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Monument Details
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Headstone; Footstone |
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Sandstone Engraved |
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Headstone: Sacred / to the Memory of / Thomas Cowley / who died Feb. 7th 1856 / aged 49 years. / " ……… in thy Youth / ...in the… thy … / ….. Of this .. Hour … / … know thou that will these ... / ....ing thee into judgement. / Ec..... // (Epitaph: Only some words readable. Probably from Ecclesiastes Ch11.v. 9)
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Good structure but intense weathering of East face & MI barely decipherable, except for occasional phrases, in 202 & Mrs P records it as unreadable in her index of c 1979 |
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P(B)17 |
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Thomas was born in Fairford, Gloucesterhire & married Mary Ann Simpson in Fairford in 1826. They had four children. He worked as a Mason, as did his son George. The family arrived in Bristol after the 1841 Census and in 1851 was listed in Bartholomew St as a Publican and Contractor working in Shaw Rd. at his death. He had been a member of the Order of Oddfellows 'Lion & Oak' Lodge, Andover for some years (see Obit in NRC Burials). He was a devout Baptist. Sources: NRC Bur Rcds; Ancestry records.
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