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67"Sacred to the memory of George Keefer, born inSussex County, colony of New Jersey, Nov. 8th, 1773,died at Thorold, June 28th, 1858, aged 84 years."He was the director of the Welland Canal Co.,and turned the first sod. In the history of Thorold arethe pictures of himself, his two wives, and fifteen children.His first wife was Catharine Lampman, and hereno doubt is a memorial of an ancestor of the giftedpoet Lampman, who died lately at Ottawa :"In memory of Peter Lampinan, who died in 1834,aged 86. He came from New York to this province in1783 with his family and has resided fifty years in thetownship of Niagara. He was always a pious, faithfuland respectable member of the German LutheranChurch."In the marriage record of the Stamford AssociateChurch nearly all the licenses were granted by RobertGrant, Esq., and here is his grave :"Sacred to the memory of Robert Grant, Esq.,born at Inverness, Scotland, i6th Nov., 1776, died atQueenston, U. C, i6th May, 1838. This monument iserected by his daughter Christina, wife of Jacob Keefer,Esq., of Thorold."Here occur the well known names of Ball, Clement,Hoover, Seburn, Field, Ker.Walter H. Ball died in 1822, and Jane CatharineBall in 1818, while Henry Clement Ball, born in 1789,and Mary Ball, born in 1796, must have been born heresoon after the family came, in 1782 ;• Charity AnnHoover was buried here in 1829, Margaret Hoover in1826, and Jacob Ball in 1819.ALLANBURGThe land for this graveyard was given to the villageby Mr. John Vanderburgh, who came in 1781, andobtained 700 acres. The oldest grave is,"In memory of Noah Davis, son of Wright Davis,who departed this life Dec. 29th, 1813, aged 21 yrs.""In memory of Mary Crysler, who departed thislife on the 14th 'Dec, 1815, in the 52nd year of herage."Deborah Davis, wife of Thaddeus Davis, died m1818, aged 82, and Captain Davis, 1830, aged 55.Across the street was an inscription to Major A. Up-