Stone No.556
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James Reid 1827. Erected by James Reid, Baker, Hilltown, Dundee, in memory of his spouse Margaret Tosh, who died 4th March 1817, aged 25 years. We mourn'd - our eyes bedew'd with tears, Our hearts oppress'd with woe; The brightest hopes of earthly joys, Unsparingly laid low.
Weep not Parents dear, I am not dead, but sleeping here; My end you know, my grave you see, Prepare yourself to follow me. The above inscription was obliterated by 1838, to be replaced by that below :- Erected by James Reid, Baker, and Ann Taws his spouse, in memory of their son John Reid, who at Jacquemet, West Indies, on the 18th February 1838, aged 17 years; also James Reid who died on the 21st February 1838, aged 8 years.
Source: The Book of the Howff, ©Libraries, Leisure and Culture Dundee, Local History Centre & is 1827 James Reid, baker, Hilltown, Dundee Source:Register of Tombs and Monuments in Dundee Burial Ground, 1832
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