Grave of Matthew Hirst

Lister Lane Cemetery

In Memory of     HANNAH, DAUGHTER OF MATTHEW & ELIZABETH HIRST, OF HALIFAX, WHO DIED SEPTR 27TH 1849, AGED 4 MONTHS.     ALSO LAURA, THEIR DAUGHTER, WHO DIED APRIL 4TH 1855, AGED 6 WEEKS.     The Caskets moulder here, but the Jewels are safe in Heaven's Treasury; for God early marked them for his own.     ALSO ANNIE ELIZABETH THEIR DAUGHTER, WHO DIED SEPTR 21ST 1863, AGED 9 MONTHS.     "This little flower was early crop't, But crop't by love divine."     ALSO WILLIAM RILEY, FATHER OF THE ABOVE ELIZABETH HIRST, WHO DIED JUNE 2ND 1868, AGED 68 YEARS.     ALSO OF EMMA, DAUGHTER OF MATTHEW & ELIZABETH HIRST, WHO DIED 19TH JANY 1870, AGED 18 YEARS.     "Our loss though great, is her eternal gain."     ALSO OF ELIZABETH, WIFE OF THE ABOVE MATTHEW HIRST, WHO DIED JUNE 28TH 1884, AGED 60 YEARS.     ALSO OF THE ABOVE-NAMED MATTHEW HIRST, WHO DIED JANUARY 24TH 1895, AGED 72 YEARS.