Gravestone engraving transcribed by Dr Michael J. Fennessy in 2007.
Full details of the gravestone (including a photograph and exact location) can be accessed by downloading the data file from the CMIAR website.
[Arched text] BE YE THEREFORE READY ALSO [End of arched text]
JOHN HEATHMAN
DIED FEBRUARY 24TH 1853
AGED 5 YEARS.
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S. T. P. HEATHMAN
DIED NOVEMBER 30TH 1864
AGED 50 YEARS.
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Peaceful night the ebbings on nights sea
Calm and unruffled neath the setting sun
So passed she to the mansion of the free
Where the new life immortal is begun
No toil no struggle scarce a closing sigh
The Saviour took her home so peacefully-
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ALSO OF
THOMAS HEATHMAN,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JANUARY 7TH 1871.
AGED 59 YEARS.
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ALSO IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF
THOMAS HEATHMAN.
SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED 1ST DECR 1900,
AGED 36 YEARS.