Stone No.54
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David Smart Baker died 24th January 1806 in the 76th year of his age "He was universally loved upwards of 50 years a master baker in Dundee often held the offices of deacon of that trade & convener of the Nine Trades Interred with public honours as recorded at the time in the Dundee Advertiser David Smart, Baker, Overgate, Dundee Claimant: Miss Smart, daughter of David Smart Source:Register of Tombs and Monuments in Dundee Burial Ground, 1832
DAVID SMART, baker, died at Dundee on Jan. 24, 1806, in the 76th year of his age. His fatheróMr Andrew Smart, mason and architectóbuilt the Town House of Dundee, and many other public and private edifices. (Andrew Smart is also buried in the Howff, memorial number 978) Mr David Smart was for upwards of fifty years a master baker in Dundee, and often held the offices of Deacon of that trade, and Convener of the Nine Trades. His remains were interred with public honoursóthe funeral being honoured with the presence of the Magistrates and Town Council, and other public bodies. Source 4
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