Notes:
The Blyth Union Cemetery was created in 1881. It is located in a 5 acre section of Concession XIV Lot 26 Hullett Township, purchased from John Newcombe, located on Cemetery Line which runs from London Road about 3 km south of Blyth to County Road 25 (Blyth Road). John Newcombe was buried in the cemetery in 1883, two years after it opened. When Union Cemetery opened, the old Presbyterian burial grounds on Blyth's Dinsley Street since about 1854 were abandoned and later became known as Horticultural Park.

Some of the older tombstones were moved to the Union Cemetery while others were eventually placed in a cairn in the park. The relocated gravestones were placed in Sections B & C of the new cemetery. The earliest tombstones in the cemetery date to 1861 (John S. Millen) and 1862 (Jas. Cloakey), probably moved from the earlier cemeteries.

There is another inactive cemetery in Blyth, established by Trinity Anglican Church, located on Conc.1 Lot 41 of East Wawanosh, at the west end of North Street near the northern boundary of Blyth. It was opened in 1881 until 1929 after which most Anglican burials took place in Blyth Union Cemetery.

The pillars at the Union Cemetery's south gate were donated by the Poulton family, and were built in 1888 by Mr. Frost from Seaforth. The pillars and gates at the north entrance were provided in 1993 in memory of Franklin Bainton by the Bainton Family.

The cemetery is also home to a distinctive monument, erected by Dr. William Sloan in memory of his two sons who died within a month of each other in 1886/87. It was a metal monument (White Bronze) with several sections composing the height of 23 feet. Some years ago some sections were removed, reducing the overall height. The monument was built in 1887 but also memorializes other family members including Dr. Sloan who passed away in 1921.

The graveyard also has a mausoleum and chapel and a garden shed that were built in 1957 in memory of T.J. Poulton and his mother, father and sister.

The records for the Blyth Union Cemetery are kept at the Township of North Huron Town Hall in Wingham. The Township of North Huron took over care of the cemetery, after amalgamation in 2001. Prior to that, the Blyth Union Cemetery was managed by a cemetery board with representatives from Blyth, East Wawanosh and Hullett Townships. Past caretakers included Graham Jackson and Carl Longman.

The Huron County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society indexed the cemetery tombstones in the mid 1980s and those indexes can be found at the town libraries in Goderich, Wingham, Clinton, Seaforth, and Exeter. The indexes include transcriptions of the monuments.

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Cemetery Photos

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1		ANDERSON Annie Maud McGowan, née Anderson - Find A Grave: 131384715
2		ARMSTRONG William John Armstrong - Find A Grave: 148954485
3		BRAITHWAITE Della Maretta McDowell Taylor, née Braithwaite - Find A Grave: 175642790
4		CARTER Elva Jane Armstrong, née Carter - Find A Grave: 231597095
5		COOK Mary Eleanor Isabelle Walden, nee Cook - Find A Grave: 203279357
6		COOK Elsie Irene Walsh, nee Cook - Find A Grave: 23239705
7		COWAN John Donald Cowan
8		COWAN John Donald Cowan - Find A Gave: 39577171
9		COWAN John Alexander Cowan - Find A Grave: 121158453
10		CROCKERLINE Emily Potter, nee Crockerline - Find A Grave: 203871796
11		DOW Eva Mildred Snell, née Dow - Find A Grave: 156939592
12		FOSTER Anna June McDowell, née Foster - Find A Grave: 175651700
13		GARRETT John Garrett - Find A Grave: 66506012
14		LYON Esther Garrett, née Lyon - Find A Grave: 66506066
15		MCCLINCHEY Sidney Arnold McClinchey - Find A Grave: 203460258
16		MCCLINCHEY Ruth McClinchey - Find A Grave: 203460238
17		MCDOWELL Robert Harvey McDowell - Find A Grave: 141646056
18		MCDOWELL David William McDowell - Find A Grave: 141771723
19		MCDOWELL Clara Walden, née McDowell - Find A Grave: 80976111
20		MCDOWELL Anna Margaret Snell, née McDowell - Find A Grave: 139743565
21		MCDOWELL Alva Lloyd McDowell - Find A Grave: 175651783
22		MCDOWELL Albert "Murray" McDowell - Find A Grave: 175644057
23		MCDOWELL Heather Anne McDowell - Find A Grave: 175650669
24		MCDOWELL Alva Clinton McDowell - Find A Grave: 175641908
25		MCDOWELL Edna Bertha Vincent, nee McDowell - Find A Grave: 175752957
26		MCDOWELL Della Christiana Cowan, née McDowell - Find A Grave: 203114993
27		NICHOL Lillian Richardson Potter, née Nichol - Find A Grave: 98016549
28		POTTER George Potter - Find A Grave: 98015144
29		POTTER James Wallace Potter - Find A Grave: 98016360
30		POTTER John Potter - Find A Grave: 203871822
31		SNELL Ernest Russell Snell - Find A Grave: 139743747
32		SNELL Gordon Russell Snell - Find A Grave: 203581956
33		SNELL Jasper John Snell - Find A Grave: 140297009
34		TAMAN Audrey Elizabeth Walsh, nee Taman - Find A Grave: 203322879
35		TAYLOR Annie Elvira Walsh, nee Taylor - Find A Grave: 80976144
36		WALDEN William Stapleton Walden - Find A Grave: 80976120
37		WALDEN William Lloyd Walden - Find A Grave: 80976119
38		WALDEN Garth Wayne Walden - Find A Grave: 80976113
39		WALDEN Elva Mae McClinchey, nee Walden - Find A Grave: 203279253
40		WALSH Elaine Margaret McDowell, née Walsh - Find A Grave: 175650546
41		WALSH Benjamin Albert Walsh - Find A Grave: 80976145
42		WALSH Albert Edgar Wash - Find A Grave: 80976142
43		WALSH James Jim Walsh - Find A Grave: 211383474
44		WATSON Elizabeth Potter, née Watson - Find A Grave: 98014860
45		WILSON Michael Tyler Wilson - Find A Grave: 80976277
46		YOUNGBLUT Ella Pricilla Snell, nee Youngblut - Find A Grave: 203581928