535-03 Page 16CPR., went through in 1878 an3-i\D�1 .,
from then on there was littie
e
progress in the growth of the vil.-
lage. However, the quarries were
gradually improving and later
n
years proved them to be the back-
e
hone of the community. You oar
d i.
be sure that had any of. as
sI
imagined that a couple ofsquare
miles of property lying west of the
ES s
village would 50 years later sell
for approximately a million dol-
lars, there would have been quite
a scramble."
€ A flax mill, owned by "'Flax
q
Brown" is of later dated than
Sutherland's Gazetteer, It stood
east of Charles Matheson's house,
rand operated about 1870. to 187.5
f
when it was burned. The boilers
were fed with water from the
creek. Sawdust was used for fuel.
rnw_n's Rope Walk stood behind
present John. Nadalm's home.
Howard Adkins' general store at Beachville, shown here,
was originally a cabinet shop. It was built in 1850 VY
Morris Green.
z
_ "One half acre, part of the nor-
therly part of Lot No. 8 coming
to the east side of Zorra street and
on
yx�vand 11 Sweaburg Cemetery Board
�•A d o e" �— I the wedge of the T River 1
%L�pdr� Thames, thence
south-easterly along y,Q2�,.(o the edge of said street, 3 chains, 53 'plans Memorial Se_rvicE
a links to a willow tree, being the
peQ w 7 a.ZCea7 des.+' Qr . 'yQ e third largest tree from Vanalstine's - Now it —is a beauty spot. the
_ What community pride and ill
- barn, and then N 72 degrees 4,0' E' � sounds have been well fenced;
termination can accomplish will g'
/i.Pi1.-v+✓s'w+Y 8 chains 73 edge
o more or less along - e trees and ravesflowers have been plant
a /- s g b demonstrated at the decoration ed; the raves are levelled once
14 � �a ,y the north ed e of Hoak street to an
-'•w uLG Elm tree about 18" in diameter and memorial day ceremony at the g
* - standing on the edge of the river I Sweaburg cemetery. j a year and throughout the sum-
�•¢�- d Thames aforesaid, then following Back i>3 1862 in the village of j mer months the grass is mowed
Gw:p q/ n.
y said river down stream to the place ! Sweaburg land was provided for I until it looks like a wthosepl id to
(/ r of beginning." the construction of a union ceme- In the record of those laid to
:..lei. � �h��, to b a ublic spirited citizen, rest in the cemetery are the
p , _ d Rebellion Leader alvin artin who conveyed the names of many intimately connect-
cqs...L -w �a-�'ae•6•Z� =Xb ^•= ", Among the early business men i. an or e legal sum of one-- ed with foe early history of the
was Cornelius Cunningham, wagon ', dollar. It was for the use of al district; Cody. Webster, McCalley, p
�/'r"'"' aMit s maker, who operated here for sever- ,the denominational groups in the Tapley, Lambert, Gee, Thornton !ne
al years, prior to the Rebellion of commum� Todd, Edwards, Pullin, Seal w,
a,- 18.37 -He-was _—hanged in _1_839 in Trustees were elected for the : Cuthbert, Briggs, Hazen, Withrow,
union church and cemetery, those Manzer, Rice, Foster and others.
Lo
ndon jail as a leader of the I named being the late Franklin The present cemetery board
b
!may, John CaSi and William Ar- iconsist.s of Fred Millard chair -
James Fuller had a smith's shop nold. After Mr. Arnold's death, man; Fmerson Garfat. secretary-
---�— on the south side of the river in i. John Cummings was named to fill
—'T � I the board. Then in I888 a new treasurer; Charles Pullin, George ill
.A/Iv Ushd.Piv �D e6Gi�'✓ llcd�t•2 �'r`E,
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August 18, 1857 — - - -
The Woodstock Sentinel has an account of
.\the opening of a new Presbyterian Church at
eachville.
Calvin Martin operated a saw-
. mi 1 e ow ttfW' present site of the
'C.N.R. station. This was abandoned
and part of the machinery washed
awav by 1850.
Samuel Canfield operated a saw-
mill at a very e ally date.
Another mill site which was aban-
doned as long as anyone can re-
member is on Foundry Creek, behind
Charles Reeve's home.
In 1832 there was a Methodist
Church hex•e, and in that year Beach-
yille became a regular stop on the
!stage route between Niagara and
Sarnia.
By 1.844 there was a Presbyterian
Church (Free Kirk), by 1855 a
Baptist, and in 1858 land was.
(bought by "The United Church of
England and Ireland." That was the
.site of the present Anglican Church.
south of the cemetery and a new
trustee board for the church was
elected.
Then as the years passed, the
cemetery became a sadly neg-
lected spot. Scrub trees and wild
rose bushes started to cover the
land,. weeds sprang up unhindered,
fences diappeared and headstones
liped and. fell. Removal of graves
In, � 1 920 a public mpg of th
tipped and fell. Removal of graves
to other cemeterie stwas started
minister, the late Rev. J. Kitching
presiding. A public subscription
list was opened and in.a short
space of time the old burial place
began to. take on a new appear-
ance.
Thornton, Wilfrid Millard, Rev. J.
E. Watson.
The board has arranged for the
decoration and memorial day serv-
ice on Sunday afternoon atr?rn.,
when Rev. George A. Williams,
of To at will be the guest
speaker.J.41 -1i—�y^S�-
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