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

Nos. 36 - 55

36. In loving memory of / Martin Gilleghan / for 65 years / a member of this church choir / died May 28th 1930, aged 76 years, / also Eva Gilleghan / wife of the above / died Feby. 13th 1940, aged 85 years.

37. Treasured / memories of / a dear mother / Beatrice Alice Mosley. / who died April 12th 1957 aged 70 years.

38. Treasured memories of / Florence, dearly loved wife of Thomas Humphrey Hayes, / who died Feb. 24th 1953, aged 76 years / also the aforesaid Thomas Humphrey Hayes, late verger of this church / who died Oct. 26th 1953, aged 70 years. / At rest.

39. IHS / P / In loving memory of / Harriet, / wife of Samuel Pitt, / who departed this life March / 6th 1897, aged 66 years. / also the above named / Samuel Pitt, / who departed this life Decr. / 13th 1897, aged 65 years. / also Mary, / wife of Henry Pitt, / who departed this life October / 6th 1905, aged 35 years. / also the above named / Henry Pitt / who departed this life March / 27th 1916, aged 54 years / also Mary, wife of Thomas Pitt, / who departed this life Octr. / 5th 1879, aged 70 years / also the above named / Thomas Pitt, / who departed this life March / 12th 1861, aged 55 years.

40. In memory / of / Francis Kendray, / who died 13th of October / 1840, aged 66 years. / also / of Ann, his wife, / who died 21st of November / 1855, aged 76 years.

41. In memory of / Charles Frederick / Collier, son of Samuel / Charles & Hannah Collier / who died 29th March, 1856 / aged 18 months, / and to the memory of / Fanny Smith / the widow of Wilson Smith / and daughter of Samuel Charles / and Hannah Collier, / who died 26th April 1915, / aged 62 years. / "At rest".

42. In / tender remembrance of / Emily, / the affectionate daughter / of / Edward and Mary Newman / born 27th May 1835 / died 16th January 1864. / "Just as I am thy love unknown / has broken every barrier down, / now to be thine, yea thine alone / O Lamb of God, I come!" / Charles Newman, / born 28th August 1829, / died 11th March 1886.

43. In / Affectionate / remembrance / of Mary, / the beloved wife of / Edward Newman / born 27th April 1801, / died 15th April, 1859 / also of / Edward Newman, / born at Woburn, / 18th March 1798, / died 5th December 1879.

44. In filial remembrance / of her worth / this tablet / was placed by her only daughter / over the mortal remains / of Frances the wife of / James Lister / who departed this life / on the 23rd of June / 1844 / in the 73rd year of her age. / Me let the tender office long engage, / To rock the cradle of declining age. / Explore the thought. Explain the asking eye, / and keep awhile the parent from the sky.

45. Sacred / to the memory of / James Lister / of this town, merchant / who departed this life / 21st August 1846 / aged 82 years / also in loving memory of / his grandson / Frederick Newman / son of Edward and Mary Newman / born 17th of August 1833 / died 17th of May 1903 / Because I live ye shall live also.

46. Sacred / to the memory / of / Charles Parker the youngest / son of the late John Geldard / Parker of Houghton-le-Skerne / in the county of Durham, who / departed this life on the first / day of August 1847 in the 26th / year of his age / Requiescat in pace.

47. Sacred / in memory of Sarah / wife of David Byrd / of Barnsley / who died July 10th 18-3 / aged 29 years / Thanks be to god wh[ic]h / giv[et]h us the victory through / [our] [L]ord Jesus Christ / 1Cor.x v57

48. In memory of / Francis Vero / who died July 29th 1860 / aged 32 years / Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord / also James Ellis Vero / son of the above / who fell asleep April 15th 1920 / aged 69 years / "I have fought a good fight, I have / finished my course. I have kept the faith" / also of Mary Jane / wife of the above / born July 23rd 1852 / died October 16th 1932.

48a. In memory of / John, infant son of / John and Jane Wilcock / who died June 21st 1857 / aged 1 year and 10 months.

49. Sacred / to the memory of / Elizabeth daughter of / the Rev. Joseph Raynar / Wesleyan Minister / who died September 25th 1848 / in her 22nd year / in memory / of / three of the beloved children / of the Rev. Henry and Helen Castle / Wesleyan Minister / who died as follows / Arthur died Octr 27th 1858 / aged 2 years and 9 months / Frederick Cottam died Novr 17th 1858 / aged 5 years and 6 months / James died Novr 20th 1858 / aged 9 months / They sleep in Jesus.

50. Sacred / to the memory of / Elizabeth the beloved wife of the Rev. Samuel Simmons / Wesleyan Minister / who died January 23rd 1849 / aged 36 years.

51. In loving memory of / Henry Parker Grason / of this town and formerly of Manchester / who died April 9th 1889 / aged 53 years.

52. Sacred to the memory / of the / Rev. Ralph Ratcliffe Keeling / Wesleyan Minister / who, on the 30th August 1851 / in the noon-tide of life / and ministerial usefulness / suddenly passed away / to the / Spirits of just men made perfect / AETATIS 55 / "Death cannot come / to him untimely, who is fit to die. / Them also which sleep in Jesus, will / God bring with Him". 1 Thess. 1 V14. / also of William Robert / son of the above / Ralph Ratcliffe Keeling / who died November 11th 1866 / aged twenty one years / also in loving memory of / Maria, eldest daughter of the late / Rev. Ralph Ratcliffe Keeling / Wesleyan Minister / who died January 24th 1906 aged 76 years.

53. Sacred / in memory of Martha / the beloved wife of / Joseph Smith, builder / of this town / who slept in Jesus / October 27th 1850 in her / 57th year / also of the above Joseph Smith / who entered rest on the morning / of March 1st 1869 in the 69th year of his age / also of Henry Smith second son of / H.P. Grason of Manchester / and grandson of the above / Joseph Smith / who died at Barnsley Novr 4th 1869 / aged 4 years and 3 months / also of Joseph Benjamin / son of the above named / Joseph and Martha Smith, who died July 20th 1878 / aged 49 years.

54. In memory / of / Ann the beloved wife of / William Burrows of this town / who died April 7th 1860 / aged 27 years / also John Thomas son of the above / named William and Ann Burrows / who died May 15th 1856 / aged 7 months / and was interred at Silkstone Church / May 18th 1856 / also Sarah Parkin / mother of the above Ann Burrows / who died March 6th 1871 aged 61 years / also Sarah Jane / daughter of the above / William and Ann Burrows / who died June 10th 1881 aged 29 years / also Hannah Parkin, daughter of the above Sarah Parkin / born October 24th 1835 died January 27th 1887.

55. In loving memory of / William Burrows / born Febry 20th 1834 / died Septr 20th 1890 / We have to mourn the loss of one / whom Jesus died to save / beloved on earth, regretted, gone: / remembered in the grave / Patient in tribulation, trusting only in / the all sufficient merits of Him who is mighty / to save.

 

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