Iona Cemetery
Lots 1 and 2
North Side Talbot Road
33366-34148 Talbot Line, Shedden, ON N0L 2E0, Canada
Southwold Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
Gravestone Inscriptions and Burials without Monuments
SW 715
OGS 2596
Recorded by, Anna Hofstee, Tony Hofstee
Elgin County Branch OGS
August 1982
Revised and formatted for the Internet 20 November 2017 by Bruce C. Johnson Jr.
Latest Revision 3 July 2014 by Carol Van Harn
Copyright by the Ontario Genealogical Society, Elgin County Branch 1999
The cemetery, which occupies the southwest corner of Lot 2, is a silent reminder to the children of today that their ancestors lived and died. In this small corner sleep nearly all the early settlers, with the exception of John Harris and Daniel Silcox, who were buried at Frome; also Bryan Holme, who was buried on his farm, where a monument now stands to mark the spot where he, his first wife, and son sleep. First burial took place about 1816, being a man who was traveling through, and who died and was carried for miles by his friends in search of a suitable place. The place where the cemetery now stands was offered by Daniel McIntyre, its owner, and the man was buried. Shortly after, a man by the name of William Angus was killed and buried here. But the first recorded monument is one, the wife of Samuel Garnsey, who died in 1820, aged 68 years. Many monuments now stand to mark the last resting place of the settlers from this early date up to the present (1895). Many persons, whose exact place is forgotten, and now quite unknown, lie buried in this cemetery.
Extracted from “School Section No. 10 Southwold”, an essay written by Mary Hamilton in A Pioneer History of Elgin County, published by James S. Brierly in The Southern Counties Journal.
In 1962 the cemetery was cleaned up and put in its present state.
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1. Two tiers of grey sandstone on two tiers of concrete
Southwest – on base – McINTYRE
Southeast – In memory of / Edith McINTYRE / died Nov. 28, 1886 / aged 12 y’rs / & 5 mo’s / Heaven is my home /
Northeast – In memory of / Ruth Amelia / wife of / Alex. McINTYRE / died Aug. 23, 1876 / aged /22 y’rs / 6 mo’s & 10 days / Gone but not forgotten /
2. Two tiers of grey polished stone on two tiers of concrete. Six feet tall. Top seems to have been turned
South – In memory of / Johnny / infant son of / John & Kate / McLANDRESS / died / Sept. 27, 1895 / aged / 6 mos & 14 ds / This lovely flower to us / Awhile was given / Transplanted now bright / blooms in heaven / A loving friend a husband dear / a tender parent lieth here / Great is the loss that we sustain / But hope in heaven to meet again /
East – In memory of / John McLANDRESS / died / Sept. 19, 1894 / aged / 40 yrs 2 mos / & 2 days /
West – on base – McLANDRESS
3. In form of an unrolled scroll
In memory of / Ruth / beloved wife of / W. T. KEILLOR / died Apr. 18, 1895 / aged 59 years / also / W. T. KEILLOR / died Apr. 6, 1898 / aged 65 yrs. & 3 mos / KEILLOR /
4. Two grey polished stone tiers on two concrete tiers
Southeast – A native of / Cumberland, U.S. /
Northwest – In memory of / Ellen J. DOAN / wife of / Henry G. / STUART / died / Dec. 12, 1929 / aged 87 yrs /
Southwest – In memory of / Henry G. STUART / died / Sept. 24, 1883 / aged / 34 yrs 4 mos / & 11 days / Then let our sorrows cause to flow / God has recalled his own / But let our hearts in every woe / still say thy will be done / STUART /
5. This stone has about 6 levels. On the two piece grey concrete base on the south side is GILBERT; Doggett, St. Thomas. The rest of the stone is grey polished sandstone. The top is in the form of a vase; the second is in the form of a roof; the third piece abut two feet in height, 18 inches in width, is lying in front of the rest of the stone; the fourth part is about 8 inches high and about 24 inches square
South side – A few short years of evil past / We reach the happy shore / Where death divided friends at last / Shall meet to part no more
5a.
Face up – Elijah GILBERT / died / Apr. 4, 1886 / aged 64 yrs . 7 mos / & 27 days / Mary wife of / Elijah GILBERT / died / Feb. 18, 1921 / aged 91 years /
East side – Martha GILBERT / died / Dec. 2, 1856 / aged 6 mos & 25 days / Face down – Tho’s GILBERT / died / Aug. 16, 1848 / aged / 4 mos & 21 days /
West side – Ruth GILBERT / died / Aug. 22, 1852 / aged / 25 yrs. 10 mo. / & 25 days / Wm. H. GILBERT / died Dec. 26, 1850 / aged / 1 year 3 mos / & 16 days /
6. White slab with willow
In / memory of / William STEPHENSON / who / died / Nov. 23, 1854 / aged 58 y’rs / 1 mo & 10 ds /
7. White slab with willow lying on concrete slab on ground
In / memory of / Abram McINTYRE / died / June 17, 1856 / aged 35 y’s 4 m / & 15 days / Weep not for me my parents so dear / I am not dead but sleeping here / I was not thine but Gods alone / He loved me best and called me home /
8. White slab with clasped hands motif on a concrete slab on ground
In / memory of / Margaret BROWN / died / Feb. 18,1900 / in her / 79th year / Alas she has left us; her spirit has fled / Her spirit now slumbers along with the dead / Her saviour has called her; to Him she has gone / Be ye also ready to follow her soon /
8a. Small stone about 18 inches by 8 inches on ground south of #8
Daniel McINTYRE / 1843 – 1924 /
9. Polished red granite on grey granite base.
South east – MILLS / Peter MILLS / born Nov. 15, 1810 / died Sept. 20, 1896 / Jane Armour MILLS / born June 12, 1812 / died July 29, 1872 /
North west – MILLS / Stephen MILLS / died Jan. 9, 1870 / aged 83 years / Susanna MILLS / his wife died May 10, 1872 / aged 81 years / Joseph MILLS / born 1816, died 1846 /
10. Two piece grey sandstone. One piece grey concrete base. Top piece is gone
South – In / memory of / Ella May / beloved dau of / Wm. & Elizabeth / FLETCHER / died / Apr. 19, 1891 / aged / 18 years / To good for earth / God called her home /
East – William / FLETCHER / died / Mar. 21, 1922 / aged / 86 years / Elizabeth / FLETCHER / died / May 29, 1920 / aged / 75 years / FLETCHER /
11. Four parts, two grey polished granite, two concrete (base) – top seems to have been turned
South – In / memory of / Janet LODGE / died / Oct. 28, 1888 / aged / 71 yrs 8 mos / & 23 dys / This lovely bud so young and fair / called home by early doom / Just came to show how fair a flower / In Paradise could bloom / LODGE /
East – A loving friend a husband dear / a tender parent lieth here / Great is the loss that we sustain / but hope in Heaven to meet again /
North – Mary S. PIPER / wife of / Wm. J. LODGE / 1857 – 1945 /
West – In / memory of / James Stanley / son of / W. & M. LODGE / died Dec. 13, 1888 / aged 2 yrs / 7 mos & 18 dys / William LODGE / died / Dec. 31, 1893 / aged / 33 yrs 4 mos / & 19 days / Asleep in Jesus /
12. Polished granite, red
Southeast – In memoriam / Mary / beloved wife of / Nicol McCOLL / died / December 17th, 1893 / in the / 75th year of her age / McCOLL
13. Ten foot high red polished granite pillar on two tier grey concrete base
Base – LODGE
Southwest – In / memory of / Herschel LODGE / died /Mar. 18,1 936 / aged 66 years / his wife / Gertrude HENDERSON / died Jan. 9, 1935 / aged 62 years/
Northeast – In / memory of /MacKenzie LODGE / died / Mar. 11, 1926 / in his 62nd year / Jane PIPER / wife of / MacKenzie LODGE / died Jan. 5, 1919 / in her 52nd year /
Footstones: Mother, Father
Northwest – footstone – MACK
Lying on north east side is footstone inscribed – E.P.
14. White slab with willow motif
In memory of / Mary Ann / [rest is missing]
15. Broken stone
[first part of stone missing ………….] John SILCOX / & daughter of / William & Mary LODGE / who died / Feb. 27, 1869 / in the 50 year / of her age /
16. White slab with rose motif
In / memory of / William Henry / son of / John / & Emeline / LODGE / died / Nov. 13, 1856 / aged 7 mo’s / & 4 ds / He sleeps my cherished babe / Beneath the cold cold sod / Torn from my hand by deaths / stern hand / My loved one is with God /
17. Stone on ground; at top – Home to rest ; stone is badly cracked
In / memory of / Eliza / wife of / Mathew LODGE / who died / May 2[?], 1868 / in her 37th / year /
18. Stone is broken at bottom
In memory of / Joseph LODGE / died / [illegible], 1857 /
19. Stone broken at bottom; “Gone to Rest” over open Bible motif
In memory of / Matthew LODGE / who died / Jan. 15, 1880 / aged 57 yrs / [rest missing]
20. Willow motif
In / memory of / Elizabeth / wife of Daniel / McINTYRE / died / Sept. 22, 1839 / aged 54 y’s 9 ms / & 27 d’s / Dear friends while on my tomb / you gaze / In Jesus arms I sleep / Till the last trumpet shall bid me rise / Prepare me their to meet /
21. White slab with willow
Samuel / McINTIER / died / July 14, 1827 / aged 78 yrs / also / Dorkis / his wife / died / April 16, 1830 / aged 81 yrs /
22. White slab with willow
In / memory of / Daniel McINTIRE / died / Aug. 13, 1857 / aged 67 y’s 11 ms / & 28 days / Weep not for me my friends so dear / I am not dead but sleeping here / I was not thine but Gods alone / He loved me best and called me home /
23. White slab with willow
In / memory of / Abigail / wife of / Zachariah WARNER / who died / Mar. 8, 1850 / aged 66 yrs /
24. White slab with willow motif
In / memory of / John HARRIS / died / Oct 27, 1863 / AE 18 y’rs 2 ms / & 25 ds / [inscription illegible]
25. White slab; “Gone Home” over finger pointing upward motif
In memory of / Mary Ann / dau of James & Ruth Eliza / WELCH / who died / June 4, 1854 / AE 4 y’s 9 m’s / & 9 ds / Sweet Mary Ann has gone to rest / Her soul is now away / to dwell with Christ amongst the / blest in everlasting day / W. A. Doyle / Fingal /
26. Broken stone
In / memory of / John WELCH / [rest missing]
27. White slab with open Bible motif
In / memory of / John SHACKELTON / died / Oct. 15, 1874 / AE 65 yrs /
28. White slab with willow motif
In / memory of / Emily / wife of / Wm. PHILPOT / who died / Jan. 5, 1849 / in the 23 year / of her age /
29. White slab with two lambs motif
In memory of / Mary Jane & Wm. A. / children of Archibald & Ann / McGILL / died /
left side – Aug. 19, 1863 / AE 10 days
right side – July 27, 1865 / AE 6 ms & 25 ds /
30. White slab with two lambs motif
In memory of / Wm. Alexander / 2nd son of / John & Hannah J. / SWISHER / who died / May 18, 1864 / aged 9 y’rs / 7 m & 22 d / Suffer little children to / come unto me and forbid / them not, for of such is / the kingdom of heaven / I take thee little lambs said he / and lay them on my breast / protection they shall find in me / in me be ever blest /
31. White slab with flower motif
In memory of / William Joseph / son of / William & Abigail / CHISHOLM / died Apr. 20, 1862 / AE 2 ms & 12 ds / Loveing one in tears I have laid the / with thy kindred dust to rest / In thine innocence and beauty / early called and early blest /
32. Stone
In / memory of / an infant / son of / Nicol & Mary / McCOLL / who died / Nov. 9, 1861 / aged 2 days /
33. “At Rest” on open Bible held in hands motif
In memory of / Mary / wife of / Alexander MILLIGAN / died Oct. 23rd 1885 / aged 90 yrs /
34. White slab with Holy Bible motif
Alexander MILLIGAN / died Mar. 6, 1873 / aged 78 y’rs / a native of Ayr / Scotland /
35. Stone
In memory of / Wm. McIntosh / died / Nov. 12, 1878 / AE 13 y’s & 11 m’s / son of / Judson & Hannah / MILLIGAN /
36. White slab with willow motif
Sarah Ann / daughter of / Alex & Jemima MILLIGAN / died / Sept. 4, 1847 / AE 1 yrs & 5 d’s / also / Alex’r / their son died / Apr. 18, 1848 / AE 3 mo & 12 d’s /
37. Broken at top
In / memory of / William ROSS / who died / Dec. 17, 1858 / aged 80 y’rs / Weep not for me my friends so dear / My pain is at an end / I’ll be in Heaven to welcome thee / When God for thee doth send /
38. Willow motif
John / son of / George & Ann / CARR; died / Apr. 16, 1850 / aged 1 yr 5 m /
39. “Gone but not forgotten” over dove motif
In / memory of / Arilla J. CASCADDEN / died / June 10, 1868 / AE 1 yr, 5 ms / & 14 ds / This darling babe has gone to rest / She is sleeping on the Saviours breast / She is where celestial joys abound / Where sin and sorrow are not found /
40. Stone on ground, willow motif
In / memory of / Thomas / son of / William & Jane / ROSS / who died /Mar. 1, 1850 / aged 22 yrs 2 ms & 3 d / Look on me all who pass by / As you are now so once was I / As I am now you soon must be / Prepare for death to follow me /
41. On ground
Edger / son of / Abadiah & Mariah / HUBBARD / died / July 15, 1847 / aged 2 y’rs / 1 m & 7 ds /
42. Stone
In memory of / William T. / loving son of / Wm. T. & Ruth / KEILLOR / who died / March 9, 1889 / age 23 y’rs & 5 mos / We miss thee in the circle around the fireside / we miss thee in devotion at peaceful eventide / the memory of thy nature, so full of truth and love / shall lead our thoughts to seek thee, amongst the blest above /
43. Candle beside willow motif
In memory of / Nancy / wife of / William T. KEILLOR / died / (Sept. 1865?)
44. “Gone but not forgotten” over open Holy Bible motif
In / memory of / Merion / wife of / David CLAY / died / Feb. 12, 1875 / AE 54 y’s / Then shall the dust return to earth / as it was; and the spirit shall return unto / God who gave it / Hammill, St. Thomas
45. White slab on ground; lamb motif
In / memory of / James E. / son of / William, Huldah / SHIPLEY / died / Oct. 3, 1865 / AE 4 mo’s /
46. Stone
James VANVELSOR / born / on Long Island, N.Y. / March 6, 1778 / died March 4, 1846 / aged 68 /
47. Willow beside obelisk
In memory of / Eliza A. / wife of / John BLAKE / died / June 12, 1858 / AE 23 yrs / Justified through faith alone / Here she knew her sins forgiven / Here she laid her burden down / Clensed and made meet for Heaven /
48. Willow
In memory of / Burgess SWISHER / who died / Jan. 25, 1864 / aged 75 y’rs / 1 m & 27 d /
49. Rose
Infant / daughter of / George BENNETT / died / Aug. 17, 1873 /
50. “Gone Home” over anchor motif
In memory of / Frederick / son of Henry & Jane / [rest missing]
51. Stone
Roy Stanley / son of / Norman & Jane / PHELPS / died Apr. 28, 1890 / aged 3 years / 9 mos & 5 d’ys /
52. Grey stone
In memory of / James E. / son of Elijah & Esther / LOCKE / died / July 15, 1882 /
53. Stone
In memory of / Daniel / Duncan / Janet / & Jessie / children of / John & Jane CAMBPELL / God gave he took / He will restore / He doeth all things well /
54. Stone lying on its side on ground
In memory of / David Wellington / who died Nov. 25th 1877 / aged 17 y’s / 2 m’s & 8 d’s / son of William T. & Ruth / KEILLOR / Dearest Willie thou hast left us here this / loss we deeply feel, but tis God that hath / bereft us, he can all our sorrows heal /
55. On ground; stone broken
Robert BROWN / who died April 6, 1865 / aged 59 yrs / also / Sarah Ann / his daughter died / March 20, 1858 / aged 18 yrs / _______ in Jesus blessed sleep / ______non ever wakes to weep /
[Note: An article in the St. Thomas Weekly Dispatch of 13 May 1858 – indicates that Sarah Ann BROWN, daughter of Robert BROWN died in Michigan while giving birth to father’s child -female baby also died – Jury Bill Inquest held – BCJ]
56. Broken stone, lying on ground, hands clasped motif under “Gone to Rest”
In / memory of / Esther Ann / wife of / George WILLIAMS / who died / Feb. 5, 1870 / aged 34 y’rs / 10 m’s & 13 d’s /
57. Grey scroll type. Woodmen of the World Memorial in circle surrounding crest.
Sov. John LIDDELL / died Oct. 26, 1920 / aged 85 years / Margaret CROSBY / beloved wife of the above / died Dec. 25, 1893 / aged 64 years /
58. Lamb motif
In / memory of / Catharine / dau’tr of Luke & Char’tte / BROWN / died Dec. 27, 1866 / AE 4 ys & 10 ms /
59. “Gone to Rest” over finger pointing upward motif
In memory of / John / son of / William A. & / Margaret / BROWN / who died / March 18, 1864 / aged 2 years 7 m. / & 16 d /
60. Stone on ground. “To our Mother” over hand pointing upwards motif
In / memory of / Jane / wife of / Andrew LIDDELL / died Feb. 6, 1886 / AE 77 ys /
61. Willow motif
Sacred / to the memory of / Samuel GARNSEY / who departed this life / April 15, 1847 / aged 82 years / also of Mary his wife / who died 20th Sept. 1820 / in the 52nd year of her age / Forgive, blest shades, the tributary tear / that mourns your exit from a world like this / forgive the wish that would have kept you here / and stay’d your progress to the seats of bliss /
62. “Jerusha Farewell” over clasped hands motif
In / memory of / Jerusha / wife of / Alex’r GARNSEY / & daughter of Wm. & / Eliza VANVELSOR / who died / June 14, 1852 / aged 22 y’rs / 4 m & 23 d /
63. Clasped hands motif
In / memory of / Abel STAFFORD / died / March 24th 1870 / AE 62 y’s / 11 m’s & 20 d’s /
64. “In Memory” over willows
Nancy / wife of / Abel STAFFORD, Esq. / who died / March 25, 1869 / aged 52 y’rs / 2 m & 25 d /
65. Open Holy Bible motif
In memory of / Margaret / daughter of / Abel & Nancy / STAFFORD / died Jan. 15th, 1878 /
Footstone in front of #65 & #66: Roland
66. Stone
In memory / of / Sally / wife of / Abel STAFFORD / who died / Aug. 15, 1841 / aged 28 years
67. Rose motif
In / memory of / John A. / son of / Alex’r & Elizabeth / MARTIN / died / May 1, 1863 / aged 1 y’r 5 mo. / & 3 d /
68. Hand with pointing finger upward motif
O death! / thou are a certain visitor thou hast / caused separation on earth but / if prepared we shall meet again / Sacred to the memory of / Dorcas / wife of / James LOWTHER / died Feb. 25, 1865 / AE 28 ys 8 ms / & 10 ds. / The earth is the Lords and the / inhabitants thereon are sub-/jects of his command /
69. Broken stone; willow motif
In / memory of / Henry HAMILTON / died [illegible] 1864 /
70. Willow motif
In / memory of / Henry HAMILTON / born in Nova Scotia / Sept. 24, 1773 / died in Southwold C. W. / Sept. 19, 1852 / AE 78 ys 11 ms & 26 d /
71. Clasped hands motif
In / memory of / John HAMILTON / [rest missing]
72. Willow motif
In memory of / Henry A. / son of / Charles B. & Jane / HARRIS / died / May 8, 1861 / AE 17 ys 7 ms / & 28 ds /
73. Willow motif
In memory of / Jane / wife of Charles B. HARRIS / died / Mar. 17, 1861 / AE 48 ys & 6 ms /
74. Stone
In memory of / Rachel / daughter of / Charles B. & Jane / HARRIS / [rest missing]
75. Willow motif
In memory of / Horatio Nelson / son of / Charles & Jane / HARRIS / died / Nov. 27, 1864 /
76. Willow with dove motif
In memory of / Samuel / son of / Benoney & Rebecca / HEPBURN / died / Aug. 28, 1872 / AE 1 y’r 6 m’s / & 20 d’ys / 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 and called me home /
77. Willow motif
In memory of / Derinda / wife of Eliott YOUNGS / who died / Sept. 8, 1848 / aged 36 years / & 3 mos /
78. Hands clasped motif
In / memory of / Nancy / wife of / Levi CORBIT / who departed this life / Mar. 6, 1873 / AE 30 y’rs / & 6 mo’s /
79. Grey sandstone with hands clasped motif
In memory of / Emma / wife of / Joseph ARMSTRONG / died Oct. 4, 1899 / aged 30 years / & 3 mos /
80. Six foot high pillar, two tiers polished red granite, two tiers grey concrete
South – In / memory of / William PIPER / died / Jan. 25th 1898 / aged 68 years / At rest / Mary Ann / his wife / died / Feb. 11, 1928 / aged 94 yrs / PIPER /
North – In / memory of / Samuel / died Mar. 12, 1890 / aged / 19 yrs 3 ms & 24 ds / Besty A. / died June 1, 1869 / aged 13 yrs & 9 mos / children of Wm & Mary Ann / PIPER /
East – In / memory of / Sophronia / died / Mar. 20th 1895 / aged 22 years / Annie / died / Apr. 5th, 1866 / aged 10 yrs & 4 mos / children of / Wm & Mary Ann / PIPER /
81. Five foot high stone, two tiers of grey polished granite on concrete base
West – Charles / Sidney / son of / Tho’s & Eliza / HAMILTON / died / Mar. 25, 1879 / aged 23 yrs / 8 mos & 2 ds /
South – Thomas / HAMILTON / died / Mar. 5, 1902 / aged 72 yrs / 9 mos & 15 ds / also his wife / Eliza HARRIS / died / Mar. 18, 1868 / aged 31 yrs / 1 mo & 18 ds /
East – Mary Jane / HARRIS / wife of / Tho’s HAMILTON / died / Sept. 16, 1900 / aged 58 yrs / 9 mos. & 9 ds /
Base – HAMILTON
82. Stone
East – In / memory of / Rebecca / wife of / Henry SILCOX / died / Jan. 9, 1908 / aged / 82 years /
83. StoneThomas A. / SILCOX / born / Feb. 6, 1844 / [rest missing]
[NOTE: Thomas A. Silcox died at Iona August 20 1910 – CVH Sept 2007]
84. Lamb motifIn memory of / Bertha M. / dau of / Birton & Martha / FILLMORE / died Aug. 24, 1878 / aged 3 ms & 21 d’ys / Dear child, her days / on earth were few / she passed [rest illegible]
85. StoneIn memory of / Lilly May / who died / Oct. 8, 1886 / AE 9 ms 18 ds / dau of / Robert & Alma / NEAR /
86. Bronze in form of pulpitTop – “My Maude” / Front, east – God is love / weep not – for / she is not dead, but / sleepeth / /Front, west – Maud Annie / wife of David Edward BURNS / died / at Toronto / Sept. 6, 1886 / aged 21 yrs & 5 mos /
87. On groundIn memory of / (Sarah?) E. / daughter of / James & Mary E. / HATTON / died / March 26, 1877 / AE 2 ys 7 ms & 12 ds /
88. On ground, flowers motifMargaret / wife of / John ROBBINS / died / July 3, 1885 / aged / 62 yrs 4 mos / In deaths cold arms lieth sleeping here / a tender parent a companion dear / In fare she lived in peace she died / Her life was asked but was denied / F. Doggett/ St. Thomas
89. Vase draped with cloth motifIn / memory of / Andrew LIDDELL / who died / Dec. 5, 1873 / aged 90 ys / Native of Stirling / Scotland / ______three / ____________/________________/ _____their strength labour and / _____ for it is soon cut off, and we fly away / Pslams XC – 10 /
90. Willow motifJohn ROBBINS / died / Mar. 16, 1871 / aged / 57 years / A faithful friend, a husband dear / A tender father lieth here / Great is the loss that we sustain / But hope in heaven to meet again / J. A. Campbell / Bothwell /
91. Rose motifIn memory of / Alphens Almanson / son of / Albert D. & Mary E. / MORSE / died May 8, 1862 / AE 2 days / O saddest thought how can it be / That we no more on earth shall see / The object of our love . That he / shall come o more to us again /
92. StoneIn memory of / John Warren / son of / Warren & Mary Ann / WARNER / died / Dec. 17, 1854 / AE 4 m’s & 9 d’s /
Footstone: C.C.
93. Broken stone; hands clasped motifIn / memory of / Hannah / [rest missing]
94. Black sandstone with crown motifPeter TEMPLER / died Apr. 20, 1914 / aged 64 years / Gone but not forgotten /
94a. Base – stone broken off
95. Stone
Beloved husband of / Hannah HUMPHRIES / died / Feb. 7, 1883 / aged / 57 yrs. 11 mos & 7 dys / Life’s labor done as sinks the day / Light from its loud the spirit flies / While heaven and earth combine to say / How blest the righteous when he dies /96. White slab, hands clasped motif
In / memory of / Sarah / wife of / James GRIFFIN / [rest missing]97. Stone broken in four pieces
In memory of / Margaret N. / daughter of / [….win] & Hannah / HUMPHRIES / died Mar. 31, 1862 / aged 1 mo. / Sleep on those loved…. / sleep till thy mother comes / ……thee in thy joys above / In heaven our happy home /
98. Broken stone
James GRIFFIN / died / May 17, 1873 / AE 64 y’rs / Kind friends, beware as you pass by / As you now are so………… /
99. Stone
In / memory of / Henry Arthur / son of / Wm & Elizabeth / ROGERS / who died / March 5, 1864 / aged 5 y’rs /
100. Stone
Gone to rest / In / memory of / Samuel GRIFFIN / who died / Dec. 15, 1868 /
101. “Farewell” over clasped hands motif
In / memory of / Stephen GRIFFIN / died / May 29, 1888 / aged / [rest missing]
102. Log shape
Margaret wife of / Andrew LIDDELL / died Jan. 26, 1906 / aged 66 years /
103. Rose motif
In memory of / Harriet J. / daughter of / Abner & Nancy H. / SAUNDERS / died / Mar. 20, 1862 / AE 6 m’s & 29 d / She died before her infant soul / Had ever burned with rong desires / Had ever spurned at Heavens control / Or ever quenched its sacred fires /
104. Willow motif
In / memory of / Christopher / son of / John & Charlotte / CLARK / died / July 19, 1862 / AE 23 ys 7 mo’s / [rest missing]
104. Angel motif
In / memory of / William N. / son of / Elijah & Susan / CLARK / died / June 30, 1870 / AE 1 y’r 7 m’s & 11 d’s /
106. Stone on ground, dove motif
In / memory of /John / SANDERS / died / May 10, 1866 / AE 2 y’s & 6 m’s /
107. Willow motif
Sacred to the / memory of / Sarah Jane / daughter of / John & / Charlott CLARK / who died / Jan. 20, 1843 / AE 10 mo & 20 d’s / Sleep on sweet babe and take / thy rest God called thee home / when he thought best /
108. “Entered into Rest” among wreath of flowers motif
In / memory of / Frances CLARK / died / May 28, 1853 / AE 32 yrs /
109. Finger pointing upward motif
In / memory of / Jane / wife of / Samuel CLARK / died Aug. 14, 1850 /
110. Willow with urn motif
Sacred to the / memory of / William H. / son of John & / Ruth CLARK / who died / Feb. 8, 1845 /
111. Stone on ground, finger pointing upward motif
In memory of /Mary / daughter of / Abner & Nancy / SANDERS / died / Nov. 5, 1866 / AE 8 y’s & 6 m /
112. Stone broken in two; clasped hands motif
In memory of / William DAVIS / who died / May 31, 1876 / aged / 73 y’rs 2 mo’s / & 24 days /
113. Stone
East – Elijah / son of / Elijah & Susan / CLARK / died / Mar. 30, 1882 / aged / 19 yrs 7 mo’s / & 7 days / also / Rowland B. / died / Jan. 17, 1894 / [rest missing] / Yea, though I walk through the / valley of the shadow of death / I will fear no evil for thou art / with me thy rod and thy staff / [rest illegible]
North – Susan J. / wife of / Elijah CLARK / died / Mar. 1, 1882 / aged / 52 y’s & 27 d’s / Elijah CLARK / died / Dec. 30, 1894 / aged 69 years /
West – Vesta Ann / dau of Elijah & Susan / CLARK / died / Aug. 5, 1886 / aged / 21 y’rs / 7 mos / also / Mary Etta / died / Nov. 24, 1890 / aged 32 yrs & 9 mos /
114. Stone
South – In / memory of / Christiana / WILLEY / beloved wife of / Thomas LUMLEY / born / Nov. 17, 1809 / died / Nov. 19, 1850 /
West – In / memory of / Thomas LUMLEY / born / Jun. 16, 1808 / died / Mar. 21, 1882 /
North – Hannah C. / daughter of / Rufus & Louisa / LUMLEY / born July 25, 1855 / died / Oct. 28, 1858 / also infant son / Dec. 9, 1859 /
115. Willow motif
In / memory of / Christiana/ dau’tr of Wm & Jane / LUMLEY / died / Feb. 1, 1867 / AE 29 y’rs / [rest missing]
116. Stone broken off; two roses motif
Left – In memory of / Sarah Frances / died / Nov. 20, 1866 / AE 10 y’rs / 2 ms /
Right – In memory of / Mary Louisa / died / June 27, 1864 / AE 5 y’rs 8 m’s / & 20 d’s /
117. Broken small stone
…..memory of / an infant / son of / Lydia & / Ephraim / LUMLEY / died / Nov. 18, 1859 / aged 14 d’s /
118. Rose motif
In / memory of / Elizabeth E. H. /daughter of / Lydia & Ephraim / LUMLEY / died / Dec. 13, 1860 / aged 8 y’rs 11 mo / & 21 d’s / Parents dear weep not for me / My time is at an end / I’ll be in Heaven to welcome thee / When God for thee doth send /
119. Willow motif
In / memory of / Hiram LUMLEY / died / Apr. 21, 1857 / AE 31 yr 1 m & 26 d / Dust to its narrow house beneath / Send to its place on high / They that have seen thy look in death / No more may fear to die / Lone are the paths and sad the hour / Since thy meek smile is gone / But O! A happier home than ours / In heaven is now thine own. /
120. Willow motif
In / memory of / Sarah A. / wife of / Coughlain LUMLEY / who died / Sept. 24, 1844 /
121. Broken stone
Elizabeth LUMLEY / died Jan. 4, / 1847 /
122. Broken stone
Joseph LUMLEY / died Aug. 27 / 1847 / AE 15 days /
123. Willow motif
In / memory of / William / son of / William & Jane / LUMLEY / died / Mar. 2, 1852 / AE 21 ys . 11 m. & 29 d’s / _______ / ______ / _______ /________ / ________ / ….what has …../ Thy well known form the _______ / O where are they and where is ________? /
124. Two willow surrounding lodge sign
In memory of / Coughlain LUMLEY / died / 7th Sept. 1863 / aged 51 yrs / In deaths 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 /
125. Bronze on concrete
Coughlin LUMLEY / 1813 – 1867 /
126. Willow motif
In memory of / Hermon LUMLEY / died / Dec. 9, 1843 / aged 20 yrs 3 ms / & 5 ds /
127. Willow motif
In / memory of / Margaret & Martha / daughters of / Henry & Marian / LUMLEY / who died / April 26, 1855 / aged 15 da’s /
128. Lying down between #124 & #127
Mary E. / daughter of Wm & Amy / PARKER / died May / 23, 1852 / aged 11 m / & 28 d /
129. Flowers motif
Mary A. / wife of / Joseph LUMLEY / [rest missing]
130. Clasped hands motif
In / memory of / Samuel DECOW / who died / Mar. 12, 1873 / AE 32 y’s 2 m’s & 11 d’s / We cannot tell who next may fall / Beneath thy chastening rod / One must be first, or may we all / Prepare to meet our God /
(Note: Elgin County marriage records indicate that Samuel DECOW, 24, son of John and Jane DECOW, married Sarah GRAYSON, 19, daughter of William and Ann GRAYSON at Southwold Twp.,1 August 1865 – LB/BCJ, Feb 2004)
131. Hand with brand in it motif
In / memory of / Bridget / wife of / John LUMLEY / [rest missing]
132. Willow motif
In / memory of / Margaret L / wife of Enoch LUMLEY / who died / June 6, 1852 / aged 25 yrs 3 m / & 24 days /
133. Broken stone
Douglas / son of John & Jane / DECOW / who died / Nov. 6, 1855 / AE 6 yrs 1 m /
134. Willow motif
In / memory of / Jacob /s on of / Jacob & Catharine / DECOW / who died / Mar. 1, 1848 / aged 22 yrs / This languishing head is at rest /Its throbbing & aching are o’er / This quiet immoveable breast / _____by affliction no more / _______no longer the soul /
135. Two willows with “R. & J. Hammill, Brantford” written in small print under the willow
In / memory of / James LUMLEY / who died / Sept. 21, 1851 / aged 56 yrs / & 6 m /
136. Flat on ground
In / memory of / Jacob DECOW / who died / April 1838 / aged 60 yrs / [rest missing]
137. Flat on ground, stone broken
Memory of / Ann / wife of / Daniel DECOW / who _____ / _______1843 /
138. Flat on ground
Left – In / memory of / Wm. LUMLEY / who died / Apr. 18, ____ / aged / [?] yrs 10 ms & 28 dys/
Right – In / memory of / Jane LUMLEY / who died / _____ 6, 187[?] / aged / 76 yrs, 8 ms / & 5 dys / In labour and in love allied / in death they both sleep side by side / Sleeping in peace the aged twain / Till Christ shal raise them up again /
139. Flat on ground
Also / Catharine / his wife / died Feb. 26, 1848 / aged 62 yrs / [rest missing]
140. Flat on ground
In / memory of / George LAMB / died / January 12th 1881 / [rest missing]
141. Footstone leaning against #142
May E. SILCOX
142. Stone
In / memory of / Jane / wife of / Henry SILCOX / [rest is missing]
143. Grey square stone
South west – In / memory of / John DECOW / died / Sept. 2, 1876 / aged / 61 yrs 3 mos / & 13 ds / also his wife / Jane DECOW / died / Sept. 13, 1892 / aged / 67 yrs & 29 ds /
South east – In / memory of / Wm. H. DECOW / died / Nov. 2, 1867 / aged / 23 years / & 29 ds / also / Douglas DECOW / died / Nov. 6, 1855 / aged / 6 yrs 1 mo & 17 ds /
North east – In / memory of / Samuel DECOW / died / Mar. 12, 1873 / aged / 32 yrs 2 mos / & 11 ds / also / Hiram DECOW / died / Mar. 19, 1883 / aged / 37 yrs. 3 ms 29 ds /
144. Stone
In / memory of / Catherine / daughter of / William & Sally / DECOW / died Decr 8 / 1891 aged 14 yrs / 8 months & 1 day /
145. Grey granite stone
Our darling / John Harold / beloved son of / Samuel & Maggie / DRAPER / died Aug. 26, 1896 / aged / 2 yrs & 2 mos /
146. Finger pointing upward with flowers at both sides
Elijah P. / son of / Jesse & Matilda / MILLS / died 7th Sept. 1863 / aged / 20 yrs 9 mos / [rest missing]
147. Large grey granite stone
Daniel DECOW / born June 10, 1821 / died Jan. 19, 1879 / Lucy Ann DECOW / born Mar. 10, 1822 / died Nov. 4, 1899 / Rose DECOW / born Jan. 12, 1859 / died May 9, 1863 / DECOW /
148. Stone
South – In memory of / Jennie McMURRICH / wife of / Duncan SINCLAIR / died May 26th 1882 / aged 27 years / The best blessing the / dying bequeath to us is / the memory of their / virtues
East – Duncan / SINCLAIR / died July 10, 1929 / aged 82 yrs / Gone but not forgotten
West – At rest / Amy Jane / wife of / Duncan SINCLAIR / died / July 8, 1927 / aged 73 yrs / Peace, perfect peace /
149. Willow motif
In memory of / John SHIPLEY / who died / March 16, 1855 / in the 56 y’r of his age / also his son / Thomas / who died / Dec. 18, 1848 / in the 23 y’r of his age /
150. Willow motif
In memory of / Luther L. / son of John & E. R. / SHIPLEY / who died / April 9, 1852 / in the 24th year / of his age /
151. Finger pointing upward motif
In / memory of / Thomisine /wife of / George BENNETT / [rest missing]
APPENDIX A
Special Notes
Henry HAMILTON married Ruth LUMLEY January 31, 1826
John CAMPBELL married Jane ELLIOTT January 24, 1826
William DECOW married Sarah McINTYRE December 7, 1825
Matthew LODGE married Eliza GUTCH May 25, 1854
Elisha GILBERT married Mary BENEDICK November 18, 1854
John LUMLEY married Bridget MILLIGAN January 7, 1839
John SILCOX married Mary Ann LODGE December 8, 1835
John DECOW married Jane MILLS May 27, 1840
David CLAY married Merrien LODGE February 19, 1840
Stones no longer to be found in the Iona Cemetery. Information obtained from a transcription done twenty years ago.
BENNELL [could be BENNETT], infant, dau of George, died Aug. 17, 1873
BLAKE, Eliza, wife of John Blake, died June 12, 1858 , AE 23 yrs
BRITTON, Lucy Ann, wife of Joseph Britton, died July 14, 1878, AE 51 yr 4 mo 21 ds
BROTHERHOOD, Alice, dau of Horace & Jane, died Dec. 16, 1863, AE 4 mo 27 dys
CANFIELD, Herbert
CANFIELD, Joseph T., died Oct. 5, 1851 , AE 31 yr. 6 mos.
CANFIELD, M. William
CANFIELD, Roland
CANFIELD ______, died Sept. 19, 1878, AE 18 yr. 6 m
CHISHOLM , Margaret Jane, died May 1864
CHISHOLM, Willie, died May 6, 1864 , AE 1 yr 26 dsy
CLARK, Ruth, wife of John Clark, died June 22, 1833, AE 30 yrs. 6 ms 3 dys
GILBERT, Ruth Adelia, dau of Ira J. & Rozanna, died Sept. 30, 1850, AE 10 ms 25 dys
HAMILTON, Mary, wife of Henry Hamilton, born Loran, Mass., on Mar. 22, 1780, died Jan. 19, 1858 , AE 77 yr, 9 ms, 26 dys
HARES, Daniel, died Sept. 2, ____, age 80, native of Somersetshire, England
HARES, Elizabeth, wife of Daniel, died Jan __, 1865, aged 80 , native of Somersetshire, England
KEILLOR, Nancy, died Sept. 30, 1865 AE 68 (or 65) yrs.
KERR, Jennett, wife of William LODGE , died May 11, 1917 , aged 76 years
LIDDELL, Margaret, wife of Andrew Liddell, died Jan. 26, 1906, aged 64 yrs
LODGE, James, died Oct. 28, 1888, aged 71 yrs 8 m 23 d
LODGE, William, died March 17, 1894 , aged 54 yrs. 2 mos
LODGE, William Henry, son of John & Emeline, died Nov. 12, 1856 , AE 7 m 4 ds
LUMLEY, Bridget, died June 29, 1841, AE 24 yrs. 6 mos 11 dys
LUMLEY, Jane, died June 6, 1871 (or June 26, 1874?)
LUMLEY, Mary Louisa, died June 27, 1864, AE 5 yrs 8 mos 20 dys
LUMLEY, William, died [?], age 81 years
McINTYRE , Liffayette, son of John & Nancy, died April 10, 1823, AE 2 yr 1 mo 14 days
MITCHELL, infant, dau of James & [?] Mitchell
PHILPOTT, Catherine, wife of James, died Aug. 12, 1870, AE 53 yrs.
ROBBINS, Ann, dau of John & Margaret, died Jan. 25, 1861, AE 11 yrs
ROBBINS, Eliza Grace, died Feb. 18, 1861, AE 6 yrs
ROBBINS, John R., 1857 – 1875 ; AE 18 yrs
ROBBINS, Thomas, 1861 – 1867 ; AE 6 yrs
ROBBINS, twin daughters, of John & Margaret
SANDERS, Abner, died April 20, 1875 / AE 51 yr 10 mo
SANDERS, Nancy Roda, wife of Abner, died Sept. 19, 1867 / AE 37 yrs
SILCOX, Frederick, son of Henry & Jane, died Feb. 25, 1873 , AE 23 yrs 24 dys
STILLWELL, Eva
SWISHER, Isaac B., died July 11, ____, AE 48 yrs
WARNER, Olive, died Nov. 26, _____
BELL – St Thomas Times Journal, 2 November 1918, Page 6, c2 – Died – Mrs Jean BELL, nee McLAY, 88 years, Nov 2, widow of George BELL; mother of Duncan J. BELL, James BELL and Thomas JARDINE, Mrs J. O. LUMLEY and Mrs J. L. PACKARD; sister of Dr Archie, James and Malcolm McLAY. Funeral November 4 to Iona Cemetery. No monument found – CVH March 2010 [Note: burial also given as St Thomas Cemetery – CVH]
CANFIELD – St Thomas Times Journal, 4 June 1923, Page 6, c1 – Died – Joseph T. CANFIELD, 83 years, May 2, son of Joseph CAUFIELD; husband of Mrs Hannah CANFIELD, nee WILLIAMS; father of Mrs Frank COTTON, Mrs William KEMP and Roland; half-brother of Mrs D. J. LUMLEY, Mrs Luke BROWN, and Ollie SILCOX. Burial at Iona Cemetery. No monument found – CVH August 2006 [Note; surname spelled CANFIELD and CAUFIELD – CVH]
CANFIELD – St Thomas Times Journal, 19 March 1937, Page 10, c1 – Died – Mrs Hannah CANFIELD, nee WILLIAMS, 85th year, Mar 18, widow of Joseph CANFIELD. Burial Iona Cemetery. No monument found – CVH November 2008
HOUGHTON – St Thomas Times Journal, 18 June 1928, Page 7, c2 – Died – Mrs William HOUGHTON, 87th year, June 17, mother of Richard & Leo HOUGHTON, Mrs A. J. WILSON and Mrs R. WILKENS; sister of Thomas & Norman EDMONDS and Mrs Mary YOUNG. Funeral June 21 to Iona Cemetery. No monument found – CVH August 2005
KEILLOR – St Thomas Times Journal, 2 August 1938, Page 7, c8 – Died – Elijah KEILLOR, 90 years, Aug 2, son of Coates & Olive KEILLOR. Funeral August 4 to Iona Cemetery. No monument found – CVH August 2009
LIDDELL – St Thomas Daily Times, 11 February 1911, Page 1, c4 – Died – Andrew LIDDELL, 79 years, Feb 11, a resident of Elgin House of Industry; father of Alexander, John, James, Duncan and Daniel LIDDELL and Mrs Joseph THURNES. Funeral February 14 to Iona Cemetery. No monument found – CVH February 2008
PIPER – St Thomas Times Journal, 19 June 1922, Page 7, c7 – Died – John Leroy PIPER, June 17, infant son of Roy PIPER. Funeral June 18 to Iona Cemetery. No monument found – CVH October 2006
SHOUP – St Thomas Times Journal, 22 November 1922, Page 6, c1 – Died – Mrs Nancy SHOUP, nee LUMLEY, 66th year, Nov 14, widow of Mr BARNES and Mr SHOUP; daughter of Thomas LUMLEY; sister of William H. LUMLEY and Mrs Alma NEAR. Funeral November 17 to Iona Cemetery. No monument found – CVH November 2006
TEMPLAR – St Thomas Times Journal, 10 April 1943, Page 7, c2 – Died – Mrs Erie B. TEMPLAR, nee LANG, 66th year, Apr 9, daughter of Herman & Mary LANG; wife of William J. TEMPLAR; sister of Archie LANG. Funeral April 12 to Iona Cemetery. No monument found – CVH March 2009
TEMPLAR – St Thomas Times Journal, 26 November 1959, Page 7, c5 – Died – William J. TEMPLAR, 82 years, Nov 25, son of Peter & Emma TEMPLAR; husband of Mrs Erie Belle TEMPLAR, nee LANGS; uncle of Mrs Kenneth (Mary Belle) PALMER, Mrs Lloyd (Beatrice) CHIVERTON, Vergil, Robert and Isaac LANGS. Funeral November 27 to Iona Cemetery. No monument found – CVH June 2014