1838
Erected
By
JOHN COLLINS Mariner
Dundee
EUPHEMIA GRAY his spouse
in memory of their daughter
JOANNA
who died 28th September 1835
aged 13 months
and of their son
GEORGE
who died 14th July 1854
aged 18 years
the above
JOHN COLLINS
died 4th Sepr 1855 aged 53 years
REAR:
Time drops the curtain soon with some,
Though in the bloom of youthful days,
When heavens appointment hour to come,
The call admits of no delays,
Prepared or unprepar'd we must,
Our former claim to time give o'er
To mingle with our mother dust,
And mix with mortals here no more
Dundee 27 Nov 1855, Revisal dues paid by the family of the
late John Collins, Mariner.
Source:RT
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