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Headstone Shetland Cemetery, Euphemia Twp, Lambton Co., ON, transcribed by the Lambton Branch of the OGS:
Col. Joseph Moorhouse 1807-1851.
His wife Mary Backus 1818-1887.
Alexander Graham, M.D., 1841-1903.
His wife Annie Moorhouse 1844-1940.
Their children Ethel Annie 1881-1884.
Charles A. 1878-1886.
Mary Olive 1872-1940.
Bertha C. 1873-1963.

Euphemia Township History 1849-1999, Euphemia Township Historical Society, 1999, p.373-374:
Joseph Moorhouse Family
Joseph Moorhouse (1807-1851) had two military commissions of Captain in the Kent Militia of 1839, retaining his commission until his death. He was married to Mary Backus (1818-1887) and they lived at Lot 26, Con. 5. They had four children.
Walter Hoare Moorhouse (1842-1922) was a teacher at Shetland and Cairo. Walter sang in a choir and directed music, playing a flute. He graduated from Trinity Medical School in 1874. His sister, Anna, married Alexander Graham, M.D. There were two more sons, Thomas Henry and Joseph Hopkins.