Gravestone Inscription

Erected
BY
Alexander Muir
Farmer in Nethertown
In Memory of
Margaret Jackson
His Wife
Who died on the 5th day of June
MDCCCXX111
Aged XLIV years.
Alexander Muir
Died on the 23rd day of February
MDCCCLV
aged LXXIV

LEFT PANEL:-
The parents and their children here
Lie mouldring into dust
Redeem a man the present time
For soon this follow must

RIGHT PANEL:-
Our days begin with trouble here,
Our life is but a span,
And cruel death is always near,
So frail a thing is man.

 

Additional information

RIGHT PANEL – from NEW ENGLAND PRIMER (1777)

ALEXANDER DIED 1855, AGED 74
MARGARET DIED 1823, AGED 44