The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-10
CECIL METHODIST.
THE HOPEWELL CEMETERY
CHAPTER III.-cOutintied.

BY F. W.
CHAPTER III.-cOntinUed
John Creswell. son of Col Crcswell. and
father of the Hon. j. \. j. CreSwelI, died
May -, 1881 and was buried in the 'chapel
grounds, near the Battle Swamp Hotel p"
He married Rebecca T.. Webb whose father
was an iron manufacturer OF much prorsi-
nenre. She has been previously referred to
i'll these articles Us a lady, TO whom Method
ism i'll Port Deposit owed much. Mrs. Cres-
well survived her husband, and after many
years of widowhood, contracted Il second
marriage with DIR. Thomas l.. Murphy, a
physician of high repute and journalist OF
much ability, of Baltimore city. After the
Doctors marriage with Mrs. CreSwell. h.
located in Port Deposit and practiccd his
profession there until his deafh which o.
CURED on March l6I", 1861. He was buried
al 1"peweil. AFTER MS ae"fh, the remains
of John CreSwell We're remove, from rho
chapel grounds to Hopewell cemetel.y In
a lot incloSed with iron railing, and well
cared for, stands Il handsome shaft marble
monument to the memory of these two de
ceased husbands of Mrs. Murphy. The
writer enjoyed an intimate personal ac-
qnaintance with DR.. Murphy, and now,
after Il lapse of twenty Years, drops Il tear
on his grave ron d1UfC.
In an adjacent lot are buried a number of
the children of Arthur NJ. Strout. Mrs
Strout is Il sister of the late John and Geo.
Thompson and OF Hugh y. Thompson OF
Port Deposit. Mr.. Strout has so long re-
sided in Port and ut Woodlawn, that every
body knows him. Being stone cutter and
stone mason, he has perhaps tr"iled IN more
graves than any other man living in that
hpI E,a, -at h,.t,,
another shall he called on to perform that
service for Arthur.
Margaret (Jenkins) MrNey, wife of Levi
McNey. died Dec. Il, 1867 They have sev-
eral children buried in this lot which adj
joins the "old ground James Tay lor died
Sept. -, 1857. Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin
f. Alexander died Nov Ii, ls:1l. John q.
Walker died Aug. ), 1850. Abbey Walker
died Jan. %, 1865. William r., a son of
Norman w. Rowland died July u, 1851.
In a lot inclosed by heavy granite curb
stones lies buried Mary, second wife Of
Greenbury Purncll also her son Enoci,
who died before his mother, and her dalgh-
ter Mary, recently deceased. Mr.. Il. Pur-
nell and his first wife are buried in the NJ.
f. Church burial ground at Elkton, rs are
also his brother James and their father
James Purnel. These men Were all long
and tavorably known in Cecil county. Two
of the family survive, and are now advanced
to Il ripe old age-MrS. MckinSey and Mrs.
Hewitt. Who is there in Cecil Cat least
what Methotlist) that does not know -,unty
Hewitt? After she had reached more than
fuurScOre years, she met with Il serious acct
dent, which disabled her, and for more than
two years confined her Il cripple TO her room
and for the most part of the time to her bed.
During this period, instead of lnurmuring
at her lot, she has been cheerful and hope
full, patiently and joyfully waiting her ap-
pointed time, and ready to depart and be
with the Lord: and though unable To walk,
she has found something for her hands To
do, and has, in addition to much other sew
ing, pieced and made three bed quilts, two
of them of silk, each containing Grer three
Thousand pieces. During the entire afiliction
she has been the guest and the recipient Of
atfcctionate Christian attention from Miss
Jane Torhert, of Elkton 1t is more blessed
to give than to receive
Mrs. Purnell, with whom Aunty Hewitt
made her home for many wears, was Il daugh-
ter OF John and Elizabeth Megrcdy. She
was an early convert to AletGodiSm, and
long held her mem berS.ip at Houewcll
She desired, naturally, TO he buried with
her ancestors and kindred. and with those
with whom she had taken sweet counsel.
She was noted for her consistent piety, ge-
NAL disposition, and works Of love. The
poor We're never turned away empty from
her door.
Capt. Samuel MclIowcn OF charinstuwn
married Mary Davis, a sister oi lanes a.
Davis, and settled in Port. and for some
wears wis engaged in merchandising. He
died Dec. IL, 1901. Jane Kirk died May IA,
1851. William \. Kirk died Nov. 3, lS'6,
and William Kirk died July 30, 1872 These
were highly respected and We're earnest,
active, useful members Of the Methodist
Church.
Lydia Ann Parker. youngest child OF John
ami Hninah (l{nigitl Reynolds, first wife
of William Parker, OF Port Deposit, died
Nov. s, 1Sj0. She WAS Il devout Christian,
an earnest worker for the church. and was
gre ttly beloved for her many virtues. Dur
ing her long sickness, she was Gas have also
many others, who have lived in Port
DeposiD carefully nurscd and admins
tered unto by Miss Philena Reynolds,
most e>timabIe lady, whose lifelong work
has been to do What she could to helm 9th
erS. May she ne.-er want fir a iIindiy hand
in need. Mrs. Parker left three sons ,eon-
ard s, j. Kos, and Daniel M.-and one
daughter (ilannah NJ }, all of whom have
married and removed from Cecil.
Charles ". Jackson died lee %, 1888
Willard Harris died duly ~, 1860. John
Egan died March !, ISIS. Maria Il. Egan
died Dee. !, 1861, and Anne E. Egan died
May !. 1873. II these resided in the vicin-
the church. ami highly rasl,eGied.
Nathan Wiley, who was referred To III
chapter . rs one of the Young men who
came to Port Deposit to repair Turner's
mill ut Rock Run, and who, with others,
held prayer meetings i'll the neighbOrhond,
before II society was formed in Por; Deposit
died July 10, 1861. Mr.. Wiley remained a
lifelong Methodist, and was local preacher
of much usefulness. His first wife was a
Sisier ~ lie iatc Andrew kidd. She left
two SGps--S cSi&y VI. aud j E,Lili.gv. -
boil: ii whom! are veil relncn. lrrcd in Port.
TIL" Rev. Nathan Wiley removed fran Bort
uep,!sIt to theStcrtnwn, Kent county, where
he was greatly esteemed His :'Suiis., li;ernn-
ricS = turned to Hopewell, and, though he
died at Chestertown, he requested to be
buried at Hopcwell, around which place
clustered the remembrance of his early re-
ligiouS associations.
Near by are the graves of two children of
William and Lurena (Kerr) Adams of Bal
t,I-tre, aged respectively two and seven
years. y iso Ill" grave; III .t.iur.,. III ,a!l.es
and Virginia TnurhStonc Harriet laura
daughter of Henry G. and Hannah (Ahra-
hams) Nesbtt, died Nov. ., lS6:i. Mr. Mes
bitt has erected Il marble shaft monument
to her memory.
Hannah j. Mitchell died Nov. :, 1860.
Margaret \. Lynch died March H. 1865.
Margaret Harris died Au-. IL, 1872. Eliza
~, l:aWi.h4&t ttiiS" ;!Ee; = ne Iiteh,
March u, 1895. Joseph Ii. Thomas, wife,
and daughter sleep beside each other Mr.
Thomas was, for many years, one Of the,
most active and useful members that be-
longed to liopewel. Indeed it may, with
ont oifeuSe, be said shat he filled the place
of a maior-domo for the society thcrc-truS-
tee, steward, class leader, cXhOrter, sexton,
Sunday school superintendent, and general
: e. -. a, =.
/ or c,.lretsry, ana was ..,itLtM i" ali lie
was ttEnler, carpenter, rabnct-mak'r and
undertaken. Vnit"m IN Darro. His uilp was
II heipl..at" il.T :, cOinttrter to him. ana 4
blessing To the community. \ daughter of
theirs married Il son of James Barnes, and
resides in Baltimore; another married f.
". Allen, OF Hartford county. Two sons are
doing business in Philadelphia. All Mr..
Thnnaa's children are credit To th~ir var
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