Old Richmond Cemetery
Bayham Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
Gravestone Inscriptions and Burials without Monuments
54196-54294 Heritage Line, Straffordville, ON N0J 1Y0, Canada
Originally transcribed: Summer 1983
Summer Canada Employment Project
Data Entry: M. F. Doan
Proof Reading: Marg. Daugharty
Revised and formatted for the Internet 24 November 2002 by Bruce C. Johnson Jr.
Latest Revision 15 November 2009 by Carol VanHarn
Copyright by the Ontario Genealogical Society, Elgin County Branch 1999
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1. Concrete scroll on stones, concrete base.
McCALLUM / Eunice / .1824-1898 / Phebe / 1823-1913 / Matilda / 1827-1915 / At Rest
2. Log shaped concrete scroll, floral motif.
Mother / 1939-1881
3. White marble, willow motif, pointing finger.
Gone too soon / Margaret E. wife of / George A. DOAN / died / Jan. 17, 1864 / aged 40 ys 1 mos. (Part buried)
4. Grey granite on concrete base, floral motif.
Thurza / wife of / L. R. HIGH / died / June 16, 1897 / In her 26th year / Be ye also ready for in such / an hour as ye think not the / son of man cometh / HIGH
5. Five foot concrete obelisk, vault top, cross and crown motif.
(NW) Maggie / HIGH / died June 28, 1923 / aged / 48 years /
(NE) In memory of / Amos HIGH / died / Mar. 29, 1879 / aged 71 years / Mary Ann / HIGH / died Jan. 9, 1891 / aged 73 years / Mary, Ida E. / children of / Amos and Mary Ann / HIGH. /
(SW) In memory of / Harvey M. HIGH / died / Nov. 17, 1904 / aged 62 yrs / Jane / wife of / Harvey M. HIGH / died / Feb. 9, 1888 [see note]/ aged 41 yrs / Gone but not forgotten / Wilson / Harry, Curtis / children of / Harvey M. and Jane / HIGH. /
(SE) HIGH
(Note: Monument inscribed in error. Both the Ontario Death Registration and the probate record for Jane HIGH indicate that she died 9 Feb 1884 – BCJ)
6. Grey marble.
(Top) Father / Harvey M. HIGH / Nov. 17, 1904 / in his 63rd year.
7. Grey marble obelisk with flat top.
(NW) JohnBEATTIE/ born at / Mulligar Co. West / Meath Ireland / Oct. 3, 1822 / died / July 5, 1901 /
(NE) Margaret / beloved wife of / Andrew BEATTIE / died / Feb. 7, 1883 / aged 53 years / Asleep in Jesus / BEATTIE /
(SE) Jane / beloved wife of / John BEATTIE / died / Sep. 21, 1882 / aged 65 ys & 17 ds / There is rest in Heaven / BEATTIE /
(SW) Andrew / BEATTIE / died / Feb. 15, 1908 / aged / 79 ys 3 ms 21 ds / J. H. Atkinson Co. Simcoe
8. Concrete stone with mourning cloth and open book. (Holy Bible)
(East) In / memory of / Thos. GODWIN/ who died / Jan. 1st 1855 / aged 71 ys / Isabella / his wife / died / Mar. 21, 1894 / aged 75 years / 8 mos & 9 days / GODWIN
(North) Esther / wife of / Thomas GODWIN / died / Feb. 7, 1848 / aged / 65 years / H. & T. Aylmer
9. White marble, drawn curtain with woman standing in middle, picture.
Smith SEALEY / died / Nov. 20, 1845 / aged 47 years / & 28 d’s / Erected by his wife / Abigail
10. Broken stone, ten foot grey marble obelisk with flat top.
(SE) Henry HIGH/ died / June 17, 1868 / aged 88 yrs / 5 ms & 17 ds / Elizabeth / wife of / Henry HIGH / died / May 11, 1862 / aged 76 yrs & 6 ms / Elizabeth Ann / Henry / Joseph / Philip Francis / children of Andrew & Sarah HIGH /
(SW) Andrew HIGH / died / Nov. 24, 1892 / age 70 yrs / 4 m’s & 14 ds / So teach us to number our / days / That we may apply our hearts / unto wisdom / HIGH /
(NW) Sarah wife (broken) / Andrew HIGH / died / June 23, 1895 / aged 73 yrs / & 13 ds / The fear of the Lord is / the beginning of wisdom / Philip / son of Henry & Elizabeth / High / died Aug. 5th, 1837 / aged 7 years /
(NE) Anna / dau of Henry & Elizabeth / HIGH / died / Aug. 6th 1834 / aged 5 years
11. White marble, floral motif.
Susannah / dau. of / William & Isabella / VEITCH / died Nov. 8, 1856 / aged 25 years 15 ds / Dearest sister thou hast left us / Here thy loss we deeply feel / But tis God that hast bereft us / He can all our sorrows heal.
12. White marble, pointing finger.
Gone so soon / children of / Wm. & Isabella / MURRAY / Louisa / died 28 Sept. 1859 / aged 1 mo / M. Wallace / died 21 Sept. 1860 / AE 8 yrs 3 mos 11 ds / Suffer the little children come / unto me and forbid them not / for such is the kingdom of / Heaven.
13. White marble.
Margaret / wife of / Nathan HOWELL / died / Nov. 22, 1846 / aged 28 yrs.
14. White marble.
William GODERICH / died / Sept. 5, 1851 / AE 52 yrs / Elizabeth / his wife / died May 18, 1850 Herd Hamilton
15. White marble.
Albus CONORS / died / Jan. 1, 1852 / AE 62 years.
16. White marble, willow and lighthouse motif.
Sarah / wife of / John CUTLER / died Sep. 26, 1847 / AE 26 yrs 5 mo.
17. White marble, willow motif.
In memory of / Eliza / wife of / John CUTLER /daughter of /Joseph & Elizabeth McCOLLOM / who died June 15, 1851 / aged 34 ys 2 mo / & 10 ds
18. Concrete on concrete base, floral and anchor motifs.
(West, left side) In / memory of / Servilia / LOUNSBURY / who died / Mar. 15, 1887 / AE 60 yrs 7 ms / & 3 days /
(West, right side) In / memory of / Sylvester / LOUNSBURY / who died / May 21, 1885 / AE 63 ys 8 ms / & 5 days / (West, bottom) LOUNSBURY / At rest
(East) Arza / son of / S. & S. LOUNSBURY / died / Jan. 25, 1876 / AE 12 ys 10 ms / & 27 days.
19. White marble, willow motif.
Sacred / to the memory of / Peter CARNES / born Oct. 2, 1791 / died June 12, 1845
20. Red granite on concrete base, floral motif.
Daniel A. / FRANKLIN / born Apr. 29, 1831 / died Jan. 28, 1901
21. White marble, weeping willow motif, floral motif, pointing finger.
In / memory of / Mary / wife of / Daniel A. FRANKLIN / died Jan. 12, 1860 / AE 30 ys.
(Verse illegible)
22. White marble.
Nancy / wife of Caleb COOK / died Oct. 8th A.D. 1828 / in the 54th year of her age.
23. White marble.
Emeline / daughter of Caleb and Malinda COOK died / 20th Nov. 1845 age 5 years / and 9 months.
24. White marble, weeping willow.
In / memory of / Susan / wife of / Ebenezer OSTRANDER / who died / April 3, 1850 / aged 32 yrs / 9 ms 15 ds.
25. White marble, weeping willow.
In / memory of / Caleb / son of Silvester & / Caroline COOK / who died / Aug. 29, 1852 / aged 9 yrs & 29 d / also / James H. / their son died / Sep. 8, 1851 / aged 4 m & 27 ds.
26. White marble.
Adaline / dau. of Caleb & Malinda / COOK / died Feb. 29 / 1852 / also their infant / son.
27. White marble.
William FISHER / born Feb. 17, 1826 / died Feb. 19, 1828 / William FISHER / born Jan. 27, 1829 / died Aug. 21, 1837 / Ester FISHER / born Oct. 14, 1831 / died Aug. 19, 1837 / children of Henry / & Catharine FISHER.
28. White marble, weeping willow.
In memory of / Margaret / wife of Thos. HERDMAN / died July 27, 1859 / AE 62 ys & 6 ms / This lonely grave is dear to me / Though over it no willows weep / for underneath this grassy sod / A mother’s mouldering ashes sleep / Tis sweet to visit now her grave / And dwell on scenes long since gone by / To treasure thought of one so pure / And leave to feel that all must die.
29. White marble, pointing finger.
Gone home / My home is above / In / memory of / Mary Ann / beloved daughter of / Thomas / & Margaret / HERDMAN / who died / July 9, 1855 / aged 20 yrs / & 5 m. T. Gadsby & Sculptor St. Thomas C. W.
30. White marble headstone, weeping willow motif.
In memory of / Ann BERRY/ died / Oct. 16, 1850 / AE 63 ys 7 m / & 16 ds /wife of Emanuel BERRY
31. White marble headstone. Lodge symbol, compass and T-square.
(Left side) In / memory of / Noah COOK / who died / June 23, 1828 / AE 66 yrs / 5 mo & 16 d / A faithful friend a companion dear / In gloomy shade lies buried here / Great is the loss that we sustain / But hope in Heaven to meet again.
32. White marble, lamb motif.
In / memory of / Mary / dau of / Joab & Fanny / LEACH / who died / Dec. 15, 1832 / AE 1 yr 1 mo / & 18 ds / Sleep on sweet babe and take thy rest / God cal’d thee home he thought it best.
33. White marble headstone.
Martha Jane /dau. of /Levi and Mary Ann / HATCH / died Apr. 11, 1852 / AE 1 yr 1 mo & 3 ds / I take these little lambs said he/ and lay them in my breast / Protection they shall find in me /In me be ever blest.
34. Concrete on concrete base, scroll on double logs.
In memory of / Jessie Lorena / dau of / James & Mary / PROCUNIER / died May 24, 1899 / AE 6 ys 6 ms 5 ds / At rest.
35. White marble headstone, sleeping lamb motif.
In memory of / John G. / son of George N. / & Elizabeth / PROCUNIER / who died / Feb. 25, 1856 / Ae 8 ms & 16 ds.
36. White marble headstone, leaf motif.
In memory of / James GIBBONS / died / April 11, 1861 / AE 81 ys / also / son of / James & Mary / GIBBONS / died Oct. 11, 1825 / AE 1 yr 3 m / How must a spirit late escaped from earth / The truth of things new blazing into view / Look back astonished on the ways of man / Whose lives whole drill is to target their grave.
37. Grey marble on grey marble on concrete, mourning cloth.
(SE) In / memory of / George N. /PROCUNIER/ born / May 3, 1818 died / Nov. 30, 1886 / Elizabeth / wife of / the above / born Mar. 8, 1823 / died / Apr. 25, 1889 /
(SW) While faith & hope endure / We gently rest in love serene / and wake immortal and arise this day with me in paradise.
38. Grey marble on grey marble on concrete.
Victoria/dau. of/ C. & Mary D./McCONKEY /died / Apr. 4, 1895 / aged 14 yrs /Asleep in Jesus. Atkinson Co. Simcoe
39. Grey marble on concrete, oak leaves motif.
Wilbur L. / son of / Cicero & Mary D. / McCONKEY / died / April 20, 1902 / aged 16 years & 2 mo. & 26 days / Our loved one / McCONKEY
40. Grey marble on concrete base.
Daisy M. / dau. of / Cicero & Mary D. / McCONKEY / died April 15, 1904 / aged 5 yrs & 1 mo / Only sleeping.
40.1 White marble, hand holding open book.
Farewell / John ACKER / died / Nov. 18, 1888 / aged / 88 years / & 7 mos.
40.2 White marble.
Gone but not forgotten / In / memory of / Margaret / ACKER / who died / Nov. 28, 1900 / aged 80 y’rs. / Jesus hast called the mother home / Her flesh lies mouldering in the / tomb. God grant her offspring / may be blest . . eternal rest
40.3
(Top) Julia A. / TRUMAN / born May 15, 1823 / died / June 21, 1894.
41. White marble slab.
Alexander / son of / Henry & Margaret / MILLER / died Oct. 14, 1848 / AE 18 ys
42. Red granite, leaf motif.
TODD / Francis TODD / 1785-1867 / Susan / his wife / 1812-1860
43. White marble slab.
John M. HARTLEY / died / July 6, 1852 / AE 61 yrs 8 m / & 2 days / He emigrated to this coun- / try from New Brunswick / AD 1829
44. White marble slab, pointing finger.
Mary J. / wife of / Thos. HILLIKER / died / Nov. 3, 1863 / AE 25 ys 6 m
45. White marble slab, double headed.
(Left) Mary / CHESEMAN / wife of / Thos. M. FORD / died / April 11, 1852 / aged / 26 ys 9 ms/ & 22 days
(Right) Thos. M. FORD / died / Jany 5, 1883 / aged 68 ys 2 ms / & 11 days
46. White marble slab, willow motif.
In / memory of / Margaret / beloved wife of / William CHEASEMAN/ who died / Aug. 15, 1853 / aged 66 yrs / Friends or physicians could not save / This mortal body from the grave / Nor can the grave confine it here / When Christ shall bid it to appear.
[Name also given in Elgin sources as CHEESEMAN and CHEESMAN]
47. White marble slab, willow motif.
In / memory of / Wm CHEESEMAN / died / Jan. 20, 1863 / AE 87 yrs / & 8 ms / A faithful friend a companion dear / A tender father lieth here / Great is the loss that we sustain / And hope in Heaven to meet again.
48. White marble slab, willow motif.
Joseph BOWES / died / Mar. 9, 1848 / aged 82 yrs / & 2 ms / Shed not for him a bitter tear / Give not the heart to vain regret / Tis but the casket lies here / The gem that fill’d it sparkles yet.
49. White marble slab, lamb motif, small heart inscribed at bottom.
Juliet / daughter of / William and Margaret BOWES / died / Apr. 4, 1854 / aged 2 yrs / & 5 ds
50. Broken piece in ground
50.1 White marble slab.
In memory of / Henry MEDCALF / who died / May 18, 1849 / AE 72 yrs / Weep not for me my partner dear / I am not dead but sleeping here / My debt is paid my grave you see. / Prepare in time to follow me.
51. White marble slab.
In / memory of / Mary / wife of Hen’y KETZEBACK / died / Apr. 26, 1861 / AE 62 ys 7 ms / & 1 d.
52. White marble slab, dove motif.
Gone home / Henrietta / dau. of E. W. & Jane / HAZEN died 28 Dec. 1853 / aged 11 mo. 4 ds. / Poor child her days on earth / were few / She passed away like morning / dew.
53. White marble slab, floral motif, 2 willows motif & monument motif.
In memory of / Jane / wife of / Elijah W. HAZEN / died 14 July 1853 / aged 27 yrs 10 mo / In deaths cold arms lies sleeping here / A tender parent a companion dear / In love she lived in peace she died / Her life was asked but was denied.
54. White marble slab, willow motif.
In memory of / Rachel / beloved wife of George FRANKLIN / died / Feb. 27, 1861 / AE 69 ys 11 m / I lived on earth in sore distress / Great trouble and disease / But was like Lasuras asked who Christ my Saviour is.
55 White marble slab.
George FRANKLIN / born May 11, 1792 / died / Jan. 30, 1853 / I shed not for him the bitter tear / Give not the heart in vain regret / Tis but the casket that lies here / The gem that filled it sparkles yet.
56. White marble slab.
Leah M. / wife of / Andrew MORE / died / May 9, 1841 / AE 27 yrs 8 mo & 9 ds.
57. White marble slab.
Charles D. / son of Henry & Mary / KATSEBACK / died May 10, 1853 / AE 15 yrs 2 mo / & 25 ds.
58 White marble slab.
ATSEBACK/ died / Feb. 19, 1853 / AE 66 ys 8 ms / & 3 ds.
59. White marble slab.
Henry J. / son of / Henry & Mary / KATSEBACK / died Sept. 17, 1838 / AE 3 yrs & 22 ds.
60. White marble slab, willow motif.
Edward BORBRIDGE / died / Dec. 7, 1849 / aged 93 years / The winter of trouble is past / the storms of affliction are o’er / The struggles are ended at last / And sorrows of death are no more.
61. White marble slab in ground, dove motif. (Broken)
In / memory of /Thomas B. WESTON /who died / Nov. 1, 1847 / aged 37 years / 10 mo & 15 ds.
62. White marble slab in ground, dove motif.
Hark the herald angels sing / In memory of / George A. DOAN / who died Oct. 5, 1872 / aged 52 yrs / 1 mo & 5 ds.
63. White marble slab in ground, willow motif.
In memory of / Elizabeth / wife of / Henry METCALF / who died / Jan. 20, 1888 / in the / 99 years of / her age / At evening time it shall be light.
64. White marble slab, draped stage with two girls praying inscribed.
In memory of / Thomas HERDMAN / who died / July 18, 1850 / AE 65 ys & 6 ms / & 18 ds.
65. White marble slab in the ground, pointing finger, floral motif.(Broken)
In / memory of / Matilda Jane / wife of / Edwd BORBRIDGE / / died / Jan. 27, 1864 / AE 84 ys / A faithful friend & companion dear / A tender mother lieth here / Great is the loss that we sustain / But hope in Heaven to meet again. J. W. Smyth / London
66. White marble slab, in the ground, double headed, dove motif. (Broken)
(illegible )______ / children of John & C _______
67. White marble slab, in the ground, willow and obelisk motifs.
In / memory of / Wm. MEDCALF / died / June 22, 1851 (1854) / AE 77 yrs & 9 ms /
(verse illegible)
68. White marble slab in the ground, floral motif, pointing finger, double willow motif. (broken)
In /memory of /Elizabeth A. /wife of Darius DEAN /died /Oct. 6, 1868 /AE 23 yrs 6 ms /& 24 ds.
68.1 White marble slab.
In memory of / Mary / wife of / Robt N. COOK / and daughter of __m & Isabella /VIETCH / died June 26, 1847 / aged 27 ys. 2 ms / & 7 ds.
69. Large white marble slab in the ground, willow motif.
Sacred / to the memory of / Ann FIRBY / who died / June 7, 1848 / aged 83 years / A native of Yorkshire, England /A virtuous woman free from strife /A tender mother and loving wife / Sleep on dearest mother / Till God from the skies / Shall appear in his glory / And bid thee rise / Erected by her son Thomas FIRBY.
70. White marble slab in the ground.
Louisa J. / daughter of / Loce & Mary / DENTON / died Aug. 29, 1850 / aged 1 yr 3 mo / & 18 ds / (Verse illegible)
71. White marble stone on concrete base.
FORD (Base only in 1992)
72. Concrete base.
RIDDELL #71 & 72 are surrounded by seven posts.
73. Black granite on concrete base, floral motif, 4 cornerstones.
(East)YEANDLE/ William YEANDLE / 1858-1924 / Mary M. his wife / 1855-1931.
(West) P.O. Austin Simcoe
Burials without Monuments
ANDERSON, Andrew, age about 88 years, native of America, buried near Richmond 17 August 1849. No monument found. JM & CVH November 2009
COACHMAN, Maria, age 49 years, native of England, buried in burying ground in Bayham 1 June 1848. No monument found. JM & CVH November 2009
COACHMAN, Sarah, age 30 years, wife of Robert COACHMAN, buried in grave near Bell’s School 19 April 1853. No monument found. JM & CVH November 2009
NEVILS, Alfred, 20 yrs 3 ms 17 ds, native of Bayham, buried near Richmond 12 November 1848. No monument found. JM & CVH November 2009