Tombs of the Dundee Howff
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Stone No.757

 

 

 

Inscription Front.

Inscription Rear.

 1837

Erected

By

HELEN REID

in memory of her husband

ANDREW HOW

late shipmaster Dundee

who departed this life Dec 1836

in the 56th years of his life

DAVID HYND

painter Dundee died 12th July 1858

in the 55th year of his age

and is interred here

 

 Lifes little stage is a small eminence

inch high the grave above that home of man

where dwells the multitude we gaze around

We read their monuments, we sigh and while

we sigh we sink, and are what we deplor`d

lamenting or lamented all our lot.

 

Claimant: James How, wright & __ Hynd Mill spinner

Standing stone much defaced.

1887 July 28, revisal dues paid by the representatives of Peter How, wright & James Hynd Millspinner.

Source:RT