Wesleyan Union Cemetery in Coverdale, New Brunswick

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Coverdale, New Brunswick, Canada

Coordinates: 46.04617, -64.88277
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The following is adapted from a short essay by the late C.A. Pincombe, published in "History of Riverview" in 1986: The Wesleyan Union Cemetery is one of two cemeteries located within the boundaries of Riverview. One is immediately adjacent to the Coverdale United Church and contains the graves of many early settlers. The Wesleyan Union Cemetery is situated on the Petitcodiac River side of the Coverdale Road, about one mile beyond the United Church Cemetery, just after crossing Turtle Creek. Until at least the mid 1980s, it was surrounded by a neat white fence. The cemetery is still in use. The oldest known gravestone records that Charlotte (Turner) Chapman died on April 13, 1850, aged 67 years. A tragic reminder of the Saxby Gale of October 4, 1869 is recalled by the little stone erected to mark the graves of four O'Brien children. Barely legible today, the names have been re-engraved onto a new stone. Four of six O'Brien children slipped from a raft while crossing the river from their threatened home. Actually, the house remained on its foundations. Another interesting grave is that of James Chapman (1784- 1867) whose brick residence nearby has the date 1824 inscribed on a stone over the doorway. The Ryan property was located in the very heart of Riverview and father and son are buried here: Honourable James Ryan (1821-1892) and Sanford Stephen Ryan (1854-1933). Also interred is the Founding Father of Riverview, Byron A. Dobson (1916-1982) and his wife, Mary E. (Mills) Dobson (1917-1983). Byron Dobson's company built most of the houses in the Riverview and West Riverview subdivisions.