Page 11 - Dictionary of Heraldry and Related Subjects

Ontario in 1646, was ordaihed in Sarnia in 1850 anf served at
Ferth immediately thereafter. Ke went on to consid~rable
recponsibili'ty , serving as Chairman of several Districts, as
Seci-etary to %he Wesleyan Evlethodi~t and London Conferences,
md as President and Trea~urer of ths latter, before axing cn
October 29, 1892 at age 72. '~VG other ministers b~riad menbers
of their familles in this cem?fery: Jwhs ?. Osbcrne, probationer
in 1846, served east of moronto until. 1857-58, and then cma
to ma-rk and Sherbrodke. His baby scn was buried in AU~UE~
la58 (# 6). Eventually Osborne ministered Gn the Quebec side
of the Ottawa valley, retiring in Ottavrra in 1884. William
XcDonagh began hi= rtinistry Ln 1852, was ordained in 186c ar,d
cane to Sherbrooke in 1862-63, His infarat son died in Ailqst
1E63 (# 161. He remained in Larla:-k and HenZrew Counties for
three nore years and served the rest af the sencury in Wastern
Ontario, with w.riaus responsibilickes zs Chairman cf Districts,
Secretary and President 5: ths London Conference.
The earliest burislmzrkers still In this cemetery are
those of Anne mew vld Mary James, both of whom dies in fiprfl
1845 (#27 & 26), ?cllowed by fcur others in the lhte 1543s,
Thereafter interments were steady well into the early 20th
Centurj, with no prcnoirnced peaks indicative of r;he epiaernics
which ravagen xore concentrated centres of population, However
there were profound fanily tragedies, lik~ that of the
McKerrachers (stone # 46) who lost a newborn baby in April and
two-year 018 Xargaret Am. in August of 1845, They were not
entirely discourage(:, becabse a boy was born to them in nFne
konthz (41, but their second I\?argaret Ann, born in 1954, lived
less than two years. The Zligah Playfairs lest three children
aged 7, 3 and 2 years in litf le more than a nesk in 1557 (stone
# 52). One of the most tragic losses was that sf the Gallaghers
from Bathurst Tomship. The tw5 eldest sons, Thorcas and Jahn!
aged 22 and 20 years, fell through the ice on the Misaissippl
River En December 1, 1856, Jnhn ~vidently having gone tc tba
aid of Thomas! theii- bodies were nut found f3r six days "as
fresh as whln they had gcne dew" (IC) because of the frigid
water, Their younger brother Ephraix, 16 at the time, died of
unstated causss less ';ha? tvrc years lzter [stone # 33).

Several of those burid in thia cemetery were born in the
18th Century, the earliest being Thomas Hoggarth, Who also
lived to the rema~kabla age of i06 years (stone 8 73). Although
no early burial records of Asbury Church are held by the Pvblic
Archives in Ottawe, St. Paul's United Ohu*rcb- in Perth, or the
Unlted Church Archives at Victoria LTnivessLty in Toronto, some
of the interments can be eonrimed or extended by consulting
citations in the Ferth Courier, s:, splendidly abstracted and
indexed by Louise Eope (4). Among these are Banklin Ihallory
(sic) kdams (stone #33), Thonas Bothvie11 (f 77) , lsabclla Gray
(#30), James Jacksan Grey {sic 3 IR303, Mary &Tartindale (prcbably
#105 died bearlng a son on Kay 25, 1868): PvIaq Steadman (sic)
(el), Jane (#32) eldest drughtar of William Steadran (sic),
Thanbas 'mite [SAC) (#97), Joshua [#54) and Elizabeth (#&?I
Adams, Thomas James (#25}, Thomas and John Gallagher (#33),
John Deacon, Sr. (#37) an3 Anne Richey (8431, as well as a
number of relevant marriage records like that of Thomas Jamieson
(#63) to Jane Stacy (sic) on Oct. 22, 1357, of William Steadman,
Ts, (sic) to Elizabeth 3a~t (#39) m Jvne 27, 1356, and of John
Fonle (#96) te Alice 'ATii:e (sic) on June 13, 1856.