McCallum Family Cemetery
(abandoned)
Lot 11, Concession 17
Yarmouth Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
Gravestone Inscriptions
YA 818
OGS # [not assigned?]
Transcribed
October 1990
Stan & Marg Daugharty
Revised and formatted for the Internet 20 November 2002 by BruceC.JohnsonJr.
Copyright by the Genealogical Society, Elgin County Branch 1982 – 2002
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This cemetery is located off Highway 74 at Mapleton on Concession 11; turn left ; cemetery is behind a barn in a grove of trees on first farm on the right (the farm in 1990 was owned by Helen Grawburg).
1 Stone
Alexander McCALLUM / died Nov. [?] 12, 1881 / aged 83 yrs / born in [illegible] / Argyleshire, Scotland / Then shall the dust return to / the earth as it was and the spirit / shall return unto God who gave it /
2. Stone
In memory of / Sarah / [illegible or missing] / born [illegible or missing] / died Apr. 1877 [?] / aged 70 years / [illegible] / Argyleshire, Scotland /
3. Broken stone
In memory of / [missing] / aged 24 yrs / This humble token of respect / to my loved memory be _____ / though mouldering here my body lies / we trust to meet thee in the skies /
4. Stone
In memory of / John [?] McCALLUM / died June 1870 / aged 70 years / [illegible or missing] / Argyleshire Scotland / Immigrated to Canada A. D. 1831 / Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep / from which none ever wakes to weep / a calm and undisturbed repose / a safe retreat from all our foes /
5. Stone
Robert McCALLUM / son of John and Nancy / died Aug. 23, 1845 / aged 1 yr & 3 mo’s /
6. Stone
In memory of / infant son of / Neil & Mary / McCALLUM / born in the yr 1852 /
7. Stone
Blanche / dau of / Neil & Mary / McCALLUM / died January 1854 /