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8Rangers, afterwards Judge, Member of Parliament, andwhen advanced in life, fought at Queenston Heights. Asmall enclosure has flat stones to two sons of Col. ButlerThomas Butler and Johnson Butler, who died mDecember, 1812, and their wives, also Judge Thos,Butler, the son of Thos. Butler.Another stone chronicles "Samuel Cox who wasborn on the ocean between Germany and New York1759, died 1822." Col. John Butler himself, thatdoughty veteran, has no stone to mark the spot wherehe is interred. Some years ago an attempt was madeto locate the grave and bury the remains in St.Mark's, but the design was abandoned.It is pleasant to record that the Park Commissioners,Niagara Falls, have lately placed a strong ironfence around the half acre and it is hoped a cairn willbe placed with the names of those interred within.SERVOS FAMILY BURIAL GROUND.In the Servos burial place on the farm of Mrs.Mary Servos there are five generations buried. Hereis the grave of the widow of Col. Johnson, who waskilled at the taking of Fort Niagara, 17SQ."Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth Johnson, whodied 8th Nov., 1811, aged 104 years," She had thussurvived her husband 52 years ; another is to her daughter,Elizabeth Servos, wife of Daniel Servos, who diedin 1821, aged 72. Here also is buried Magdalene Servos,wife of John Whitmore, the little girl who witnessedthe killing of her grandfather in the RevolutionaryWar and was brought away to Canada severalyears after by her father, afterwards marrying JohnWhitmore, himself at one time a prisoner with theIndians, his nose and ears being slit by them ; theirdaughter became the wife of our distinguished litterateur,William Kirby, F. R. S. C."Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth, relict ofColin McNabb, Esq., of , near Niagara, whodeparted this life Sept. 26th, 1813, aged 44 years ; alsoof their son, Colin Alexander, Lieut, in H. M. lateNova Scotia Fencibles Regt., who departed this lifeNov. loth, 1820." In St. Mark's register is a patheticreference to the former, as recorded by Mr Addison :
"On the day on which the engagement between SirJas. Yeo and Commodore Chauncey took place on thelake, our dear friend, Mrs. McNabb, was buried in theServos' burying ground, 29th Sept., 1813."A large monument is to Col. J. D. Servos, whodied in 1847, aged 62, and another to Daniel Serv.s,Esq., who died 26th March, 1803, aged 65. In theAnglican Church at Virgil are two tablets on thewalls to these, thus :"In Memorial Capt. Daniel Servos of Butler'sRangers, Vnited Empire Loyalist, who died March 26th,1803, aged 65.""Col. John D. Servos, born in Niagara, 1784, wasCaptain of the Lincoln Militia during the war of 1812-15. Commanded the Siilitia at Chippawa during theRebellion of 1837-8, died April 24th, 1847."Other names found here are Tannahill, Fuller,Lowe, and several Indians here found sepulture, and oneat least who could not have been a U. E. L., as a flatstone commemorates, Wm. Lowe, of the parish of Clogheen,County of Tipperary, Ireland, and his wife, whodied in 1813.On the farm was one of the first mills in the country,and part of the house still standing was built in1784. Old account books of that date show curiousitems, and commissions signed by different Governorsassert the military spirit of the family. The last intermentwas that of Mrs. Mary Servos, daughter of JohnC. Ball who fought at Queenston Heights.BALL FAMILY BURIAL GROUND.The Ball graveyard at Locust Grove has also severalgenerations buried in its enclosure. The JacobBall who came with his three sons, bringing forty men,in 1780, lies here. "In memory of Jacob Ball, born1733, died 1810." Having fought in Queen's Rangersand Butler's Rangers through the Revolutionary War,he was spared the second contest, dying two years beforethe war of 1812. The sons, Peter, John andGeorge are buried here. The wife of Jacob Ball, theelder, !\Iar\- Ball, died in 1814, aged 78, in the midst ofwar's alarms and shortly after the family residence hadbeen burnt.
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Page 7 and 8: GRAVES AND INSCRIPTIONS IN THENIAGA
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Page 23 and 24: 21also the secretary and treasurer
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Page 27 and 28: "This woman was full of good works
Page 29 and 30: Mary Rogers, relict of John Rogers,
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Page 35 and 36: 33Cleland, Rev. J. W. Bell, M.A., a
Page 37 and 38: 35that of the above mentioned Rev.
Page 39 and 40: 37A new cenotaph has been erected w
Page 41 and 42: taken down, the bodies were removed
Page 43 and 44: 41BROCK'S MONUMENT.This noble shaft
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Page 47 and 48: 45WARNER'S GRAVEYARD.In the Warner
Page 49 and 50: 47The names of StuU and Goring, Sec
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Page 53 and 54: 5^"Orton Stone Phelps, 1812-1837,Ph
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Page 59 and 60: 57Laura Secord's Monument.
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59"Sacred to the memory of Lieut. W
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6i49th Regiment, other militia orga
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63That to his wife is in similar fo
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65THOROLD—DECEW'SNear this was th
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67"Sacred to the memory of George K
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69are buried. The son, Alexander Br
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7,1"In memory of Jean, beloved \vif
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73In the United Service Journal it
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75Whether Isaac Brock, who died 186
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RIDGEWAY.At Ridgeway the oldest ins
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79"In memory of Christian Burkholde
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8iOne peculiarity of this graveyard
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83of respect for his manly qualitie
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85"In memory of Jno. W. Crawford.De
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87Remember those which have the rul
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89The names Book, Pettitt, Nixon, A
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91Among a row of stones, all with t
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93VIRGIL METHODIST CHURCH.In this s
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95"In memory of Capt. Jas. Neil, a
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97Another asks a question, like tha
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99Here are buried James Munro, born
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loiGestorben den ten November 1812
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I03represented with the words, "Art
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105"Hon. James Crooks, 1778—1860.
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I07"Bridget, second wife of Rev.die
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109Merritt, Bowman, Freas, Ryckman,
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IllA small marble stone has this in
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Pillar Erected at Fort Erie.njHBWBB
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1T5HISTORICALINSCRIPTIONS.A few ins
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117"Here lies the body of Peter Cou
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Burch, J 61Burch, Lt. J. B 107Burge
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Hamilton, M 40Hamilton, Hon. J. & D
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Muirhead, B 7Munro, .1 54Munro, J.
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Varey, Geo 35Vernon, C. P. W 23Vroo
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