Stone No.553
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Erected
ANDREW DEMPSTER Born 28th Novr 1782 died 21st Novr 1844 WILLIAM CRAIGIE DEMPSTER Born 4th April 1831 died 29th Jan 1848 Also his grand daughter MARGARET WHITTON who died the 16th Feby 1850 aged 10 months Original Inscription. 1820. Erected by Andrew Dempster, Brickmaker, Scouringburn, Dundee, in memory of his wife Helen Chalmers, who died 23 December, aged 32. She left this world without a fear, But for six of family she held so dear; To supply their wants, O Lord descend, And to the motherless prove a friend. Source: The Book of the Howff, ©Libraries, Leisure and Culture Dundee, Local History Centre & is
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