Oh, I love this cemetery. It's the first one I remember my father taking me to, probably when I was a teenager. As you can probably tell, this picture was taken before I had a digital camera. I must make it back before I forget where exactly it is (actually, that could be a problem already). It's somewhere in West Hants County around Brooklyn on a hill above what might be the Herbert river. My dad would go over a bridge and turn an immediate left along the river, where we'd park. A grassy road led up a short but steep hill where the land flattened out: gravestones on the left, the old stone foundation of what was perhaps a church on the right. Beyond that, some thick trees and then a farmer's field.
And the stones are old; the newest one almost a century old now, if I'm remembering properly. I've been back several times, but always with my father driving, so the last time was probably in May of 2001, when he and I took a family history tour of Nova Scotia together.
Anyway, I have one tombstone to share. In the top photo, do you see the large double stone on the left? The one with the two large ovals, each topped with the face of an angel? (Click to embiggen.) It has the most elaborate carvings in the cemetery. That stone belongs to a set of twin brothers, William Wier and Benjamin Wier, sons of William Wier; grandsons of Daniel Wier, a planter who came to Nova Scotia from Rhode Island. The inscriptions read:
Sacred
to the Memory of
WILLIAM WIER
twin brother of Benj
who died
May 16th, 1822
Aged 48
Years
Sacred
to the Memory of
BENJAMIN WIER
who died
April 6th, 1822
Aged 48
Years