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       B2.3   MATHERS
               Ornate sandstone headstone on double plinth with white marble inset for incised
               inscription. Good but poor for verse at end which is largely illegible.
               Surmounted by pediment originally with draped urn which is lying to east. Scroll
               decoration at each side; pediment has laurel wreath and riband in relief. Inside
               wreath M M intertwined.
               Height: 2225
               Width: 800
                                                 MM
                                              ERECTED
                                      BY MARGARET MATHERS
                                          OF TAVNABRINE
                                  IN MEMORY OF HER DEAR DEPARTED
                                            RELATIONS.
                                    JAMES MATHERS, HER FATHER,
                                  AND MARY MATHERS. HER MOTHER,
                             ALSO MARY MATHERS. HER SISTER,.
                          AND ALSO OFJOHN MATHERS HER BROTHER
                         WHO DIED 11TH AUGUST 1863, AGED 71 YEARS.
                               AND OF HER SISTER JANE MATHERS,
                             DIED 27TH MARCH 1874. AGED 70 YEARS.

                          AND ALSO IN MEMORY OFJOSEPH MATHERS
                            OF TAVNABRINE DIED 20TH MARCH 1874
                                     AGED 80 YEARS.
                        AND OF SARAH HIS WIFE WHO DIED MARCH 1856
                                     AGED 56 YEARS.
                             ALSO MARY JANE, THEIR DAUGHTER,
                           WHO DIED DECEMBER 1854 AGED 16 YEARS.
                             JAMES MATHERS DIED 29TH FEB. 1820.
                            MARGARET MATHERS DIED 5TH JUNE 1923.
                             HENRY MATHERS, DIED 8TH AUG. 1937.
                            FANNIE M. MATHERS, DIED 2ND OCT. 1956.
                           SARAH JANE MATHERS, DIED 5TH AUG. 1964

                             FOR GOD THE LORD AND LIGHT
                             WITH GRACE AND GLORY
                             AND WILL WITHOLD IN WORD FROM
                                           UPRIGHT LIVE

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