1818
Erected
By
JAMES LYON Perth Road
in memory of his father
JAMES LYON who died
April 15th 1818 aged 63 years
revised by WILLIAM ADAM
Agent Dundee
in memory of the above
JAMES LYON
who died 27th March 1840
aged 54 years
also his mother MARGARET LYON
who died the 1st July 1844
in the 82nd year of her age and of his father ANDREW ADAM
who died the 15th Feby 1845
in his 80th year also ELIZA FERGUSON his daughter died 16th April 1845 aged 1 year
12 June 1840 Revisal dues paid by William Adam, Agent a cousin
of James Lyon in terms of a letter by John Lyon, Forfar as mentioned in minute
of Committee on the burying ground and bleaching green of 2nd June 1840
Source:RT
Original Inscription.
1818. Erected by James Lyon, Perth Road, in memory of his father
James Lyon, who died 15th September 1818, aged 63 years.
Sacred to the memory of Mr John Lyon, Botanist ( Brother of the
late James Lyon ), who travelled the Southern wilds of N. America, brought a
collection of plants to London in 1806, another in 1812, but perished in a third
attempt at Nashville, N. Carolina on the 14th August 1814, where his remains are
interred, aged 49.
Source: The Book of the Howff, ŠLibraries, Leisure and Culture
Dundee, Local History Centre & is
reproduced with kind permission.
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