DAVENPORT family headstone, St Michael's Church, Wincle, Cheshire.

DAVENPORT family headstone, St Michael's Church, Wincle, Cheshire.

Location

In the yard of St Michael's Church, Wincle, Cheshire.

Description

A headstone in sandstone with an inscription in memory of James and Mary DAVENPORT and their son 1872 to 1895.

Inscription:


IN MEMORY OF
THOMAS
SON OF JAMES AND MARY DAVENPORT
OF LANE HEAD WINCLE, WHO DIED
NOVEMBER 1ST 1872, AGED 16 YEARS.

OUR DAYS ARE AS THE GRASS,
    OR LIKE THE MORNING FLOW'R;
IF ONE SHARP BLAST SWEEP O'ER THE FIELD,
    IT WITHERS IN AN HOUR.

AND ALSO OF MARY, HIS MOTHER,
WHO DIED JULY 8TH 1883 AGED 53 YEARS.
WE SORROW BUT NOT AS THOSE WITHOUT HOPE

ALSO THE ABOVE NAMED
JAMES DAVENPORT
WHO DIED APRIL 10TH 1895, AGED 75 YEARS
HIS END WAS PEACE

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