Old Methodist Cemetery-Grafton

The Old Methodist Cemetery is an abandoned, settler cemetery in Grafton. It is located on Aird St, at the corner of Aird and Charlotte. It sits on a small lot that is fenced at the front and has what used to be a church on the other side. The monuments have been restored and the cemetery is well taken care of, though it is a little overgrown right now due to all the rain.

A view from the front of the cemetery, note that it backs/sides onto the Grafton Inn, which is whom the gazebo belongs to.

 James H. Kinney, died Oct 5, 1865. Aged 17 years, 7 months and 2 days.

 Richard Lapp, I think. That's the most I can make out.

George Lapp, and that's the best I can do with this one.

 Another Lapp, Can't read anything more.

 Eliza Jane, beloved wife of Richard Ough. April 6, 1886. Aged 33 years.

 Sarah, that's it.

Richard Vaughan, died Aug 20, 1854. Aged 79 years.
Jane, wife of R. Vaughan, died Feb 13, 1854. Aged 71 years.

 Robert T. Vaughan, died Jan 8, 1837. Aged 18 years.
Mary Ann Vaughan, died Sept 16, 1848. Aged 34 years.

 John G. Hare, died March 29, 1881. Aged 64 years.

Richard Habee, died Feb 9, 1863. Aged 86 years.

 Mary, wife of Richard Habee, died June 22, 1859. Aged 77 years.

 Sarah Ann, wife of William Webster. Died May 31, 1858. Aged 23 years.

Catherine Hare, died Feb 27, 1896. Aged 33 years.

 Mary Hare died 1875. Aged 60 years.

 Elizabeth Hare, died March 16, 1891. Aged 36 years. This monument is very intricate, and the work is lovely. I don't think I've seen this design before.

 This one is lost to time, sadly.

John, son of Reuber and Jane Lawless. Died July 22, 1884. Aged 4 years. Note: There is a building in town known as the Lawless building, it has been around since this family first built it. It is currently up for sale.

 Arra F. Hare, born June 25, 1819. Died Aug 11, 1914
Sarah, wife of A.F. Hare. Died Feb 12, 1887. Aged 60 years.

 Walter Reynolds, 1819-1881
George, his son. 1855-1876
Charles, 1871-1876
Ernest, 1858-1860
Mary Auger, wife of George Fowler. 1791-1879
George, their son, 1828-1883.

 Lotty, daughter of Andres and Ellen Marks. March 1, 1875. Aged 11 days.

 Benjamin Brown, died Nov 12, 1863. Aged 73 years.

 Too weather-worn to read.

 Stephen Jaynes, died Nov 14, 1858. Aged 73 years.
Sarah Ann, daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth Jaynes, Died Oct 4, 1868.Aged 27 years.

 Archibald, died Sept 11, 1865. Aged 1 year.
Charles Sidney,  died Sept 22, 1865. Aged 6 years.
Children of William and Hellen Sprentall

 Aged 2 years is all I can clearly read.

 Amy Rebecca, daughter of William and Mary Woodruff. Died April 2, 1885. Aged 8 months.

 Benjamin Jayne, died Dec 16, 1879. Aged 54 years
Elizabeth Jayne, died May 18, 1896. Aged 93 years.
Daniel D. Jayne, died Nov 21, 1913. Aged 81 years.

 

 Thomas Colton, died Aug 15, 1885. Aged 73 years.
Ellen, wife of Thomas Colton. Died Feb 22, 1898. Aged 88 years.

 George Cooney, died Nov 4, 1899. Aged 74 years.
Esther Eliott, wife of George Cooney. Died Dec 28, 1882. Aged 62 years

 Thomas Webster, died Feb 9, 1879. Aged 92 years.
Barbara Helm, his wife. Died Mar 19, 1873, aged 73 years

 Lost to time I'm afraid.

 Catharine Amelia, daughter of John and Frederica Hare. Died Sept 12, 1861.

 John Hare, died Jan 26, 1865. Aged 71 years.

Carrie Devitt, wife of Rev. D. Balfour. Born Mar 24, 1857. Died Sept 11, 1888.

Angus B. son of Susan E, McPherson, who was accidentally drowned July 25, 1863. Aged 15 years. This is unusual, because not only does it mention the cause of death, but only the mother is listed. This was back in the 1800's,.. not like being a single mother today. (Note: I am only guessing at that, I have no real information as to whether she was a single mother).

If you are in the village of Grafton, and you are interested in pioneer cemeteries (and you probably are, or why would you be reading this blog?), stop by and visit here. There is another cemetery on this street, a little further north, which is Saint Mary's cemetery. It is currently active. If you reach it, you've gone too far. There are actually at least 4 cemeteries in the main area of Grafton so you can keep yourself busy all day!

Zion United Church Cemetery

Zion United Church Cemetery sits on the corner of Zion Rd and 4th Line, in Wesleyville, Port Hope. The first Burial was in 1839, and the last was 1972. I don't believe that this is still an active graveyard since the last burial was over 40 years ago, and though the property is being maintained, many of the monuments are falling over/have fallen over/are in disrepair.

The brick building that sits beside the cemetery used to be the church, but it is now a private residence, so please stay on the cemetery grounds.

I'm going to do this cemetery in different categories: Monuments that can be clearly read, Monuments that can be partially read, and Nope, can't read these.

Monuments that can be clearly read

Henrietta Fishley, wife of Roderick Bebee. Died Sept 10, 1910. Aged 72 years, 5 months.

Agnes Ann Nugent, died Jan 8, 1866. Aged 2 years. Whoever is doing the spring cleaning in this cemetery has decided to bury Agnes Ann under all the fallen branches from the winter storms.

James Gordon, died July 17, 1855. Aged 18 years.
David Gordon, died May 12, 1857. Aged 2 years
Children of David and Ann Gordon.

John Edwards, Grandfather, 1793-1872
Infant Son, 1872-1872
Elizabeth J. Edwards, wife of J.D. Hamilton, 1873-1895
Frederick A.N. 1874-1878
Wilbert J. McCullough, 1877-1955
Lucy May Edwards, 1878-1966

This the back of the same Edwards stone:
William Edwards 1836-1908
Agness McKinstry, wife of William Edwards, 1851-1931
Captain Gilbert Edwards, M.C., 39th Battalion 46th Regiment. Died Sept 11, 1917. Buried at Nouex-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery Extension, France

Aaron Fox Bebee, died Feb 28, 1854. Aged 61 years.
Abigail Every, his wife. Died Oct 28, 1887, Aged 91 years
Every Bebee, Son of John and Harriet Bebee. Died April 11, 1863. Aged 1 year.
Harriet Nobles, Wife of John Bebee. Died Mar 28, 1885, aged 53 years.
John Bebee

Sylvester Dean, 1806-1853, aged 47 years. I like this monument, you don't see the open book too often.

Mary Tamblyn, wife of Thomas Tamblyn, died May 13, 1881. Aged 89 years.
James Tamblyn, son. Died July 17, 1853, aged 21 years.
John Tamblyn, son. Died Nov 30, 1882, aged 55 years
Mary Ann Cole, born 1836. Died Oct 30, 1910.
William Tamblyn, Aged 63 years.
(For anyone wondering, these pinky coloured stones are beautiful, and they age well, but the epitaphs often fade quickly on them if not done well, and the actual epitaphs photograph poorly due to the amount of reflection from the stone.)

J. Morley Keith Sunday, May 3, 1936-Oct 11, 1972. The last person to be buried here.

Private Wilfrid R. Sunday, 7th Inf Training Battn. Nov 30, 1945

Samuel Naylor, died April 6, 1889. Aged 71 years.

Here's the Thompson Family Plot, individually there is:

This is the monument on the far right of the above picture. It lists the names and dated of the Thompson family, whose graves are the three others in the picture.
William Thompson, died Jan 2, 1876, aged 63 years.
Susannah Stephenson, died Nov 14, 1876, aged 67 years
Thomas Thompson, died Sept 16, 1858, aged 25 years

 Thomas Thompson, died Sept 16, 1868. Aged 25 years (same person as mention in above monument)

 William Thompson, died Jan 2, 1876, aged 63 years.(Same as above William Thompson)

Susannah Stephenson, died Nov 14, 1876, 67 years.(Same as above Susannah Stephenson)

Grace Rundle, Died Mar 7, 1880. Aged 87 years

George Mollon, died Dec 28, 1888. Aged 86 years.

George William Runnalls, 1877-1928

Edward J. Irwin, died Aug 17, 1881. Aged 44 years.

Cornelius Crapp, died Nov 20, 1895? Aged 85 years.

John Cinnamon, died May 29, 1896, aged 74 years.

Hellen Mollon, his wife. Died Aug 17, 1922, aged 84 years.

Samuel Cinnamon, died Oct 25, 1904, aged 45  years.

William James Cinnamon, died March 23, 1932, aged 74 years.

Graham Forsyth, died July 5, 1901. Aged 80 years.

Louisa Morrow, his wife. Died April 19, 1920, aged 75 years.

Silas Richards Forsyth, died Mar 10, 1920, aged 37 years.

William Farrow, 1810-1894.

Elizabeth Willie, his wife. 1822-1894.

Samuel Dickinson, died Jan 13, 1876. Aged 76 years.

Jane Dickinson, his wife, died Feb 13, 1869. Aged 75 years.

Job Dickinson, died Mar 2, 1806. Aged 74 years.

Eliza S, died Nov 10, 1899. Daughter of S&J Dickinson

Rebecca, died April 25, 1900. Daughter of S&J Dickinson

With the nest monuments, I did have to do a bit of guesswork with some names and dates, but they are mostly accurate. Monuments that can be partially read:

Mary Jane, Aug 4, 1855. 6 months and 14 days?

Hannah, Aug 16 18??

Ebeneezer Bebee, the rest is too worn to read.

Prudence

Betsy Greensway/Greennway/ Greeniway, I can't quite read it. Aged 44 years.

This is a multi-person monument, here are the ones I can read:

Maria Wragg, wife of Wm Robinson. Died March 14, 1920. Aged 89 years.

Unknown Robinson, aged 23 years.

Charles, son of George and Mary Wragg. Died Jan 12, 1882. Aged 10 years.

Joseph Wragg

John Vanstone

Mrs. Elizabeth

George Bamsey, died Mar 3, 1851. Aged 51 years. There is a second name I can't read.

John Best, Dec 1, 1853? Aged 74 years

Elizabeth, his wife, died April 18, 1840? Aged 59 years.

Richard Hancock? 1875

George. July 20, 1876.

Annie Alberta Craft, Died Jan 22, 1874. Aged 1 year.

Thomas Welch, 1832-

Martha Dean Welch 1833-1915

Ann Misson? Wife of Edward Ingram? Died 1902 in her 75th year.

William died 1855 in his 33rd year.

Alen Mulvey? March 1, 1918. Aged 87 years.

Hellen? Died Aug 6, 1918.

Herbert Mulvey, died Oct 31, 1886, aged 5 years.

Isabelle, June 1828.

Nope, can't read these:

The top has Our Mother etched on it, but the rest is long gone.

Just rubble left over.

Unknown child's grave, all that gives away that it was a child is the worn down cherub on top.

Another unknown child, most likely. The lamb is usually on children's monuments.

Can't make out the name, and can't see the first name. This one could probably be restored well.

Gone back to nature.

Nothing can be read on these.

All to weather-worn to read.

As you can see there are many monuments in this yard that are illegible, however, there are many that are still in good condition. This is a great stop for anyone looking for some Wesleyville history.