Please be respectful of others in the vicinity, always remain stealthy and also watch where you are parking.
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Please replace everything as you found it, so that the next cacher can enjoy this adventure too.
History of Dixon's Cemetery
The cemetery is located to the south side of Dixon's Primitive Methodist Church which was built in 1855. A strong wind storm in 1874 destroyed the building and in 1875 it was rebuilt. In 1945 the United Church Conference granted permission to the Cemetery Committee to rename the cemetery Dixon's Union Cemetery.
A memorial service is held on the second Sunday in September each year to remember those who have passed away in the previous year.
In the early years, internment's were made during both the winter and summer months. This practice was changed in 1951 when internment's were made only in the summer months. A party of approximately ten came and raised the floor of the church and put in an underground vault to store those who had passed away during the winter months. The foundation was reinforced and a lowering device installed in the choir stalls. Since that time burial services are held in the church during these months.
The cemetery is kept in excellent condition and all of the monuments, with few exceptions, are standing on solid foundations. The size of the plots are two, four and eight graves. There is also a potter's grave for individuals who have died leaving no relatives. The city of Brampton assumes the responsibility for these burials.
The earliest monument shows the name of an infant Hugh C. Dunsmore who died February 3rd, 1849, aged 2 years, 3 months and 9 days. In the same plot another bears the name of Henry Dunsomre who also died February 3rd, 1849, aged 8 months, 13 days. Isaac, son John and Lucinda Patmor and nephew Rueben Lightheart died March 28, 1857 aged 1 year, 10 months.
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The coordinates will take you to the grave site of the Campbell's.
To get the final coordinates, you will need to solve the following problem:
- Take the year of birth and deduct 1907
- Now divide this final number by 1000
- Add this final number to the original coordinates given
- You now have your new North/West - Happy Hunting!
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