Graves of John Shepherd & Family

Rishworth Particular Baptist Chapel

MEMORY OF MARY ANN, DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND LUCY SHEPHERD OF BOOTHWOOD, RISHWORTH, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE FEBRUARY 24TH 1847 AGED 1 YEAR AND 7 MONTHS    WE WOULD NOT CALL THEE BACK, SWEET CHILD, THOUGH DEAR TO MEMORY STILL, FOR THOU HAST CROSS'D THE STREAM OF DEATH TO DWELL ON SION'S HILL

IN MEMORY OF JOHN SHEPHERD WHO DIED FEBRUARY 13TH 1874 AGED 73 YEARS.    LUCY, WIFE OF THE ABOVE JOHN SHEPHERD, OF RISHWORTH, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MARCH 25TH 1862 IN THE 59TH YEAR OF HER AGE    RESIGNED AND PATIENT TO THE LAST SHE VIEWED WITH CALM SUBMISSION HER APPROACHING FATE. AND NOW FAR HAPPIER IS HER LIFE RENEWED FREE FROM THE TROUBLES OF MORTAL STATE    ALSO JAMES M. SHEPHERD, SON OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED OCTOBER 28TH 1873 IN HOLYOKE, AMERICA, AGED 41 YEARS