Notes:

Mary is the daughter of Alice & Alexander Stewart. (Verify)

. After Mary's 9 children were grown Mary returned to Ireland to visit her family. In an often repeated story, great-granddaughter, Marie Felker, recalled that Mary McCutcheon had ridden her horse all the way through the wild bush to Lake Ontario, [to the Port of Oakville] to take her first round of vessels up Lake Ontario & up the St. Lawrence to Ireland." It seems this monumental horse ride made more of an impression on the family than Mary Stewart McCutcheon's ocean voyage! - P J Ahlberg.

. Mary went to Montreal to visit her people & as there were no railroads, she rode horseback to Oakville then took the boat to Montreal. I know once Mary came back from Montreal & rode home alone on horseback. She had a big load, as her people had given her so much to take back to the bushland. She got very tired & people along the way made her stay overnight with them & rest.

. Death Card Notice:
Died, in Erin Township, on Wednesday, August 30, 1893,
Mary Stewart
Relict of the late Hugh McCutcheon, Age 95 years
The Funeral will leave the residence of her son Mr. Stewart McCutcheon, Lot 9, 4th Con, Erin Twp. on Saturday, September 2nd at 2:00 o'clock for Ballinfad Cemetery, Erin. August 31, 1891.

Obituary:
. 1893 Sep 2, Wed. We are called upon this week to record the death of a respected nonagenarian, in the person of Mrs. Mary McCutcheon, who departed this life last Wednesday, in her 95th year.
The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon from the residence of her son, Mr. Stewart McCutcheon, Lot 9, Con. 4, Erin, to the Ballinafad Cemetery.
Deceased came to this country with her husband, Hugh McCutcheon, & 2 children (one of which died on ship board) from the County of Down, Ireland, & settled 30 miles from Montreal. After living there for a few years, they came to Erin Tp., about 65 years ago, [c 1828] & hewed out a home for themselves in the forest where they since lived & died. Their family consisted of 9 children, 6 of whom are still living.
Mrs. McCutcheon has been a widow for 32 years, & has continued to live on the homestead, with her son. In earlier days, she was a Congregationalist, but latterly was a member of the Disciple Church. 2 sons, Stewart & Thomas, live in Erin, Tp., & Robert, in Manitoba; 2 daughters, Mrs. Smith & Mrs. R. Hamilton, reside in Erin, & Mrs. Fieldon, in Seattle, Montana. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Baker & Mr. Fowley.
Ref: Acton Free Press, 7 Sep 1893, page 3, column 3.

. Also Cousin Martha Culvert of Chicago came home for the funeral. 

. Hugh & Mary's weathered monuments are partially hidden by bushes at the top of the hill to the left of the Ballinafad Cemetery. Inscription reads:
In deaths cold arms lies sleeping here
A loving father, a companion dear
In love he lived, In xx he died
His life was asked, but God denied.

Transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:


Died:
Died at age 98 yrs of old age, on Wednesday; Lot 9, Con 4, Erin Twp., RR # 3

Buried:
Lot 1 Con 7, Erin Twp. Monument S13-5. modern stone stands beside semi legible mable stone.

Mary married Hugh MCCUTCHEON, Sr. in 1828 in County Down, Ireland. Hugh (son of John MCCUTCHEON, Sr. and Eleanor JOHNSTON) was born in 1793 in Grey Abbey, County Down, Ireland; died on 19 Feb 1861 in Ospringe, Erin Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried in Ballinafad Pioneer Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William James MCCUTCHEON, .3 was born in 1823 in Donaghadee, Co. Down, Ireland; died in c 1890 in Empire, Ellsworth Co., Kansas; was buried .
2. Ann E MCCUTCHEON, .1 was born on 2 Jan 1827 in Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; died on 3 Nov 1883 in Erin Village, Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried in Erin Union Cemetery.
3. Eileen ELLEN MCCUTCHEON, .1 was born on 28 Mar 1828 in Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; died on 17 Mar 1913 in Erin Village, Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried in Coningsby Cemetery, Erin. Twp., Ontario.
4. Thomas Asa MCCUTCHEON, .1 was born on 21 Aug 1830 in Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; died on 8 Dec 1904 in Erin Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried in Everton Cemetery.
5. Margaret POLLY MCCUTCHEON, .1 was born on 9 Jan 1832 in Erin Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died on 28 Jan 1921 in Langley Prairie, British Columbia.
6. Stewart MCCUTCHEON, .1 was born on 7 Mar 1834 in Ospringe, Erin Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died on 8 Jun 1921 in Erin Village, Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried on 10 Jun 1921 in Everton Cemetery.
7. John MCCUTCHEON, .5 was born in 1839 in Erin Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died in 1889 in Big Rapids, Mecosta Co., Michigan; was buried .
8. Jane Matilda MCCUTCHEON, .2 was born on 10 Oct 1841 in Erin Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died on 17 Nov 1917 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario; was buried in Erin Union Cemetery.
9. Hugh Robert HR MCCUTCHEON, .3 was born in May 1842 in Erin Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died on 9 Mar 1917 in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba; was buried in Riverside Cemetery.