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.