McKillop Cemetery
Lot 16, Con 7
30490 Talbot Line, Wallacetown, ON, Canada
Dunwich Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
Gravestone Inscriptions and Burials without Monuments
Elgin County Branch OGS
July 2003
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This cemetery is located on the McKillop homestead, on the west side of the Covenanted Baptist Church, 3 miles east of Wallacetown.
Transcribed in June 1982 by Shirley Campbell, Donald Carroll, Jean Drummelsmith, Jean Georgevich, Dora McArthur, Beth Panther, Alice Paterson, Donald Paterson and Norma Schnekenburger, for the West Elgin Genealogical & Historical Society (updated October 1998)
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1. Medium red granite, grey base
SHEARING / Charles SHEARING / June 5, 1834 – Dec. 4, 1902 / his beloved wife / Elizabeth SHULVER / Mar. 15, 1836 – Jan. 29, 1903 / their son / Arthur E. SHEARING / Jan. 24, 1867 – Oct. 17, 1906 /
2. Small red granite stone:
D.CARSWELL / 1872 – 1939 /
3. Medium rose granite with grey base
CARSWELL / John A. / 1868 – 1937 / Margaret A. / 1869 – 1955 / To live / in hearts / we leave / behind, is / not to die /
4. Red rose granite set in ground, south east of # 3
(may belong to CARSWELL plot)
1866 Esa 1945 / 1882 Ena 1971 /
5. Medium red granite stone on grey base
In loving memory / MacWILLIAM / Gordon D. / MacWILLIAM / 1909 – 1987 / husband / Mary L. / FARR / 1904 – 1972 / wife / Footstones: Mary, Gordon
6. Small grey limestone, with rounded top and set in cement base
At rest / In memory of / David STAMM / died / Feb. 17, 1908 / aged 66 years / Asleep in Jesus /
7. Red granite pillar, 12 feet tall with urn on top, set on a double cement base
East – In / memory of / Margaret / GRAHAM / died / Feb. 3, 1906 / aged 84 yrs / Gone but not forgotten /
South – In / memory of / Malcolm / GRAHAM / died / June 14, 1871 / aged 50 yrs / Faithful parents and companions dear / Tender parents lieth here / Great is the loss we here sustain / But hope in heaven to meet again /
West – In / memory of / Neil GRAHAM / died July 30, 1876 / aged 24 years / 1 mo. 16 ds / Nancy / died Aug. 3, 1869 / aged 19 years / & 10 mos / Samuel / died Nov. 2, 1869 / aged 5 yrs. 10 ms / children of / Malcolm & Margaret / GRAHAM / They died in Jesus and are blest / How sweet their slumbers are / From sufferings and from sins released / And free from every snare
North – In / memory of / Margaret E. / CAMPBELL / beloved wife of / Malcolm M. / GRAHAM / died / Apr. 3, 1936 / aged 76 yrs / Malcolm M. / GRAHAM / died / Sept. 19, 1942 / aged 87 yrs / At rest /
8. Large red granite on grey granite base, 6 feet tall, granite cylinder in horizontal position on top
East – John BLUE / died Apr. 1, 1903 / aged 84 y’rs / Mary GRAHAM / his wife / died Feb. 15, 1912 / in her 85th year / Archibald BLUE / died Nov. 24, 1870 / aged 21 y’rs / Albert C. BLUE / 1898 – 1967 / BLUE
North – Mary Alice / BLUE / 1906 – 1966 / Donald C. / BLUE / 1909 – 1975 /
West – John BLUE Jr. / died Oct. 7, 1881 / aged 33 y’rs / Margaret, his wife / died July 24, 1878 / aged 31 y’rs / also their infant / died Apr. 14, 1877 / aged 7 days /
South – Malcolm / BLUE / Dec. 13, 1865 / Jan. 29, 1948 / his wife / Mary Jessie / CRAWFORD / May 18, 1867 / Sept. 1, 1939 /
Headstones: Father, Mother, Arch’d, Father, Mother, Albert, Infant, Alice, Donald
Gladys M. BLUE / 1896 – 1995 / Nancy BLUE / 1910 – 1992 / Clarence BLUE / 1901 – 1985 / his wife / Margery CAMERON / 1905 – 1992 /
9. Dark grey granite, obelisk, 4 1/2 feet tall, on grey granite base
Eva, wife of / Roderick McKENZIE / died / June 29, 1881 / aged 17 y’rs / & 4 mo’s / also, Jennie / died / Sept. 4, 1901 / aged 30 y’rs / & 9 mo’s / children of Duncan / & Harriet BLACK / He giveth his beloved sleep /
10. White limestone slab, with peaked top
In memory of / Anna / daughter of / Duncan & Harriet / BLACK / died Feb. 21, 1871 / aged 2 m’s & 2 d’s / (verse illegible)
11. White limestone slab, flat on ground, design of hand holding a chain
In / memory of / Duncan / BLACK / died / April 9th 1876 / aged / 39 years / One we loved has left our number / For the dark and silent tomb / Closed his eyes in death’s cold slumber / Faded in his early bloom /
Also / Harriet McKAY / relict of the late / Duncan BLACK / died / Oct. 26th, 1902 / aged / 65 years / Asleep in Jesus /
12. Grey granite slab, with curved top
REEVES / Albert / 1898 – 1985 / his wife / Clara M. CAMPBELL / 1911 – 1975
13. Grey limestone obelisk on double cement base, 4 feet tall, with pointed top
East – In / memory of / Geo. BODKIN / died / Apr. 12, 1894 / aged / 56 yrs & 3 mos / Gone but not forgotten / Friends and neighbours, as you pass by / As you are now, so once was I / As I am now, so you must be / Prepare through Christ to follow me / BODKIN
South – In / memory of / Margaret / wife of / Wm. BODKIN / who died / Mar. 28, 1884 / aged / 76 y’rs / Gone but not forgotten / Friends nor physicians could not / save, This mortal body from the / grave . Nor can death confine it / there, When Christ shall bid it to appear /
West – In / memory of / Wm. BODKIN / who died / Feb. 9, 1882 / aged 80 y’rs / Gone but not forgotten / Our parents here lie under / ground. The dearest friends we / ever found, But through the Lord’s / unbounded love, We hope to meet in realms above /
North – In / memory of / William / MARTIN / Jan. 5, 1843 / Feb. 24, 1921 / Annie MARTIN / May 7, 1847 / Feb. 10, 1936 /
14. Large rose granite obelisk on double cement base, 15 feet tall
South – In memory of / Arch’d McKILLOP / died / Aug. 26, 1879 / aged 81 yrs / & 4 mos / A native of Argyleshire / Scotland / Came to Canada in 1819 / McKILLOP
West – In memory of / Nancy / beloved wife of / Arch’d McKILLOP / died / Dec. 6, 1884 / aged 82 yrs & 8 mos / A native of Argyleshire, / Scotland / came to Canada in 1818 /
North – In memory of / Mary McINTYRE / beloved wife of / Duncan McKILLOP / died / May 21, 1890 / aged 49 yrs & 8 mos / Katie McKILLOP / died Nov. 20, 1900 / aged 27 years /
East – In memory of / Duncan McKILLOP / died Sept. 27, 1900 / aged 59 years / 6 ms 23 ds / Edith May / McKILLOP / Nov. 17, 1882 / Mar. 4, 1914 /
15. Grey granite, 5 feet tall, on double cement base;
SHEARING on base
North – Ermina POLLARD / wife of / John SHEARING / 1856 – 1931 /
West – In memory of / Eliza / wife of / John SHEARING / died / Feb. 22, 1892 / aged 59 years / & 7 mos /
South – In memory of / John SHEARING / died / June 23, 1895 / aged / 59 years /
16. Grey limestone, 8 feet tall, urn on top, on double cement base; CHURCH on base
East – William CHURCH / died / April 25, 1903 / aged 75 years / Sarah DAVEY / wife of the above / died / May 24, 1907 / aged 81 years / At rest
West – Amelia / died / Mar. 12, 1894 / aged 34 years / & 4 mos /
South – William / died / Mar. 17, 1887 / aged 28 years / & 5 mos / Louisa / died / Oct. 21, 1892 / aged 26 years /
17. Dark grey marble on light grey marble base
North east – John McLARTY / 1823 – 1915 / his wife / Mary McBRIDE / 1824 – 1910 / At rest /
South west – In memory of / James GOODALL / 1850 – 1931 / At rest /
18. Small square grey child’s sandstone, with dove and cross on top. Illegible inscription around 3 sides of top
Sarah A. / eldest dau. of Duncan & Mary / McKILLOP / born / Nov. 2, 1868 / died Feb. 9, 1888 /
19. Red granite, 3 feet tall, with rounded top, on white marble base
In / memory of / John McMILLAN / died / Oct. 31, 1882 / AE 55 ys /
20. Red granite, 3 feet tall, with rounded top, on white marble base
In memory of / John C. / son of / John and Catherine / McMILLAN / died / Jany. 23rd, 1896 / aged 35 years / 11 ms 23 ds / This world is vain, and full of pain / of troubles, griefs and woes / But they are blest who are at rest / with Christ forever more /
21. High red granite pillar on square grey granite base, about 9 feet tall, draped urn on top. McWILLIAM on base
Northwest – Alex / McWILLIAM / died / May 30, 1883 / aged 80 yrs / & 3 mos / Nancy / STEWART / wife of the above / died / Oct. 2, 1870 / aged 58 yrs / natives of Argyleshire / Scotland / John infant son / of Jas. & Joan / McWILLIAM /
22. White limestone slab
In memory of / John Stewart / son of / Duncan & Agnes / McGEACHY / died / March 4, 1875 / AE 11 mo’s 25 d / Poor child, his days on earth were few, He passed away like morning dew /
23. White limestone slab, curved top with design in circle of hand holding leafy branch
Archibald / son of / Donald McWILLIAM / died / July 17, 1870 / aged 4 mo’s / & 11 d. /
24. Grey octagonal base, with grey circular base on top, and round pink granite pillar with urn on top, 10 feet tall
North – In / memory of / Christena / dau of D. P. / & M. M. GRAHAM / died July 3, 1905 / aged 17 yrs 4 ms. 9 ds /
West – In / memory of / Gertrude / Eliza / dau of Mary M. / & D. P. GRAHAM / died / Aug. 27, 1903 / aged 13 yrs 11 ms 6 ds / Mary Mortimer / LODGE / wife of / D. P. GRAHAM / Sept. 25, 1862 / Jly. 3, 1936 / There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God /
North – Winona May McLACHLIN / 1894 – 1965 / wife of / James D. GRAHAM / 1885 – 1974 /
Southwest – In / memory of / Duncan P. / GRAHAM / died / April 17th 1892 / aged 34 years / 11 ms / & 16 ds / George / son of D. P. & Mary M. / GRAHAM / died / Mar. 25, 1887 / aged 1 year & 13 ds /
South – Infant son of / J. D. – W. M. GRAHAM / died / June 7, 1919 / age 5 days
Headstones: James, Winona
25. Red granite pillar on square grey base, ornamental urn on top; SMALL on base
Southeast – In memory of / William SMALL / died / Feb. 10, 1891 / aged / 81 yrs & 10 mos / He now rests in peace / Mary Grace / daughter of / John & Ann SMALL / died Nov. 27, 1894 / aged 21 y’rs & 1 mo / Gone but not forgotten /
Northeast – John / 1843 – 1930 / Ann / 1846 – 1927 /
Northwest – In memory of / Wm. E. SMALL / died / May 20, 1898 / aged 23 years / Heaven is my home / Emma E. SMALL / died / Feb. 3, 1897 / aged 18 years / She walked with God /
Southwest – In memory of / Jane Ann / daughter of / John & Ann SMALL / died Dec. 18, 1894 / aged / 22 yrs & 7 ms / Gone but not forgotten / Annie A. GOWANLOCK / 1884 – 1927 / mother of / Alice, Edna / George and / Clarence
26 Square grey pillar, on square base, 4 feet tall;FORBES on base
North – In / memory of / M. A. / died / Sept. 16, 1898 / aged 17 yrs / & 4 mos. / J. A. / died / Apr. 8, 1901 / aged 29 yrs / & 1 mo / children of / Robt. & Eva / FORBES
West – In / memory of / Janet / wife of / Duncan FORBES / died / Mar. 1, 1892 / aged / 84 yrs /
South – In / memory of / Duncan / FORBES / died / Sept. 23, 1889 / aged / 84 yrs & 7 m / Native of / Aberfeldy / Perthshire / Scotland
East – In / memory of / Eva GOSNELL / wife of / Robert / FORBES / died / May 15, 1914 / in her 69 yr. / Robert / FORBES / born / 1847 / died / 1919
Flat marble footstones: Father, Mother
27. Large round topped white sandstone, picture of urn with draped cloth
Gone but not forgotten / In / memory of / Elizabeth S. / wife of / John McKILLOP / who died / Oct. 27, 1873 / AE 32 y’s 7 m’s & 20 ds / When he shall appear we shall be like him / for we shall see him as he is /
28. Large round topped white sandstone, picture of urn with draped cloth
Gone but not forgotten / In / memory of / John McKILLOP / who died / Mar. 15, 1873 / AE 42 y’rs / [first line of verse illegible] / And not the Son of Man cometh /
29. Badly broken white sandstone, half is missing; illegible. It may say HEATHER across the top
30. Grey marble marker – George
31. Grey marble marker – Duncan P.
32. Grey marble marker – Morty
33. Grey marble marker – Gertie
34. Grey marble marker – Tena
35. Cement marker – William
36. Marble marker – Mary
37. Cement markers – Emma E., Wm. E.
38. Grey granite
Front – RUSTON / George RUSTON / 1884 – 1972 / his wife / Esther ASTON / 1889 – 1975 / Grace ASTON 1896 – 1942 /
Back – Henry J. RUSTON / 1924 – 1969 / husband of Betty McFADDEN / infant / D. J. Ruston LOARING, 1944 / Marion McCOLL / 1911 – 1998 / Francis G. / RUSTON / 1912 – 1985 /
Small flat granite slab – Eliz. Grace / ASTON / 1896 – 1942 /
39. White sandstone, with rounded top, flat on ground
Alas / In memory of / Alex. THOMPSON / who died / June 15, 1872 / aged / 74 years / The home appointed for all living / [rest broken off at base]
40 Grey granite twin spire stones joined with arch, urn on double cement base, 15 feet high
East – In memory of / Janet / wife of / Donald McMILLAN / Elder Dunwich / who died May 14, 1888 / aged 77 yrs & 2 ms / Native of Killean Parish / Argyleshire Scotland / Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord / from henceforth Yea, saith the spirit, that / they may rest from their labors; and their / works to follow them. Rom 14, x iii / McMILLAN /
West – In memory of / Ann / relict of / Alex McMILLAN / Farmer, Dalmore / who died / Sept. 30th, 1862 / aged 77 years / Native of Kintyre / Scotland / Afflictions sore she long had here / Physicians skilled proved vain, / Till God at last had brought her home / And eased her of her pain / In memory of / Campbell McMILLAN / who died / June 28th, 1863 / aged 38 years / Native of Killean / Parish, Argyleshire / Scotland
41. Large red granite stone on grey granite base, with granite cylinder balanced on top
Southeast – Samuel STIDWALL / June 4, 1849 / March 17, 1928 / Grace SMALL / his wife / June 25, 1851 / August 19, 1928 / STIDWELL /
Southwest – Theodore E. / died June 1, 1895 / aged 20 years / Albert J. / died Sept. 19, 1893 / aged 14 years / sons of Samuel and Grace / STIDWELL /
Headstones: Mother, Father
42. Large red granite headstone
At rest / Maribel McKILLOP / August 7, 1887 / July 10, 1938 / youngest daughter of / Duncan & Mary / McKILLOP
43. Large red granite headstone
John B. McKILLOP / June 2, 1876 / July 13, 1948 / At rest /
44. Large red granite headstone
At rest / Cela McRAE / March 21, 1891 / July 2, 1983 / wife of / John B. McKILLOP /
45. Large red granite horizontal headstone with carved Gothic window to left of inscription
Ernest Eldon / GILBERT / Dec. 22, 1904 / died July 22, 1986 /
46 White sandstone with hand holding open book on top; broken and lying on ground
In memory of / Ann / wife of / Willard GRISWOLD / died / Mar. 26, 1887 / aged 42 ys. 4 ms. & 15 ds / A willing friend, a mother death / A tender parent lieth here / Great is the loss we here do share / But hope in heaven to meet again /
47. Grey stone on grey base, engraved with flowers and scroll on each side and top.
“CARROLL” across centre James CARROLL / and family
48. Red granite on grey granite base, top slanted to south west and “EVERIST” on top of stone
Thomas EVERIST / 1848 – 1928 / Mary A. EVERIST / 1854 – 1941 /
49. White marble slab lying on ground, with arched top, design at top of clasped hands, “Good By”. In 1998, this stone was no longer present; but some of the information is repeated on Stone # 21
In / memory of / Alex’r / McWILLIAM / who died / May 30, 1883 / aged 80 years / & 3 months / In / memory of / Nancy / STEWART / beloved wife of / Alex’r McWILLIAM / who died / Oct. 2, 1870 / aged 58 years / Natives of Scotland / County Argyle / near Campbell Town / Jesus has called the parents home / their flesh lies mouldering in the tomb / God grant their offspring may be blest / and meet them in eternal rest /
50. White slab stone, dove in centre flanked by scroll and thistles; inscription in a circle
In memory of / Sarah L. / who died / Dec. 19, 1876 / aged 6 y’s / LUMLEY /
51. Stone
In / memory of / Maggie M. / dau of / Daniel & Mary / McPHAIL / died / May 16, 1875 / AE 7 y’s 1 m. 8 d / There is a bright region above / We long to reach its shores / To join with the dear ones we love / Not lost, but gone before /
52. Red granite on limestone base with floral design facing east: WALLACE
ADDENDUM
The following is a list of persons buried in this cemetery, according to their obituaries, that have no markers visible.
CAMPBELL, Elizabeth (Mrs.), relict of Randal CAMPBELL, Detroit, age 85, died Dec. 10, 1897; husband was dead 20 years (from Dutton Advance, Dec. 16, 1897)
CARROLL, eldest child of Jas. CARROLL (Dutton Advance, Oct. 27, 1892)
CARROLL, James; died May 1, 1896 (Dutton Advance, May 7, 1896)
CARROLL, Johnnie, died March 18, 1901, age 10
CARROLL, Robert, age 40, died Oct. 4, 1894 (Dutton Advance, Oct. 11, 1894)
CARROLL, Robert (Mrs.), age 30, died Nov. 30, 1890 (Dutton Advance, Dec. 4, 1890)
CARROLL, Rosa Ann, age 35, daughter of Mr & Mrs Robert CARROLL (Dutton Advance Dec. 22, 1921)
DELL, Jonathon, age 54 (Dutton Advance, June 15, 1911)
McMILLAN, Catherine (Mrs) (nee CLARK ), age 87, died Dec. 17, 1921 (Dutton Advance Dec. 22, 1921)
NOBLE, Mary, aunt of Mrs. Chas. WHITE, Dutton (Dutton Advance Mar. 26, 1896)
WALKER, Eliza, age 96, relict of Henry WALKER, died Mar. 10, 1917 [St Thomas Journal, 24 March 1917, Page 6, c4 – Died – Mrs Eliza WALKER, March 23 1917 in Dutton; husband died 26 years ago; mother of William and Peter WALKER, Mrs Arthur DANGERFIELD and Mrs H. CUSACK – CVH]
WALLACE, Catherine (Mrs.), age 96, relict of late Alexander WALLACE (Dutton Advance, July 25, 1895). Alexander, a son and daughter buried earlier
WALLACE, Catherine (survived Duncan), presumed buried here
WALLACE, daughter, presumed buried here
WALLACE, Duncan, age 70 (Dutton Advance, May 1, 1902)
WALLACE, Euphemia (survived Duncan), presumed buried here
WALLACE, Susan (Miss), age 60 (Dutton Advance, Jan. 13, 1898)
Burials without Monuments
CARSWELL – Edwin CARSWELL bn Sept 28 1874 and died Dec 4 1941; his wife Sarah Jane ‘Jennie’ CARSWELL, nee McINTYRE bn 1875 and died 1954. No monument found – CVH and RC May 2008
GOWANLOCK – St Thomas Times Journal, 27 October 1927, Page 9, c3 – Died – Mrs Annie GOWANLOCK, nee KNIGHT, 45th year, Oct 26, mother of Alice, Edna, George and Clarence GOWANLOCK; sister of William, Harry and George KNIGHT. Funeral October 28 to McKillop Cemetery. No monument found – CVH January 2006
McKILLOP – St Thomas Times Journal, 23 December 1921, Page 6, c6 – Died – Mrs Catharine McMILLAN, nee CLARK, 87 years, Dec 17, widow of John McMILLAN; sister of Mrs John McCALLUM, Sarah and Annie CLARK. Funeral December 20 to McKillop Cemetery. No monument found – CVH January 2007
SMALL – St Thomas Times Journal, 4 July 1934, Page 7, c6 – Died – Mrs Thomas SMALL, nee ROBB, 90 years, July 4, daughter of George & Isabella ROBB; mother of Mrs George LUNN, John A. and Thomas R. SMALL; sister of late Belle and John ROBB. Funeral July 6 to McKillop Cemetery. No monument found – CVH December 2008 [Note: death registration # 013089]
SMALL – Death Registration # 102953 – Thomas SMALL, 80 years, Jan 10 1928, son of William & Grace SMALL. Burial McKillop Cemetery. No monument found – CVH December 2008
WALKER – St Thomas Journal, 29 September 1911, Page 6, c3 – Died – James WALKER, 48 years, September 27, brother of John, William and Peter WALKER, Mrs Henry CUSACK and Mrs LANGERFIELD [DANGERFIELD]. Funeral September 20 to McKillop Cemetery. No monument found – CVH April 2008
WALLACE – St Thomas Times Journal, 12 March 1926, Page 6, c1 – Died – Miss Effie WALLACE, 90 years, March 6. Funeral March 11 to McKillop Cemetery. No monument found – CVH November 2005