I visited this church and the graveyard on 14th January 2009. Here are the inscriptions that I had noted verbatim. I had also taken photos of some gravestones but quite sadly, can not locate those from hundreds of such photos taken by me in various cemeteries around the world.
May the departed rest in eternal peace.
Graveyard at St. Stephen’s Church Ooty (Ootacamund)
Date of visit 14th January 2009
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SMO
Samuel Francis Ward
21st R.N.Fusiliers
Son of S.N.Ward, Esq’re, M.C.S.
Who departed this life
October 5, 1863
Aged 20 years
“It is the Lord- Let him do as seemeth Him Good”-
Samuel 3-18
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In the sacred memory of Henry Royal Dawson
Born April 9, 1810,
Died February 7th 1874
“I am the resurrection and the Life
He that believeth in me,
Though he was dead,
Yet shall he live”;
St. John XI, 25
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In a wood near this place
Lie the remains of
Lieut. Edward Atmitage
Of the 6th Light Cavalry
Who died at Ootacumund
On the 7th June 1830
Aged 30
The officers of this Regiment placed
This tablet to his Memory.
W. Johnson. Sculp
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SMO
Lieutenant Colonel John Ouchterlony
Royal (Madras) Engineers
Who died at Ootacumund on the
29th April 1863
Of jungle fever brought on by exposure
While in the execution of hisduty
Aged 50 years
His brother officers have erected
This tablet in remembrance of a
Distinguished member of their Corps.
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Sacred to the memory of
Robert Lushington Reilly
Captain of the 10th Regiment N.I.
And Assistant Executive Engineer Neilgherry Barracks
Who died at Conoor
On the 20th November 1853
Aged 36 years
This tablet is erected
By his brother officers
In token of their
Respect and esteem
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Sacred to the memory of
James Thomson M.D.
Medical Officer of the Neilgherries
who died at Coimbatore
on the 12th October, 1854
Aged 37 years
This tablet is erected by his friends
Who mourn his early death
And bear a grateful sense
Of benefits derived
From his great skill
And earnest care
They sorrow not as those without hope
He trusted in his savior
And his end was peace
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Sacred to the memory of
Virginie Anne
The beloved wife of Julien Etienne
Who died on the 1st January 1861
Aged 40 years
Also of
Fredrick & Frank
Who died in their infancy.
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Sacred to the memory of
George James Casmajor Esqre.
Madras Civil Service
OBIIT 1849 AE T.57
This tablet was erected as a memorial of the deep and affectionate regard
Entertained for one
Whose earnest and unaffected piety
Whose liberality
And whose enlarged and highly
Cultivated mind
Inspired his friends
With no ordinary esteem
His life and dying hours gave
That his faith would be found
Into praise and honour and glory
At the appearing of Jesus Christ
1.Peter, Chap I, V.7
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INSIDE THE MAIN HALL
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IMO
William Adam Houstoun Esquire,
Cornet in thee 4th Light Cavalry who died
At Ootacamund
11th August 1846
Aged 22 years
This tablet is inscribed by his brother officers
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(Brass Plate)
In loving memory of our
Beloved parents
Dr. E.J. Theobald
And
Mrs. AE Theobald
Forever with the Lord
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(Brass Plate)
In memory of
Charles Ernest Bliss
Lieutenant 3rd Gorkha Rifles
Eldest son of Henry William Bliss
Member of Council in this Presidency
Born December 21, 1866
Died December 15, 1895
At Kila Drosh
In the Chitral Territory
“God is Our Hope”
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In affectionate remembrance of
Thomas Williams
Joseph
George Stephen
Ann Charlotte
Allen Sophia
And
Alexander Higgins
Erected AD 1893.
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(Brass Plate)
To the glory of God
in loving memory of
Clara Francis
widow of Major General John Bung, C.B.
Late Sixth Madras Cavalry
Born 3rd February 1811
Died 14th February 1890
"Her children arise up and call her blessed"
Prov.31.28
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(Brass Plate)
In loving memory of
Annie
wife of
Lieut. Colonel Wyndham Hughes Hallett
Last Advocate General
of the Madras Army
She was born May 3, 1857, and
after enduring years of grievous suffering
with rare courage, cheerfulness and patience
She died in London November 20, 1889
and was buried in
the Parish Church Yard of Hove, Sussex.
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(Brass Plate)
In memory of
Atwell Curtois
Colonel Madras Army
This tablet is erected by the
Freemasons of Madras
as a mark of
affection and esteem.
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(Brass Plate)
To the beloved memory of
Henry Bidwell Grigg, C.I.E.
Indian Civil Service
He served with marked distinction as
Assistant Commissioner of the Nilgiris
Under Secretary to Government
Director of Public Instruction
And British Resident in Travancore & Cochin
Born at Theberton, Suffolk, June 16, 1841
Died at Residency Cochin 5th April 1895.
Erected by his intimate friends
As a tribute of affection & in token of their
appreciation of his life and work.
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