Howff Memorial 43-2

Inscription.

Sacred

To the memory of

JOHN SHARP

Flax spinner Dundee

who died 7th November 1852

Erected by affectionate sisters

MAGDALENE, JESSIE

and ISABELLA SHARP

1855 Sept 26 Revisal dues paid by the Misses Sharp for permission to the to lay down upon the ground the old headstone which belonged to their father the late William Sharp saddler, and to erect a new one in the same place in memory of their brother the late John Sharp Millspinner.

Source:Register of Tombs and Monuments in Dundee Burial Ground, 1832

The above entry refers to stone number 43 which is still in an upright position.