Petitcodiac Baptist
Cemetery
(Salisbury Parish, N.B.)
(contributed by Cleadie Barnett, CG(C))
Visited the site of the pioneer
graveyard and the first Church to be erected in Salisbury
Parish.
The cemetery is located on the soustherly
side of the highway leading from the road crossing the Petiticodiac
River near Salisbury Village and roughly parralleling the
Petiticodiac and Poller Rivers up stream until intersecting
the road from River
Glade Station leading to the Jordan Memorial Sanitorium
and thence up the Pollett River.
The cemetery is but a short distance
from the beginning of this road, and the original Baptist
Church (built of logs) was located on the north side of
this road and a short distance above the graveyard; its
exact location has not been ascertained.
Information regarding this old log church was given
by Mrs. Elizabeth Wilmot, who was born and brought up less
than a quarter of a mile distant and had the site pointed
out to her when a young girl.
The frame church which succeeded
this log structure was located on the bank of the River,
directly opposite the entrance to the graveyard, and about
eighty yards distance from the highway. The outline of the
road leading to it is still visible and the outline of the
church building is still in evidence by following the depression
in the soil where the stone foundation was latterly removed.
This building was approximately 32' by 38'. Mrs. Wilmot,
who was born in 1854, distinctly remembereds this church
building, which was used for services when she was a young
girl.
J.E. Humphreys, 25th May 1930. Records copied from the
cemetery at Petiticodiac, May 1917.
AYER:
15. Lewis B. Ayer d. 1 Apr 1905 ae 50 yrs
BLEAKNEY:
13. Margaret M. - see McCREADY
BROWN:
12. G. L. Brown d. 1900 ae 50 yrs
COCHRANE:
10. John D. Cochrane d. 13 May 1895 ae 47 yrs
COLPITTS:
21. Thos. A. Colpitts 1851 - 1911
22. Fletcher Colpitts 1847 - 1912
CRANDALL:
23. Jordan C. Crandall 1829 - 1916,
h/w Annie Jordan of London, Eng 1833
- 1911
FAIRWEATHER:
14. Nelson Fairweather d. 1880 ae 81 yrs
FOWLER:
37. Wm. M. Fowler d. 2 July 1901 ae 21 yrs
HERRITT:
09. Thos. Herritt d. Mar 1887 ae 51 yrs
James L. Herritt d. 3 June 1880
27. David Herritt d. 1899 ae 68 yrs
38. Elizabeth Herrett d. 3 Aug 1885 ae 82 yrs
HOLMES:
28. Hattie w/o Abner Jones and d/o Danl. Holmes d. 1885
ae 43 yrs
29. Bessie d/o Daniel Holmes d. 1878 ae 24 yrs
30. Daniel Holmes d. 1883 ae 69 yrs 10 mos
JONES:
01. Abraham Jones d. 17 Dec 1891 ae 80 yrs,
h/w Catherine d. 29 Apr 1892 ae 75
yrs
06. Henry Jones 1810 - 1880
Wm. G. Jones d. 1901 ae 62 yrs
JORDAN:
23. Annie - see CRANDALL
KILLAM:
03. James G. Killam d. 21 Dec 1885 ae 39 yrs
39. Joseph A. Killam d. 14 Feb 1879 ae 63 yrs,
h/w Margaret d. 29 Mar 1871 ae 61
yrs
LANGLEY:
16. Julia A. w/o E. G. Langley d. 1880 ae 29 yrs
LAWRENCE:
17. John P. Lawrence d. 10 Jan 1886 ae 37 yrs
LEWIS:
05. John E. Lewis s/o John Lewis d. 16 Mar 1871
LOWREY:
07. J. W. Lowrey d. 1901 ae 41 yrs
MAC DONALD:
19. D. D. MacDonald 1843 - 1914
h/w Laura R. 1846 - 1914
MANN:
20. Roy Mann 26 Feb 1892 - 10 May 1916 (s/o D. S. Mann)
24. George Mann d. 1904 ae 71 yrs
35. Diana w/o John Mann d. 1904 ae 82 yrs
MC CREADY:
13. George McCready 1827 - 1908
h/w Margaret M. Bleakney 1840 - 1885
MC FEE:
04. William McFee d. 4 Feb 1882 ae 47 yrs
MILLS:
11. Samauel Mills d. 1895 ae 60 yrs
PRICE:
18. Warren W. Price Jan 1830 - Oct 1905
36. Moses Price d. 1915 ae 79 yrs
Lavinia Price 1830 - 1916
PUGSLEY:
02. Andrew Pugsley d. 7 Sept 1888 ae 81 yrs,
h/w Abigail d. 29 May 1887 ae 73
yrs
RITCHIE:
26. John A.Ritchie d. 1907 ae 53 yrs
SMITH:
33. W. Benj. Smith d. 1881 ae 38 yrs
STEEVES:
32. Jas. B. Steeves 1844 - 1904
SURRETT:
34. Marshall Surrett d. 1891 ae 73 yrs
TRITES:
31. Abel G. Trites d. 1898 ae 81 yrs
WALSH:
25. M. W. Walsh d. 1894 ae 54 yrs
WEBSTER:
08. Jno. B. Webster d. 1898 ae 78 yrs