The Cecil Whig., 1880-04-03
CECIL METHODIST.
THE HOPEWELL CEMETERY.
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rttAilIk !u.-C:ntth.ieL
Ia t:.c northeast corutr If the fist l,lii-
tiou 10 the old ground i, the !ut OF Edwin
Wilmer. j; j.: .ne.os,d by 4 hGaT ig"n rail
in-. ari.or it:.. trees stand III each conner: Il
minosa tre. Tiny. erS, ;;EI creeping Ivy a3rrn
the Let. III it stands the .GF*i shaft nomu-
mcnt that was erected in Hopewe'l cemc-
terry. II is to the memory Of two children.
Emma Easin Wilmer died at " Holly Hail,
hear Elkton. April 18th. 1888, III the 18th
year of her age. The late Rev. Henry +.
lIurn wrote and published a memoir Of her,
entitled "Thr Sunbeam of the Household"
\ nunher OF tributes to her memory We're
written, both in prose and in poetry, by
some Of her classmates and other friends,
aud were published in The Cr'H Wing and
Dean"ciW. Her infant sister, Emma Will
son Wilmer, died "n the 9Th of November,
1914, aged two years nine months and If
teen days. She was buried in the old ground:
bat in 1853 her remains were tli>intcrred
and removed to this lot. Her original grave
WAS vault, hriclsed on tlI;. ends and sides.
and tloored and capped with Granite slabs,
laid in cement. As far rs possible, it was
made air-tght When her grave was opened
and the cappng removed, the pine case that
Enclosed the coffin WAS f"unrl to have turned
bIorl, and crumhlrd to pieces when ham
died. The cotiina mahogany onc-was
perfectly sound. except where ii was fast
enea with screws. Not Il Vrstige of cloth
ing or flesh or bones remained, except the
skull and hair attacked Ia it The hair,
which was long and in curlS, was as fresh
and glossy n when she WAS living. Some
white. asii-lil<e lines iu,li.atrh where The
bones had decayed. DR. Cornelius Smith
Knight was present to witness the condi-
ton of 4 corpse hat had lain in the tomb
for fifteen wears. The details of this ease
are given because it seems to antagoniZe the
theory Of
WORMS DESTROYING THE BOnN,
an idea that is painfully distressing to many
minds. Judging from this and other Siuli-
lar eases that | have Witnessed, | believe
the body, after death. moulderS into decay,
and literally returns 'duSt To dust and
ashes to ashes. :"
In Il lnt--inroSei by granite curb stones,
which has received much loving and care
luI tiItUiibli litlll 'tt>n '4'IEt ilDltiS.
stands il handsome monument to the mem
ory Of Cornelius and his wife Hannah
(Kuight) Smith. Her first husband was
John Reynolds. Their chii,lren--Mr$. Mary
Megredy, Mrs. Hannah Eliza CAREY, Mrs.
lydia Ann Parker, and William Il. Rcy-
noldS-are all deceased and are all buried
in H"pewell Cemetery. Her only son, by
her second marliHTe-turnCliuS j. smith
was drowned in the Su>qurhanna river in
Ilr FH,fn lrIlfr II at Port
drowned at the same time. He was from
thrStcrtown, Kent county, Md, and his
remains We're taken there. There are those
sill living in Fort and vicinity who reinem-
her and can never forget the decp-t-t sad
ness and oppressive gloom that pervaled
their hearts and settled upon the people on the
day OF that double funeral from ''Eottagc
Hill" then the residence of Mr. Smith He
lies in the cid ground, III the Megredy fam
lily POW. Grandma Smith, as she was
famiIiarly called by adults rs well as chill
drtn. never grew old, though she lived be-
y"nd fuurScorc years. Her heart, affections,
and sympa;heS remained Young, warm, and
generous. She WIS Il mother in Israel
old and young. rich and poor, white and
colorrl, bound and free, called her Hic&&ed.
Cornelius Smith came to Port Deposit
when Il young man, and, growing up with
the town, he became one of Ports most
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of the church and rhonuhtful rrovider for
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To education, and contributed Ia its promo
ton while he lived, and at his death be
- ono lie ramrcsentsa thr comfy im ne
In,;Sl,,nr,, and ,Iw,vs tnIt y Ii~eiv ;uter-
or in .,ll th,t nertnin.J tn rhe wrIf;,rn ,f
1h state He died nu INN. onfh 1S5S
In this lot Ahii1h kninht is buried lie
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s'r,;ror nt. his f,,,iIr Ills Ir"thsr GI.r,,'
mi.Il u,s hrIi,Tr The f;,tbar of ,rhan-
'lr, ' ."J G,r,ir,. ,Ti ''I.'G' ri',i W H;s
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,lore b.. Abijah, Charles F., and Harriet
Knight, who married L"muel II. Purnell,
of Eiktun.
'H'Lh N'l' All KNIGHT
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OF Port
George II. lrineS died on June 18th, 1860
He was il native of Cecil county: Il well-to-
do farmer and blacksmith; fond of local
politics. and ut different times held subor-
faithful to his trusts and his integrity never
questioned
f. l.. Tavlur 6iCii ssnl,,, ...nd, 1873. Geo.
NJ. Iltyjs iis4t bee. lith, 1855 Margaret
McCumbi,h died July 251h. 1865. Cord-li;
l. Glenn, h.rI in Iial March Dut, 1s-r