
10968 Springer Hill Road, Aylmer, Bayham, ON, Canada
Gravestone Inscriptions & Burials without Monuments
Lot 1, Concession 8
BA 215
OGS 2550
Revised July 2002 by Jim McCallum
Revised and formatted for the Internet 26 November 2002 by BruceC.JohnsonJr.
Latest Revision 27 November 2009 by CarolVanHarn
Copyright by the Ontario Genealogical Society, Elgin County Branch 1999
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Firby Cemetery was started as a burial ground for a Wesleyan Methodist congregation that had erected a building known as Benson’s Chapel. The chapel was located on the north east corner of lot 1, concession 10, but the location for a cemetery was chosen one mile south. It was used as a burial place before the deed was given for that purpose, as the earliest burial marked on a stone occurred in 1850.
The property for the cemetery was sold for five shillings by Thomas Firby of Windsor on July 19, 1855, to the Trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Bayham, later called Benson’s Chapel, for the use of a public burying ground. The trustees at the time were Hiram Moss, Joseph Firby, George Silverthorn, William Kipp Jr., John Medcalf, Samuel McKenney & Thomas T. Cascaddan.
There have not been many recent burials in Firby Cemetery, and in fact, years ago the cemetery was neglected and became overgrown with weeds and lilacs. Several years ago, members of the community, assisted by Township Council’s direction under the Cemetery Act, began a fund for the clean up and maintenance of the pioneer burying ground.
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1. Cement cross vault obelisk
NW – Mima C ./ wife of / Enoch W. / CHEESMAN/ died / Nov. 16, 1904 / aged / 45 years.SW – Enoch W. / CHEESMAN/ died / May 21, 1923 / aged / 67 years / CHEESMAN
footstone: Mother2. Grey granite – cement base
SW – Our Father / T. T. CASCADDEN/ died / Nov. 26, 1876 / aged / 62 years / CASCADDEN
NW – Our Mother / Mary / CASCADDEN/ died / April 26, 1871 / aged / 38 years /
NE – Richard A. / FIRBY / 1855-1890
SE – Augusta E. / CASCADDEN/ 1867-1890
footstones: A.E.C., R.A.F.
3. Military stone – grey granite
736752 Private / Harry Arnold BENNER/ 16th Battn C.E.F. / 22nd May 1919 / The memory of one we love / will never fade away
4. Red granite
E- Harry A. BENNER/ born July 12, 1895 / died May 22, 1919 / A hero of the Great War / -Atkinson Co. Simcoe
W – In memory of / A. L. BENNER/ who died Aug. 30, 1900 / aged 44 yrs 5 mos & 26 ds / Psalms IXII-VII / Vida J. BENNER/ born Oct. 18, 1861 / died Nov. 24, 1916 / BENNER
5. White marble rectangular stone, two weeping willows, obelisk motif, finger pointing [lying flat in 2002 – most of stone missing]
In memory of / Eliza J. / wife of / George SHARP / who died / Mar. 16, 1861 / AE 34 ys 2 ms & 12 ds / Afflictions sore long she bore / Physicians were in vain / God did please to give her / Yet release her from her pain
6. Grey granite – cement base
Eliza / wife of / John S. MOORE/ died / Sept. 22, 1900 / in her 69th year / At Rest / MOORE
7. White marble rectangular stone – lying in ground
In memory of / Fannie / wife of / William BEARSS / who died / March 9, 1876 / aged 57 ys & 19 ds
8. White marble rectangular stone – lying in ground – weeping willow [broken & nearly illegible in 2002]
Daniel MOSS / died / – broken – 1867 / aged 93 yrs 3 mos 4 ds / The winter of trouble is past / The storms of affliction ______ / The struggles are ended at last / And sorrow and death are ______.
9. White marble rectangular stone – weeping willow; [broken & lying flat in 2002]
In / memory of / Wealthy / wife of / Daniel MOSS / who departed this life / Sept. 9, 1853 / aged 69 yrs / 9 ms & 18 ds / By long experience have I known / Thy sovereign power to save / At thy command I venture down
10. Cement pulpit – double cement base
W – In / memory of / Hiram MOSS / died / Jan. 11th, 1861 / age 46 years / Martha ABELL / wife of the above / died Feb. 14th, 1899 / age 81 years / MOSS / -H. & T. Aylmer
E – Rhoda L. / died Mar. 2, 1873 / aged 26 yrs & 7 ms / Robert A. / died Oct. 18, 1863 / aged 4 yrs & 6 ms / children of / Hiram & Martha / MOSS
N – Bessie / beloved dau. of / Melvin & Elnora / COOK / born / Apr.20 1883 / died / Jan. 21, 1889 / Forever with / the Lord
11. Grey marble – double cement base – flower motif [fallen over in 2002 – east side face down]
W – Mary E. / wife of Thomas BROWN/ 1862-1911 / Thomas W. BROWN/ 1859-1926 / BROWN
E – Arlington / 1884-1884 / Floyde / 1882-1886 / Clarence 1887-1888
12. White marble rectangular stone – weeping willow
In memory of / Elsia Ann / dau. of / Isaac & Esther / BROWN / who died / Sep. 17, 1853 / AE 2 yrs 9 mo / & 5 d / Sleep on sweet babe / And take thy rest / God called her home / when he thought best
13. White marble rectangular stone – finger pointing [broken; lying flat & nearly illegible in 2002]
Eliza Olive / wife of / Melvin CRYSLER / who died / July – broken – 1892 / – broken – / _________ / 3 mos 23 dys / _____________
– verse illegible
14. White marble rectangular stone – weeping willow – flower motif
In / memory of / Esther / wife of / Isaac BROWN / died / Nov. 6, 1869 / AE 48 ys 2 ms 17 ds / Dearest as thou wert and justly dear / We will not weep for thee / One thought shall check the starting tear / It is that thou art free
15. White marble rectangular stone [lying flat in 2002]
In memory / of / Isaac BROWN / died / July 5, 1896 / aged 76 yrs / & 2 mos / The last enemy that shall be destroyed / is death. 1 Cor. XV.20
16. White marble rectangular stone – flower motif – broken
Sarah Lois / dau. of / Alvin E. & Eliza J. / MOSS / died Aug. 21, 1873 / AE 2 yrs & 6 ms / This lovely bud so young and fair / Called hence by early doom / In death to show how sweet a flow’r / In Paradise might bloom – Hutchinson
17. White marble rectangular stone – weeping willow
In / memory of / Jas. WILSON / died / Apr. 12, 1859 / Ae 27 yrs / Weep not for me companion dear / I am not dead but sleeping here / My fate you now my grave you see / Prepare for death & follow me
18. White marble rectangular stone – flower motif
James R. WILSON / died / May 6, 1859 / AE 4 ms.
19. Grey granite – cement base – flower motif – “B”
West – George W. Brown / May 26, 1845 – Feb. 24, 1906 / Sarah A. CASCADDEN / his wife / Feb. 4, 1846 – April 15, 1921 / Elnora M. dau’r of / Geo. W. & Amanda Brown / July 23, 1872 – March 4, 1901 / BROWN – Hutchinson
– E – Arthur T. BROWN/ Jan. 1, 1875 – Oct. 28, 1950 / Eda A. Crane wife of / Arthur T. BROWN/ Oct. 13, 1879 – Jan. 31, 1915 / Julia Alice BROWN/ 1914-1942 / BROWN
South – William A. / son of / Arthur T. & / Eda A. BROWN/ Aug 28 – Sept 30, 1906
footstones: Nora, William
20. Red granite – white granite base
PRECOOR
/ John PRECOOR 1798 – 1882 – Margaret his wife 1797-1879 / James PRECOOR 1836-1927 / Catharine Patterson 1828-1883 / Richard PEACOCK 1819-1865 / Ellen, his wife 1834-1904 / William W. / 1860-1861 John D. 1862- 1864 / children of R. & E. Peacock –
– E – Flavius COOK, 1842-1874 / Mary, his wife 1845-1875 – by P.O. Austin Simcoe
– S – James R. / PEACOCK / 1865-1941
footstones: Mary, Flavius, William & John, Mother, Father, Mother, Father, Catherine, James, James
21. White marble rectangular stone-bird [lying flat in 2002]
Mary P. DUNKLEE / died / Jan. 15, 1862 / AE 15 ys / dauth. of Geo. W. & Mary / DUNKLEE/ Weep not for me my Parents dear / I am not dead but sleeping here / I was not yours but Gods alone / He loved me best & took me home
22. Cement round top
In / memory / of / Solomon MOORE/ died Apr. 29, 1907 / aged 68 years / Esther M. Nesbit / wife of / Solomon MOORE/ died Oct. 11, 1904 / aged 62 years / MOORE
– footstone: Mother, Father
23. White marble rectangular stone – rose
In / memory of / Zach’h [?] FOSTER / died June 10, 1854 / AE 3 ms & 10 ds / Hezekiah / died Dec. 30, 1854 / AE 11 ms & 11 ds / children of Gideon & Sophia / FOSTER
24. White marble rectangular stone – weeping willow [lying flat in 2002]
In / memory of / Lorinda FOSTER/ died / Apr. 9, 1865 / AE 73 ys 10 ms / & 20 ds
25. White marble rectangular stone – weeping willow [lying flat & broken in 2002]
In / memory of / Charlotte / beloved wife of / Reyley Gilkey & / daughter of John & / Lorinda FOSTER/ who died / June 1, 1854 / aged 35 yrs / & 9 m [age portion missing in 2002]
[Note: Charlotte FOSTER married William R. PETTY. William died before 1852. This may be a transcription error. Stone should be rechecked- BCJ- Dec 2003]
26. White marble rectangular stone – bird
In / memory of / Charlotte / dau. of Gid. & Sophia / FOSTER/ died Oct. 15, 1853 / AE 6 ms
27. White marble rectangular stone – lamb
In / memory of / Martha Jane / dau. of John & Susan / MEDCALF / who died / Nov. 9, 1860 / AE 14 ys 2 ms / & 9 ds / Dearest Martha thou hast left us / Here thy loss we deeply feel / But tis God that hath bereft us / He can all our sorrows heal
28. White marble rectangular stone – roses – finger pointing
We miss thee still / In / memory of / John / son of Wm. A. & Martha / MEDCALF/ who died / Jan. 18, 1861 / AE 55 ys 6 ms / & 18 ds / Affliction sore long he bore / Physicians were in vain / But God did please to givehim ease / And release him from his pain – J.W. Smyth London
29. Red granite peaked top obelisk – double base
W – At Rest / Thomas Medd FIRBY/ 1833 – 1912 / Native of Yorkshire Eng. / Ann Isabelle his wife / 1838-1914 / FIRBY
N – John J. FIRBY/ 1862-1875
S – Robert Jackson / FIRBY/ 1868-1947 / Nellie FIRBY/ 1874-1966
footstones: Mother, Father, Jackson
30. White marble rectangular stone – lamb [lying flat in 2002]
In / memory of / Euretta / dau. of Wm. & Jane / MAXWELL / died Sep. 5, 1862 / AE 1 yr & 4 ms / Beautiful, lovely / She was but given / A fair bud to earth / To blossom in heaven
31. Red granite – cement base – 8 ft. – flower motif – photo
W – Wilfred ANGER/ died Nov. 24, 1912 / in his 36th year / ANGER
footstone: Father
32. White marble rectangular stone – weeping willow [broken & lying flat in 2002]
In / memory of / Alonzo HAYWARD/ died / Mar. 27, 1865 / aged / 36 yrs & 1 mo / Art thou a man of honest mould / of fervent heart and soul sincere / A husband father friend behold / Thy brother slumbers here
33. Grey granite cross vault obelisk – flower motif [tipped over in 2002]
SW – Harriett / wife of / Isaac HAYWARD/ died / June 6, 1907 / aged 83 years 3ms / & 15 days – Atkinson Co. / Simcoe
NW – Isaac HAYWARD/ died Jan. 6, 1901 aged 81 years 7ms / & 17 days / The pains of death are past / Labour and sorrow cease / And life’s long warfare closed at last / His soul is found in peace / HAYWARD
34. White marble rectangular stone – flower motif – hand holding bible – Holy Bible
In / memory of / Joseph FIRBY/ died / Jan. 1, 1869 / AE 74 yrs 10 ms – rest of stone in ground
35. White marble rectangular stone – lying in ground – hand holding bible [nearly illegible in 2002]
In / memory of / Hannah / wife of / Joseph FIRBY/ died / Dec. 13, 1863
36. White marble rectangular stone – weeping willow
children of / Joseph & Hannah FIRBY/ Elizabeth / died Jan. 26, 1842 / AE 4 yrs 5 mo 27 d / Joseph / died Feb. 2, 1842 / AE 2 years 22 ds / Weep not our friends and parents dear / We are not dead but sleeping here / We were not yours but God’s alone / He loved us best and called us home
37. White marble rectangular stone – pointing finger
My father / In / memory of / John FIRBY/ who died Jan. 8, 1857 / aged / 33 yrs 10 ms
38. White marble rectangular stone – flower motif
Sacred / in the memory of / John / son of / John & Jane FIRBY/ and grandson of / Joseph & Hannah FIRBY/ died Jan. 1851 / aged 4 years – verse illegible
39. Grey marble – cement base
In memory dear / memory of / John Joseph / son of / T. M. & A. I. FIRBY/ died Nov. 7, 1875 / aged / 13 yrs 5 ms 2 ds / He walks / where emerald fields are of / dazzling glow / and the flowers of everlasting / blow/ J. W. Hutchinson / Aylmer / No. 3
40. White marble rectangular stone – lying in ground
In / memory of / John F. / son of / William & Hannah / PEACOCK / who died / May 12, 1879 / aged 21 yrs 4 mos / & 2 ds – / [verse illegible -] J. W. Hutchinson Aylmer
41. White marble rectangular stone
Gone So Soon / Our / Little / Addie / died Feb. 12, 1880 / aged 15yrs 8 mons & 10 ds / Dau. of William & Hannah / PEACOCK / Hold her O Father in thine arms / And let her henceforth be / A messenger of love between / Our human hearts and thee – J.W. Hutchinson Aylmer
42. White marble rectangular stone
Sacred / to the memory of / Wm. Graham / son of / John & Mary FIRBY/ who died / Sep. 3, 1860 / AE 6 ys & 4 ms / Suffer little children to come unto / me and forbid them of such / is the kingdom of heaven
43. White marble rectangular stone [lying flat in 2002]
Sacred to the memory / Thomas / son of Wm & Hannah / PEACOCK/ who died Oct. 27, 1857 / aged 3 yrs 24 days / This lovely bud so young and fair /Call’d hence by early doom / And came to show how sweet a flow’r / In Paradise could bloom
44. White marble rectangular stone [partially in ground in 2002]
In / memory of / Joseph O. / son of / William & Hannah / PEACOCK / died / July 25, 1869 / AE 11 ms & 3 ds
45. White marble rectangular stone [lying flat in 2002]
Left – George / died / Apr. 7, 1872 / aged / 1 month –
Right William / died / Sept. 29, 1877 / 2 days / children of William & Elizabeth
46. Grey granite – grey granite & cement base – open book – Holy Bible – gates opening under archway – hands clasped
There is no parting / in Heaven / Our parents here are underground / The dearest friend we ever found / We trust our loss will be their gain / And that with Christ / they have gone to reign / SMITH
– N – Perthany / wife of / Geo. SMITH/ died / July 29, 1896 / aged / 81 ys 5 ms / & 28 ds
– S – George SMITH/ died / Sept. 2, 1874 / aged / 65 ys 1 mo / & 8 ds
47. White marble rectangular stone – weeping willow [lying flat in 2002]
Jacob ACRE / died Aug. 22 / 1851 / AE 51 yrs 7 mo / & 22 ds
48. White marble rectangular stone – weeping willow
In memory of / Charlotte / wife of / Timothy MOSSMAN / died / Mar. 26, 1857 / AE 109 ys 10 ds / Call me not back to earth / To lose my crown / I fought with sin & death / The victory is won
48a. White marble rectangular stone – broken in five pieces; hands clasped [not visible in 2002]
In memory of / ____way
49. White marble rectangular stone
Ann / dau. of / John & Elizabeth / FERBY / died / Sept. 30, 1855 : AE 32 yrs 10 mo / Francis / their son / died / Dec. 11, 1855 / aged 3 mo
50. Grey marble – flower motif
Farewell / Job 10:17 / In memory of / Francis FIRBY / who died / May 5, 1885 / aged / 58 yrs 10 ms / & 1 day / He was a tender father here / And in his life the Lord did fear / We trust our loss will be his gain / And that with Christ he’s gone to reign
51. Grey marble – cement base – flower motif
Infant Babe / dau. of / W. B. & Edith / FIRBY / died / Jan. 17, 1898 / A bud on earth / To blossom in Heaven
52. Grey granite – cement base – flower motif
Clarence B. / son of / David N. & Elizth / FIRBY / died Dec. 25, 1894 / aged 4 ys 10 ms / & 25 dys / Rest little Clarence / in happiness rest / Mingling with angels / We know thou art blest / Far from the trials / that tempt us to stay
53. Grey marble scroll on cement – clasped hands – hands pointing
In memory of / Betsy / wife of / J. S. WOOLEY / who died / May 20, 1881 / aged / 23 years / Thy will be done
54. Grey marble scroll on cement base – clasped hands – lodge symbol
In memory of / John / son of / Benjamin & Elizabeth / CASCADDEN / died / Aug. 11 1889 / AE 21 yrs 7 mos & 11 days / A precious one from us has gone / A voice we loved is stilled / A place is vacant in our home / Which never can be filled / When we leave this world of changes / When we leave this world of care / We shall find our missing one / In our Father’s mansion fair
55. Cement double cement base – flower motif – Holy Bible
W – Benjamin / CASCADDEN / 1834 – 1912 / Elizabeth Jane / CASCADDEN / 1840-1912 /
E – Jerusha A. / wife of / Chas. A. TAYLOR / June 6, 1861 / July 31, 1927 –
Footstone: Mother
56. White marble rectangular stone – weeping willow – flower motif
In / memory of / Charlotte / wife of / Johnathan FOSTER / died / Mar. 12, 1856 / AE 20 ys 11 ms & 12 ds
57. Grey marble rectangular stone
Farewell / Gone but not forgotten / In / loving memory of / Albert MOORE / who died / Oct. 6, 1881 / aged / 34 ys 8 mos / & 1 day / Dearest husband thou hath left us / And thy loss we deeply feel / But tis God who hath bereft us / He can all our sorrows heal
58. White marble rectangular stone – two weeping willows – doves – obelisk motif – hands clasped – flower motif
In / memory of / Elizabeth / wife of / Wm Walker FIRBY/ died / Aug. 24, 1868 / AE 26 ys 4 ms / & 9 days
59. Grey granite cross vault obelisk – flower motif [surrounded by tree]
NE – In / memory of / Mattie / beloved dau. of / Walker & Alvira / FIRBY/ died / Nov. 30, 1890 / aged / 17 yrs 2 mos & 5 ds / Let every heart be silent / now / Though bitter tears / may fall / For one who lived and / loved and died / The precious hope of all / Fold her O Father in thine arms / And let her henceforth be / A messenger of love between / our human hearts and thee
SE – Walker W. / FIRBY/ June 17, 1844 / Jan. 26, 1917 / Alvira A. / wife of / Walker FIRBY/ Sept. 22, 1843 Nov. 8th 1919
– footstones Father, Mother, Slybia / FIRBY
– SW – FIRBY
60. Red granite – cement base – flower motif
Johanna FIRBY/ wife of / Rev. L. W. Reid / died / Dec. 30th 1902 / aged 34 yrs / REID
61. White marble rectangular stone – rose
In memory of / Robert W. / son of / Robert & Margaret / FIRBY / who died May 3 / 1865 / aged 10 yrs 6 mos / & 18 days / Beautiful lovely / He was but given / A fair bud to earth / to blossom in heaven.
62. White marble rectangular stone – roses
In memory of / Mary E. / daugh. of / Robert & Margaret / FIRBY / who died 13 Dec. 1857 / aged 10 years 1 mo. 25 ds / To those who for her loss are grieved / This consolation was given / She from a world of sin released / And blooms a rest in Heaven
63. White marble rectangular stone – two weeping willows – monument
In memory of / Margaret / wife of / Robert FIRBY/ who died / 29th April 1857 / aged / 39 years 2 mo 18 d / Weep not my husband and children dear / I am not dead but sleeping here / I was not your’s but God’s alone / He loved me best and took me home / O ye whose cheeks, the tear of pity stained / Draw near with pious reverence and all end / Here lies a loving wife’s dear remains / A tender mother and a generous friend
64. Red granite archway-urn double cement base
W – Margaret / wife of / Robt. FIRBY/ died / Apr. 29, 1857 / aged / 39 ys 2 ms / & 18 ds / Robert FIRBY/ died / Feb. 1, 1886 / aged / 67 ys 10 ms / & 4 ds / FIRBY
S – Mary A. / wife of / Robt. FIRBY/ died / Nov. 2, 1874 / aged 40 ys 3 ms
65. White marble rectangular stone – fallen to ground – broken – hands clasped [illegible in 2002]
In / memory of / -broken – A. / wife of / Robert FIRBY/ who died / Nov. 2, 1874 / AE 40 yrs & 3 ms / A faithful friend a companion dear / a tender mother lieth here / Great is the loss that we sustain / But hope in Heaven to meet again
66. White marble rectangular stone – rose –
Mary / infant daughter of / Robert & Mary / FIRBY/ died / August 1, 1872 / aged 1mo & 2 ds / This lovely bud so young and fair / Called hence by early doom / Just came to show how sweet a flower / In paradise might bloom
67. Grey marble obelisk – cement base – fallen in ground – gates opening under archway
Come unto me / Pheoba wife of / C.A. SILVERTHORN / died July 25, 1903 / in her 32 year / Charley A. SILVERTHORN / died Feb. 8, 1916 / in his / 54th year / SILVERTHORN
– footstone: Mother
68. Red granite – white granite base
Estheretta SILVERTHORN / 1867 – 1931 / SILVERTHORN / – Hutchinson Aylmer
69. Grey marble peaked top obelisk – lodge symbol – gates opening under archway – PEACE /
Isaac / SILVERTHORN / 1826 – 1911 / Miriam / SILVERTHORN / 1837 – 1920 / SILVERTHORN
– footstone: Mother, Father
70. White marble rectangular stone – fallen in ground – broken off at bottom – two weeping willows – monument
In memory of / Orin R. / son of / Cornelius & Anna / SALISBURY / died 20 Apr. 1860 / aged / 26 yrs 6 m 15 d
71. White marble rectangular stone – broken – lying in ground – two weeping willows [nearly illegible in2002]
In / memory of / John KING / died / Oct. 12, 1875 / aged 72 yrs / ___ 10 ___
72. White marble rectangular stone – broken – lying in ground – weeping willow [nearly illegible in 2002]
In / memory of / Hannah / wife of / John KING / died / Aug. 12, 1867 / aged 68 yrs / She has gone to heaven before us / But she turns and waves her hand / Pointing to the glories o’er us / In that happy spirit land
73. Broken – lying in ground [nearly illegible in 2002]
John / son of / John & Louise / KING / died June 29, 1873 / aged 8 yrs 3 ms / & 7 days / God took thee in his mercy / A lamb untasked, unbled / He fought the fight for thee / He won the victory / And thou art sanctified
74. White marble rectangular stone – rose
Laura / dau. of / John & Louise / KING / died Jan.15, 1876 / aged 8 ms 12 ds
75. Red granite peaked top obelisk – cement base
John HARDWICK / died June 23, 1898 / aged 66 years / Eliz’th Jane MOORE / wife of John HARDWICK/ died Mar. 13, 1913 / aged 74 ys 7 ms
– footstone: Mother
76. White marble rectangular stone – angel
In / memory of / Fidela May / dau. of / Thos. W. & Amanda I. / FIRBY/ died Mar. 5, 1871 / AE 4 ms / Beautiful, lovely / She was but given / A fair bud to earth / To blossom in Heaven
77. White marble rectangular stone – lamb
Lula Caroline / dau. of / Thos. W. & Amanda / FIRBY/ died Nov. 30, 1882 / aged / 1 yr & 9 ms / Sleep on sweet babe / and take thy rest
78. White marble rectangular stone – lamb [lying flat in 2002]
In / memory of / Edith A. / dau. of Joseph M. & Sarah B. / FIRBY/ died Feb. 20, 1875 / AE 4 ms & 20 ds / Sleep on dear child and take thy rest / God called thee home he thought it best – J. R. Hughes St. Thomas
79. Marble diamond – cement base
In / memory of / Esther HUNT / who died / Sept. 24, 1897 / aged 70 years / 1 month 18 ds / I know in / whom I have / believed
80. White marble rectangular stone – hand holding open book – two weeping willows
In memory of / Albert SILVERTHORN / who died / Aug. 24, 1879 / aged / 30 years 11 mos / & 24 days / Friends or physicians could not save / His mortal body from the grave / Nor can the grave confine it here / When Christ our Saviour shall appear
81. White marble rectangular stone
Hannah / wife of / Isaac PETIT / died / July 29, 1855 / aged 79 years / erected by her daughter / Mrs. Mary WHITE
82. White marble rectangular stone – flower motif – hand holding Holy Bible
In memory of / Phebe / wife of / Jacob DENNIS / who died / Aug. 7, 1854 / aged / 24 years 10 mos / & 7 days
83. White marble rectangular stone – flower motif
In memory of / Eliza / daughter of / Geo. & Elizabeth / SILVERTHORN / died / May 23, 1854 / AE 23 ys 1 mo / & 28 ds
84. White marble rectangular stone – flower motif – hands clasped
In / memory of / George SILVERTHORN / who died / Jan’y 26, 1880 / aged / 81 yrs 7 mos / & 16 days
85. White marble rectangular stone
In memory of / Martha KIPP / wife of / Benj. DEAN / who departed this life / May 29, 1850 / aged 42 ys 3 mo / & 20 ds / A faithful friend a companion dear / A tender mother lieth here / Great is the loss that we sustain / But hope in heaven to meet again
86. Cement –
Hannah KIPP
87. Cement –
Henry KIPP
88. Grey marble pulpit – gates opening under archway – Holy Bible
W- At Rest / Alzina wife of / John L. BROWN/ died April 24, 1905 / aged 51 years / Hima wife of / John L. BROWN/ died June 10, 1919 / age 58 yrs / BROWN
E – John L. BROWN/ 1855 – 1931
89. Cement – mourning curtain – open book on top – flower motif
In memory of / Richard / WINTERMUTE/ who died / Mar. 1, 1898 / aged 48 years / 4 mos & 16 dys / Dearest brother thou hast left / us there thy loss we deeply feel / But tis God that hath bereft us / He can all our / sorrows heal / WINTERMUTE
90. Grey marble scroll
W – Elizabeth / wife of / Abram / WINTERMUTE/ died June 10, 1885 / aged 67 ys / 11 mos 3 days / The last _____ that shall be / ____ loved is death
– S – D. Wades & Co. Delhi
91. Grey marble scroll
E – In / memory of / Abram / WINTERMUTE/ who died / Feb. 7, 1892 / aged 97 yrs / O death where is thy sting / O grave where is thy victory
– D. Wade & Co. Delhi
92. White marble rectangular stone – hands clasped [flat & nearly illegible in 2002]
Farewell / Erected / in memory of / Rose Anna LAUR/ – broken – / Feb. 6, 1876 / aged 70 years / & 10 mos.
93. White marble rectangular stone – lying in ground – hands clasped
In / memory of / Peter LAUR/ who died [rest broken off & missing]
94. Cement
Thomas LAUR/ died / April 26, 1902 / aged 76 years / LAUR
95. White marble rectangular stone – flower motif – girl praying
In / memory of / Mary Maretta / dau. of / Chancy & Sarah J. / KIPP / died / Oct. 24, 1868 / AE 3 yrs 3 ms & 27 ds
96. White marble rectangular stone – flower motif – lamb sleeping
In / memory of / Peter Willard / son of Chancy & Sarah Jane / KIPP/ died / Oct. 17, 1868 / AE 6 ys 5 ms / & 26 ds / How still and peaceful is the grave / Where life’s vain ______ is past / The appointed home by Heaven’s _____ / Receives us all at last
97. White marble rectangular stone – lamb sleeping
Pa – I am dying / In memory of / Willard M. / son of / Chancy & Sarah J. / Kipp / died Aug. 20, 1877 / aged / 4 yrs & 17 days – verse illegible
98. White marble rectangular stone – flower motif
Hiram W. / son of Thomas & Mary FIRBY/ died Mar. 18, 1872 / AE 13 ys & 12 ds
99. Grey marble – cement base
W – “C” / In memory of / George CHUTE/ who died / Aug. 26, 1907 / in his 66th / year Louisa CHUTE/ Dec. 22, 1842 / Mar. 18, 1939 / Vernon H. CHUTE/ 1879 – 1959 / CHUTE
– E – In / memory of / Nathan H. CHUTE/ who died / Mar. 9, 1910 / in his 77th year
– footstones: Mother, V.H.C.
100. Grey granite – double cement base – cross vault obelisk – flower motif
SW – In / memory of / Wealthy M. / wife of / John FIRBY/ who died / Jan. 10, 1854 / aged / 27 years / There is no parting in heaven / FIRBY
SE – In / memory of / John FIRBY/ who died / June 7, 1890 / aged / in the 67th year of / his age / In life beloved in / death lamented
101. Grey marble rectangular stone
Thy will be done / In / memory of / Samuel / McKENNEY / who died / Oct. 6, 1880 / aged / 71 yrs 4 mos / & 1 day
102. White marble rectangular stone – two weeping willows – monument
Our Babe / died Nov. 2, 1876 / aged 8 days / son of / Eli & S. A. SILVERTHORN/ In __ friends ___his little bud / ___ tenderly his form of clay / _______ of sorrow shed
103. White marble rectangular stone – rose
Our / little / Clara / dau. of / Eli & Sarah A. / SILVERTHORN / died Feb. 4, 1882 / AE 1 yr 10 mos & 22 ds / A little flower of love / That blossomed but to die / Transplanted now above / To bloom with God on high
104. Large cement ground stone
E. Amanda LINDSAY / died July 31, 1879
105. White marble rectangular stone – hands clasped
In memory of / Amos B. McKENNEY / died / Feb. 25, 1873 / aged / 61 years
106. Black granite peaked top obelisk
E – “K” – Thomas KIPP/ died June 14, 1885 aged 52 yrs / Rachel Ann KIPP/ died Aug. 2, 1887 aged 51 yrs / Alpherd son of / Thomas & Rachel KIPP/ died Oct. 10, 1860 / age 1 year 10 ms & 19 ds
W – “K” – Thomas Solon KIPP/ died Mar. 17, 1942 in his 79th year / Hattie M. / wife of Solon KIPP/ died Apr. 29, 1898 aged 31 yrs / Maud wife of Solon KIPP/ died Apr. 14, 1910 aged 31 yrs / M. Gertrude dau. of / Solon & Hattie M. KIPP/ died June 22, 1905 in her 19th year / KIPP
-footstones: Alpherd, Gertie, Hattie May, Maude, Thomas, Solon
107. White marble rectangular stone – lamb sleeping
Myrtle E. H. / dau. of / Thomas W. & Harriet / FURBY/ died Sept. 11, 1880 / aged / 1 year 2 mos & 11 dys
108. Grey marble – cement base –
W – gates opening under archway – At Rest / Ora Alena / dau. of J. W. & S. E. FIRBY/ died Feb. 10, 1902 / in her 17th year / She has gone in her beauty where tears are not shed / O’er the darkness and blight of the tomb / FIRBY
E – Thomas FIRBY/ died / June 17, 1899 / in his 71st year / Annie his wife / died Jan. 9, 1887 / in her 55th year
109. White marble rectangular stone – lamb sleeping
In / memory of / Sarah Elizabeth / daughter of / Thomas & Berinda / PEARSON / who died / Feb. 7, 1877 / AE 2 ys 2 ds / We loved this tender little one / And would have wished her stay / But let our Father’s will be done / She shines in endless day
110. White marble rectangular stone – lamb sleeping [broken & lying flat in 2002]
Thomas Lessley / son of / Daniel & Nancy / BEARSS / died Nov. 10, 1876 / aged / 6 yrs 7 ms 20 ds / Friendship and love have gone / And now can do no more / The bitterness of death is past / And all my sufferings o’er
111. White marble rectangular stone [nearly illegible in 2002]
Agusta / dau. of / Daniel & Nancy / BEARSS / died Oct. 31, 1875 / aged 7 ms
112. White marble rectangular stone – lamb sleeping –
In / memory of / Mariam A. / dau. of Danl & Nancy / BEARSS / died / Nov. 9, 1867 / AE 4 ys 1 ms 22 ds / So fades the lovely blooming flower / Frail smiling solace of an hour / So soon our transient comforts fly / And pleasures only bloom to die
113. White marble rectangular stone – bird
Mary Elizabeth / daughter / of / Danl & Nancy BEARSS / died / Nov. 1, 1859 / AE 4 ys & 27 ds / Weep not my Parents dear / I am not dead but sleeping here / I was not yours but Gods alone / He thought it best & took me home
114. White marble rectangular stone – lamb sleeping
Mahalon / son of / Thomas & Cerinda / PEARSON / died / March 20, 1864 / AE 11 ms & 20 ds / Sleep on sweet babe / And take thy rest / God called thee home / He thought it best
115. Grey marble rectangular stone
Hector / son of / John & Leana / PEARSON / died Aug. 14, 1895 / aged 10 days / Sleep on sweet babe / And take thy rest / God called thee home / He thought it best
116. White marble rectangular stone
In / memory of / Mary / wife of / Jos. PEARSON Sr. / who died / Dec. 19, 1881 / aged / 87 ys 7 ms / & 27 ds / Native / of / England
117. White marble rectangular stone – lying in ground – broken – wreath [illegible in 2002]
In / memory of / _______ / died May __ 1875 / aged / 79 yrs ____ / 20 ds / Go home dear friends and shed no tears / I must be here till Christ appears / And at His coming I hope to have / A joyful rising from the grave
118. White marble rectangular stone – weeping willow
Richard / son of / Joseph & Mary / PEARSON / died Jan. 5, 1858 / aged 11 years 6 mos 26 ds
119. Red granite – double cement base
Joseph M. GRAHAM / died / Apr. 19th, 1905 / in the 83rd year / of his age / GRAHAM – H. & T. Aylmer
120. White marble rectangular stone – urn broken off top – flowers
In memory of / Mary / wife of / Joseph M. GRAHAM / who died / May 4, 1883 / AE 57 ys 10 ms / 20 ds / A loving wife with children dear / In silence all lie sleeping here / Great is the loss that I sustain / But hope in heaven to meet again – Hutchinson & Miller Aylmer
121. White marble rectangular stone – lying in ground – girl praying – stone broken & illegible
122. White marble rectangular stone – flower motif – angel holding scroll – scroll illegible
In memory of / George S. / son of J. M. & Mary / GRAHAM / who died / Mar. 2, 1874 / 23 years123. White marble rectangular stone – flower motif – two angels
In / memory of / Nancy / dau. of Joseph M. & Mary / GRAHAM / died / May 9, 1863 / AE 16 ys 4 ms / & 5 ds / In / memory of / Sarah J. / dau. of Joseph M. & Mary / GRAHAM / died / May 6, 1863 / AE 15 yrs / & 6 ds124. White marble rectangular stone
Children of / A. B. & Elizabeth / McKENNEY / Jerushae / died Sept. 22, 1855 / AE 4 ys 7 ms 25 ds / Hannahretta / died Sept. 22, 1855 / AE 1 yr 1 mo 22 ds125. White marble rectangular stone
Orintha Melissa / daur. of / A. B. & Elizabeth / McKENNEY/ died July 8, 1849 / AE 2 ys 10 ms / 7 ds
126. Red granite – double cement base – flower motif
W – In / memory / of / Daniel E. McKENNEY/ died July 6th 1896 / aged 58 years / Mary Jane his wife / died May 12th 1916 / Aged 78 Years / Our boy born Sept. 10, 1872 / Our Girl born Aug. 3, 1874 / McKENNEY
E – In / Memory / of / Amos B. McKENNEY/ died Feb’y 25th 1873 / Aged 61 years / Elizabeth McKenney / died March 1st, 1893 / Aged 75 Years
Footstones: Amos, Elizabeth, Daniel, Mary
127. White marble headstone with sleeping lamb and floral motif [broken & lying flat in 2002]
In / Memory of / Mary E. / dau. of A .B. & Elizabeth / McKENNEY/ died Oct. 1, 1860 / AE 2 yrs. & 3 ds. / Christ with faith sincere / Babe at death was given / Kindred he that bound us / Though rent apart with many a ____ / Shall be renewed in Heaven
128. White marble headstone with pointing finger and floral motif – BE YE PREPARED /
In memory of / Elijah D. / Son of Daniel & Lydia / POUND / who died / Dec. 9, 1874 / AE 15 yrs. 4 ms. / 12 ds.
129. White marble headstone with clasped hands and floral motif … illegible
[probably a member of the POUND family]
130. White marble headstone with girl holding scroll motif [broken & lying flat in 2002]
In / Memory of / Daniel / son of John & Athelia / POUND / died Mar. 29, 1861 / AE 38 years & 2 ms. / & 10 ds. / A faithful friend a husband dear / A tender parent lieth here / Great is the loss that we sustain / But hope in heaven to meet again / Hughes, St. Thomas
131. Grey marble headstone
Our Darling / Ethel Lena / dau. of / David & Harriet / MOORE / died / Jan. 1, 1886 / age 6 ys. 11 ms. / & 16 days / Not lost blest thought / But gone before / Where we shall meet / To part no more
132. White marble headstone with open book and roses motif
In Memory of / William CHEESMAN / who died / June 3, 1876 / aged / 60 yrs. & 6 mos. / A native of Yorkshire
133. White marble headstone:
In / Memory of / Phoebe Almira / wife of / Robert FIRBY / and relict of late / Wm. CHEESMAN / who died / Aug. 16, 1883 / aged 59 yrs. / 10 mos. & 10 days / For me to live is Christ / and to die is gain / Philippians 1.21 – Hutchinson Aylmer
134. Grey granite stone [partially in ground in 2002]
In Memory of / John A. MITTS / who died / Apr. 15, 1888 / aged / 70 years
[Note: While there is no marker for her, the obituary and funeral notice, for Fannie M. MITTS, wife of John A. MITTS, indicates that she was buried at the Firby Cemetery. Fannie died in March 1913. Her obituaries and death notices are in the Aylmer Express, March 20, 1913, p. 1, c. 4 and p. 2, c. 4. She died at Corinth in her 80th year. – BCJ, Jan. 2004]
135. Grey marble stone on cement base with sleeping lamb motif
Only sleeping / Alice A. / dau. of / Richard / & Elizabeth J. / PEARSON / died / Aug. 9, 1885 / AE 1 year / Once on earth but now is / gone. To reign with Christ / in heaven our home. – Aylmer
136. Black granite obelisk with log shaped top [fallen down in 2002] on cement base –
PEARSON
/ Gone, but not forgotten / In loving memory of / John PEARSON / died June 2, 1909 / aged 78 ys. & 4 ds. / Erected by his wife / Esther PEARSON137. Cement obelisk with closed book motif with gates ajar
W – In / memory / of / At Rest / Eliza / wife of John PEARSON / died Sept. 4, 1897 / aged 64 yrs. 2 mos. 17 dys / PEARSON / Afflictions sore long time I bore / Physicians were in vain / But God thought best to give me rest / And ease me of my pain – H & T Aylmer
N – In memory of / Annie / dau of / John & Eliza / PEARSON / died Jan.1 6, 1889 / aged 22 years / 3 mo’s 18 d’ys /
Footstone: Mother
138. White marble headstone with clasped hands motif and roses
Farwell / In Memory of / Alice / wife of / Moses FOSTER / who died / Oct. 17, 1875 / aged / 35 yrs. 9 mos. & 16 ds.
139. White marble headstone with clasped hands and roses motif
Farewell / In Memory of / Susan FOSTER/ died / May 4, 1874 / AE 47 ys. 6 mos. / & 3 ds. / A faithful friend a companion dear / A tender mother lieth here / Great is the loss we here sustain / But hope in heaven to meet again. Howe & Bevins Ingersoll
140. White marble headstone with two weeping willow motif and clasped hands motif
In Memory of / Adaline FOSTER/ died / June 6, 1874 / AE 13 yrs. 11 mo. / & 30 ds.
140.1 White marble marker [probably a Foster burial ]
M. & A. F.’s Babe [no dates given]
141. White marble headstone with pointing finger motif; stone broken [lying flat]
[illegible] / Moses & Susan FOSTER/ died / June 7, 1859 / AE 5 ms. & 24 ds.
142. White marble headstone; broken
Eunice _____ / dau. of / Moses & Susan / FOSTER/ died / Sept. 25, 1855 / AE 7 mo. 27 ds.
143. White marble headstone
Lydia / dau. of / M. & S. FOSTER/ died / Sept. 28, 1851 / AE 1 yr. & 21 d /
144. White marble headstone with sleeping lamb and pointed finger motif
Eliza Amina / dau. of / John & Eliza / PEARSON / died / Nov. 23, 1865 / Age 1 year 6 mo. / & 27 ds.
145. White marble headstone with lamb motif [lying flat & nearly illegible in 2002]
In / Memory of / Birdsey / son of John & Eliza / PEARSON / died Dec. 29, 1874 / Aged 1 yr. 1 mo. / & 1 day / … verse illegible
146. White marble headstone with dove motif
In / Memory of / Agnes / dau. of Salathiel & Naomi / ELSWORTH / died / Nov. 15, 1861 / Happy infant early blest / Rest in peaceful slumbers rest / Early rescued from all cares / Which increase with growing years
147. White marble obelisk and willow motif
In / memory of / Mathew BERRY / died / Dec. 22, 1857 / AE 36 ys. 4 m. & 8 dy. / Why should we mourn departed friends / Or shake at death’s alarms / Tis but the voice that Jesus sends / To earth then to his arms
148. White marble headstone with lamb and pointed finger motif –
Mary E. / dau. of / Henry & Mary / BERRY / died / Nov. 18, 1865 / AE 2 ys. 10 ms. & 9 ds. / Beautiful lovely / She was but given / A fair bud to earth / To blossom in heaven
149. White marble headstone with willow motif
In / Memory of / Emanl. BERRY / died / Oct. 21, 1870 / AE 80 ys. 4 ms. / & 14 ds. / Kind angels watch the sleeping dust / Till Jesus comes to raise the just / Then may he wake in sweet surprise / And in his Saviour’s image rise
150. Grey marble with clasped hands motif
In / memory of / Walter E. BERRY / Who died / Nov.10, 1883 / Aged / 25 ys. 7 mos. & [illegible] days /
151. Red granite on cement base
Henry BERRY / died / March 4, 1901 / in his 75th year / Mary BERRY / born Oct. 7, 1838 / died Feb. 13, 1910 / BERRY
152. Red granite obelisk with no urn on triple base – 12 feet high
NE: – In / Memory of / Edna A. COOK/ died / Jan. 15, 1902 / aged 68 yrs. / 6 ms. 16 ds.
SE: – In / Memory of / Harvey D. COOK/ died / Sept. 16, 1909 / aged 82 yrs. / 10 ms. 18 ds.
SW: – In / Memory of / Robert COOK/ died / July 6, 1871 / aged 73 yrs. / Our Father / COOK
NW. – In / Memory of / Maria / wife of / Robert COOK/ died / Sep. 22, 1875 / aged 75 yrs. / Our Mother / Her languishing head is at rest / its thinking and aching are o’er / Her quiet immovable breast / is heaved by affliction no more
Large red granite Footstones: Edna A. COOK; Harvey D. COOK,
White marble footstone: R. C.
153. White marble headstone with sleeping lamb motif
In / Memory of / Charles / son of Wm. J.& Mary / MORGAN / died / Mar. 20, 1860 / AE 3 ys. 10 ms. / & 11 ds.
154. Cement obelisk with book, mourning curtain, anchor, and gates ajar motif
W – Peace Perfect Peace – In Memory of / Haggai COOK/ died April 3, 1909 / aged 81 years / Mary BERRY / wife of the above / died Mar. 25, 1894 / aged 69 years / COOK
S – Thomas O. / son of / Haggai & Mary / COOK/ died / Jan. 24, 1858 / aged 2 yrs. 2 mos.
Burials without Monuments
BLANCHFIELD – St Thomas Journal, 26 April 1918, Page 12, c3 – Funeral – J. Wesley BLANCHFIELD, 55th year, Apr 25. Married 7 weeks ago to Mrs William FIRBY. Burial Firby Cemetery. No monument found – CVH November 2009
HUNT – St Thomas Times Journal, 9 June 1923, Page 7, c3 – Died – Mrs Rebecca HUNT, June 8, widow of Caleb HUNT; mother of George H., David and William B. FIRBY. Funeral June 10 to Firby Cemetery. No monument found – CVH August 2006
KIPP – St Thomas Evening Journal, 9 May 1906, Page 4, c2 – Funeral – Mrs KIPP, 64th year, May 3 to Firby Cemetery. No monument found – CVH July 2008
McKENNEY – St Thomas Daily Times, 2 October 1913, Page 4, c3 – Died – Mrs. J. McKENNEY, 93rd year, Sept 30, widow of Samuel McKENNEY; mother of Jerry, Minerva, Alberta and Dora McKENNEY, Mrs WHITE and Mrs McKENZIE. Funeral October 2 to Firby Cemetery. No monument found – CVH April 2007
WINTERMUTE – St Thomas Journal, 4 January 1918, Page 6, c6 – Died – Philip WINTERMUTE, 78 years, Jan 4, brother of David, George, William and Edward WINTERMUTE, Mrs HAINES, Mrs Humphrey JOHNSON, Mrs Elias SCOTT, Mrs George CLARKE and Mrs J. DEERING. Burial Firby Cemetery. No monument found – CVH November 2009