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Monumental Inscriptions in the graveyard extension of St George's Church,

at the corner of York Street and Pitt Street, Barnsley

No. 1 - 20

EX 1. In memory / of / Sarah Milner / widow of Joseph Milner / Stonemason / who died November 27th 1862 / aged 79 years

EX 1A. In memory / of / Thomas son of Abraham / and Martha Rock, who died / June 16th 1841 aged 19 years.

EX 2. In memory / of / Ada Mary Twibell / who died Decr 24th 1860 / aged 15 days.

EX 3. Sacred / to the memory of / Eleanor the wife of Henry / Harrison of this town who / died Febry 3rd 1850 aged 47 years / also Martha Elliott, mother / of the above died July 23rd 1842 / aged 64 years.

EX 4. Sacred / to the memory of / Emma wife of / John Edward Twibell / who died September 24th 1862 / aged 35 years / During an illness of several months / intense suffering, she was enabled by / divine grace to refrain from a single / murmur, and wished to proclaim to all the / goodness and truth of God her Saviour. / Her faith is best described by her / favourite lines - / "Just as I am - without one plea / but that thy blood was shed for me, / and that Thou bid'st me come to thee, / O Lamb of God I come!" / "Them which sleep in Jesus will God / bring with Him!" 1 Thess: IV. 14 / also of / Ada Mary, daughter of the said John Edward and Emma Twibell / who died December 24th 1860 / aged 15 days.

EX 5. Sacred / to the memory of / John son of Luke and Lydia Hobson of / Dodworth who died April 12th 1842 / aged 28 years / also the above named Luke Hobson who died / Novr 29th 1843 aged 52 years / also Lydia the wife of the above Luke / Hobson who died July 14th 1852 / aged 66 years.

EX 6. In memory / of / Elizabeth, wife of / James Firth, weaver / of Kingstone-Place / who departed this life / Novr 15th 1856 aged / 73 years / also of the above named / James Firth who / departed this life / Jany 28th 1857 aged / 79 years. / Relations all from tears refrain / prepare to serve your God and we shall / meet again. / also Mary Ann, granddaughter / of the above and daughter of / Nathan & Alice Firth / Joiner of this town / who departed this life / Sept 16th 1860 aged / 2 years.

EX 7. In memory of / John son of Joseph and Margaret Senior / who departed this life February 19 / 1839 aged 21 years / also in memory of Mary Danby / daughter of Joseph and Margaret / Senior who died September 7th / 1840 aged 25 years / in memory of the late Thomas / Sheridan who departed this / life November 4th 1851 / aged 27 years / also Richard son of the above / who departed this life February / 4th 1852 aged 1 year / They sleep in Jesus.

EX 8. In memory / of / Benjamin Priestley / who died June 3rd 1861 / aged 38 years / "In the midst of life we are in death".

EX 9. In memory / of / John Wright, Quarry-man, of this town / who died June 1st 1860 / aged 53 years.

EX 10. Sacred / to the memory of Jane daughter / of Sarah White died Octr 24 1856 / aged 3 years and 2 months / also John son of the above / named Sarah White died Octr / 29th 1856 aged 4 years and 7 months / also Thomas son of the above / named Sarah White died Feby / 14th 1857 aged 1 year and 2 months.

EX 11. Jon. Gibson / who died the 10 / of May 1852 / aged 10

EX 12. In / memory of / William Hardy / who died August 24th 1852 AE 31 years / -------------------------------- past / so long to thee my love did last / mourn not for me nor sorrow make / but love my children for my sake.

EX 13. E.B.

EX 14. L.R.

EX 15. In memory of / John McCoppin / of Barnsley who died September / 25th 1858 aged 51 years / Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.

EX 16. In memory / of / Edward Simpson, Miner / of this town who died / May 12th 1861 / aged 51 years / "The righteous hath hope / in his death / Proverbs XIV Chap. 32nd Verse.

EX 17. S G

EX 18. In memory of / Mary / the beloved wife of / Henry Smith of this place, / who died Augt. 30th 1857,aged 31 years / also George their son, who died / May 23rd 1857, aged 1 year & 9 months. / also the above named Henry Smith, / who died April 4th 1884, aged 64 years. / and was interred in Barnsley Cemetery.

EX 19. In / memory of / George Broadhead, / who departed this life Decr. 24th 1859, / aged 57 years. / also Hannah, wife of the above, / who departed this life April 11th 1864, / aged 53 years.

EX 20. In memory of / Thomas Falloon, / for twenty years clerk of / St George's Church, / who died June 21st 1857, / aged 58 years. / "As in Adam all die, even so / in Christ shall all be made alive". / 1 Cor. XV. 22.

 

 

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