Elizabeth Nelson

Epitaph

BENEATH THIS PEW ARE DEPOSITED THE MORTAL REMAINS OF ELIZABETH, WIFE OF LEWIS ALEXANDER, OF HOPWOOD HALL, HALIFAX, ESQURE, WHO DIED 18TH JANUY, 1832, AGED 61 YEARS.     IN PIOUS COMMEMORATION OF A CONJUGAL LOVE AND MATERNAL TENDERNESS, WHICH TIME SERVED BUT TO STRENGTHEN AND DEATH ONLY COULD IMPAIR, AND WITH THE CHRISTIAN HOPE OF BEING AGAIN UNITED, WHERE ALL TEARS WILL BE WIPED AWAY, AND WHERE NO SECOND SEPARATION CAN BE KNOWN, THIS TABLET IS INSCRIBED BY HER AFFLICTED HUSBAND AND CHILDREN