Ruston Cemetery is small family burial ground, located a few hundred yards south of Elgin Township's Third Concession Road on a farm just west of  Wattie Side Road. The cemetery is on small hill approximately half way between the road and Oak Creek.

The Ruston Family were originally from Yorkshire, England, and members of the local Methodist congregation. The Ruston Family arrived in Elgin in 1824. John Ruston had been a Methodist preacher in England.  William and Nicholas Ruston originally farmed the property.    

Name	Description
WM. Ruston	Died 27 Jan. 1853 Aged 42 Years
John Ruston	Died 4 March 1831 Aged 52 Years
Martha Robinson	Wife of J. Ruston Died 12 Apr. 1851 Aged 70 Years
Miss E. Ruston	Died 19 Jan. 1853 Aged 50 Years
John Ruston, Jr.	Died 31 Aug. 1855 Aged 48 Years
Nicholas Ruston	Died May 12, 1873 Aged 75 Years A Native of Yorkshire England
Mary Jane Ruston	Daughter of Wm. & Mary Ruston Died Nov. 10, 1856 AE 11 Yrs. 10 Months
Martha A. Ruston	Daughter of Wm. & Mary Ruston Died Feb. 5, 1873 Aged 30 Years

Source of historical notes: Sellar, Robert:. The history of the county of Huntingdon and of the seigniories of Chateauguay & Beauharnois , 1888.

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