"Erected to
the Glory of God by George W. Essery in
loving memory of his grandfather, Wiliam
Luxton Essery, one of the founders and
first trustee of Parkdale Methodist
Church, built in the year 1878, who died
1897 and his father, William Henry Essery,
elected trustee 1879, died 1920, and his
mother, Hannah Maria Essery, died 1924."
