Grave of John Henry Briggs

Lister Lane Cemetery



The grave of John Henry Briggs & family at Lister Lane Cemetery Plot 1971

Inscription


IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE
OF
MARTHA HANNAH,
THE BELOVED DAUGHTER
OF JOHN HENRY AND
VIOLETTA BRIGGS, OF NORTHOWRAM,
WHO DIED JUNE 24TH 1871,
AGED 3 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS.
     
ALSO JOSEPH, SON OF THE ABOVE,
WHO DIED JANUARY 15TH 1873,
AGED 10 MONTHS.
     
ALSO LILLY ANN, DAUGHTER OF THE
ABOVE, WHO DIED MAY 8TH 1885,
AGED 4 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS.
     
ALSO SAM, SON OF THE ABOVE, WHO DIED
AUGUST 9TH 1887, AGED 13 YEARS.
     
ALSO OF THE ABOVE NAMED
JOHN  HENRY BRIGGS,
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 23RD 1896, AGED 53 YEARS.
     
ALSO PTE ARTHUR WOMACK,
2ND BATT. YORK & LANCASTER REG. SON OF
EBENEZER AND ELIZABETH WOMACK, AND
GRANDSON OF THE ABOVE
KILLED IN ACTION OCTOBER 2ND 1917,
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE, AGED 25 YEARS.
     
IN LIFE RESPECTED IN DEATH LAMENTED.
     
ALSO VIOLETTA, WIFE OF THE ABOVE NAMED
JOHN HENRY BRIGGS, WHO DIED NOV. 23RD 1918,
IN HER 81ST YEAR.
     
"AT REST."

This image [SWN1971.JPG] was kindly submitted by The Friends of Lister Lane



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