Kezia Attwood Davies died November 1, 1852 "...in consequence of severe injuries from an accident by fire after enduring extreme agony for the space of 48 hours which she bore with resignation to the Divine will..." She was 33 Old Protestant Burying Ground, Charlottetown, PE

Mary Longuet Orlebar died at age 7 in 1846. The house where she lived still stands: historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/pla… "Cold is the grave but warm is the hope That shines amid the gloom For soon the Lord will come and bring His ransom'd children home" OPBG, Charlottetown

Francis Longsworth immigrated to PEI in the early 1790s & became a leading figure in business & public life. He was sheriff of Queens County. He & Agnes (Auld) had 10 children including Francis Jr who became a prominent politician. biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_… OPBG, Charlottetown

ERECTED BY CHARLES BINNS JUNE AND ELIZABETH ANNE HIS WIFE TO perpetuate the Memory of their two infant sons JAMES DIX CANTELO WHO died August 2nd AD 1839 Aged 13 Months and 14 days CHARLES THEODORE WHO died January 23rd 1842 Aged 14 days OPBG Charlottetown

Simon Dodd was a ship's captain & harbourmaster. He married Jane Walker in Durham England in 1814. Their family home on Pownal Street still stands. Both of their children became prominent merchants in Charlottetown. Old Protestant Burying Ground, Charlottetown PEI

Benjamin Chappell was a machinist, wheelwright, postmaster & politician. But his spiritual work as a Methodist lay preacher occupied him most. biographi.ca/en/bio/chappel… He died singing: “O love! how cheering is thy ray! All pain before thy presence flies.” OPBG, Charlottetown

Rare Saturday post: A sunflower for Agnes Dempsey who died on this day in 1834. According to a newspaper account, her husband Charles, a native of Dublin, Ireland died in New York May 27 1863. Old Protestant Burying Ground, Charlottetown PEI

15-year-old Harold Barkhouse died of lethargic encephalitis, AKA sleepy sickness in 1921. 500k people died during a worldwide epidemic of the illness from 1915-1926. It inspired the 1973 book Awakenings. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encephali… Lutheran Cemetery, Chester

William Graves was a farmer. "I believe death was due to heart failure" wrote the doctor on his death certificate. The symbols above his name are from Royal Arch Freemasonry. Lutheran Cemetery, Chester

Otto Maxwell Schnare was a farmer from East Chester. He died from lymphatic leukemia, just before his 30th birthday. Lutheran Cemetery, Chester

Mary Reynolds married silversmith Philip Tidmarsh in 1775. You can see their marriage certificate here: archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statisti… Mary died in 1788. This is her gravestone, carved in the Hay family workshop. Philip died in 1812. The Old Burying Ground, Halifax

This 1828 gravestone for Royal Navy Lieut Thomas Hughes caught my eye because his wife Sarah Jane (Major), who paid for the stone gets top billing and larger type. You see this often with husbands who survived their wives. Not so much the other way around. The Old Burying Ground, Halifax

#OTD in 1814, troops led by Major General Robert Ross entered Washington DC, stormed the Capitol and burned The White House. Ross is buried in Halifax’s The Old Burying Ground, Halifax

IN MEMORY OF CAPT JAMES BOND WHO DIED AUGUST 28 1880 IN HIS 61ST YEAR Lutheran Cemetery, Chester

A death's head carved from Massachusetts slate for Samuel McClure, who died in 1757. The Old Burying Ground, Halifax

I'd wager that the decision to list Lawrence Nuttson's age (88) in roman numerals was purely to balance the composition of his 1797 gravestone. All other numerals are Hindu-Arabic. His wife Catherine died in 1818. She was 31 years younger than him. The Old Burying Ground, Halifax

Sept. 2, 1998: Swissair Flight 111 crashed into the ocean off the coast of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, killing all 229 passengers and crew.

John Homer was a popular politician who made his money shipping salt fish to the West Indies. biographi.ca/en/bio/homer_j… Salt fish was cheap protein for plantation owners who enslaved Black people. NS merchants & tax coffers benefited from the trade for decades. The Old Burying Ground, Halifax

Susan Mary Brown died in 1841 at age 37. Her gravestone also records 4 children who died before their third birthdays. Mortality rates for young children in British North America were as high as 50% in the 19th Century opentextbc.ca/preconfederati…. The Old Burying Ground, Halifax

Bicycle ride through Camp Hill Cemetery, heading East. Additional audio by the EHS LifeFlight helicopter. I'm not religious but I say a little prayer every time I hear it.