MEMORIAL TO THE TAYLOR FAMILY OF TODMORDEN HALL

CHRIST CHURCH

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SACRED to the MEMORY

Of a Beloved Wife and Three Children

THIS TABLET

Has been erected by their surviving Husband and Father

JAMES TAYLOR Esq.

Of Todmorden Hall in the parish of Rochdale and County of Lancaster

Who married at Newchurch in Rossendale on 22nd June 1831

To his first wife

BETTY

The Second Daughter and Co-heir of James Maden Esq.

Of Greens House in the Forest of Rossendale and County of Lancaster

Who was Born 23rd march 1803 and Died 19th February 1838

And was Buried at Todmorden

Through the grace of God she exemplified the virtues of a long life

In her deportment and spirit were seen by all who knew her

The Excellencies of a Friend, a Daughter, a Sister, a Wife and a Mother

Divine Religion it is thine only to sustain solace and cheer

The enfeebled suffering and dying

Prior to her decease she witnessed the departure of her eldest child

ANN

Who was Born 10th July 1832 and Died 11th September 1834

Also ELIZA

Born 4th May and Died 13th July 1836

And both were Buried at Todmorden

JAMES TAYLOR

Her only son who was Born at Todmorden 11th October 1833

Died at Turre, Torquay, Devonshire 8th October 1848

And was Buried there

"In sure and certain hope of a joyful resurrection"

Also in Memory of

JAMES TAYLOR Esq. ??

Of Todmorden Hall and of ???

Born February 20th 1802. Died November ??

And of MARY ANN his wife

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