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42tion giving an account of the different burials, and onanother a notice of Brock's brave A. D. C."In a vault beneath are deposited the mortal remainsof Lieut. Col. John McDonell, P.A.D.C, andAide-de-Camp to the lamented Major-General Sir IsaacBrock, K.B., who fell mortally wounded in the battle ofQueenston, on the 13th Octob"er, 1812, and died the followingday His remains were removed and re-interredwith due solemnity on 13th Oct., 1853."The cenotaph which marks the spot where GeneralBrock fell has on the north side—"Near this spot Major General Sir Isaac Brock,K. C. B., Provisional Lieutenant Governor of UpperCanada, fell on the 13th Oct., 1812, while advancing torepel the invading enemy."And on the south side—"This stone was placed by His Royal Highness,Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, i8th Sept., i860."The spot where Col. Macdonell fell has latelybeen marked by a brass tablet placed on an immenseboulder on the site of the Redan Battery about halfway down the mountain."Near this spot Lieut.-Col. John Macdonell, Attorney-Generalof Upper Canada, was mortally wounded,13th Oct., 1812.Erected by Lundy's Lane Historical Society,1906."A brass tablet inside the monument has the followinginscription :—"In a vault underneath are deposited the mortalremains of the lamented Major General Sir IsaacBrock, K. B., who fell in action near these Heights onthe 13th Oct., 1812, and was interred on the i6thOct. at the bastion of Fort George, Niagara, removedfrom there and re-interred under a monument to theeastward of this site on the 13th Oct., 1824, and inconsequence of that monument having received irreparableinjury by a lawless act on the 17th Apr., 1840, itwas found requisite to take down the former structureand erect this monument, the foundation stone beinglaid and the remains again re-interred with due solemnity,13th Oct., 1853."On carefully reading the inscription placed at the
43entrance it was discovered that a strange mistake hasbeen made and it is almost incredible that this hasnever been noticed and that it has been allowed to remainin "enduring brass" all these years, the date ofthe destruction of the monument being given as 1838,instead of 1840."A monument was originally erected on this spotby a grant from the Parliament of this Province, andsubsequently destroyed in the year 1838. The presentmonument was erected chiefly by the voluntary contributionsof the militia and Indian warriors of this Province,aided by a grant from the Legislature, the authorityfot» erecting the same being delegated to a committeeconsisting of the following gentlemen : Sir AllanNapier MacNab, Bart., Chairman ; Sir ,Iohn BeverleyRobinson, Bart., Sir James Buchan Macaulav, Knt.,the Honble. Mr. Justice McLean, the Hon. WilliamHamilton Merritt, M.P.P., Thomas Clark Street, Esq.,Col. the Hon. James Kerby, Lieut.-Col. Daniel ^lacdougall,David Thorburn, M.P.P., Lieut. Garrett, late49th Regt., Col. Robert Hamilton, Capt. H. ::Munro,Secretary, T. G. Ridout, Esq., Treasurer, William Thomas,architect, ,Iohn Worthington, builder."^t'^^^ ^r-r'j'^^^! liST.^DAVIDS.^f^r'iwIiS'^^-'--'^''"In the graveyard around the Methodist Church aremany old stones with no name, or the stones chippedso as to be undecipherable. The name which appearsmost frequently is that of Woodruff, but the oldestdate is Solomon Quick, who died in 1S23, but manywere buried here beTore that date, as St. Davids had amill in 1782, and the village was burnt by the Americansin 1814. Here is the grave of David Secord, ofwhom many stories of daring deeds are told in the RevolutionaryWar, and from whom the village receivedits name."In memory of Major David Secord, who died1844, aged 85, also Mary Page, his wife."David Secord was a magistrate in 1796, and amember of the Legislative Assembly, U C, in 1811.His claim for compensation for property burnt in thewar was nearly £5000, as he owned many buildings.
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Page 5 and 6: CONTENTS.AUanburgg7Ancaster Anglica
Page 7 and 8: GRAVES AND INSCRIPTIONS IN THENIAGA
Page 9 and 10: an immense tree which had been cut
Page 11 and 12: "On the day on which the engagement
Page 13 and 14: IIdouble, with a perpendicular divi
Page 15 and 16: CO9)en*ncrc•-(ooq
Page 17 and 18: 1587!""John Clement, Esq., died Feb
Page 19 and 20: 17 -Near this is an inscription in
Page 21 and 22: 19"John Andrew Stevenson, born in D
Page 23 and 24: 21also the secretary and treasurer
Page 25 and 26: 23Pope's line, and the epitaph is u
Page 27 and 28: "This woman was full of good works
Page 29 and 30: Mary Rogers, relict of John Rogers,
Page 31 and 32: 29With the rather unusual text :"Bl
Page 33 and 34: 31the peace of Jerusalem, because o
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: 41BROCK'S MONUMENT.This noble shaft
Page 47 and 48: 45WARNER'S GRAVEYARD.In the Warner
Page 49 and 50: 47The names of StuU and Goring, Sec
Page 51 and 52: 49months curate of St. George's chu
Page 53 and 54: 5^"Orton Stone Phelps, 1812-1837,Ph
Page 55 and 56: 53The tragedy recorded above must h
Page 57 and 58: 55Here is another bit of l^istory o
Page 59 and 60: 57Laura Secord's Monument.
Page 61 and 62: 59"Sacred to the memory of Lieut. W
Page 63 and 64: 6i49th Regiment, other militia orga
Page 65 and 66: 63That to his wife is in similar fo
Page 67 and 68: 65THOROLD—DECEW'SNear this was th
Page 69 and 70: 67"Sacred to the memory of George K
Page 71 and 72: 69are buried. The son, Alexander Br
Page 73 and 74: 7,1"In memory of Jean, beloved \vif
Page 75 and 76: 73In the United Service Journal it
Page 77 and 78: 75Whether Isaac Brock, who died 186
Page 79 and 80: RIDGEWAY.At Ridgeway the oldest ins
Page 81 and 82: 79"In memory of Christian Burkholde
Page 83 and 84: 8iOne peculiarity of this graveyard
Page 85 and 86: 83of respect for his manly qualitie
Page 87 and 88: 85"In memory of Jno. W. Crawford.De
Page 89 and 90: 87Remember those which have the rul
Page 91 and 92: 89The names Book, Pettitt, Nixon, A
Page 93 and 94: 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
Page 111 and 112:
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.
Page 128 and 129:
Varey, Geo 35Vernon, C. P. W 23Vroo
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