Continue reading at the CBC article Black cemetery in Tecumseh receiving heritage designation
Caveat: the date of death given in the article on CBC for James Ross is incorrect. His death certificate clearly shows the year of death to be 1899.
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March 26, 2015
Heritage Designation for Black Cemetery
The Smith Cemetery on Banwell Road, which dates back to 1850, was
designated a historical site in September by the Town of Tecumseh, Ontario. It will receive a provincial designation in a ceremony planned for the
summer and will be renamed the Historic Banwell Road Black Cemetery.
One of those buried is James Ross. Ross was murdered at the age of 80 in July 1899. On 06 February 1900 his killer 30 year old Levi Stewart was hung for the crime in Sandwich, Ontario (currently part of Windsor).
There are only 5 surviving headstones in the cemetery but more than 100 black Canadians are believed to be buried there.17 known burials can be viewed on Find-A-Grave
Continue reading at the CBC article Black cemetery in Tecumseh receiving heritage designation
Caveat: the date of death given in the article on CBC for James Ross is incorrect. His death certificate clearly shows the year of death to be 1899.
Continue reading at the CBC article Black cemetery in Tecumseh receiving heritage designation
Caveat: the date of death given in the article on CBC for James Ross is incorrect. His death certificate clearly shows the year of death to be 1899.
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