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Sacred to the Memory of
John JARDINE, spirit merchant
in Dumfries, who died 11th September 1855
aged 64 years
Also Isabella JARDINE his wife,
who died 25th September 1871 aged 62 years
Also Jane JARDINE, daughter of the above,
born 13th May 1846, died 21st December 1878
Also the above Alexander Jamieson, solicitor,
Wellington, New Zealand,
late of Thornhill,
who died at Wellington
February 1900 aged 50 years
Also their son
Robert JARDINE, solicitor,
65 Irish Street, Dumfries,
who died there 21st March 1917
aged 68 years |
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Flaking paint
on this monument makes this detailed
Grierson family inscription very difficult to
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The
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Sacred to the Memory of
William GRIERSON Esq. of Bardennoch, late Lieut. Colonel of the Dumfries, Roxburgh and Selkirk Militia, and second son of the late Sir Robert GRIERSON of Lagbar and the Lady Margaret GRIERSON, who died at Dumfries 30th November 1865 aged 87 years
And also of Jane BEATTIE his beloved wife, who died at Edinburgh 12th April 1853 aged 52 years
And also Thomas Beattie GRIERSON, Lieut. in her Majestys 8th Kings Regiment, their only son, who died at Umballa, East Indies, 4th September 1857 aged 30 years
"His death was occasioned by fever and ague brought on by some months of over exertion and constant exposure to climate during the monsoon at the protracted siege of Delhi where he eminantly distinguished himself by his gallant bearing in many a hard fought action under the walls of that city and in comemoration of which his brother officers caused a monument to be erected over his grave"
Also of John Henry GORDON, eldest son of Mr and the Lady Isabella GORDON, and son in law of the above Lieut. Colonel GRIERSON, who died 14th February 1902
Matt. 24. 44
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Also of Margaret Elizabeth GRIERSON or GORDON, widow of the above John Henry GORDON and daughter of the above Colonel William GRIERSON, who died at Florence 26th March 1918 |
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Sacred to the Memory of
Major Hamilton MAXWELL,
second son of Sir William MAXWELL
of Monreith, Baronet, who died at
Friars Carse 14th of December 1850
in the 64th year of his age
Also
Mary GRIERSON his wife,
daughter of Sir Robert GRIERSON, Baronet of Lagg,
who died at Huntly Lodge 3rd December
1871 aged 83 years
In hopes of a glorious resurrection
this monument was erected by his eldest son
Capt. W. R. MAXWELL of the Royal Marines |
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Sacred to the Memory of
Mary NICHOLSON,
spouse of James HENDERSON,
merchant in Dumfries,
who died 29th December 1840 aged 28 years
Also of Helen REID, spouse to
William NICHOLSON, chairmaker,
who died 11th February 1847 aged 67 years
Also the above James HENDERSON,
who died 22nd August 1848
aged 32 years
Also the above William NICHOLSON,
who died on 13th May 1859 in his 80th year
He was Provost when water was brought to Dumfries
Also Jane NICHOLSON, daughter of the above,
who died 22nd September 1888 aged 63 years
Also Margaret NICHOLSON,
widow of the late Robert BLOUNT,
Inland Revenue, and daughter of the above
William NICHOLSON, who died at Loreburn Park
20th December 1892, advanced in years. |
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