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x0x1FOCUS-DECEMBER2011CemeterieSofSCUgOgparTThrEEsCugOgx19ssmallErCEmETEriEsThecemeterieso.thismunicipalityprovideanexcel-lentwaytosearch.orculturaldiversityrighthereinScugog.ThelasttwocemeteryarticlesinFocusonScugogpresentedsomeo.theculturalback-groundo.PrinceAlbertandPortPerryinthePineGroveCemeteryinPrinceAlbert.Thex1rstsettlersintheoldReachTown-shipweretheCrandellsdecendantso.Loyalistswhole.ttheUnitedStatestoseekabetterli.einBritishNorthAmerica.Inthe1830stheywere.ollowedbylargenumberso.Englishmen.romLondontheWestCountryCornwallandDevonbutthelargestnumbero.settlerscame.romScotland.Asacontrastmosto.theearlysettlersintheoldCartwrightTownshipwereIrishProtestants.Thisgaverisetoanextreme-lystrong.ollowingo.theOrangeOrderinCartwright.In.actthehamleto.Tooleyx19sCornersbecameknownasWilliamsburga.terWilliamo.Orange.In1887itwasrenamedBlackstockbuteventodaythereareclearreminderso.thepopularityo.theOrangeOrder.TheSt.Johnx19sAnglicanCem-eteryisaboutakilometereasto.Blackstockandcontainstheearthlyremainso.over1000souls.Thecemeteryrisestotheeastandatthecentreo.thepeakisatallmonumenttoJamesHylandtheWorship.ulMastero.oneo.theearliestOrangeOrdershereinCartwright.Awarrant.oralodgewasissuedtohimin1846.Oneo.theearliestburi-alshereisthato.MaryJobbthetwo-year-olddaughtero.ThomasandAnnJobbanditrevealsoneo.themostheart-rendingstoriesintheCart-wrightcemetery.Theirdaugh-terMarydiedinDecember1850avictimo.anoutbreako.TBwhichtooktheliveso.anumbero.childrenandelderly.ThreeyearslatertheJobbslosttheirtwo-year-oldson.In1863theirseven-year-oldsonThomasdiedandin1866theylosttwomorechildrentheir.our-year-oldtwinsSamuelandMaryJanewhobothdiedinSeptembero.thatyear.Not.ar.romthetragicJobbburialsiteatthewesternendo.thecemeteryisahumblefatstoneinremem-branceo.JohnTooleyanIrishmana.terwhomthecom-munitywasnamed.Heopenedahotelatthesouthwesto.the.ourcornerso.presentdayBlackstockatthesiteo.thewarmemorial.Johnx19swi.eSusanliesbesidehim.Shediedin1855.Thechurchbesidethiscemeteryburneddownin1876andanewredbrickchurchwaserectedtothewestinthevillageo.WilliamsburgnowBlackstock.ItwasbuiltonlanddonatedbyJamesFlukeadevoutAnglicanandownero.theRoyalHotelsometimescalledtheAus-traliaHouseatthesouth-eastcornero.themainintersec-tiono.thevillage.Flukewasalsoacaptaininthelocalmilitiathe3rdCompanyCartwrightVolunteers.Heowned200acreseasto.the.ourcornersonthenorthsideo.theroad.ThisisthepropertycontainingthelandwhichhedonatedtotheAnglicanstobuildtheirpresentchurch.InadditionheownedpropertyinCadmuswhichincludedasawmillandagristmill.FlukewasReeveo.Cartwrightin1847.In1882Flukeretiredandsoldallhispropertyandmovedalongwithhiswi.eCharlottetoToronto.TheyboughtanimpressivehomeonKingStreetWest.Hediedin1894andwasburiedintheMountPleas-antcemeteryinanimpressivemausoleum.Someun-knownpersonmysteriouslyplacesaforalmemorialatthedoortohismausoleumseveraltimesayear.BackinTooleyx19sCornersimmediatelywesto.Flukex19sonthenorth-eastandnorth-westo.the.ourcornerswasownedbyWilliamHooeyanotherChurcho.Englandadherent.Theonlymembero.theFluke.amilyburiedinCart-wrightisAgnesFlukeasistero.James.Agnesmarriedx1cBigDavidx1dHooeyabrothero.hotelkeeperWilliamHooeyin1852andtheyhad5children.BigDavidhad7children.romhisx1rstwi.eSusannahwhodiedin1848.AgnesisburiednotintheSt.Johnx19sCemeterybutintheCartwrightUnionCemeteryacrosstheroad.romthepresentSt.Johnx19sChurch.AlsoburiedintheUnionCem-Thisisthefnalpartox11aseriesox11articlesbylocalhistorianPaulArculusaboutthecemeteriesox11ScugogTownship.Cemeteriesprovideaninterestingwaytofndinx11ormationontheeventsandchangingdemographicsinthehistoryox11acommunity.HereinScugogwecanfndevidenceox11tragicaccidentsepidemicsscandalsandevenmurderhiddenamongthetombstones.InthisarticlePaultakesusonajourneyaroundthetownshiptodiscoverthevarietyox11cem-eterieslargeandsmallscatteredthroughoutourcommunity.Pleaseturntopage48