Personal information about Mary Chesson Wilson

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Memorial Details

Name on Memorial:
   Mary Chesson WILSON
Date of death:
   31 October 1865
Age at death:
   65
Gender:
   Female
   
Memorial type:
   Headstone and copestone
Construction Material:
   Sandstone with engraved letters
     
Inscription:
   From top of headstone: Sacred to the memory of/ Revd. William Wilson/ for twenty years Minister of the Presbyterian Chapel, Newbury./ Born may 4th 1799/ died March 29th 1850. "O place of graves, the first-loved form receive/ That weeping friends within thy precincts leave/ No holier dust shall ever mingle here/ Than he who earliest claim the mourner's tear/ Long o'er his tomb shall drooping pity bend/ And mourn the brother, pastor, guide and friend/ Mourn for the wit, the wisdom and the worth/ Which rest with him beneath this bed of earth/ Rich in the gifts of Genius - richer still/ in Christian graces guiding all his will/ Of mind serene - of temper kind and mild/ in suffering patient - quiet as a child/ in peace he lived peace he found in death/ For Hope and faith inspired his parting breath/ but not confined to this sepulchral sod/ his spirit springs to meet his father - God/ For him a crown = a wreath immortal blooms/ And sheds a glory o'er this place of tombs." South side of copestone: Mary Chesson Wilson/ died Oct.31st 1865/ aged 65 years./ North side of copestone: Ursula Parr Wilson/ died Oct. 18th 1871/ aged 81 years
     
Condition of memorial:
   Poor, eulogy on headstone unreadable
Pattison location code:
   W104
Other Notes:
    
     
Date monument recorded:
   02 April 2013
Monument recorder:
   DL
 
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Other people list on this memorial

Revd. William WILSON
Ursula Parr WILSON

Cemetery Accounts Record

The information below is derived from the Newbury Cemetery company Accounts ledgers.

Name: Mary C. Wilson
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Newbury Cemetery Company Accounts Books.
Book: 1 Page: 80
©Newbury Town Council.
Originals held at the Berkshire Record Office.
Date of Burial: 03 November 1865
Whence Brought: Newbury
Where and how Buried: Unconsecrated - Brick Grave
By Whom Buried: Rev'd. E. Kell
Accounts Remarks:
   
Accounts Book Number: 1
Accounts Book Page Number: 80
   
Recorder's Comments:

 

 

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Ursula Parr Wilson - sister to Mary    
Revd. William Wilson - brother to Mary    

 

 

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