Smuck Cemetery
Bayham Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
near 55317 Jackson Line, Bayham, ON
Gravestone Inscriptions and Burials without Monuments
Transcription of gravestones by the
O. G. S. Elgin County Branch
Bayham Township, Con. 5, Lot 13
Revised July 1999
Revised and formatted for the Internet 20 November 2002 by CVH
Latest Revision 23 April 2012 by CVH
Copyright by the Ontario Genealogical Society, Elgin County Branch 1999
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2. Red granite ground stone
Louise DENNIS / 1891 – 1980
3. Red granite ground stone.
Emery DENNIS / 1889 – 1958
4. Red granite ground stone
son Asel DENNIS / 1915 – 1939
5. Black granite raised top stone
William H. EVERITT / 1887 – 1957
fs – Father
6. Red granite raised top stone
EVERITT / Leston J. / 1894 – 1958 / his wife / Madeline / 1908 – 1981
7. Red granite
KENNEDY / Alvin / 1884 – 1961 / his wife Abbie / 1885 – 1961
8. Black granite with double open book motif
JACKSON / Elton H. / 1893 -1973 / Father / Oreta / 1903 – 1984 / Mother
9. Black granite raised top with open book motif
THURSTON / In memory of / Father / Louis THURSTON / 1893 – 1972 / Mother / Lulu / MOORE / 1902 – 1979
10. Red granite
THURSTON / Ray THURSTON / 1916 – 1989 / his wife / Leona CRISPIN / 1920 – 1967
10.1 Red granite
TEALL / J. Harris / 1934 / his wife / Mary L. THURSTON / 1941 /
11. Red granite on white granite base
MARLATT / Elgin J. MARLATT / 1901 – 1958 / beloved husband of / Ettabell CRISPIN / 1905 – 1994
12. Black granite cross
Alice HIGGINS / born 1899 / died 1992 / daughter of Cora & Ruben TRIBE / granddaughter of / Thomas & Jane TRIBE /
13. Grey granite ground stone, footstone
Cora TRIBE / 1879 – 1901 /
14. Grey granite ground stone, footstone
Ruben TRIBE / 1845 – 1922
15. Grey granite ground stone, footstone
Asanna IRVING / 1894 – 1967
16. Black granite ground stone
LOCKER / Kenneth R. / 1913 – 1972 / Ruth I. 1919 – /
17. Black granite ground stone
SHEARER / In loving memory / George F. / 1922 – 1990 / Father / Dalores A. / 1936 – 1974 / Mother
18. Red granite on white granite base
THURSTON
(W) Sue J. / E. Allen /
(E) PHILLIPS / Willard E. / 1904 – 1971 / Thelma V. /
18.1 Grey Granite ground stone
Father / Emery NEVILL / 1909 – 1989 /
18.2 Grey granite ground stone
GUNSTONE / Clare E. GUNSTONE / 1928 – 1994 / his wife / M. Margaret MASALES / 1940 /
19. Black granite on white granite base
GUNSTONE / T. Bazel / 1913 – 1982 / his wife / Eva May / 1913 – 1984 /
19.1 Black granite ground stone
BARNES / In loving memory / George M. / June 2, 1933 – Aug. 1, 1997 / father of Brad, Kevin & Mark /
20. Red granite ground stone, double open book motif
LOCKER / Wilbert L. / (Punch) / 1918 – 1980 / Father / M. Allen / JACKSON / 1920 /
21. Red granite ground stone
Baby / Guy J. LOCKER / 1947 – 1949
22. Red granite ground stone
Baby / Francis THURSTON / 1929 /
23. Red granite ground stone
Edward THURSTON / 1867 – 1947
24. Red granite ground stone.
Jennie THURSTON / 1876 – 1955
25. Black granite on white granite base
JACKSON / Robert C. / 1895 – 1978 / his beloved wife / Alice / SAXTON / 1895 – 1985 / In loving memory
25.1 Black granite
Love endures all things / LOCKER / married Jan. 4, 1969 / Paul K. / LOCKER / June 27, 1943 / Nov. 19, 1996 / Barbara A. / ROOK / March 12, 1944 / parents of / Philip, Elizabeth & Peter
26. Red granite, tilt face
Jas. A. GUNSTONE / 1876 – 1935
27. Red granite, tilt face
C. Edna GUNSTONE / 1889 – 1973
28. Red granite, tilt face
W. Ernest / GUNSTONE / 1909 – 1951
29. Red granite on base, marker
(E) HUMPHREY
fs – R. F. HUMPHREY / 1872 – 1938
(From the St. Thomas Times Journal, 1 October 1938, Page 8, c. 6, – Died – Frank HUMPHREY, Sept 27 of Straffordville, Funeral Sept 29 1938 to Smuck Cemetery. Robert Franklin HUMPHREY is buried next to his wife Eunice. They are the parents of Wallace HUMPHREY. Wallace is the father of Holly F. (HUMPHREY) BECKETT – DG Sept. 2004)
E. A. HUMPHREY / 1876 – 1952
30. Black granite on white granite base , triple open book motif
HUMPHREY / Annie / 1901 – 1991 / Wallace / 1900 – 1991 / Minnie / 1904 – 1960
31. Black granite, double open book motif
HUMPHREY / Hugh / 1935 – 1968 / Edith / 1937 – /
31.1 Grey granite
BECKETT / son / Robert G. / BECKETT / 1948 – 1993 / father / George Wm. / BECKETT / 1922 – 1990 / mother / Holly F. / HUMPHREY / 1924 /
32. Grey marble, open book on stand
Morlie / son of / J. & A. CORNELL / died Nov. 1894 / aged 2 mo’s / & 7 ds / The [illegible ] / His faith / that is asked dear and lovely / Those sparkling eyes / increased our joys / But now thy’re gone and / we are lonely /
33. Cement stone with draped urn and open book with the following inscription:
The life which / I now live in the / flesh I live by / the faith of / the son of God / In loving / remembrance of / Rev. Wm. CORNELL / who died / Feb. 19, 1899 / aged 78 years / 1 mo & 13 ds / His wife / Mary Ann WILSON / 1839 – 1911 /
34. Cement stone with tilt top and Holy Bible on top, open gate motif
Isaac B. CARNS / 1821 – 1907 / Elizabeth CARNS / 1825 – 1909 / CARNS
35. White marble, flower motif
OUR DARLING / Erie May / dau of / Harvey & Mary E. / CARNES / died / Aug. 5, 1897 / aged 8 m’s / Like spring’s first flower she / passed away / mid innocence & bloom / to flourish in a brighter world / far far beyond the tomb
36. Grey marble tilt top with Holy Bible
(E) Earnest L. son of / Wm. W. & Ella / EVERITT / died June 28, 1908 / in his 25th year / EVERITT
(W) William W. / EVERITT / died May 16, 1937 / his his 78th year / Ella RIBBLE / died Apr. 24, 1937 / in her 72nd year /
37. Grey granite raised top
JACKSON / Ernest Elton JACKSON / 1876 – 1946
38. Grey marble with open Holy Bible and sunrise motifs
(E) Jared THURSTIN / died Feb. 27, 1905 / in his 82nd year / Ann Maria / wife of Jared THURSTIN / died Sep 25, 1912 / in her 87th year
(W) Peter THURSTIN / died Dec. 19, 1928 / in his 82nd year / Robert THURSTIN / 1861 – 1948 / THURSTIN
39. Red granite raised top
William H. LAUR / 1870 – 1962 / Mary A. LAUR / his wife / 1875 – 1949
40. Grey marble with lamb motif
Reta Inez / dau of / W. H. & M. A. / LAUR / 1913 – 1920 / Safe in the arms of Jesus
(Descendant Paddy indicates that correct name was Rita Inez LAUR)
41. Grey marble, raised top
LAUR / Mary Hazel / died / Oct. 29, 1899 / aged 7 mo’s / Evelyn Irene / died / Mar. 19, 1907 / aged 22 days / children of Wm. & Mary LAUR
42. Grey granite
Vernia / dau of / R. P. & Jennie DAVIS / died Dec. 9, 1900 / aged 2 m’s & 25 d’s / Sleep on sweet babe and take / thy rest. God called thee/ home. He thought it best /
43. Red granite on white granite base
DENNIS / Mary J. / 1869 – 1971 / Robert D. / 1871 – 1934
(Note: Mary J. was Mary Jane and also known as “Jennie” – JS Jan 2005)
44. Cement stone
Mary R. / wife of / Zenas EVERITT / 1833 – 1904 / EVERITT
45. Grey marble
George Lyle / died Feb. 12, 1906 / aged 2 mo’s & 9 ds / Lena / died Mar. 14, 1907 / aged 4 days / children of / George & Jennie / ADLINGTON
46. Grey marble raised top and open book and open gate motifs
(E) Blessed are / the dead / who died / in the / Lord / Peace perfect peace / In memory of / Jennie wife of / Geo. R. ADLINGTON / died July 28, 1911 / age 34 y’s, 1 mo. 25 ds / ADLINGTON
(N) George L. / died / Feb. 12, 1906 / age 2 ms 9 dys / Lena / died / Mar. 14, 1907 / age 4 days / children of / Geo. R. & Jennie / ADLINGTON /
(S) Earl / ADLINGTON / 1904 – 1952 / Mary / his wife / 1915 – 1938 /
47. Black granite ground stone, praying hands motif
BUNKER / wife / Hazel J. / 1916 – 1980 / husband / Samuel / 1906 – 1975 /
48. White marble arch top with girl climbing to cross motif
Rock of Ages / Life, truth / Erected by the Woodmen of the World [lodge motif] / George J. CALDWELL / died Jan. 26, 1914 / aged 17 years / CALDWELL
49. Grey marble ground stone
Leonard / LAWRENCE / 1913 – 1914 /
49.1 Black granite ground stone
James DENNIS / 1841 – 1914 / his wife / Florina BURLEY / 1854 – 1924 / George H. CALDWELL / 1872 – 1933 / his wife / M. Almeda DENNIS / 1875 – 1925 / Baby girl CALDWELL / 1928 / daughter of Stanley L. & / Marguerite BIRCHAM CALDWELL / Trevor John CALDWELL / 1927 / son of James [Emery written in marker] & / Carrie HOWE CALDWELL /
50. Black granite on cement base
Thomas DENNIS / died July 18, 1941 / in his 78th year / Barbara, wife of / Thomas DENNIS / died Nov. 11, 1917 / in her 54th year / DENNIS
51. Grey marble, double weeping willows, hand holding open Bible
Farewell / In / memory of / Cyrus M. SPIECE / who died / Feb. 19th, 1901 / aged / 39 y’rs 9 mo’s / and 19 days / In death’s cold arms lies sleeping here / A tender parent a companion dear / In love he lived, in peace he died / His life was asked but was denied
52. Black granite, white granite and cement base
HUMPHREY / Andy D. / 1895 – 1976 / Phena A. / 1897 – 1981 /
53. Grey granite cross vault obelisk, urn on top and double cement base
(SW ) Amasa GREEN / died / Mar. 1, 1900 / aged 79 y’s / 3 m’s 17 d’s / He’s at rest /
(NW) Elizabeth / wife of / Amasa / GREEN / died / Jan. 29, 1902 / aged 76 y’s / Our mother /
54. Grey marble, white granite base
Alsesta GREEN / 1852 – 1920 /
55. Red granite on white granite base
NEVILL / Silas NEVILL / 1810 – 1894 / Ann NEVILL/ his wife / 1828 – 1918 / Alfred NEVILL their son / 1864 – 1958 /
56. White marble, lamb motif and cement base
Mabel B. / died / Aug. 12, 1897 / in her 8th year / Elmon / died / Apr. 30, 1893 / in his 1st year / children of Samuel & Mary A. / LOCKER / They’re gone; the loved and / cherished ones / Like some bright sign they passed / away / Death claimed his rich and / they sank / Calm as the sun’s expiring ray /
57. Grey marble obelisk, cement base, open gates under archway motif
Crown of Life / Samuel LOCKER / 1842 – 1915 / his wife / Mary Ann / 1850 – 1928 / LOCKER
58. Grey granite
NEVILL / Roy James / NEVILL / Oct. 16, 1888 / Nov. 10, 1974 / husband
58.1 Grey marble on white granite base
James NEVILL / 1854 – 1926 / his wife / Susan E. EVERITT / 1858 – 1936 / NEVILL
fs – Mother, Father
59. granite
NEVILL / Ida May / LOCKER / Nov. 27, 1888 / Dec. 6, 1971 / wife
60. Red granite on white granite base
JACKSON / J. Ambrose JACKSON / died Feb. 23, 1940 / in his 80th year / his wife / Emma A. WISMER / died Feb. 2nd, 1949 / in her 86th year /
fs – Mother, Father
61. Red granite on white granite base
HUMPHREY / John / 1859- 1935 / his wife / Elizabeth/ 1857 – 1937 /
62. Grey marble
Eric Clifton / son of / John N. / & Lizzie / HUMPHREY / died May 8, 1896 / aged 4 months / HUMPHREY
63. Red granite
Loving memory / EVERITT / Clarence / 1911 – 1959 / brother
63.1
Footstones: David / Mother & Father / Pollock / Arthur
64. Grey marble scroll top
Infant / son of / Mr. & Mrs. / A. KILMER / age 3 days /
65. Grey granite raised top
RIBBEL / father / David / RIBBEL / 1835 – 1923 /
66. Grey marble, scroll top
Jane / wife of / David / RIBBEL / died Mar. 20, 1893 / aged 56 y’rs, 4 mo’s / & 12 days / tis sweet to visit now her grave / And dwell on scenes long since gone by / To treasure thoughts of one so pure / And learn to feel that all must die
67. Red granite obelisk, nine feet height
(S) Frances / wife of / James RICHARDS / died / Apr. 23, 1861 / AE 49 y’rs & 1 mo /
(E) James RICHARDS / died / Feby 2, 1879 / aged / 76 years / RICHARDS
68. White marble column and urn, seven feet high
(SE) Jane, wife of / Jacob JACKSON / died / Oct. 23, 1923 / aged / 86 y’s 1 mo 19 d’s / In memory of a kind / and affectionate mother /
(NE) In / memory of / Jacob JACKSON / who died / July 6, 1881 / aged / 48 y’rs 7 m’s & 20 d’s / In death’s cold arms lies sleeping here / A tender parent a companion dear / In love he lived in peace he died / his life was asked but was denied / JACKSON
fs – Mother, Father
69. Grey granite
In / memory of / Barney McSHANE / who died / March 13, 1888 / Aged / 90 y’rs ‘ & 13 d’ys / May he rest in peace /
70. White marble, willow motif
Alonzo E. McSHANE / died / Feb. 12, 1863 / AE 13 yrs
71. White marble slab, willow
In memory of / Mary / wife of / Barney McSHANE / died Feb’y 8 / 1859 / aged 47 years / 10 ms 27 d
72. White marble with willow motif
In / memory of / John / son of / Barney & Mary / McSHANE / who died / Septr 9, 1857 / aged 19 y’rs 5 ms
73. White marble with clasped hands motif
In memory of / Thomas DENNIS / died / Jan’y 14th 1867 / aged 67 years / Farewell my wife and children all / from you a father Christ doth call / Mourn not for me it is in vain to call me to your / sight again
73.1 White marble, broken, in ground [illegible]
74. White marble with flower motif
In / memory of / John BURLAY / died / Mar. 1, 1851 / AE 4 yrs & 14 ds
75. White marble with willow motif
Mary Jane / dau of / Geo. & Eve YOCOM / died May 24, 1853 / AE 19 ys 1 mo & / 13 ds
76. White marble with willow motif
Robert H. / son of / Geo. & Eve / YOCUM / died / Apr. 27, 1853 / AE 23 ys 8 m/ & 27 ds
77. White marble with willow motif
Eve HANER / daughter of / Richard & Hannah/ HANER / and wife of / George YOCUM / died / Dec. 16, 1856 / AE 58 yrs 11 mo/ & 20 ds / Oh come Lord Jesus / come quickly
78. White marble slab in ground broken with willow and obelisk motif [illegible in 1999]
In memory of / George YOCUM / who died / Jan. 22, 1878 / aged 81 yrs [verse illegible ]
79. White marble slab in ground
In memory of / Phebe / wife of / Wm. N. TYRRELL / daughter of / George & Eve YOCUM / who died / July 12, 1873 / aged 33 yrs 1 month / & 3 days
80. Red granite, tilt top, with Holy Bible, eight feet high
(W) At rest / Open gates / In memory of Hannah Ann – wife of / Ralph HUMPHREY / 1836 – 1907 / In memory of / Ralph HUMPHREY / 1835 – 1915 / HUMPHREY
fs – Mother
81. White marble slab, rose motif
In / memory of / Abigal / dau of / Ralph & Hannah / HUMPHREY / died / Feb. 3, 1881 / aged 11 days
82. White marble
John DEEN / died / 22nd May 1859 / in his 74th year / While on earth I did remain / I suffered much with grief & pain / But when the Lord tho’t it best / He took me to his heavenly rest /
83. White marble with weeping willow motif
In memory of / Rebecca / wife of / John SMUCK / who died / Feb. 10, 1852 / AE 21 yrs / 7 m 19 ds
84. Grey marble cross vault obelisk, urn broken, double cement base
(SW) Sophrona / wife of / R. W. SMUCK / died / Apr. 16, 1903 / aged/ 63 ys 7 ds
(NW) In / memory of / R. W. SMUCK / who died / Apr. 20, 1884 / aged / 45 years / 2 ms 23 ds / Behold a tender Father’s gone / A much loved partner’s fled / He’s gone to his eternal home / To number with the dead / SMUCK
85. White marble with willow motif
In memory of / Matilda J. / daughter of / Wm. & Catharine / SMUCK / died / July 14, 1851 / AE 8 yrs. 1 m 25 d
86. White marble with willow motif
In memory of / William H. / son of / William & Cath. / SMUCK / who died / June 26, 1850 / AE 1 year / 6 m’s 7 d’s
87. White marble with willow motif
In memory of / Wm SMUCK / who died / Oct. 8, 1855 / AE 44 yrs / 3 m 6 d / A faithful friend a companion dear / A tender father lieth here / Great is the loss that we sustain / But hope in Heaven to meet again
87.1 White marble with willow motif
In memory of / Catharine M. / wife of / William SMUCK / who died / Feb. 21, 1857 / aged 36 years/ 3 mo & 4 d’s / Friends or physicians could not save / Her mortal body from the grave / Nor can the grave confine it here / When Christ our Saviour shall appear
88. White marble with willow motif
In memory of / Adam Green / son of / Simon & Adaline / STEPHENS / who died / Feb. 5, 1854 / AE 1 y’r 9 mo’s / & 5 da’s
89. White marble with double willow and clasped hands motif
Gone home / In memory of / Albert A. / son of Allen & Mary A. / STEPHENS / died Sep. 1, 1868 / AE 1 y’r 5 ms / & 8 d’s / So fades the lovely blooming flower / Frail smiling solace of an hour / So soon our transient comforts fly / and pleasures only bloom to die
90. Grey granite cross vault obelisk on a double cement base
(W) GODBY
(E) Edward / son of / C. H. & E. F. GODBY / died / Aug. 19, 1875 / in his / 2nd year / Gone before
(N) Christopher H. GODBY / died / May 1, 1895 / in his / 64th year /
91. White marble with lamb motif
In / memory of / William / son of Chris & Sarah / GODBY / died Oct. 17, 1858 / AE 1 m & 2 ds / When the last trump shall sound / and soul to torches join / How many thousands here below / Will wish their days had been as few / as thine
92. White marble with an anchor motif
In memory of / Sarah A. / wife of / Christopher GODBY / died / Aug. 27, 1870 / aged 34 yrs / & 4 mo’s
93. White marble with anchor motif; broken and lying flat on ground
In memory of / Eliza J. / daughter / Chris H. & Sarah A. / GODBY / who died / Dec. 28, 1874 / AE 18 yrs 4 ms / & 12 ds / Thy will be done /
94. White marble with urn (draped), with upside down torch motif
Constantia H. / beloved wife of / Daniel COWLES / died / Mar. 4, 1881 / aged 52 y’s / Jesus has called the mother home / Her flesh lies mouldering in the tomb / God grant her offspring may be blessed / And meet her in eternal rest /
95. White marble with willow motif
In / memory of / John A. / son of / Robert W. & Sophrona / SMUCK / died Apr. 2, 1862 / AE 1 yr & 15 ds
96. White marble, rose motif
Maggie Bell / dau of / Robert & Sophrona / SMUCK / died Feb. 18, 1873 / aged 2 months / This love by bud so young & fair / called home by early doom / Just gone to show how a flow’r / In paradise could bloom
97. White marble with lamb motif
[illegible – but it is a SMUCK stone ]
98. White marble [ broken ]
In memory of / Elcy A. / wife of / John SMUCK / who died / Jan. 25, 1881 / AE 53 y’rs 5 mos / & 8 days / Jesus has called the mother home / Her flesh lies mouldering in the tomb / God grant the offspring may be blest / And meet her in eternal rest /
99. White marble with open book held by hand and flower motifs
In memory of / Henry G. SMUCK / who died / Feb. 12, 1880 / aged 18 years 9 mo’s / & 19 days / Dearest brother, thou has left us / Here thy loss we deeply feel / But in God that has bereft us / He can all our sorrows heal /
100. Grey granite column with urn
Jane / wife of James TRIBE / died / Sept. 25, 1894 / aged 73 years / As a wife devoted / As a mother affectionate / As a friend ever kind and true / TRIBE /
101. White marble with willow motif; broken
In / memory of / John / beloved husband of / Lusindia BOYCE / who died / Aug. 24, 1854 / aged 32 years / broken
102. White marble with willow motif ; broken
In / memory of / Sarah E. / NEVILL / Oct. 4, 1861 / Phebe / Oct. 2, 1864 / Effie / Sep 22, 1864 /
103. Cement double circle with anchor motif
(W) Charlotte / wife of / Robert DENNIS / died / May 3, 1874 / aged / 33 years / Robert / DENNIS / died / Sept. 18, 1901 / in his / 68th year / DENNIS
(E) Anchor motif / Lottie / infant dau / died / Sept. 11, 1874 / age 4 mo’s / & 24 ds / John H. / DENNIS / died / Dec. 7th, 1887 / aged / 22 years
fs: J. D.
104. White marble; broken
In / memory of / Ellen / dau of / James [?] & Fannie [?] / [broken] died Feb. 1, 1877 [a guess]; [age illegible]
105. White marble in ground with clasped hands motif
Thomas CHALK / died / Dec. 29, 1869 / aged 67 yrs & 2 mo/ also Mary / his wife / April 15, 1864 / aged 67 years / & 10 mos / Friends or physicians could not save / This mortal body from the grave / Nor can the grave confine it here / When Christ our Saviour shall / appear
106. White marble with lamb motif and pointing finger
David C. / son of / William & Sarah / CAMFIELD / died / June 2, 1865 / AE 1 yr 3 mo /
107. Cement raised top
Mother / Theodosia Marie / MARLATT / born March 21, 1873 / died May 5, 1902 /
108. White marble; broken [not visible in 1999]
Ann DENNIS / died / Jan. 8, 1888 / aged / 83 yrs / 8 ms / & 29 ds / My race is ran and yours is running / Prepare for judgment day is coming /
109. Grey marble slab
Earl DENNIS / died / Dec. 10, 1882 / age / 8 [or 3] months / & [illegible] days / Sleep on sweet babe / and take thy rest / God called thee home / [rest in ground]
110. Red granite
(W) W. B. DENNIS / 1844 – 1912 / John H. DENNIS / 1881 – 1913 / Mary E. Wife of / W. B. DENNIS / 1852 – 1918 / DENNIS
(E) Leo L. DENNIS / 1889 – 1923 /
111. Red granite on cement base
Lucinda ANDERSON / 1877 – 1955 /
112. Black granite
Gilford W. HILTS / 1853 – 1949 /
113. Grey slab
My wife / In memory of / Alcesta / wife of / Guilford HILTS / who died / July 22, 1886 / aged / 34 ys 10 ms 4 ds / Dearest wife thou has left me / Here thy loss I deeply feel / But tis Christ who hath bereft me / He can all my sorrows heal /
114. Marble stone with willow and monument motif
In memory of / Silvanus HAGADONE / who died / Feb. 9, 1871 / aged / 45 yrs 11 ms & 16 ds / A faithful friend a companion dear / A tender parent lieth here / Great is the loss we here sustain / But hope in heaven to meet again /
115. Marble slab with rose motif
In / memory of / Almira / dau of Silvanus & Elenor / HAGADONE / who died Feb. 24, 1871 / aged / 13 ys 7 mos & 17 ds /
116. White marble tree stump with dove on double cement base
(E) Memory / Harry L. / died / Dec. 30, 1884 / age 2 ms 21 ds / Too good for earth / God called him home
(S) In / Gracie G. / died / Dec. 24, 1881 / age 3 ys 6 ms 3 ds / The blooming rose did / fade away to bloom in / everlasting day
(W) children of / Leonard & Victoria E. / JOHNSON
(N) Lois Zora / died / Mar. 5, 1887 / age 5 ms 10 ds / Our loved one /
117. Grey granite cross vault obelisk, double cement base
(NW) In memory of / Peter / JOHNSON / who died / Oct. 19, 1873 / aged/ 45 ys 11 ms / 26 ds / Salina / wife of the above / died / Nov. 8, 1873 / aged / 44 ys 4 ms 13 ds / Behold a tender father’s gone / A much loved partner’s fled / He’s gone to his eternal home / To number with the dead / JOHNSON
(SW) In memory of / Lewis / JOHNSON / who died / Nov. 2, 1873 / aged / 14 ys 8 ms / 12 ds / O sad the thought, our brother’s / dead . In silence rests his peaceful / head. His soul renewed by early / grace. In heaven has sought its native place /
118. Marble stone; broken and in ground
In / memory of / Peter JOHNSTON / died / Jan. 4th , 1869 / aged/ 72 years 10 mo 28 ds / I am the resurrection and the life / he that believeth in me though / he were dead, yet shall he live /
119. White marble slab with wreath and clasped hands motif
Farewell / In / memory of / Catharine M. / wife of / Edward F. SOPER / who died / July 9th , 1873 / aged 22 y’rs 3 ms / And yet why mourn that deep repose / Shall never more be broke by pain / Those lips no more in sighs [illegible] / Those eyes shall never weep again
120. Double dove motif; hands clasped motif
Children of Peter N. & Salina / JOHNSON / Harriet /died / Feb’y 17, 1859 / aged / / 2 yrs & 15 d / Arba / died / Sept. 27, 1864 / aged 2 yrs 1 m & 8 d /
121. White marble with lamb motif
In / memory of / Horace R. / son of Aaron & Mary Ann / WRIGHT / died Dec. 23, 1862 / AE 1 yr & 7 m / Beautfil lovely / He was but given / A fair bud to earth / To blossom in heaven /
122. White marble with rose motif
Andrew / son of / J. & M. JOHNSON / died Mar. 28, 1864 / Age 2 ms
123. White marble with rose motif
Harriet / died / July 17, 1873 / aged / 17 days / Emma / died / July 11, 1873 / aged 1 year 4 mos / & 22 days / children of Edward & Catharine / SOPER /
124. White marble with rose motif
Luey / son of / J. & H. JOHNSON / died Oct. 13, 1877 / aged 2 y’s 6 m’s & 15 d’s / Sleep on thou loved one sleep / Sleep till thy mother comes / to join thee in thy joys above / in heaven our happy home /
125. Grey marble, tree shape with scroll
In / memory of / Jas. RIBBLE / who died / Jan. 29, 1887 / aged/ 55 y’s 2 m’s / & 12 days / Mary A. / wife of Jas. RIBBLE / died / June 29, 1908 / aged 76 years
126. Cement [tipped over in 1999]
Elizabeth / wife of / Wm. WEAVER / died / Jan. 11, 1874 / AE 94 y’s 8 mos / & 28 ds / At rest /
127. White marble with dove motif
In memory of / William / son of J. P. & Prusilla / WEAVER / died / Mar. 30, 1857 / Aged 5 yrs / 1 m & 1 d / O loved one early dost thou sleep / For earthly suffering flee / Though kindred spirits o’er thee weep / The tear of sympathy / O we weep not friends though buried here / Beneath the cold green sod / Lies one who to you was so dear / His soul is with his God /
128. White marble ground stone
In / memory of / Edward / son of / David & Catharine RIBBLE / who died / April 17, 1873 / aged 27 years / 8 mos & ds / Go home dear friends and be at rest / your child in happy in heaven is blest
129. White marble
In / memory of / William S. RIBBEL / who died / Oct. 7, 1874 / aged / 92 years /
130. White marble with rose motif
In memory of / Wm. E. RIBBEL / who died / Aug. 23, 1873 / aged / 15 yrs 8 ms / & 13 ds
131. White marble hand holding open book motif, in ground and broken
In memory of / Thomas STRATTON / died / Jan. 27, 1874 / in his 84th year / Let sickness blast let death devour / if heaven must recompense our pains / Perish the grass and fade the flower / if firm the word of God remains
132. Eight foot grey granite obelisk with vault top and urn
(NE) Sarah / wife of / Franklin / ELLSWORTH / died / Apr. 16, 1894 / aged / 46 y’rs 8 mo’s / & 18 d’ys / Sing oh sing of my / redeemer / with his blood he / purchased me / on the cross he sealed / my pardon / paid the debt and / made me free / ELLSWORTH
(NW) Elizabeth / wife of / Henry / STRATTON / died / Sept. 11, 1892 / aged 80 y’rs 4 ms / 11 d’ys / Oh why do you weep I am falling / asleep / and Jesus my shepherd is / watching his sheep / His arm is around me / His eye above / His spirit within me / says rest in my love / STRATTON /
(SW) Henry / STRATTON / died / Sept. 5, 1899 / aged 81 yrs 8 mos / & 11 ds / Our father
133. White marble slab finger pointing motif
Gone home / In / memory of / Henry / son of / Henry & Elizabeth / STRATTON / died / July 22, 1865 / AE 14 yrs
134. White marble in ground with willow motif
In / memory of / Marion / daughter of / Henry & Elizabeth / STRATTON / died / July 30, 1860 / AE 22 ys & 3 ds / Dearest daughter thou hast left us / Here thy loss we deeply feel / But it’s God that hath bereft us / He can all our sorrows heal
135. White marble with flower motif
Robert / infant son of / Henry & Elizabeth / STRATTON / died July 7, 1858 / Aged 2 weeks 3 d’s
136. White marble with flower motif, broken
Our / Little / Horatio / died Sep. 13, 18?? [This was originally transcribed as 1858 but is more likely 1885] / aged 3 mo & 9 days / son of / Madison & Barbara / GRIFFIN
[Madison GRIFFIN and Barbara STRATTON were married 24 May 1871 – This inscription was likely recorded in error previously as 1858 instead of possibly 1885. A recheck of the stone was made in March 2003 but the death date was not legible – BCJ]
137. White marble, broken
In memory of / Our little / Annie / daughter of / William & Isabell / STRATTON / who died / July 18, 1880 / aged / 4 ys 9 ms 7 ds /
137.1 White marble
David C. / son of / Samuel & Hannah / MURPHY / died July 20, 1864 / aged 9 mos & 14 ds /
138. Black granite
(W) DENNIS / Thomas DENNIS / 1830 – 1920 / Effie / his wife / 1831 – 1904 / Martha Ann / their dau / 1855 – 1879 /
(E) Norman DENNIS / 1893 – 1896 / Harry DENNIS / 1891 – 1891 /
139. White marble slab with flower motif
Harry / died Sept. 13, 1891 / aged 22 d’ys / Norman / died June 22, 1896 / aged 3 y’rs 26 d’ys / children of P. H. & C. M. DENNIS /
140. White marble slab, double willow and open book motif
John JONES / died / Sep. 17, 1880 / aged / 43 y’rs 2 mo’s / & 20 d’s / [verse illegible]
141. Grey marble
Mary / wife of / Thos. NEVILL / died 1929 / in her / 88th year
142. Grey marble
Thos. NEVILL / died 1939 / in his / 91st year
143. Black granite, white granite base
(W) NEVILL / Ethel MACKEN / 1892 – 1974 / wife of / George NEVILL / 1885 – 1983 /
(E) TERRY / Clarence TERRY / 1927 – / his wife / Mary NEVILL / 1930 – /
144. Grey marble with rose motif
Flossie / dau of / A. & A. FINCH / died Nov. 16, 1900 / aged 2 mos / & 13 days / The tint of health has left her cheek / And cold is her fair brow / Her eyes are closed; her pulse is still / She is an angel now /
Burials without Monuments
FLARO – Emery FLARO 1956 – 1992. No monument. T. F. & CVH January 2009
HUMPHREY – St. Thomas Times Journal, 1 October 1938, Page 8, c. 6, Died – Frank HUMPHREY, Sept 27 of Straffordville, Funeral Sept 29 1938 to Smuck Cemetery. No monument found – CVH April 2004
TRIBE – Robert Bain TRIBE, age 5 months & 2 days, son of Gladys TRIBE. Buried Smuck Cemetery Sept 1924. No monument found – SS July 2005
VAUGHAN – St Thomas Times Journal, 19 January 1931, Page 6, c3 – Died – Mrs Hugh VAUGHAN, 24 years, Jan 17, daughter of Mrs Ida TRIBE, sister of Howard & Martin TRIBE, Mrs Morley POLLOCK, Mrs Gertrude BRADFIELD, Miss Madeline TRIBE; half-sister of Mrs Charles PHILBROOK, Mrs William BUCK, Mrs Aylmer SCHRAM, Mrs Allen FINCH, Alice & Lyman TRIBE. Funeral from Atkinson Funeral Home Jan 18 1931 to Smuck Cemetery. No monument found – CVH March 20051