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 Best Family Headstone - Lot 16, PEI Posted by:  T0SHEA
N 46° 28.926 W 063° 52.176
20T E 433252 N 5147981
Built on the grounds of the St. James Methodist Church, this old cemetery is still used, however infrequently, by the Methodists of Lot 16 and area.
Waymark Code: WMV40J
Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada
Date Posted: 02/19/2017
Views: 3
St. James Methodist Church was built here in the 1870s, with the cemetery soon following. In 1925, with Church Union in Canada, the congregation joined with the Presbyterian Church 3 kilometres to the south and the church was sold to a neighbouring farmer for use as an outbuilding. There were those of the Methodist congregation who wished to remain Methodist, if only in name, and who still use this cemetery. To date there are something over 60 headstones, the oldest being those of Samuel Yeo and "Baby" Clarke who died in 1874.
This fairly modest square headstone takes the shape of a square pillar with a gabled top. While most of the headstone is cover in rustication, the gable sides were given an ornate design, much like flourishes around a stylized leaf. Buried at this headstone are the husband and father, John, the wife and mother, Martha, and two of their sons, William and Harry.
JOHN T
BEST
BORN
APRIL 7, 1840,
DIED
MARCH 29, 1923.
MARTHA THORN
IMMAN,
WIFE OF
JOHN T BEST
DIED JAN. 17, 1919,
AGED 74 YEARS,
1 MONTH, 17 DAYS.
GONE BUT NOT
FORGOTTEN FOR
HER MANY KIND
DEEDS.
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WILLIAM
HENRY
BEST,
DIED
MAY 15, 1870,
AGED
14 YEARS
HARRY
TURNER
BEST
DIED
MAY 10, 1904,
AGED
20 YEARS
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