IN MEMORY
OF
JOHN RAMSDEN,
OF HALIFAX,
WHO DIED THE 8TH OF JULY 1805, AGED 59 YEARS.
AND OF ELIZABETH, HIS WIFE,
WHO DIED THE 8TH OF FEBRUARY 1813, AGED 72 YEARS.
ALSO LYDIA, THEIR DAUGHTER,
WHO DIED MARCH 23RD 1803, AGED 30 YEARS.
THOMAS, THEIR SON,
DIED AUGUST 20TH 1804, AGED 33 YEARS.
ROBERT, THEIR SON,
DIED OCTOBER 24TH 1815, AGED 41 YEARS.
ALL THE ABOVE WERE BURIED WITHIN THIS CHAPEL.
ALSO JANE, THEIR DAUGHTER,
WIFE OF JOHN ASHWORTH OF ELLAND,
DIED JUNE 1ST 1831, AGED 61 YEARS,
AND WAS INTERRED AT WAVERTREE NEAR LIVERPOOL.
JOHN, THEIR SON,
DIED OCTOBER 23RD 1842, AGED 62 YEARS,
AND WAS INTERRED IN ELLAND CHURCH.
"THEY LIVED RESPECTED AND DIED LAMENTED"
IN THE HOPE OF
A RESURRECTION TO ETERNAL HAPPINESS
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, THEIR REDEEMER.
THEIR SURVIVING CHILDREN ARE
ELIZABETH,
RELICT OF RICHARD BOULTON OF HARROCK-HALL
IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER,
WILLIAM, AND GEORGE,
BY WHOM THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED
AS AN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE
OF THEIR RELATIVES IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1852
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