Rogers Corners Cemetery
Lot 6 Concession 7
48000 Talbot Street West, Aylmer, Malahide, ON
Malahide Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
Gravestone Inscriptions
Abandoned
MA 431
OGS 2581
Recorded by Anna Hofstee and Tony Hofstee
Elgin County Branch, OGS
August 1982
Revised and formatted for the Internet and Mobile Devices 20 August 2017 by Bruce C. Johnson Jr.
Copyright by the Ontario Genealogical Society, Elgin County Branch 1982 – 2002
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Rogers Corners Cemetery
This cemetery lies some 100 metres from Rogers Road and north of Highway 3. It is located behind a row of houses that front on the highway. For the most part the cemetery lies behind house number 597 Talbot West. All the stones have been placed on a concrete slab. The broken stones have been laid flat, 24 stones at the front facing south and 8 at the back facing north. There are 20 stones standing in the central part facing south and 21 stones facing north. The concrete slab sits near the front of a triangular piece of land. There are two trees, the rest is grass. There is one footstone near the larger tree. There is also a piece of concrete near the back end of the lot.
See article in the Aylmer Express “Would Restore Old Cemetery“, 6 Sept 1961 – ” The cemetery contains at least 75 plots.”
Note: All stones are of white slab variety unless otherwise noted.
1. Vase with flowers motifIn / memory of / Joanna I. / dau of James & Lucy Ann / ROGERS / died / Jun. 19, 1870 / AE 17 ys 5 ms 13 dys / Kind angels watch this sleeping dust / Till Jesus comes to claim the just / Then shee’l awake in sweet surprise / To meet her Saviour in the skies / J. L. Stewart, Ingersoll2. rose motifIn memory of / Mary Jane / daughter of / Arthur & Jane / RODGERS / who died / Oct. 20, 1860 / aged 6 yrs 8 mo. / & 21 d’s / Parents dear weep not for me / My time is at an………… [rest missing]
3. Willow motifIn memory of / Lucy / wife of Archibald CLAYTON / who died / April 2, 1856 / [rest broken off]
4. Willow motifJane / beloved wife of / Arthur ROGERS / & daughter of Moses / & Margaret CLAYTON / died / March 20, 1854 / aged 37 yrs. / Friends or physicians could not save / this mortal body from the …….. [rest broken off]
5. Dove motifIn memory of / Adolphus W. / son of Mordecai & Electa / LOOP / died Jan. 5, 1861 / AE 2 ys 6 ms / [rest missing]
6. Lamb motifIn memory of / George W. / son of / Arthur & Jane / RODGERS / who died / Nov. 14, 1860 / aged 8 yrs 6 mo / & 22 ds. / Suffer little children to come / unto me of such is the / kingdom of heaven /
7. Willow motifIn / memory of / Elsah / daughter of / Abram & Eleanor / BEEMER / who died / June 23, 1845 / aged 4 y’rs / 1 m & 8 d / [rest broken off ]
8. Willow motifBelinda / wife of / John FREEMAN / born May 27, 1815 / died March 18, 1847 / aged 32 years / O shade beloved this last memorial lake / Tis all alas! Thy friend on Earth can make / On this frail stone to mark thy truth & worth / and claim the spot that holds thy sacred earth /
9. Willow motifIn / memory of / Augusta / wife of / John CHAMBERS / died Sep. 1, 1858 / AE 35 yrs / & 9 ms / 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
10. Willow motifIn / memory of / Thomas LEEK / who died / July 14, 1836 / in the 92 year / of his age / Blessed are the dead who died in the Lord / Rev. 14 Chap. 13 v. /
11. Willow motifIn / memory of / Mariah / wife of Robert McKENNEY / died / Sep. 17, 18[?]5 / aged 90 yrs / [?] mos / & 12 d [parts of stone missing]
[typist’s note: in the 1851 census, Mary is age 87, so year of death is probably 1855]
12. Finger pointing upwardIn / memory of / Isaac OSTRANDER / died / May 30, 1860 / AE 68 ys 2 ms. / & 1 d. / No shrine I seek to sects [?] unknown / O point to me the path of truth / Thy dread Omnipotence I own /
13. [at top ] ……? Meet …..?….In memory of / John T. BENTLEY / died / Oct. 28, 1859 / AE 40 ys & 8 ms / A faithful friend a companion dear / A tender husband lieth here / Great is the loss that we sustain / But hope in Heaven to meet again / J. W. Smyth / London C. W. /
14. Willow motifIn / memory of / Sarah / wife of / Isaac OSTRANDER / died / Aug. 15, 1866 / AE 72 yrs / 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 /
15. Two willows surrounding an urn motifIn memory of / Mary Ann / wife of / Amasa LEWIS / died [illegible] 27, 1845 / in the 29 year of / her age /
16. Willow motifIn / memory of / Eleanor / wife of / Amos BENTLY / who died / Dec. 25, 1862 / AE 83 ys. 10 m. / & 6 ds / A faithful friend & companion dear / A tender mother lieth here / [rest is missing]
17. Willow motifIn / memory of / Sarah LEEK / who died / Feb. 14, 1839 / in the 80 year / of her age / For I know that my Redeemer liveth / And he shall stand at the latter day upon / the earth / Job 19 c & 25 v
18. Open Bible at topLeft side of Bible – Blessed / are / the dead / Right side of Bible – who die / in / the Lord / Moses CLAYTON / born Jan. 31, 1786 / died Feb. 23, 1848 / [rest missing]
19. Flower motifIn / memory of / Joseph Talmage / son of James N. & Gitty Ann / LEEK / who died / Feb. 12, 1849 / aged 1 month /
20. Willow motifIn / memory of / Eliza Jane / wife of John GILLETT / died / [illegible], 185[?] / [rest of stone broken off or worn off]
[typist’s note: Eliza is age 26 in the 1851 census]
21. Willow motifIn / memory of / Eleanor / daughter of / Abram & Eleanor / BEEMER / who died / June 10, 1845 / aged 9 yrs / & 29 d’s /
22. Willow motifIn memory of / Phebe / wife of / Mathew McKENNEY / who died / Aug. 22, 1845 / in the 43 year / of her age / [rest broken off]
23. Willow motifIn / memory of / Amos BENTLEY, Sen. / who died / Oct. 23, 1846 / Aged 78 y’rs / 3 ms & 28 d’s /
24. Willow motifElsey / wife of / John HENDERSHOT / died / Oct. 20, 1853 / [rest missing]
25. Willow motifStephen LEEK / died / Aug. 16, 1826 / AE 38 years /
26. Curtains drawn aside to reveal urn draped with cloth motifIn / memory of / Mat’ew McKENNEY / died / Feb. 8, 1858 / AE 57 yrs / 10 m & 10 d / Weep not for me my children dear / I am not dead but lying here / My fate you know my grace you see / Prepare for death & follow me /
27. StoneEmeline / daughter of / Henry & Maria / FINCH / died Sep. 12, 1845 / AE 1 y / 11 m. 25 d /
28. StoneSarah / daughter of / John & Salinda / FREEMAN / died / Dec. 25, 1846 / AE 1 yr 8 mo / & 11 d /
29. Willow motifClayton / son of / Mathew & Phebe / McKINNEY / died / March 26, 1849 / aged 16 yrs / 2 m & 2 d /
30. StoneCatharine M. / daughter of / John & Hannah / VANPATTER / died Aug. 26, 1838 / AE 17 y’s. 9 mo. / & 22 d. /
31. Rose motifIn / memory of / Wm. H. Davis / son of Bradford & Eliza / M. BEMER / died / Oct. 11, 1856 / AE 9 ms & 20 ds / Erected by his Grandfather WHD /
[Spelling of BEEMER sometimes used]
32. Willow motifIn / memory of / Jacob CRANE, Sen’r / who died / Nov. 16, 1849 / in the 79 year / of his age /
33. Small stone with willow motifIn / memory of / Aaron J. STORMS / who died Jan. 5, 1854 / aged 9 yrs /
33. Grey pulpit styletop sloping side – Ebeneezer NORRIS / born / June 24, 1786 / died / Dec. 16, 1840 / AE 54 ys. 6 ms. 22 ds /
[Ebenezer ]
front bottom – David NORRIS / born Dec. 28, 1823 / aged 7 days
base – NORRIS
35. Willow motifIn / memory of / Andrew McKENNEY / died / Sep. 7, 1855 / AE 57 ys. 4 ms / & 10 ds / son of Robert & Maria McKENNEY /
36. StoneSacred / to the memory of / Catharine / wife of James / KENNEY / who departed this life / Nov. 13, 1848 / aged 41 yrs. 2 mo./ & 15 days
37. Gone but not forgotten over hand pointing upward motifIn / memory of / Wm. T. PARTLOW / died / Nov. 11, 1861 / AE 39 yrs / A faithful friend & companion dear / A tender husband lieth here / [rest missing]
38. Willow motifIn / memory of / Rich’d CARPENTER / died June 13, 1863 / AE 5 ys. 2 ms / & 13 d./ Weep not for me my parents dear / I am not dead, but lying here / I was not yours but God’s alone / He loved me best & took me home / J. W. Smyth / London /
39. StoneHarriet Ann / daughter of / Henry & Maria / FINCH / died Sep. 14, 1846 / AE 1 y. 11 m. 25 d. / also / Sarah / their daughter / died Sep. 19, 1846 / AE 12 d’s /
40. StoneIn memory / of / Amy / daughter of / Wm & Amy / ELDRID / who died March 8th / aged 21 years / A.D. 1849 /
41. Lamb motifIn memory of / Eugene F. / son of / Mordecai & Electa / LOOP / died / Jan. 18, 1858 / AE 3 ys & 10 ms / Suffer little children / to come unto me & forbid / them not for of such is / the kingdom of heaven /
42. Finger pointing upward motif; two flowers at sideJames M. / son of Peter & Mary Ann / KOYL / died Sep. 23 / 1859 / AE 4 ys . 8 mo./
43. Dove motifWilliam G. / son of Rich’d & Susan / CARPENTER / died / Dec. 29, 1863 / AE 1 yr. 9 ms. / & 20 ds / Beautiful lovely / He was but given / A fair bud to earth / To blossom in heaven / J. W. Smyth / London
44. StoneDavis / son of / Joel & Hannah / LEWIS / died Mar. 7, 1838 / AE 4 ys. 7 mos. / & 25 d /
45. StoneIn / memory of / Eugene THOMAS / died / Nov. 1, 1856 / AE 3 mos /
46. Willow motifJohn Brannon / son of / Moses & Mary / LINDLEY / died / Dec. 13, 1854 / aged 24 years / Thy life was like a fleeting flower / that hath faded in the moon’s pale ray / Its date was brief, restless / [rest missing]
47. Willow motifIn / memory of / John TEEPLE / who died / May 7, 1851 / aged 47 y’rs /
48. Grey concreteIn memory / of Nelson HAMPTON / who departed this / life Jan’y 26th / 1838 in the 25 / year of his age / Cease then, mourner, cease to languish / O’er the grave of those you love / Pain and death & night & anguish
49. Willow motifMaria / wife of / P. B. HENDERSHOT / died / Mar. 1, 1818 / AE 28 years /
50. Dove motifIn / memory of / Eliza J. / dau’tr of Rich’d & Susan / CARPENTER / died / Dec. 13, 1866 / AE 6 ms. / Sleep on sweet babe / and take thy rest / God called thee home / He thought it best /
51. Willow motifJohn HENDERSHOT / died / Feb. 12, 1852 / AE 55 years /
52. Willow motifIn / memory of / Rob’t McKENNEY / died / June 18, 1857 / AE 88 y’s. 3 ms. / & 16 ds / Smyth & Co. London
53. Willow motifIn memory of / Jacob / son of / W. H. & Hannah / DAVIS / who died / May 22, 1845 / aged 1 y’r 4 ms / & 6 d’s
54. Willow motifDaniel H. / son of / Robert & Elizabeth / McKINNEY / died / May 19, 1851 / aged 2 yrs & 4 m /
55. Willow motifIn / memory of / Ursula / daughter of / William & / Mary NOTTS / died / June 1, 1858 / AE 8 y’s 3 m’s & 1 d’s
56. Willow motifIn / memory of / Sarah E. / wife of / William H. LOOP / who died / Nov. 19, 1852 /
57. Willow motifIn memory of / Sarah J. / daughter of / Samuel & Elizabeth / J. McKENNEY / died / Dec. 29, 1851 / aged 3 yrs / & 1 m. /
58. StoneIn / memory of / Geo. W. LUCUS / died / Feb. 15, 1857 / AE 4 ys. & 8 ds. /
59. Flower motifIn memory of / Emeline / daughter of / Mordecai & Electa / LOOP / died / Aug. 23, 1844 / AE 23 ds. / Sleep on dear babe / and take thy rest / God called thee home / He thought it best /
60. Willow motifIn memory of / John / son of Richard / & Susan CARPENTER / who died / Mar. 14, 1852 [rest broken off – may be age 15]
61. StoneIn memory of / Amy / wife of / William ELDRID / who died August / 25th, 1849 / aged 61 years /
62. Willow motifIn memory of / Margaret / wife of / Samuel ROGERS / who died / August 27, 1847 / in the 67 year / of her age / A faithful friend, a companion dear / [rest missing]
63. Willow motifIn memory of / Margaret / wife of / Peter WOOLLEY S’r. / who died / Feb. 14, 1857 / aged 68 yrs /
64. Dove motifIn memory of / Elizabeth / daughter of / Mordecai & Electa / LOOP / died / Apr. 14, 1851 / AE 4 ys. 7 m. 17 ds / Go to thy rest my child / Go to thy lonely bed / Thou pure & undefiled / with blessing on thy head /
65. Willow motifIn / memory of / Amos / son of Amos & / Eleanor BENTLY / who died / May 21, 1839 / aged 27 y’rs / 6 m’s & 7 d’s /
66. Willow motifIn / memory of / Johnathan / son of Enoch & Abigal / SMITH / died Dec. 4, 1860 AE 29 yrs 7 ms / & 21 ds / How still and peaceful is the grave / where life’s vain tumults past / The appointed home by Heavens decree / receives us all at last /
67. Hand with a rose in it, willow at each sideIn / memory of / John / son of / J. & M BROAS / died Sept. 23, 1873 / AE 8 ms 9 ds / A Mother’s hope, a Father’s joy / Deaths hand hath here laid low / God gave and took our darling boy / To his command we bow /
68. Willow motifIn memory of / Caroline / wife of / Levi SOPER / who departed this life / Mar. 21, 1853 / AE 40 yrs / 2 m’s 11 da’s / Blessed are the dead / who die in the Lord /
69. Willow motifIn / memory of / Levi BRADLEY / who died / Oct. 1, 1851 / aged 45 years
70. Willow motif; stone cracked in placesIn memory of / Lewis / son of / Leonard [partly illegible in 2002] & Maria / CLINE / who died / Oct. 14, 1852 / aged 9 m’s & 26 d /
71. StoneIn / memory of / Elizabeth A. / daughter of / Bradford & Eliza M. / BEMER / who died / Dec. 23, 1860 / aged 6 yrs / & 8 m’s
[Surname frequently given as BEEMER]
72. Willow motifIn / memory of / Henry FINCH / who died / Mar. 25, 1856 / aged 46 y’rs / [rest is missing]
73. Willow motif; broken stoneDelphene / dau’r of / Ira J. & Elizabeth / KENNEY / July 2, 1856 / AE 3 yrs 11 m. / & 18 d. / Sleep on sweet babe / and take thy rest / [illegible] thee hom