Grave of Jane Sheard

Lister Lane Cemetery

In Memory of     JANE, THE BELOVED DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND ALICE SHEARD OF HALIFAX, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AUGUST 7TH 1852, AGED 12 YEARS 11 WEEKS.     Thou art gone to the grave, but t'were wrong to deplore thee When God was thy ransom, thy guardian, thy guide; He gave thee, and took thee, and soon will restore thee, Where death has no sting since the Saviour hath died.