Abbreviations used
Date March 24 1871
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
Funeral afternoon 3 o'clock the remains of the late William O. SMITH, Esq. were consigned to their last resting place in Rural Cemetery at about half past 2 p.m. (Rural Cemetery is now known as Fernhill Cemetery, Westmorland Road, Saint John) (see original)