Inscriptions and graves - Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

50"In memory of Sarah IngersoU, wife of HenryMittleberger, born 1807, died 1826.""In memoiry of William Street Servos, born 1787,died 1857, and Catharine Ball, his wife, born 1790, died1875."The bodies of the last two were removed from theServos burying ground' when the farm was sold.An unpretentious stone records the projector ofthe Welland Canal ; that monument to his energy andforesight is quite near :"Hon. Wm. Hamilton Merritt, born July 3rd,1793, died July 7th, 1862.""Catharine Rodman Prendergast, beloved wife ofHon. W H. Merritt, born 1793, died Jan. loth, 1862."It is remarkable that husband and wife were bornin the same year and died in the same year.Hon. W. H. Merritt was Captain of Dragoonsraised in the war of 1812, was taken prisoner at Lundy'sLane and was not released till the close of the war.Two "beloved physicians" rest here :"Theophulus Mack, M.D., died 1881, aged 61.The wise, beloved physician, the faithful friend of thepoor and suffering, he met death in conscious serenity,trusting with'' undoubting faith in the promises of theRedeemer. 'And I heard a voice write, blessed are thedead.' "On the other side, "Galea Spes salutis.""In memory of Chas. Rolls, born at Prines Maston,Warwickshire, England, 1785, died 1867, alsoHenry Rolls, M.D., 1814-1887."A monument to. the,father of Dr. Clark, who preservesthe manuscript journal kept by his father. Col.Clark, from which have been gleaned many interestingparticulars of early life in this province ;"In memory of Lieut. Col. John Clark, CanadaMilitia, born at Kingston, U. C, 1786, died at Walnutdale farm, Grantham, C. W., 1862, also his wife,Sarah Adams, born at Queenston, U. C, 1791 died1864." ~ . "^A large enclosure is sacred to the families of St.John and Phelps as Lois St. John, wife of Samuel St.John, mother of Abigail Phelps, of Kent, Conn.,1756, died 1849, aged 93."born