Pleasant Valley Cemetery
Abandoned
Lot 69, Concession 8
near 46283 Talbot Line, St. Thomas, ON N5P 3S7, Canada
Yarmouth Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
Gravestone Inscriptions
YA 824
OGS 5678
Recorded by
Tony Hofstee
Elgin County Branch OGS
July 1982
Revised and formatted for the Internet and Mobile Devices 20 August 2017 by Bruce C. Johnson Jr.
Copyright by the Genealogical Society, Elgin County Branch 1982 – 2002
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1. White slab
Sacred / to the memory of / Munson / son of / John & Catharine A. / STOKES / died March 17, 1841 / aged 6 mos. /God my Redeemer/ lives And often/ from the skies
Looks down/ and watches/ all my dust Till/ he shall bid it rise
3. White slab with willow motif
In / memory of / James H. STOKES/ departed this life / Jan. 11, 1861 / AE 100 yrs / 6 ms & 9 ds / The winter of trouble is past/the storms of affliction are o’er/ my troubles are ended at last/ and sorrows and death are no more
[NOTE: given in error in the Weekly Dispatch article of 1 April 1858 as James Stroke instead of Stokes ]
4. White slab
In / memory of / Catharine / daughter of / James & Catherine / STOKES / who died Dec. 28, 1854 / AE 18 y’rs 6 mo. / 8 days / A faithful friend a companion dear / A tender sister lieth here / Great is the loss that we sustain / But hope in Heaven to meet again /
5. White slab, broken at top
In / memory of / Catharine / wife of / James H. STOKES / died / July 8th, 1873 / aged 81 yrs. & 25 d’s / Jesus has called the mother home / Her flesh lies mouldering in the tomb / God grant her offspring may be blest / And meet her in eternal rest /
6. White slab, willow motif
In / memory of / David STOKES / who died / Sep. 5, 1856 / AE 26 y’s 6 ms / & 13 days /
7. White slab, willow motif
In / memory of / Alma / beloved daughter of / Jacob M. & Maryann CRANE / who died / Apr. 26, 1854 / Aged 15 yrs / [rest is missing]
8. White slab
In / memory of / Elizabeth H. / beloved wife of / David STOKES / & daughter of Jacob M. & Maryann CRANE / who died / Mar. 19, 1854 / aged 19 years /
9. JHS [or is this JMS ]footstone, surrounded by two black pieces of slate about ten inches high