St. Ninian's Cemetery Stone #19 Maggie McIntosh Dimensions: approx. 110” high, 10” wide by 10” long at the base of the cone, and 15 ½” by 15 ½” in the mid-section with the inscription. Orientation: East/West Carver: J. McIsaac Inscription: East side reads: "IN MEMORY / OF / MAGGIE MCINTOSH / BELOVED WIFE / OF / ANGUS MCGILLLIVRAY, / WHO DEPARTED / THIS LIFE / SEPT. 8, A.D. 1879 / AGED 25 YEARS./ MAY HER SOUL REST IN / PEACE / "BUT THE SOULS OF THE / JUST ARE IN THE HAND / OF GOD; AND THE TORMENT; OF DEATH SHALL NOT / TOUCH THEM. WISDOM. 111.1" South side reads: "ANGUS / MACGILLIVRAY / JUDGE C.C. / BORN 1842 / DIED 1917 / HIS SON / PALMER / DIED JUNE 14 1920 / AGED 18 YRS." North side reads: "MARY E. DOHERTY / WIFE OF / JUDGE / A. MACGILLIVRAY / BORN MAY 28, 1860 / DIED JANUARY 2, 1951" Condition: The tombstone is still in good condition although the top of the obelisk is missing and the stone is chipped and sunken. Maggie McIntosh's white marble obelisk tombstone was erected in 1881, two years after her death. The obelisk monument, an example of Egyptian revival during the Victorian era, is "a tapering shaft of stone, square in section, with a pyramidal top, which was erected to people of some importance." The obelisk with its emphasis on verticality also symbolized the desire to breach the distance between heaven and earth. Despite its monumental proportions, the tombstone is plain in terms of decorative motifs, emphasizing simple refinement and dignity intermingled with stylistic elements from classical antiquity. This obelisk is contained, along with five other stones, within a wrought iron railing that maps out the perameters of the family burial plot and reflects the Victorian preoccupation with family. Maggie was the first wife of the Honorable Judge Angus McGillivrary, a highly esteemed Antigonish citizen. They married on 5 February 1878 and lived at 143 Main Street. McGillivrary had a distinguished career as a barrister, politician and County Court Judge. Maggie was the daughter of Alexander and Flora McIntosh. Her father, Alexander McIntosh, was the son of John McIntosh, one of the six original Scottish settlers to come to farm in the Lower South River area around 1800. According to the Casket, Alexander McIntosh was "a well-educated man, and one of the early magistrates of the community. He could read and write not only English and Gaelic, but French as well, which for the time and place marked him as a linguist of unusual accomplishment." Maggie's stone clearly reflected her illustrious connections and proclaimed her social status within the cemetery. Lindsay MacDonald [ Back ]