OBELISK with Globe
EAST SIDE
Erected
By
W MILLS
shipmaster Dundee
in memory of his spouse
JANET ROBERTSON
who died 21st June
1830 aged 38 years
A dutiful daughter
affectionate wife
and a tender mother,
also their daughters
ELIZA
who died 29th September
1830 aged 7 years
and JANET who died
14th October 1836
aged 17 years
SOUTH SIDE
Sacred
to
the memory of
SUSAN SEDGLEY
wife of
JAMES MILLS
Shipmaster
who
died 30th july 1856
aged 39 years
also
their daughter
JAMIMIA
died 30th Octr 1856
aged 8 months
WEST SIDE
Revised
by
his family
in memory
of their
father W. Mills,
Shipmaster,
Dundee,
who died 20th Novr
1840, aged 48 years.
Also
their sisters
Ann
died 4th October
aged 15 years.
Mary
died 25th July 1847,
aged 25 years,
Jamima died 6th March 1856
aged 27 years.
Original Inscription. Sacred by William Mills,
Shipmaster, in memory of his spouse, Janet Robertson, who died 21st June 1830,
aged 38 years. Also of his daughter Elvia, who died on the 29th September 1830,
aged 7 years. Weep not husband nor children dear,
Altho' alone, I'm sleeping here, Weep not, tho' now my grave
you see, Prepare yourselves to follow me, My
time has come, my _ace was seen, The will of God it must be
done. Source: The Book of the Howff, ŠLibraries, Leisure and
Culture Dundee, Local History Centre & is reproduced with kind permission. |
