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Mit? ”"N- MB, '9 PHaroiarTE9AMsyiN - . . . . . . . t , _ Every year George Potter along with his yyife,.yice, left, and Mary Hermision on plan?)1 _,qtgeivngthut'anls/, L ' local dignitaries and members of the media with snappy/tunes: More information on t e a l 9__â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"_#â€"'_’_’_’_’_’_'__ Historical Sketch By Barry King L , Russ' 1lyee.k.Pipneer affr- ss'-rirriyr"',t,ripk1'i"j'rrC (j gi'i'lg-lt’ I', i" new; i Tallgrass Prairie Cemetery it; , 'ts, 312%”;‘33’2'l‘yL'H'hyi .33.: 1)'ei'y-,tisr,eyi",e Once neglected but still a valuable source of history are y, l a} (Devi: (bfi,rii',(ir))i1, (s,'jyiiiieii'iurCi,'tik,; r J' "$339" the old cemeteries ofNorthumberland County. Fading 51%, re, "-fWs, £,/{Z“T:'3r?'”‘7filj"it'i""if? Ciitf?t '/: Jr ".Vr'7 , memories have very often indicated a recollection ofa fi T, 3' Ft", (f) ., fir', 9933‘:,‘/¢T,L9;9;hT’/‘ _ A?" ski? , graveyard w,here,.tolay, no stones remain standing. Russ' 't 73 (ad t al. f(hif Crfriiii1 l .""1':' ." f,i) ig, 3933 ' it) (t),atj:j, _ Creek Cemetery, in the Seventh Concession of Haldimand L r I" "z'ri?tii))'i'riibr(-i;i(i'ijii,',1', /ifit,'vji/ ")i':isr"ii'ittil'C, 33%??? L Township was destined to follow this same path. , . -;'p:'s,f,i5ifycl?d 2% , fl y, Luff: Cv1tii, [ttr ['17) 9 i Jonathon Russ, an early surveyor in Haldimand " u ft?,.' 'a,t,f,i"iL),lii9, s/iiii,t,i'r,ii'j:"fjfi :L'lF-LV' White/l if) i Township, gave his name to the small creek nearby, and to T I 3% r, Ei, 'iif , 14.552, “435% . V '/2 if 'fa , a little community that. grew up around it in the 1830's. “r 4,2 'sw. It . pr/iff, _ t")? V I», ", 'ififgi. ..’. 1' Once there were sawmills, a blacksmith, pump factory, : Ema-,5 pr ig/ttttii, 'is, 'ij)', Fry f: . s it? ttrf, [til-o. l, general store, one-room schoolhouse, churches of several bh L'Tiry2 "rs) ii'; 'i'i'h _jiii'js'ii:,rvii"iislii'ir 'tri/ec; 'r. Rtt 5" 'i denominations, and even a post office. Surrounded by rriiiiiii'kir'(iiiijiii,,ti' 's?, 'aicff, mfg/{”333 -'\ 3 “I'd/"€42 cultivated fields and pasture, Its future seemed assured. m' N ir 1,. "d 531; / {fig/5, 'iir,ijitiii)iiii'.ii'l,j, 'ii?,!),))))' L Togay, It creek sftill appears on topographic maps, but is Jsi/ , je,rif Ft't ’r'ti",’,vi-'-,," %“‘Wfij Tti, no name ,an ,a ewyears ago, eventhe'C' markingfor it “5/' 1fittieer'yiigif ',tiif; 'V AY, J. Md '$ T mi"?- . cemetery disappeared from the map. _ ')itct: Tfbi, g,'e7ir',fc,),) 5iiid gtk "rii'ij?i'i'i,iN,f,iii'r-'l,, South of the cemetery was the John Tuck farm, later ..r \‘wu’ 2,r'ilg. {if k::i'o's2'. Hirfir(,ii',, , ' W321i%u'//§i“i’i known as the Farr farm. On a few occasions, the family i '.le a," * M"" [irCjCiix?si'rr(t?, 's " 'ilit, 1iiireiiiii"iii1,:" was asked permiSSion to allow a funeral procession to _ii"ii)i)iirrs, iit (ttth" -' Iii' Mil..." y'fpiiqtc'jffiii"'sfi.vtri, cross their property, if a section of the cemetery's historic q P I' Ill-L. t. aw, hi. ”:3? /di'ri)(jg, '1 {a access from the adjacent Russ” Creek Rd. was washed out Sweet, Thurston,Tinney and White. _ ' q; t or in a poor state of repair. Sometimesa request came on In 1984, a work party of volunteers cleared away several very short notice. One time, the residents were made decades of brush, trees and poison ivy which covered tl aware Jusl as the funeral PTOCGSSIDH was seen to be $10W1y site. Many sunken graves were also filled and some of the approaching down the road. Unfortunately, a line of broken markers repaired. A Russ' School reunion helE freshly washed laundry stretched from the house to a tall the next year at Russ‘ Creek recalled the old eGGiidiit" white pine that stood nearby, and blocked the way to the spirit. An Abandoned Cemetery Board has since bee; cemetery. A great scurrying of mother, wet clothes and established and the Russ' Creek Cemetery received chillddren was thereby engendered so that the procession heritage designation in 1985. cou continue unimpeded. The children were quickly A remarkable discover in the Mill _ , ,. dressed in their best attire and the familyjoined the others revealed another historieytreasure hrigleli'lijgd 367193919351: l attendingthe serVioe. _ Creek. Because the land was never cultivated iii, , The most recent tombstone, that of Elizabeth Pratt, is cemetery is home to a wide variety of rare Ji, 9e [ gated 1950. The earliest one records Sarah Bradley's death wildflowers. These were once common in this areapkn11 Le bin 1g49. Nancy Crawford was one of the early landowners as the Rice Lake Plains or Castleton Plains but 'iluvTl'll , 1552 some the cemetery. When her estate was settled in but vanished under the plough. A local field botanist 7, 'l, ' , it was recorded that the cemetery was two acres m Macoun, who went on to explore the Canadian Prair"' o: n sue. local residents recall many more markers than are Sir Sandford Fleming, and became the nati 'ie yith now mevtdence at Russ' Creek, and most of the gravesltes Dominion Botanists in 1881, began his botanic0e3 S Crrst 'lit no? unmarked. Although weather and vandals have here in the 1860's, The place names of Oak Hill career a en heir toll, the following pioneer family names have Castleton Plains, are attached to many s and the ' goenhrecorded: Beswetherick, Birney, Bound, Brakley, of his field samples. It is hoped that r rig t, Bull, Carpenter, Cocks, Drinkwalter, Finley, Fox, this small remnant of the . . V Graham, Hartfo d Hil ' . . . _ original ' Porter Pratt P r , ll, JUICE. Kirkland, Long, Miller, tallgrass prairie ecosystem can be [ , , rout, Richey, Ritchie, Russ, Samis, Spinks, preserved for future generations. E (I)