The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-11-30
TWO More Lists of 1ntermentg.

On the first and fourth pages this morning
is given list of the interments in st. John S
Roman Catholic Cemetery and in Ascension
Protestant Episcopal Cemetery.
The latter is a small cemetery, only ~ OF
/ the graves being marked. The cemetery con-
/ tains more graves, however. Only of the
| 40 persons inferred there were over 20 years
| of age In this cemetery rest the remains of
! Leigh Master, "a native of England, who came
/ to this country and settled at Avondale, about
! a mile and half from Westminster, about
| 1850. He died in 1876, aged 10 years. His
/ remains were removed to the present resting
place in recent years. The earliest interment
/ that is marked, was in November, 1913.
| In St. Johns Cemetery the interments,
marked and unmarked, number 537, and
both are given in the list. Of the ages OF
| 1913 given, 107 were over 40 years OF age,
showing an unusual longevity. Of these "a
were between 10 and so years of age; q be-
! tween so and So; Is between 50 and so:
between 90 and %, and 95 years of age.
The oldest person buried there was John
Yingling, aged 90. The youngest was
Nicholas Fleagle, aged 80 minutes.
The longest lived families are the Adel-
sparger and Durbin. OF the former, Thomas
died. aged over II; Margaret, aged 81;
Elizabeth, aged So, and Eleanor, aged 81.
Of the Durbins, Benjamin was nearly 90;
Thomas nearly rs; Comfort SO and Susannah
81. IKE Arnolds also lived to an advanced
age-Mary Il years; William 70 and Joseph
76.
Forty.eight persons died between the age
of 60 and 20. This would indicate that more
than two thirds of the persons who live to be
20 years of age, live TO be 20 or over Three
score and ten saws the Psalmist, is the age
of man. The list shows that of the lOI who
lived to be 40 years of age, only 81 lived to
be over 75-or about one in three. Cine
in five reached so, one in seven reached 50, one
in II reached 90, and only one lived to be 80.
So far as we have ascertained there were
bat four errors in the large list published
last week. The inscriptions in two cases were
misleading, the names Of the surviving hus
bands being made more prominent than the
names of the deceased wives. Instead OF
Joshua Lockard, ir., the record should have
read MARY, wife of Joshua LocSard, j.;
and instead of Vim. H. Loekard, the record
should have been, Maria, wife Of VIM. H.
Lockard.
There was an error as to the figures on the
tombstone of VIM. Z. Shriner. He died
January 3, 1867, aged IL years, months and
10 DAYS. The error occurred by the stone
being heavily covered with moss.
The other error was in the date Of the
death Of Henry W. Dell, who died in 1856, in
stead of 1866
The list last week was a very interesting
record to many Of the older citizens. One
lady, who Is above 20, spent several
DAYS scanning the list, and large number Of
others found much interest in reading the
names. which recalled to mind many persons
almost forgotten and incidents in their lives.
A gentleman Of this city, wrote:
WESTMINSTER, November ~, 1859.
VA1pERFoRD BRos--I write % thak you for the
very interesting record In the last issue of your
paper Of the City Of the Dead. Having lived here
Tor more than forty years, and having known many
af those whose names appear in ihat record made
il douhly interesting 10 calling 10 my memory
as it did many names almost forgotten by me.
Very truly. y l. O.
With this issue Of the ADVOCATE We com
plete the publication OF the list of iniermeuts
in the Westminster Cemeteries, the largest OF
any in the county We do not intend 10
monopolize the space usually devoted to
miscellany with this census Of the cities Of
the dead. The AnvoCArE will continue to
present 10 its readers the accustomed variety
from grave 10 gay, from lively 70 severe.
The lists to come, being smaller, will not re-
uuire al the space Of our oaier pages to
publish them entire in one issue. Room
will be found for the usual instructive and
entertaining miscellany.