Tombs of the Dundee Howff
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 Stone No.59

 

 

Inscription.

 Erected

By

JAMES STEWART

Manufacturer Pleasance, and

AGNES YOOLOW his spouse

as a testimony of respect due to

the memory of her Brother

DAVID YOOLOW

late merchant in Greenock

who died there on the 6th day of

July 1826, aged 46 years

also her mother

AGNES JOHNSTON who died

on the 5th day of December 1830

in the 80th years of her age

and of their own children

ROBERT STEWART

who died 20th August 1834

aged 18 years

and ANDREW STEWART

who died 22nd April 1838

aged 16 years


'Twas Sin that gave Man the dread Sentence of death,

'Twas Sin that did kindle both Hell and God's Wrath;

But Glory to God, for he sent one to save,

And gave Man the Victory o'er Death and the Grave.