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B1.1 Slab

B1.2 Slab under turf

B1.3 Two slabs

B1.4   ARMSTRONG
       White polished marble headstone on double plinth with concrete double grave
       surround 400 high bounded by cast iron pillars on concrete bases connected
       by cast iron squared bars with twists. Lettering incised with lead infill; excellent
       condition. Pillars recessed in sides of headstone; shoulders rounding to apex.
       Open book on lilies in relief above inscription. "Thy will be done" on open pages.
       Height 2400
       Width:    950
                                       ERECTED
                                             BY
                                 JAMES ARMSTRONG
                                   OF MENAGHILL,
                            IN MEMORY OF HIS BROTHERS
                               JOHN AND ALEXANDER,.
                                 AND HIS SISTERS
                               REBECCA AND NANCY,
                              WHOSE DUST LIES HERE,
                               ALSO HIS SON SAMUEL
                       WHO WAS INTERRED IN PHILADELPHIA,
                        WHERE HE DIED 12TH AUGUST 1881,
                        .          AGED 21 YEARS.
                    HIS DAUGHTER SARAH JANE MOORHEAD
                    DIED 12TH MARCH 1885, AGED 29 YEARS.
                        AND THE ABOVE JAMES ARMSTRONG
                        DIED 21ST APRIL 1885, AGED 77 YEARS                           Contd......