Register of Gravestone Inscriptions in Grange Burial Ground, Donagheady Parish, Strabane, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland

By David & Sheelagh Todd

Transcribed, and Formatted by
Jim McKane, Ontario, Canada
jamckane[at]gmail.com

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DI.6  HOUSTON
       Black polished granite headstone on double plinth. Recessed pillars at sides;
       ornately decorated pediment surmounted by urn. Lettering incised, good
       condition
       Height 2400
       Width: 700
                                        IN
                                LOVING MEMORY OF
                                 THOMAS HOUSTON,
                             DIED 14TH FEBRUARY 1882,
                                    AGED 86 YEARS
                                 ALSO HIS WIFE ANN,
                                 DIED 28TH JULY 1890,
                                    AGED 85 YEARS
                                   AND THEIR SONS
                                         JAMES,
                               DIED 18TH AUGUST 1910,
                                        THOMAS,
                              DIED 25TH JANUARY 1912.

                      WARD                                    DERRY

D1,7  HUSTON
       Slate slab under turf; lettering incised, good condition.
       Length: 1400
       Width:     650
                                HERE LIES THE BODY
                                 OF THOMAS HUSTON

D1.8   WOODS
       Squared monument on double plinth. Inscription on white polished granite inset
       on east face, turning pink through lichen. Originally surmounted by large draped
       urn, now fallen and lying to side of monument. Lettering incised, good condition.
       Height: 2350
       Width: 700
                  
                ERECTED BY HIS LOVING DAUGHTERS.
                                            TO
                                     THE MEMORY
                                            OF
                                     JOHN WOODS
                                    BALLINABUOY,
                             WHO DIED 27TH FEBY 1876,
                                   AGED 80 YEARS.
                                ALSO HIS DAUGHTER
                                       FRANCES,
                                                                        Contd......