Oliphant Gravestones in Everton Cemetery, Wellington County, Ontario, and in London, Ontario

Everton Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.

William is the son of David Oliphant Sr. and Sophia Watt, and the brother of our ancestor Mary Oliphant (who married William Elliot).  His inscription reads:

Oliphant

William Oliphant 

Born At

St. Andrews, Scotland, 1814

Died at Everton 1856

Ann Stewart His Wife

Born At

Dundee Scotland 1818

Died At Guelph 1908

The Memory of the Just Is Blessed

And here is his obituary, in his brother David Oliphant's monthly paper The Christian Banner. It doesn't tell us a lot about him, but it does express a lot of love, in a formal Victorian manner.

The Christian Banner, Vol. 10, No. 10, October 1856. 

His parents and brother share a grave in the same graveyard.

The inscription reads:

In Memory Of 

David Oliphant

1778-1841

His Wife Sophia

1782-1857

Their Son Alexander

1810-1834

Here is Sophia's obituary, written by her son David Oliphant Jr.  Unfortunately it does not give the names of her parents or any siblings.  The fact that David and Sophia had seven children in total was new information for me;  they only brought five to Canada.  The other two must have died young.   

The Christian Banner, Volume 11, Number 4, April 1857, p. 130.

David Oliphant Jr. is buried, along with his two wives and at least one child, in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery, London, Ontario, in Section N.  The following photographs are different views of the family gravestone. 

The inscription reads:

Elder D. Oliphant

Died Mar. 18, 1886, Aged 63 Years.

Eusebia B. His Wife

Died Dec. 3, 1916 Aged 84 Years

OLIPHANT 

David and Eusebia's daughter Mary Elizabeth is remembered on the other side:

Mary Elizabeth, Daughter of David & Eusebia, Sept. 4, 1875-May 30, 1964.

Cynthia Mason,  David Oliphant Jr.'s first wife, is commemorated on the top part of the second side:

Cynthia M. Mason, Wife of D. Oliphant, Died Sept. 16, 1864

My Soul Doth Magnify The Lord.