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B3.10 Contd...
G ROBERT WEIR
JUNE
1832 AGED 37 YEARS
B3.11 HUNTER
Flat granite slab; inscription incised at east end; italic script
at head of stone is in Latin which is largely indecipherable but
is translated into English on lower part of stone.
Length: 1900; width: 1000; depth: 100.
NIC SALEM EST CORPUS
QUO ANN HUNTER
ANN HUNTER
HERE LIETH THE BODY OF
WHO CHANGED A TEMPORAL FOR AN
ETERNAL LIFE APRIL THE 7 1799
AGED 36 YEARS
B3.12 WEIR
Square sandstone monument with draped urn on top; double plinth
on rough stone base; two sides inscribed. Main inscription (1)
on white marble on east side. Second inscription (2) incised on
south side. Monumental sculptor: S. Hunter, Waterside.
Height: 2010; widest point: 560.
Two plinths; Upper - 700 square, lower - 870. Base is ivy clad.
(1)
ERECTED
TO
THE MEMORY OF
JAMES WEIR,
WHO DIED 8th APRIL 1841,
AGED 62 YEARS.
ALSO HIS DAUGHTER SARAH,
WHO DIED 4th APRIL 1841,
AGED 21 YEARS.
ALSO HIS DAUGHTER MARY JANE
WHO DIED 30th MARCH 1862
AGED 30 YEARS
ALSO MARGARET WIFE
OF HIS SON DAVID WHO DIED 6th
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