Inscriptions and graves - Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

lo6"In memory of Alexander Ogg and ElizabethAirth, his wife, natives of Aberdeenshire.""Wm. Baker, a native of Barnard Castle, Durham,England.""Amos Parmenter, born in Framingham, Mass.,U. S., 1797—1850. John II, 25."The two little children, aged 4 and 6, of Rev. J.Philp, are briefly commemorated by the words :"The angels took her," and "Called Home."The names of Overfield, Roxbrough, Notman,Moir, Scott, Gamble, Fleming, McKee, Cumming, Kilpatrick.Weir, Knox, Steel, occur, and some of theplaces of birth are : Hurlet, Dunfermline, Fifeshire,Aberdeen, Scotland, and Warrington, England.ST.ANNS.This, like Dundas graveyard, is situated on ahill, but, unlike it, is quite conspicuous from a distancewith its many monuments and the Presbyterianchurch near it, which this year of 1909 is about tocelebrate the centenary of its formation as a congregation.Here are found many proofs of the early settlementof this district, as several old stones are marked1807, and one which could not be found has thename of Jane Kennedy, died 1797. Traces ofCanadian and British history are here found, as theNorthwest Rebellion and the Boer War, in this littlecountry village, as well as of the Revolution and theU. E. Loyalists driven here by ill-treatment for faithfulnessto their King. A tall monument, the secondin size, also of a pioneer in the ministry, bears the inscription:"In memory of Rev. D. W. Eastman, died Aug.,1865, aged 87 years. Mr. Eastman was born inGoshen, N.Y., in "^1778. Came to Canada in 1801, andat once entered on the work of the ministry with greatenergy. He was the father of the Presbyterian churchesin the Niagara and Gore Districts, and for more thanhalf a century was eminently useful as a faithful andzealous laborer in his Master's vineyard. His wifedied in 18^14 ; having lived a pious and useful life, shedied a calm and peaceful death."