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        B3.4 Contd......
                                   ALSO THE BODY OF MARTHA
                                   BAIRD WHO DEPARTED THIS
                               LIFE MARCH 16 1798 AGED 70 YEARS

        B3.5    BAIRD
                Slate slab lying loose on B3.4 and B3.7; north west corner broken off and
                missing. Lettering incised, good condition. Ash tree stumps at head and foot of
                grave.
                Length: 1100
                Width:     720
                                                 SACRED
                                         TO THE MEMORY OF
                                            WILLIAM BAIRD,
                                                AGED 97.
                                       AND MARY HIS WIFE,
                                         AGED 52 YEARS.
                                  HE DIED IN 1844 AND SHE IN 1817

        B3.6    MACARTHUR / BAIRD
                Polished white granite headstone on plinth. Recessed sides with rope borders
                continuing from shoulders to apex. Dove of peace with floral and leaf design in
                relief above inscription. Lettering incised; heavily lichen encrusted but legible.
                Height: 1775
                Width: 724
                                              ERECTED BY
                                     MARGARET R. MACARTHUR
                           IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF HER FATHER
                                         DR WM BAIRD,
                           WHO DIED 18TH SEPT 1870, AGED 61 YEARS.
                                           AND HER MOTHER
                                          MARGARET BAIRD,
                           WHO DIED 14TH JUNE 1886, AGED 66 YEARS.
                              ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER MARTHA,
                            WHO DIED 15TH SEPT 1869, AGED 8 YEARS.

                                "THEM ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS
                                   WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM.''

        B3.7   Fine slab, rounded at west; ash tree stump to south.

        B3.8    Slab.

        B3.9    Slab.

        B3.10   BOND
                Box tomb set on 6 finely cut sandstone pillars connected by 6 slate panels, 2 at
                sides one at each end. Flat granite slab with bevelled edges on top. Lettering
                incised' good condition
                                                                                    contd......